Picture of the day.

[michaelmaltby]

Manchuria

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[Wurger]

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[syscom3]

A B24 scrapyard somewhere in the Pacific.

 

[at6]

A B24 scrapyard somewhere in the Pacific.

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Sad to see so many beautiful aircraft being destroyed.

 

[bdefen]

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Caption Seaplane tender Langley being abandoned after being damaged by Japanese bombs, south of Java, 27 Feb 1942; destroyer Edsall by Langley's port side, men in foreground were of destroyer Whipple ww2dbaseSource ww2dbaseUnited States Navy Naval History and Heritage CommandIdentification Code NH 92472

Is that the same USS Langley that was the USN's first aircraft carrier?

 

[bdefen]

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A four-feet-drive personnel carrier.

 

[at6]

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We have our dinner for tonight.

 

[swampyankee]

Is that the same USS Langley that was the USN's first aircraft carrier?

Yes. The section of flight deck was removed so she would no longer count as a carrier.

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[Wildcat]

A RAAF C-47 belonging to No. 34 squadron conducts a supply drop mission in the PTO.

 

[michaelmaltby]

IJA Thailand landing

 

[Wurger]

 

[michaelmaltby]

IJA China

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[michaelmaltby]

Chinese crack troops fight in the rubble of Shanghai, 1937

 

[syscom3]

An SB2U of VS-72 on the deck-edge elevator of USS Wasp (CV-7), June 1940

 

[Wurger]

 

[michaelmaltby]

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