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[Lucky13]

North Atlantic Convoy seen from the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Core (CVE-13), on the 1st of November 1943.

Source: Interweb

 

[Lucky13]

Story behind the photo here: Saved From the Sea: Pilots Rescued – Ditching Near the Azores

 

[Snautzer01]

2. Weltkrieg Stuka JU8 Bomben Abwurf | eBay

Photoshop in 1942 was not that good

 

[michaelmaltby]

HISTOMIL.COM
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[syscom3]

A Corsair belly landed in a corn field.

 

[Hardlydank]

 

[Wurger]

 

[Lucky13]

Source: Interweb

 

[at6]

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"Over here is the Dennys and this is my favorite Mcdonalds. I want you to ride over there and bring me my Big Mac."

 

[michaelmaltby]

Histomil.com
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[syscom3]

F4U Corsair takeoff.

 

[syscom3]

F4U Corsair fighters being offloaded from escort carrier USS Altamaha onto a barge at Guiuan Harbor, Samar, Philippines, 1 May 1945

 

[Hardlydank]

derelict Ki-48

 

[syscom3]

derelict Ki-48
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Looks like a Betty bomber.

 

[syscom3]

B-29 Superfortress bomber 'City of Pittsfield;Two Passes and a Crap' of 39th BG of US 61st BS about to sink after being ditched north of Guam, Mariana Islands, 15 May 1945; she was damaged by flak over Nagoya, Japan.

 

[Hardlydank]

Looks like a Betty bomber.

I can't be certain, but the vertical bracing in the center of the nose makes me think it's a Ki-48
Close up for comparison:

 

[michaelmaltby]

TheHistoryNet

 

[michaelmaltby]

TheHistoryNet
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[michaelmaltby]

TheHistoryNet
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[Wurger]