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P-47. And an unknown man watching it.
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Airgun i think.
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German women form a chain gang to clear rubble from bomb damaged buildings in Berlin, 7 July 1945. The women were required to work before they were permitted to apply for a ration card.
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General George Kenneys' Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress on Yotan Airstrip, Okinawa, Ryukgu Retto, during his visit to the 308th Bomb Wing, 7 July 1945.
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Aerial photograph of bombing damage in Chiba, Japan, 6-7 July 1945.
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The Mitsubishi J8M Shusui (秋水, literally "Autumn Water", used as a poetic term meaning "Sharp Sword" deriving from the swishing sound of a sword). Japanese World War II rocket-powered interceptor aircraft closely based on the German Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet. Built as a joint project for both the Navy and the Army Air Services, it was designated J8M (Navy) and Ki-200 (Army). The J8M took to the air for its first powered flight on 7 July 1945, with Lieutenant Commander Toyohiko Inuzuka at the controls; after his "sharp start" rocket-powered takeoff, Inuzuka successfully jettisoned the dolly upon becoming airborne and began to gain speed, climbing skywards at a 45° angle. At an altitude of 400 m (1,300 ft), the engine stopped abruptly and the J8M1 stalled. Inuzuka managed to glide the aircraft back, but clipped a small building at the edge of the airfield while trying to land, causing the aircraft to burst into flames. Inuzuka died the next day. While Mitsubishi and naval technicians sought to find the cause of the accident, all future flights were grounded. The engine cutout had occurred because the angle of climb, coupled with the fuel tanks being half-filled for this first flight, caused a shifting of the fuel, which in turn caused an auto cutout device to activate because of an air lock in the fuel line. Requests to continue flight testing were denied pending the modification of the fuel pumps in the aircraft. The sixth and seventh prototypes were to be fitted with the modified Ro.2 engine.
Full-scale production readiness was almost at hand, and component construction was already underway. Flight testing was to resume, despite another explosion of the fuel mixture during a ground test days after the crash, in late August 1945 and the J8M2 design was finalized. But on 15 August 1945, the war ended for the Japanese and all work on the J8M ceased. The end of the war also spelled the end of the JAAF's Ki-202 Shūsui-Kai (Modified Shusui), whose design had begun in secret months before. The Ki-202 was to offer improved flight endurance over the Ki-200 and was slated to be the priority fighter for the JAAF in 1946, but no metal was cut before Japan's surrender.
Full-scale production readiness was almost at hand, and component construction was already underway. Flight testing was to resume, despite another explosion of the fuel mixture during a ground test days after the crash, in late August 1945 and the J8M2 design was finalized. But on 15 August 1945, the war ended for the Japanese and all work on the J8M ceased. The end of the war also spelled the end of the JAAF's Ki-202 Shūsui-Kai (Modified Shusui), whose design had begun in secret months before. The Ki-202 was to offer improved flight endurance over the Ki-200 and was slated to be the priority fighter for the JAAF in 1946, but no metal was cut before Japan's surrender.
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"Calutron Girls" monitoring a mass spectrometer during the Manhattan Project. Gladys Owens, in the foreground, did not know what she was involved with until seeing this picture on a tour fifty years later.
A New Age is now just days from dawning in the New Mexico desert.
A New Age is now just days from dawning in the New Mexico desert.
Good shots guys!
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F4U Corsair, Okinawa 1945
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Lt. Gen. Robert C. Richardson, Jr., commanding general United States Army Forces Middle Pacific, places a wreath on the grave of the late Lt. Gen. Simon B. Buckner, Jr., who was killed commanding the 10th Army on Okinawa, on a visit to the 7th Division cemetery on Okinawa on July 8, 1945.
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Oblique aerial view of West Field, Tinian, Mariana Islands, July 8, 1945.
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Avenger, USS Card 1942
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The P47 turbocharger system. Its huge!
Moderator - please move this picture to the correct sub group you think it should be in. Thanks.
Moderator - please move this picture to the correct sub group you think it should be in. Thanks.
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A B-29 burns furiously after an emergency landing on Iwo Jima, 9 July 1945.
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WAVES Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Lavina B. Bierer stacking aircraft engine pistons in the Engine Overhaul Shop at Naval Air Station Kaneohe, US Territory of Hawaii, 9 July 1945.
