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[Wildcat]

7 OTU RAAF.

 

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[Snautzer01]

WWII GERMANS HAND OVER ARMS TO 51ST HIGHLAND DIVISION BIPPA ORIGINAL PHOTO 1945 | eBay

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[syscom3]

Flak damaged Boeing B-17G 44-8811 of the 398th BG, 600th Bomb Squadron,
April 1945. Battle damaged Halberstadt 8/4/45, tail shot away with tail gunner S/Sgt Wallace E Kasch still in it, and crash landed back at base [1 x KIA, 9 x RTD]; MACR 13869, Salvaged 10/445.
The damage to the nose was probably from the crash landing.

 

[syscom3]

An American sergeant photographs a US-built B-24H-5-DT heavy bomber (serial number 41-28641) that flew, with the German KG200 bomber squadron under the tactical number A3 + KB. The bomber has a broken front landing gear.
This aircraft belonged to the US 732nd Bomber Squadron, made an emergency landing at the Luftwaffe airfield in France on February 4, 1944, was used by the Germans for special operations after repairs and was captured by the Americans in Austria in May 1945. In total, the German KG200 squad included at least twelve captured American B-17 bombers and at least seven captured B-24 bombers. Location: Salzburg, Austria July 1945.

 

[Snautzer01]

An American sergeant photographs a US-built B-24H-5-DT heavy bomber (serial number 41-28641) that flew, with the German KG200 bomber squadron under the tactical number A3 + KB. The bomber has a broken front landing gear.
This aircraft belonged to the US 732nd Bomber Squadron, made an emergency landing at the Luftwaffe airfield in France on February 4, 1944, was used by the Germans for special operations after repairs and was captured by the Americans in Austria in May 1945. In total, the German KG200 squad included at least twelve captured American B-17 bombers and at least seven captured B-24 bombers. Location: Salzburg, Austria July 1945.

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Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Baugher Douglas-Tulsa B-24H-5-DT 41-28641 Cee Gee (453rd BG, 732BS) force-landed at Luftwaffe airfield in France Feb 4, 1944. MACR 2968. Repaired and flown by KG200 as A3+KB. Recaptured at Salsburg, Austria in May 1945.

 

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Repro Farb Foto no Original Soldat mit Gasmaske Don Kuban Terek Kaukasus Ukraine | eBay

 

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VINTAGE FARB FOTO RUSSLAND SOLDAT FAMILIE 1944 PHOTO LARGE SIZE | eBay

 

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I caught a fish, THIS BIG!

 

[michaelmaltby]

Burma

 

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[Capt. Vick]

I caught a fish, THIS BIG!

Hahahahaha! I was gonna say "Touchdown!"

 

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Tank broken,I give up.

 

[Андрей]

Tank broken,I give up.

It was like that too. There was a case where German soldiers encountered exactly the same kind of tank, in which a wounded tanker with broken legs was sitting and firing every last round of ammunition. When he ran out of ammunition, he fired back with a pistol.

 

[Wildcat]

If we pull hard enough, we'll get it airborne again.

 

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