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[tyrodtom]

That's a Hurricane.
The Hurricane is the Rodney Dangerfield of fighters, don't never get no respect.

Maybe the dog's name is Spitfire.

 

[Crimea_River]

1944 Press Photo Britain's sea forts in Thames estuary. - nom18024 | eBay

First I've heard of those. Interesting.

 

[Glider]

First I've heard of those. Interesting.

Quite a feat of engineering at the time. They are still standing today.

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[at6]

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Not zo great for skeet shooting, but still fun.

 

[syscom3]

Marine Corps Grumman F6F-5N Hellcat of Marine Fighting Squadron 511 (VMF-511) on board the U.S. Navy Commencement Bay-class escort carrier USS Block Island (CVE-106) on 4 February 1945. Note the large radome on the starboard wing for the radar.

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

A British tank in Egypt, 1940, World War II.

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

B-24D (42-40722) 'The Little Gramper' Lead Assembly Ship in the 491st Bomb Group Originally served with the 389th Bomb Group. No photo credit available.

 

[michaelmaltby]

.... should'a named it measles.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Boeing B-29. No photo credit available.

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[vikingBerserker]

I bet it got really hot in those tanks during the summer

 

[syscom3]

Thunderbolt graveyard on Saipan after the war ended.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Dewoitines if I am not mistaken. No photo credit available, just who colored it.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

An M4A3 76(W) Sherman, probably of 4th Armored Division with destroyed Panthers of 11th Panzer Division near Guébling, France. November 1944. No photo credit available.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Vickers Wellesley of No. 47 Squadron RAF based at Agordat, Eritrea, in flight during a bombing sortie to Keren, during the East African Campaign. 1941. No photo credit available.

 

[Snautzer01]

1940s WWII US Navy Aircraft Carrier Photo USS Hancock, one-two Punch Okinawa | eBay

 

[michaelmaltby]

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