Picture of the day. (17 Viewers)

[Airframes]

Thanks Dave. A very neat, pilot-less belly landing, all things considered!

 

[Capt. Vick]

That's one tough Swedish tree!

 

[vikingBerserker]

No doubt!

 

[Lucky13]

Three sisters: The Rio Hudson (HMS Avenger), the Rio Parana (HMS Biter) and Rio de la Plata (HMS Charger) on the slips at the Sun Shipbuilding Drydock Co., Chester, Pa, USA....

 

[Njaco]

A hangar full of wrecked German aircraft at Schmarbeck airfield, 20 April 1945. In the foreground are Heinkel He 111 and He 177 bombers.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Ouch.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

These were sent to me by Guttorm a couple of years ago. He also sent me two pieces from this craft. One is a small I.D. tag and the other is a inspection cover. What I can read off of the tag from top to bottom is;

Junkers Flugzeug-und-Motorenwerke AO
Dessau Serie-38862.10/17L
Ziechn.-88.614
F.M. 1239

Between the F.M. and the 1239 there is a soft triangle stamped with what looks like a capitol L directly over a 7. And beneath the Dessau is a sharp triangle with somewhat stickperson with outstretched and somewhat upraised arms. Oh and on the back of the tag Guttorm wrote Ju88 C-2 RIGHT. 57AB.

 

[vikingBerserker]

I really miss that boy, great pics!

The last pic, are those bullet holes in the nose or gun ports?

 

[Lucky13]

HMS Attacker leading HMS Stalker, seen from HMS Battler in a formation lead by HMS Hunter, leaving Naples...

 

[Lucky13]

I really miss that boy, great pics!

The last pic, are those bullet holes in the nose or gun ports?

Miss that lad too mate, hopefully he'll return someday....those four are gun ports..

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

I really miss that boy, great pics!

The last pic, are those bullet holes in the nose or gun ports?

David, I'm not sure, if they are gun ports, it seems that the guns would be in the lap of the pilot but I don't know.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

I do get to chat with him on FB from time to time but have not heard from him for quite some time.

 

[syscom3]

This B26 is F***ed. End of story.

 

[Lucky13]

HMS Emperor during her Atlantic crossing from New York to the Clyde, carrying a ferry load of Avenger aircraft. Heavy u-boat activity in the Atlantic forced the convoy to make a more northerly track and the ships encountered ice floe and snow.

Harsh weather conditions, crew members in the bow of HMS Emperor, somewhere in the North Sea...

 

[vikingBerserker]

Thanks fellas!

 

[GrauGeist]

David, I'm not sure, if they are gun ports, it seems that the guns would be in the lap of the pilot but I don't know.

Note that the gunports are offset to starboard because the pilot is seated to the left side of the cockpit.

 

[Flightpath]

Nice colour photo of a Spitfire being serviced, pilot's chatting...........

 

[Wayne Little]

great Pics guys...

 

[Milosh]

David, I'm not sure, if they are gun ports, it seems that the guns would be in the lap of the pilot but I don't know.

Aaron another photo with the guns installed.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Great pic folks and seeing many of these makes one realise just how lucky we are these days.