Picture of the day.

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Sailors clear snow off the deck of USS Wasp (CV-7) while in the North Atlantic, February 1942. In the background is a J2F utility amphibian
Source: usaac-official

 

[Crimea_River]

If I recall, those Hurricanes are from a CGI project.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

If I recall, those Hurricanes are from a CGI project.

Impressive. Sure looks real.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

A P-35A of the 17th Pursuit Squadron on the ground in the Philippines, likely 1940-1941.
Source: usaac-official

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Japanese boy carrying the body of his younger brother who died during World War II, 1945. He was standing, waiting attentively for his turn for the cremation pyre to which he took his little dead brother, the author of the photo stated in an interview:
"The boy was biting his lips so hard not to cry, so much that blood came out of his lips, the guard asked him for his body and said: give me that burden that you carry there."
To which the boy replied: "he is not a burden, he is my brother" he handed over the body, turned around and left.


No photo credit available.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Coast Guard ground crew load depth charges under the wing of a PH-3, 1942
Source: usaac-official

 

[Wurger]

If I recall, those Hurricanes are from a CGI project.

Yep.. additionally these are of 303 Polish squadron.

 

[Capt. Vick]

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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

Is that a chaff shoot at his elbow?

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Is that a chaff shoot at his elbow?

Looks to be, but I really do not know.

 

[nuuumannn]

Orig. Foto, Luftwaffe Feuerstellung mit Tarnjacke, Stahlhelm und Dienstglas 1940 | eBay

Hugo Boss less succesfull outfit.

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"If I stand real still, they can't see me, but I can see them!"

 

[nuuumannn]

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".

Those look like Curtiss C-46 tails in the background...

Hawker Hurricane Squadron, WWII.

Yes, the much celebrated 303 Sqn, of which in recent years, two biographical/fictional accounts of the unit's participation in the Battle of Britain have appeared. This aircraft was one of the stars of Hurricane, released in 2018.

Hurricane static-3

 

[Airframes]

That chute on the B-17 may be a spent case chute for the radio room gun - not seen it before though., so very well could be for chaff / leaflets etc.

 

[syscom3]

B-17's of the 94th Bomb Group en route to Berlin in the spring of 1944.

 

[Hardlydank]

Half of a Ki-43-II. Or I guess you could say it's a Ki-21.5

 

[michaelmaltby]

WorldWar Photos
Soviet soldier with DT-29 machine gun

 

[Wurger]

 

[Capt. Vick]

Hmmm...4 letter word for....

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

A pair of 16th Fighter Group P-40Cs buzz a PT boat near the Canal Zone during an exercise, 1 August 1942. No photo credit available.

 

[at6]

Half of a Ki-43-II. Or I guess you could say it's a Ki-21.5
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Checki out our sale this Friday! This plane, half off.

 

[N4521U]

Hmmm...4 letter word for....

Send bullets!