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[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Intetesting.. the Soviets reached the Odra river in February 1945. In January 1945 they still standing at the Vistula river. So what they did there in December 1944?

Good question.

 

[Hardlydank]

Ki-43-I. note the home defence bands. The Ki-44 in the background is marked with 47th independent chutai markings, this unit was apparently the first to receive the ki-44

 

[Snautzer01]

Intetesting.. the Soviets reached the Odra river in February 1945. In January 1945 they still standing at the Vistula river. So what they did there in December 1944?

Never trust Oleg to read the road map.

 

[Snautzer01]

NEW 6 X 4 PHOTOGRAPH WW2 GERMAN SOLDIER POW 225 | eBay

Say Master race one more time... i dare you...

 

[Snautzer01]

NEW 6 X 4 PHOTOGRAPH WW2 GERMAN SOLDIER AND GI IN AN AID STATION 431 | eBay

 

[michaelmaltby]

Histomil/com

 

[Hardlydank]

Pilot chillin' next to a Ki-43-III

 

[syscom3]

A pair of B17's high over Germany. Note that the one in front has an H2X bombing radar instead of the ball turret.

 

[syscom3]

The US Navy obtained 2 surplus P-63 Kingcobras and had Bell installing on them swept wings for research on low-speed and stall characteristics of high-speed wing designs. The USN designated them L-39.

per wiki - "Two war surplus P-63Cs were modified by Bell under Navy contract for flight testing of low-speed and stall characteristics of high-speed wing designs. The aircraft received new wings with adjustable leading edge slats, trailing edge flaps and a pronounced sweep of 35 degrees. The wings had no wheel wells; only the nose gear was retractable. L-39-1 first flew 23 April 1946, demonstrating a need for extra tail surface and rear fuselage length to balance the aircraft in flight—the wing repositioning reduced empennage effectiveness and moved the center of lift aft. A lighter three-bladed propeller from a P-39Q-10 was mounted and the necessary changes to the empennage were made. L-39-2 incorporated these adjustments from the start. L-39-1 later went to NACA at Langley for wind tunnel testing, where much valuable data were gathered. L-39-2 also served as a testbed for the Bell X-2 40-degree wing design."

 

[michaelmaltby]

Histomil.com

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[syscom3]

B-17F Bomber 42-3489 Crashed Into Aircraft Tractor on airfield 1943

Delivered Denver 11/7/43; Grenier 18/8/43; force landed base with George Michie 21/8/43; Assigned 482BG; transferred 1 EEL Bedford (TB-17-G) 20/7/44; 4148 BU Bedford 4/12/44; 4100 Patterson 8/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 12/7/45.

 

[Airframes]

Interesting shot. Is that a "Mickey" radar pod behind the chin turret ?
If so, I don't think I've seen one in the location before.

 

[Capt. Vick]

An "F" model with a chin turret

 

[Airframes]

Didn't check the serial number, so either a late "F" or early "G", but what about the "Mickey" pod ?

 

[Dana Bell]

The nose-mounted Mickey unit shows up in a few other photos; Roger Freeman even had one in Mighty Eighth back in the early '70s.

I didn't check the serial either, but it ddoesn't really matter. Several Fs were delivered with chin turrets before an AAF order redesignating all Fortresses with chin turrets as B-17Gs.

Cheers,



Dana

 

[Capt. Vick]

Never knew that. Thanks Dana.

 

[Airframes]

Thanks dana. I'll have a look at my copy of "Mighty Eighth".

 

[michaelmaltby]

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