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[michaelmaltby]

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[Peter Gunn]

The Grand Fly Past - Looks to be B-29s over Tokyo Bay, somewhere in that mass of blurry gray dots is my Uncle.
Source: Naval Historical Society of Australia

Found a better image of B-29's
Source: Naval History and Heritage Command website

 

[Peter Gunn]

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This is a great picture, I can't put my finger on it but it is very moving. I'd like to think that the war is finally over and the StuG has been abandoned for quite some time, the rest of the valley looks quite peaceful. Again, I don't know exactly why but I find this photo very striking.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Very interesting! I see British, Franch and Russians present. Were there no Chinese?

 

[syscom3]

A-20B Havoc's #72 41-3665 and #94 41-3144 I think this was taken when they were in North Africa. Possibly the 47th BG.

 

[syscom3]

Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Attu (CVE-102) and Essex-class fleet carrier USS Shangri-La (CV-38; left) exchanging personnel and equipment by high wire while at sea, 3 September 1945. Note F4U Corsairs and SB2C Helldiver aircraft on Attu's deck.

 

[michaelmaltby]

... the abundance. It is staggering.
There has never been a war like the Pacific War - the logistics and distances are unprecedented - arguably the best-fought (conducted) strategic military campaign in history, IMO. No other nation on earth had the depth of human and material resources .... Note to China - Russia: it is not simply about 'parity'.

 

[syscom3]

Now I have seen everything. A Mustang with V1 pulse jets.

 

[SaparotRob]

I hope someone has information on that Mustang.

 

[Wurger]

 

[michaelmaltby]

testing V-1 motors ..?

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[Snautzer01]

Nothing scared the Germans in Russia more then mosquitos.


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[Snautzer01]

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warning that cross road is still under fire

 

[Peter Gunn]

I hope someone has information on that Mustang.

I've seen that photo in a book on the Mustang I have at home, had I seen this last night I would have looked it up. When I get home this afternoon I'll dig it out and get the scoop. It is a test bed aircraft for some type of pulse jet I think but will confirm later unless someone else beats me to it.

 

[syscom3]

A-20 #94 of the 47th BG with Vesuvius in back.

 

[Wurger]

 

[vikingBerserker]

That's a cool pic!

 

[syscom3]

Japanese Rear Admiral Shigematsu Sakaibara signing the surrender of Wake Island to U.S. Marine Brigadier General Lawson Sanderson aboard U.S. Navy Cannon-class destroyer escort USS Levy (DE-162), 4 September 1945. Care was made to ensure the Japanese surrendered Wake to the Marines.

 

[syscom3]

At Kisarazu Field near Tokyo, U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Prisoners of War, who were flown out of Japan by US Naval Air Transport Service, crowd happily on a Japanese Betty aircraft, which was used by the enemy to send the Surrender Envoys to Ie Shima. 4 September 1945.