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syscom3
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B17's flying over the Alps. Most probably 15th AF.
Picture of the day.
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Snautzer01
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Orig. Foto, Luftwaffe Feuerstellung mit Tarnjacke, Stahlhelm und Dienstglas 1940 | eBay
Hugo Boss less succesfull outfit.
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N4521U
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Early Complimentary Hotel robe............................. fail
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It works. I can just almost see him.
michaelmaltby
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Hardlydank
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Ki-43-IIs - 24th Sentai
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syscom3
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An SB-17 Flying Fortress on Okinawa. Note the camel print in the front. This B17 had to have made a flight over "the hump".
...or humped a camel, either or...
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Cool.
michaelmaltby
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Peter Gunn
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Yankee Ingenuity...
From Sunsetters VII website
7th Air Force men used a little imagination, discarded belly tanks, plus a small engine to make this improvised car. They have nicknamed it "The Bug". Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, 12 June 1945.
From Sunsetters VII website
7th Air Force men used a little imagination, discarded belly tanks, plus a small engine to make this improvised car. They have nicknamed it "The Bug". Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, 12 June 1945.
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syscom3
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B-17F "Hells Bell" after crash 91st bomb Group 323rd BS 42-30157
Per the American Air Museum. Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/43; Tinker 27/4/43; Smoky Hill 5/5/43; Tinker 24/5/43; Smoky Hill 29/5/43; Dow Fd 1/6/43; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-P] Bassingbourn 10/6/43 DIRTY GERTIE 1m; battle damaged Kassel 30/7/43, 2m with Don Van der Heyde, Co-pilot: Don Primeau, Navigator: Harry Warren, Bombardier: Walter Brown, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Pete Comac, Radio Operator: John Klopolsky, Ball turret gunner: Homer Mitts, Waist gunner: Bill Wannemacher, Waist gunner: Mack Walton,Tail gunner: Dick Sparman (10 Returned to Duty); enemy aircraft also shot out hydraulics soon after reaching the Channel, it limped back to crash landed base with severe damage, but crew unharmed; Salvaged 25/8/43. HELLS BELLEs.
Per the American Air Museum. Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/43; Tinker 27/4/43; Smoky Hill 5/5/43; Tinker 24/5/43; Smoky Hill 29/5/43; Dow Fd 1/6/43; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-P] Bassingbourn 10/6/43 DIRTY GERTIE 1m; battle damaged Kassel 30/7/43, 2m with Don Van der Heyde, Co-pilot: Don Primeau, Navigator: Harry Warren, Bombardier: Walter Brown, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Pete Comac, Radio Operator: John Klopolsky, Ball turret gunner: Homer Mitts, Waist gunner: Bill Wannemacher, Waist gunner: Mack Walton,Tail gunner: Dick Sparman (10 Returned to Duty); enemy aircraft also shot out hydraulics soon after reaching the Channel, it limped back to crash landed base with severe damage, but crew unharmed; Salvaged 25/8/43. HELLS BELLEs.
Hardlydank
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"Ensign Takamisakari Seiken, 57th term officer of the Hitachi Guidance Flight Division. Assigned to 13 squadrons. Killed in action at Ormoc Bay on December 7, 19[44]'' - translated from Japanese with Google Translate. Source:Redirect Notice
The plane is a very early Ki-43-II model, pictures of this specific model are very rare and it's likely this was taken at a training school.
The plane is a very early Ki-43-II model, pictures of this specific model are very rare and it's likely this was taken at a training school.
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
A C-47 in flight above Mindanao, 1945. No photo credit available.
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
The XB-19 in flight, 1941-1942. It was fitted with a defensive armament of five .50s, six .30s, and two 37mm cannon
Source: usaac-official
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
PFC Tony Vaccaro, 83rd Infantry Division, sits on the wing of Swing Shift Baby of the 452nd Bomb Group that crash landing in Luxembourg, 25 September 1944
Source: usaac-official
Aaron Brooks Wolters
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Hawker Hurricane Squadron, WWII. No photo credit available.
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
Hawker Hurricane Squadron, WWII. No photo credit available.
