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[syscom3]

WAVES Aviation Metalsmith 2nd Class Kathryn A. Wolny repairing an inflatable liferaft for use on patrol planes, Naval Air Station Kaneohe, US Territory of Hawaii, 9 July 1945.

 

[vikingBerserker]

#17,221 Holy Crap!

 

[nuuumannn]

Pretty much self explanatory.

56th Fighter Group P-47, is that Gabby Gabreski at right? Looks like him.

 

[Capt. Vick]

I thought so...

 

[michaelmaltby]

Histomil.com

 

[Snautzer01]

Mega WK 2 Foto Wehrmacht Soldaten 1 Mann Panzer | eBay

Honey i shrunk your panzer!

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[Greg Boeser]

Tankety tank, tankety tank.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Boy, those Germans really took sledding seriously!

 

[Wurger]

 

[syscom3]

Seversky P-35. After ordering an initial batch the Army Air Corps was disappointed with slow production and inability to reach 300mph, and later switched to the Curtiss P-36 Hawk

 

[syscom3]

On this day 75 years ago. July 10 1945. Planes from U.S. Navy fleet aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9) on a raid over Japan on 10 July 1945 with Mt Fuji in the background. Plane in foreground is a TBM Avenger and those beyond are SB2C Helldivers.

 

[michaelmaltby]

Histomil.com

 

[Wurger]

 

[syscom3]

The B-29 at the Hill AFB museum. With a storm cloud.

 

[syscom3]

Members of the USAAF 19th Fighter Squadron, 318th Fighter Group, up date their 'Kills' scoreboard, Ie Shima, July 11, 1945.

 

[syscom3]

Douglas C-47 Skytrain spraying DDT over Okinawa, July 11, 1945. DDT was excellent at controlling mosquitoes and the scourge of malaria.

 

[davparlr]

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A Martin B-26 Marauder of 14 Sqn RAF, based at Fayid in Egypt during WW 2. This aircraft was lost on the 3rd January 1943, whilst engaged in a torpedo attack off Aghios Giorgios Island. Not a type of operation that the type is well known for carrying out. No photo credit available.

Short wing B-26A (Marauder I) similar to the B-26s based at Midway and were used as torpedo bombers there as well. They could have been very effective if the crews had been well trained in torpedo tactics and if they had good torpedoes. I wonder how they performed at Aghios Giorgios.

 

[Greg Boeser]

Three attacked a convoy, but scored no hits. The Marauder was downed by an Ar 196. Capt. B. W. Young, SAAF, was the only survivor and became a POW.
The RAF used the British Mk XII 18" aerial torpedo. It was slimmer, but longer than the US Mk. XIII. Had a shorter range, but faster speed. Also, it was much more reliable that the US torpedo

 

[Capt. Vick]

By a float plane!?!? Damn