Picture of the day.

[syscom3]

Japanese-American soldiers marching in the V-J Day parade, Livorno, Italy, September 1945.

 

[syscom3]

The Camp Aliceville, Alabama prisoner of war (German) camp in Alabama is closed, 30 September 1945.

 

[CATCH 22]

In a similar vein...

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Amazing! I love the wing nuts allowing the....hm.....intake....covers to be adjusted. It looks like being designed by Monty Python.

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[syscom3]

An A-20 Havoc of the 47th Bomb Group has belly landed. Note the nose damage.

 

[syscom3]

U.S. Marine Grumman JF-1 Duck of utility squadron VMJ-7, seen on October 1, 1935.

 

[Wurger]

 

[syscom3]

A trio of captured B17's fly over Japanese sky's in early 1944. These were captured in Java and the Philippines and rebuilt and flown to Japan for testing.

 

[Wurger]

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots guys!

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[syscom3]

An A-20 of the 47th BG gets some engine maintenance done.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Glider]

An A-20 of the 47th BG gets some engine maintenance done.

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This one I find interesting as there don't seem to be any gun ports and yet the front looks as if its just been painted over.

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[Wurger]

 

[syscom3]

Ground crew for an A-20 Havoc. Somewhere in New Guinea.

 

[Greg Boeser]

This one I find interesting as there don't seem to be any gun ports and yet the front looks as if its just been painted over.

Maybe it's a hack. Often war weary planes were stripped of their guns and armor and used in a utility role.