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[tyrodtom]

Men of US 500th Bomb Group loading M-69 jelly fire (Napalm) bombs, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 5 June 1945.

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I wonder how those were hung on the bomb racks ?
There's no sign of anywhere to put suspension lugs.

 

[Wayne Little]

Great Pics..!

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[syscom3]

A B-29 is being prepped for a mission.

 

[Crimea_River]

Publicity shot or someone has a lot of time on their hands.

 

[syscom3]

Publicity shot or someone has a lot of time on their hands.

Definitly a publicity shot. Putting motivational words on the bombs was encouraged as a morale booster. Remember the B29's were prepped during the day as most of the missions were at night.

 

[syscom3]

A German teacher conducts her first lesson in a classroom at the first public school to be opened by the U.S. military government, Aachen, Germany, June 6, 1945.

 

[syscom3]

Mosquito FB VI of No. 27 Squadron RAF in the CBI, 7 June 1945.

 

[syscom3]

Sailing backwards to launch the fighters!

After the leading edge of USS Hornet's (CV-12) flight deck was collapsed in a typhoon, F6F Hellcats were launched over the stern as the carrier steamed in reverse at 18.5 knots, 6 June 1945.

 

[syscom3]

SB2C-4 Helldiver of VJ-17 in flight near Guam, 6 June 1945.

 

[syscom3]

General Anthony McAuliffe unveiling the German surrender document in the rotunda of the National Archives Building, Washington DC, United States, 6 June 1945.

 

[syscom3]

The first anniversary of D-day, has been declared a holiday for all troops by General Eisenhower, and will be observed in a series of simple ceremonies held on the beaches where British and United States troops landed twelve months ago. The Normandy beaches show little evidence of the mighty struggle which took place there when the Allied invasion forces stormed ashore. Madame Alanche Chapelle, and her daughter, Helene Chapelle kneeling in the war cemetery behind the invasion beaches in France on June 6, 1945, to pay homage to the Allied soldiers who died on the invasion beaches.

 

[rochie]

SB2C-4 Helldiver of VJ-17 in flight near Guam, 6 June 1945.

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what a fantastic shot

 

[Wayne Little]

Cool...!

 

[Dana Bell]

SB2C-4 Helldiver of VJ-17 in flight near Guam, 6 June 1945.

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Hi Syscom3,

Do you have any record of where that photo originated? There are a handful of photos of Navy aircraft with vestiges of white wing stripes, and I'm hoping to figure out what the stripes meant. I suspect they were added for a single raid (or perhaps several raids at different times?), then removed for normal operations. At the time this image was taken, VJ-17 had 3 x TBF-1Cs and 10 x TBM-1Cs - probably used aircraft turned in by operational squadrons. Those stripes could have come from prior use, or perhaps VJ-17 had some sort of markings for special missions (DDT spraying? target towing?)

Anyway - it's a great photo that I'd not seen before.

Cheers,



Dana

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[syscom3]

Hi Syscom3,

Do you have any record of where that photo originated? There are a handful of photos of Navy aircraft with vestiges of white wing stripes, and I'm hoping to figure out what the stripes meant. I suspect they were added for a single raid (or perhaps several raids at different times?), then removed for normal operations. At the time this image was taken, VJ-17 had 3 x TBF-1Cs and 10 x TBM-1Cs - probably used aircraft turned in by operational squadrons. Those stripes could have come from prior use, or perhaps VJ-17 had some sort of markings for special missions (DDT spraying? target towing?)

Anyway - it's a great photo that I'd not seen before.

Cheers,



Dana

Sorry, I have no info.

 

[syscom3]

P-47D of 341st FS, 348th FG at Morotai, 1945

 

[syscom3]

Flight operations continue on USS Natoma Bay (CVE-62), even as the ship is undergoing repair. A TBM-3E Avenger torpedo-bomber of VC-9 catapults by the damage scene. The damage was caused by a Kamikazi.

 

[syscom3]

TBM Avenger 315 of CAG-87 being towed, USS Ticonderoga (CV-14), June 7, 1945, off Okinawa.