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[michaelmaltby]

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[syscom3]

Tail Of 463rd Bomb Group B-17G Flying Fortress Bomber 44-6880 "Last Chance". I've never seen the target names applied to bombers.

 

[Wurger]

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[Wurger]

 

[syscom3]

Female WACS by 463rd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber 44-6727

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

From Warbird Information Exchange FB Page. The gentleman is reportedly named Hans Meyer.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Man, I'd love to hear his story

 

[Wurger]

 

[Snautzer01]

From Warbird Information Exchange FB Page. The gentleman is reportedly named Hans Meyer.

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Old friends. Lots of memories.

 

[GTX]

Former Luftwaffe Pilot reunites with old Friend | World Wars

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[hawkeye2an]

RF-84Fs and T-33s of the Missouri Air National Guard

 

[syscom3]

Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress 41-2632 "Crock O' Crap" of the 394th Bombardment Squdron – 5th Bomb Group. 13th AF

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

No photo credit available.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

German soldiers on the Eastern Front.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Soldiers hug while being lifted onto the shoulders of a crowd on VJ Day, Newark, New Jersey, 18 August 1945
Source: smithsonianmag.com

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

USS Nevada (BB-36) departing Boston Navy Yard, late 1943. She was transfered to the Atlantic Fleet and is only Battleship present at Pearl Harbor and the D-Day Invasion. In 1945, she was transferred back to the Pacific Fleet and provided support during Iwo Jima and Okinawa invasions.
NARA: 38329769

P.S. I really do think she is underway as her anchor is still down. LOL

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Ground crew load depth charges under the wing of a JRF-2 at Floyd Bennett Field, New York, 1943
Source: usaac-official