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Republic P-43 Lancers. It should be noted that these P-43's (a rare shot) are in the markings of one side in the 1941 "Louisiana" maneuvers that took place in the Southern US across several states. The cross over the insignia is red I believe.

 

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75 years ago today. July 15th 1945. C-54 Skymaster transports lined up after their arrival at the Berlin-Gatow airport, Germany, 15 July 1945. These planes brought the U.S. president Harry S. Truman and other dignitaries to the Potsdam Conference.

 

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Buchenwald concentration camp survivors arrive in Haifa to be arrested by the British, 15 July 1945. The British have severely restricted Jewish emigration to Palestine to appease the restive Arab majority.

 

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Navy TBM Avengers and SB2C Helldivers on a raid over Hokadate, Japan in July of 1945.

 

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Martin PBM-1 Mariner taxis in the waters off NAS San Juan, Puerto Rico, 16 July 1945.

 

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Republic P-43 Lancer

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Nice BT-14 in the back ground.

 

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A German Junkers Ju 87B "Stuka" dive bomber being escorted by a Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aircraft in January, 1941.

 

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US tanker Pennsylvania Sun burning after being torpedoed by German submarine U-571 in the Gulf of Mexico, 15 Jul 1942 ww2dbaseSource ww2dbaseUnited States NavyIdentification code 80-G-61599More on...
Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico Campaigns

 

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USS Missouri (left) and USS Iowa (right) off Japan, 20 August 1945.

 

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Soviet pilot Mariya Dolina posing in front of a Petlyakov Pe-2 twin-engine dive bomber, 1944. Mariya flew 72 missions during the war and was awarded the title "Hero of the Soviet Union" (highest distinction in the Soviet Union) on August 18, 1945.

 

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A P51 that flipped. I hope the pilot is ok.

 

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Rollout of the Boeing Model 299, NX13372, prototype XB-17, Boeing Field, Seattle, Washington, 16 July 1935.

 

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HMS Renown with other ships in the British fleet illuminated by fireworks, torches and searchlights on July 16, 1935, during King George V's visit to Spithead, England for the Royal Review.

 

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75 years ago today, July 16 1945, the world entered into a new age.

"Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds." - Robert Oppenheimer, quoting the Bhagavad Gita.
The TRINITY Test: Atomic (plutonium) bomb ''Gadget'' exploding near Alamogordo, New Mexico, 16 July 1945.

 

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On this day 75 years ago, July 16 1945. A deck load of U.S. Army Air Force Republic P-47N Thunderbolt fighters on the flight deck of USS Casablanca (CVE-55), 16 July 1945. The planes were loaded at Naval Air Station Alameda, California (USA) and were bound for Guam.