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Looks like the propeller's shat an o-ring, that oil's coming from the prop hub!
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Consolidated Liberator B Mark VI, KL354 'R', of No. 356 Squadron RAF, about to be 'bombed-up' on the newly-established airstrip at Brown's West Island for the Squadron's first operational mission, and the first bombing operation to be flown from the Cocos Islands, 27 July 1945.
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Crew of B-24 bomber 'Bugs Bomby Jr.', July 27, 1945
Nice Pics.
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Hellcat, USS Essex 1944
Nice shots guys!
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On this day 85 years ago. July 28 1935 Boeing Model 299 NX13372, the aircraft that will become the iconic B-17 Flying Fortress, photographed during its first flight, 28 July 1935.
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The first Russian tank to enter Berlin is immortalized by becoming part of a monument to commemorate that achievement, 28 July 1945. The tank was finished off with a coating of aluminum and placed on a brick pedestal faced with white marble. The monument was located on the Berlin inner ring road on the way to Templehof Airport.
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PBY seaplanes moored on Lake Worth in 1940 at Fort Worth, Texas.
"In November 1940, Consolidated Aircraft contacted Amon Carter, explaining they had been ordered to transfer 200 PBY seaplanes from San Diego to Britain and that they were in immediate need of a layover point mid-country. In just eight days, Amon Carter, with the help of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, arranged for all the necessary requirements of fuel, food, lodging for the flight crews, and moorings for the planes. To keep the mission secret, the public was told the planes were here to weather out a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. The speedy response from Amon Carter and the Chamber of Commerce later played a large role in convincing Consolidated Aircraft to build their manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, Texas."
"In November 1940, Consolidated Aircraft contacted Amon Carter, explaining they had been ordered to transfer 200 PBY seaplanes from San Diego to Britain and that they were in immediate need of a layover point mid-country. In just eight days, Amon Carter, with the help of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, arranged for all the necessary requirements of fuel, food, lodging for the flight crews, and moorings for the planes. To keep the mission secret, the public was told the planes were here to weather out a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. The speedy response from Amon Carter and the Chamber of Commerce later played a large role in convincing Consolidated Aircraft to build their manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, Texas."
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Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal with General Eisenhower, and, in the background, a young Jack Kennedy. July 29, 1945.
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New U.S. Coast Guard Sikorsky R-4 helicopter hovers over Light Station Boston, 29 July 1945.
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Side view of a Yokosuka K5Y. One of these aircraft carried out the last successful kamikaze attack, sinking the destroyer USS Callahan on 29 July 1945
