Picture of the day.

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

British Havoc II AH522 with a matt black finish, October 1942. I wonder if this was an attempt to make a night fighter out of the A20? It looks like an antenna is sticking out of its nose.

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It has the flame dampeners on the exhaust syscom, so it very well could be. Might even be a P-70. Which was a night fighter version of the A-20.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Yes it was.
Havoc was the night fighter version. Boston was the bomber version.

If I am not mistaken, the Havoc was the US version, the Boston was the British version. The night fighter version was the P-70.

 

[Greg Boeser]

Douglas DB-7Bs converted to night-fighters were called Havocs in RAF service. The bomber version was called Boston.
In US service The bomber version was the A-20 Havoc, the night-fighter version the P-70 Nighthawk.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Interesting shot. An A-36 and a P-51A? One has a 3 bladed prop, the other a four bladed prop. Note the ice cream truck selling some refreshments to the men. I don't think this would have happened at a military installation so this has to be at an assembly plant.

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The four blade aircraft, according to D&S Vol. 50 is a B or a C. The A still had the carb scoop on the top of the fuselage.

 

[Snautzer01]

WWII photo Belgian soldier on duty on the Western Front 47n | eBay

 

[michaelmaltby]

Histomil.com
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[syscom3]

The ground crew readies an A-36 Apache for a bombing mission. 527th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 86th Fighter Group 1944 Italy

 

[Wurger]

 

[yulzari]

WWII photo Belgian soldier on duty on the Western Front 47n | eBay

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Any fool can be uncomfortable...........

 

[vikingBerserker]

I thought at first they were unpacking a Belgian solider.

 

[Airframes]

I thought they were busy packing him !
Belgium is well know for its chocolate, so maybe they're packing a chocolate soldier, ready for Christmas ..........................

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

The ground crew readies an A-36 Apache for a bombing mission. 527th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 86th Fighter Group 1944 Italy

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Hhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....................................only one landing light in the lamp pocket. The A-36s were suppose to have both landing lights in that one assembly. Maybe one got removed. Who knows.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

ISU-122S in a forest. The ISU-122S was equipped with the faster firing D-25S gun, compared to its predecessor the ISU-122 which had the A-19 gun. Both vehicles were built in parallel from 1944 until the end of the war. No photo credit available.

 

[michaelmaltby]

one piece or two piece ammunition ..?

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Hermann Göring called the Messerschmitt Bf 110s his 'Ironsides', but in reality they suffered some of the highest casualty rates in the Battle of Britain. In one attack on North Eastern England, seven of the 21 aircraft deployed were shot down. Image Credit: Bundesarchiv/Commons

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

The Fiat CR.42 was an older Italian fighter used by the Corpo Aereo Italiano. They made only one mission during the Battle of Britain, a raid on Ramsgate, as the biplanes were not equal to modern fighters. No photo credit available.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

The German bi-plane Henschel Hs 123 functioned as a ground-attack aircraft. Despite appearing somewhat archaic alongside the more famous monoplanes of the Luftwaffe, the Hs 123 was a firm favourite with its pilots. No photo credit available.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

This day in 1944, November 17, US submarine USS Spadefish torpedoed Japanese aircraft carrier Shin'yō while she was en route to Singapore. The submarine hit her with as many as 4 torpedoes. Only 70 men from her crew of 1,200 officers and men survived. No photo credit available.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

A German ammunition carrier from the Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 505 at Kursk, summer 1943. No photo credit available.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

one piece or two piece ammunition ..?

I have no idea Michael, I will see if I can find out though.