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[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Sd.Kfz.234/2 Puma
German 8x8 armored reconnaissance vehicle of WW2. No photo credit available.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

B-32 42-108543 of the 312th Bomb Group refueling Yontan airfield Okinawa. No photo credit available.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Snautzer01]

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

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Was at Midway Island before the battle. Currently on eBay.

 

[Snautzer01]

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B-32 42-108543 of the 312th Bomb Group refueling Yontan airfield Okinawa. No photo credit available.

Consolidated B-32-20-CF, to Kingman, AZ and scrapped

 

[syscom3]

317th Troop Carrier Group, 5th Air Force Boeing B-17E 41-2497

Here is the history of the plane.

2497 delivered Mcdill Jan 26, 1942. Assigned to 19th BG, 30th BS Java Feb 17,1 942, then 7th BG,
transferred to 43rd BG, 30th BS, to 46TCS, 317th TCG. (43rd BG, *Tojo's Nightmare*) crashed on
approach to Horn Island Jan 24, 1943.

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

A TBD-1 of VT-6 runs its engine on the deck of USS Enterprise (CV-6) during fleet maneuvers, 1940
Source: usaac-official

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

No photo credit available.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Duchess Daughter of the 303rd Bomb Group after a wheels-up landing at Molesworth, 18 March 1943
Source: usaac-official

 

[Snautzer01]

THE SELF LOCATING BOMB REMOVER , SAVE YOUR HOME , WORLD WAR II LEAFLET, SOUVENIR | eBay

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

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Duchess Daughter of the 303rd Bomb Group after a wheels-up landing at Molesworth, 18 March 1943
Source: usaac-official

I think the date is erroneous. Very doubtful that in March 1943 there was any B-17 NMF with chin turret in service.

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[syscom3]

B-26 Marauders lined up ready for the start up signal for a mission to begin.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

I think the date is erroneous. Very doubtful that in March 1943 there was any B-17 NMF with chin turret in service.

More than likely 1944.

 

[nuuumannn]

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.

Cracking pic. This marker is on the memorial at Utah Beach, off which Nevada was stationed.

Europe 163

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[Wurger]

 

[syscom3]

Portugese P-39 Airacobras. These aircraft landed while going from England to North Africa and were interned. Then put back into service in the Portugese air force.