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[Snautzer01]

Foto1938 STEYR"200"WEHRMACHT-Auto"HUND-SONJA"KÜBELWAGEN100cabrio baby220 ww wk 2 | eBay

 

[syscom3]

B-17D and B-17E in flight 1942

 

[SaparotRob]

I love "shark tails".

 

[special ed]

Note the Es have the early periscope ventral turret.

 

[michaelmaltby]

Destination Leyte, 1945

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[Wurger]

 

[special ed]

The wheels of Mac's jeep are spinning. Is he stuck? I'll bet he didn't get out and push.

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[nuuumannn]

These are actually A-36 dive bombers, the first incarnation of the P-51.

They are not A-36s. The ones in the foreground are Mustang Mk.1As destined for the United Kingdom, whereas the olive drab ones are a part of the British order that was diverted to the USAAF, the aircraft were NA-91s, designated simply as P-51s without the 'A' prefix.

A wee thing to remember, the Mustang/P-51 originated from a British requirement and so the RAF received it first, as the Mustang I. USAAF interest came subsequently.

 

[nuuumannn]

... just doing his job as ordered

Yup, echoes of Robert Capa at Omaha Beach on 6th June 1944.

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Japanese occupation of Peiping (Beijing) in China, on August 13, 1937.

Wow! I took this in 2017!

Block house

 

[nuuumannn]

It was an early Zero repaired by Chinese and AVG. They had to make some pieces hence the louvered panel.

Yup, two landed by accident on a Chinese beach and this one was evaluated and eventually sent to the USA.

 

[nuuumannn]

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Here it is today, on display at the RAF Museum.

R5868

A minor correction to the title, 467 Sqn was an RAF unit, but was a Commonwealth squadron and the Aussie units were often referred to as RAAF squadrons, although strictly speaking they operated under the command of the RAF.

 

[CATCH 22]

A B-17G Flying Fortress of the 390th BG crash landed near Ettenheim France. Jan 20 1945. S/N 44-8151 The German civilians seem to be having a good time looking at it.

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IMHO the information about the crash site is incorrect. Ettenheim is a town in Germany, east of the Rhine river. AFAIK this a/c, MACR 13375, crash landed near Altenheim.

 

[nuuumannn]

Foto1938 STEYR"200"WEHRMACHT-Auto"HUND-SONJA"KÜBELWAGEN100cabrio baby220 ww wk 2 | eBay

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"This was a deciding factor behind how prisoners were treated - as evidenced in the following discussion..."
American soldier: "Hande hoch!"
German soldier: "Wait, wait..." retrieves dog from glove compartment...
American soldier: "Awwww... "

 

[michaelmaltby]

The Burma Campaign

 

[Snautzer01]

NEW 6 X 4 WW2 BRITISH HOME FRONT DADS ARMY ANTI TANK TRAINING 44 | eBay

Apparently the tank farted with a vengeance

 

[Snautzer01]

NEW 6 X 4 PHOTO WW2 BRITAIN BLITZ 20 | eBay

Ticking? what ticking??

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[michaelmaltby]

Through his eyes: Brigadier General Charles D Palmer (right) receives the Legion of Merit from Lieutenant General Alexander M Patch. The below pictures were taken by Palmer during his time in Europe during WWII
Following series of Pictures are credit General Palmer