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RAF ground crew handling a 12,000lb Tallboy earthquake bomb destined for La Coupole, a V-2 rocket weapon site near Wizernes, France. July, 1944. No photo credit available.

 

• Jul 2, 2020

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Aaron Brooks Wolters

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Pretty much self explanatory. No photo credit available.

 

• Jul 3, 2020

• #17,143

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• Jul 3, 2020

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• Jul 3, 2020

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• Jul 3, 2020

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• Jul 3, 2020

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• #17,147

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The victors and the vanquished. P38's of the 485th FS of the 370th Fighter Group stand at the ready.

 

• Jul 3, 2020

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syscom3 said:

The victors and the vanquished. P38's of the 485th FS of the 370th Fighter Group stand at the ready.

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That craft in the foreground looks like a Me 410B-6/R2.

 

• Jul 3, 2020

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This day in 1944, US paratroopers of the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment are dropped onto the island of Noemfoor, Dutch New Guinea. This was one of the few airborne operations in the Pacific War. No photo credit available.

 

• Jul 3, 2020

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Crew of USS Finback pulling downed airman Lieutenant (jg) George Bush from the water off Chichi Jima, Bonin Islands, 2 September 1944. No photo credit available.

 

• Jul 3, 2020

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A team of Alamo Scouts pose for a photo after completing a reconnaissance mission on Los Negros Island, February 1944. No photo credit available.

 

• Jul 3, 2020

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U.S. Coast Guard crew of cutter Spencer watched as a depth charge exploded near U-175 in the North Atlantic on April 17, 1943. No photo credit available

 

• Jul 3, 2020

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This day in 1944, the Soviet Minsk Offensive ends in a complete victory. About 100,000 Axis soldiers from the 4th and 9th Armies were encircled, of whom some 40,000 were killed and most of the rest captured. No photo credit available.

 

• Jul 4, 2020

• #17,154

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Aaron Brooks Wolters said:

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Not sure about the ship. But the aircraft is a F-4F that might be under British markings, making it a Martlet if I am not mistaken.

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I'm pretty sure that the ship is HMS Warspite. The bridge with the casement 6in still in place are the main identification points.

 

• Jul 4, 2020

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Aaron Brooks Wolters said:

That craft in the foreground looks like a Me 410B-6/R2.

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Me410 agreed but what about the b6/r2?

 

• Jul 4, 2020

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michaelmaltby said:

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"If you find a ring, it belonged to my Gammy."

 

• Jul 4, 2020

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• Jul 4, 2020

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double

 

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• Jul 4, 2020

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double

 

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• Jul 4, 2020

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double

 

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