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[fastmongrel]

Not great quality but a great pic you can almost hear that Griffon growl.

 

[fubar57]

Lowering "Fat Man" into the pit in preparation for it being loaded into "Bock's Car"...

Geo

 

[Capt. Vick]

I understand that those pits are still there on Tinian

 

[fubar57]

Geo

 

[N4521U]

Handeling That thing by HAND???????? Not me bro!

 

[GrauGeist]

Handeling That thing by HAND???????? Not me bro!

Probably as dangerous as handling a hand grenade...

But I am pretty sure they were keeping a close eye on those tropical storms that were all around, that day.

One bolt of lightning and the "pin gets pulled" on that bigass grenade

 

[fastmongrel]

Breathe in no room for a beer belly

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots guys!

 

[syscom3]

93rd division on Bougainville, 1944

 

[Wildcat]

Australian Bren gunner at Buin Road, Bougainville.

 

[fastmongrel]

Looks like the RAF was having a rodent problem

 

[Wildcat]

MM401 464sqnRAAF. Damaged by flak over Pas de Calais.

 

[Wurger]

One of Avia B.534s pretending to be a Polish fighter machine for the German Nazi propaganda movie "Kampfgeschwader Lützow".

 

[Capt. Vick]

Great picture!

 

[vikingBerserker]

I agree, excellent!

 

[Njaco]

Helmut Obersteuermann Klotzsch of U-175 calling for help to be rescued after his ship was sunk by USGCG (United States Coast Guard Cutter) "Spencer" in the waters of the North Atlantic, south-west of Ireland, April 17, 1943.

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[Capt. Vick]

How the hell did he keep his cap on?!?!

 

[Wildcat]

Soldiers of the Australian 6th Division land on Dove Bay during the drive on Wewak, 1945.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Interesting finds guys.

 

[GrauGeist]

A pair of Luftwaffe TKS tankettes in Finland