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[michaelmaltby]

WWF
....the stare

 

[syscom3]

Lancaster bombers taxiing at Lubeck aerodrome, as they prepare to fly former British POWs back home to Britain, 11 May 1945.

 

[syscom3]

Supplies being unloaded from a Halifax aircraft of 644 Squadron at Gardermoen airfield near Oslo following the arrival of British forces.

 

[syscom3]

On this day 75 years ago, May 11th 1945.

USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) burning after first kamikazi strike, off Okinawa.

 

[Snautzer01]

Schönes Originalfoto,Frankreich,Flugzeug HE111,KG54,Staffelemblem Totenkopf | eBay

 

[syscom3]

SBD Dantlesses of VMSB-231 at Majuro Atoll, 1944

 

[michaelmaltby]

WWP
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[syscom3]

U.S. Navy battleship USS New Mexico (BB-40) being hit by a Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate special attack aircraft at dusk off Okinawa, 12 May 1945; photo taken from heavy cruiser USS Wichita (CA-45). While she was approaching her berth in the Hagushi anchorage, just after sunset on 12 May, she was attacked by two kamikazes. One of them plunged into her. She was set on fire and 54 members of New Mexico's crew were killed, while a further 119 were wounded. Swift action led to the fires being extinguished within 30 minutes.

 

[Hardlydank]

The Avia B-135 was a Czech fighter used exclusively by the Bulgarian Air Force. It was based on a previous prototype, the B-35. The 135 was underpowered, had a wood fixed pitch prop, and average armament. In service, they had engine problems and many were used as trainers. 4 135s, however, intercepted B-24 formations that flew over Bulgarian airspace after bombing Ploesti oil fields and possibly shot down 1 B-24. It had 860hp and a top speed of 535kph (332mph). It was armed with 2 0.30 cal machine guns and a 20mm autocannon. The 135 was a modern design, but was never developed further to work out the kinks and saw little action.

 

[michaelmaltby]

WWP
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[syscom3]

An F4U Corsair, of VF-17 has come to grief!, USS Bunker Hill 1943

 

[Airframes]

Hope the pilot was OK.
Interesting shot - the tyre on the port wheel appears to be smooth tread, with block tread on the starboard side. I wonder if this is just wear, or fitting what was available, or deliberate, perhaps to prevent skipping or similar ?

 

[Lucky13]

A Swedish soldier and Norwegian resistance member shaking hands at the border, celebrating the end of German occupation in Norway, Värmland/Hedmark, 7 May 1945.

German forces in Denmark surrendered on 5 May, and on the same day, General Eisenhower dispatched a telegram to resistance headquarters in Norway, which was passed on to General Franz Böhme; it contained information on how to make contact with Allied General Headquarters. Karl Dönitz dismissed Reichskommissar of Norway Josef Terboven from his post on 7 May, transferring his powers to General Böhme. At 21:10 on the same day, the German High Command ordered Böhme to follow the capitulation plans, he made a radio broadcast at 22:00 in which he declared that German forces in Norway would obey the capitulation orders.

Photograph taken by Dan Gunnar.

 

[michaelmaltby]

German Tank Pz.Kpfw. VI Tiger from 502nd Panzer Battalion in Nevel, Pskov Region (January, 1944)

 

[Airframes]

"Hey Dad, look what Santa left on the Christmas tree for me !"

 

[at6]

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Dear Ma,
Am having a good time here in Camp Crotch Rat.

 

[Snautzer01]

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Ordnung muss sein, so 4 granades, threw one, now fill in form gt-67a-45 then get approval, then....

 

[syscom3]

TBM Avenger of VC-83 making the 4,000th landing on the Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Sargent Bay CVE-83 on May 13, 1945.

 

[syscom3]

On May 13, 1945, Winston and Clementine Churchill attended a thanksgiving service at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. The war in Europe had just ended, but the conflict with a fiercely resisting Japan seemed likely to continue for some time to come.

 

[Greg Boeser]

An F4U Corsair, of VF-17 has come to grief!, USS Bunker Hill 1943

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Blackburn relates the difficulties of carrier certification for the F4U in his book The Jolly Rogers. The early Corsairs had a nasty tendency to bounce on landing and blow tires at an alarming rate. This was fixed eventually, but...