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[syscom3]

On this day 40 years ago. Dec 15 1981.

James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle, who was 85 Monday, finally got his Navy aviator wings, the Defense Department announced. Army Lieutenant General Doolittle, retired, was made an honorary naval pilot last Friday, almost 40 years after he led a flight of 16 B-25 Mitchell bombers off the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) for a daring raid on Tokyo.
Well he did fly off a carrier, so he was entitled to it. LOL

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots guys!

 

[tyrodtom]

Curious installation of 8 Japanese Ho-103 (Type 1) 12.7 mm MGs. I imagine it was quite loud.View attachment 651603

Looks like a unfinished mock -up.
No sign of ammo chutes, or any way to feed or traverse this apparatus around.
Like they had some spare time, lots of Japanese junk laying around, and just got creative.

 

[nuuumannn]

The Queen of England inspects the 306th BG B-17G 42-102547 "ROSE OF YORK"

Princess Elizabeth at this stage, for whom the B-17 was named, although her mother, Queen Elizabeth was present - a title by association rather than inheritance as her husband was the ruling monarch, King George VI, whose actual first name was Albert...

 

[Snautzer01]

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Strange Tie

 

[Dana Bell]

Badgers? We don't need no stinkin' badgers...

Cheers,



Dana

 

[nuuumannn]

Explains the state of his moustache...

 

[syscom3]

B-17G 42-38148 "Mamu" of the 306th Bomb Group, 368th BS. This aircraft survived the war and was scrapped at Kingman.

 

[Wurger]

 

[GTX]

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Obviously a holder of the rarely seen "Frettchen" award.

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Obviously a holder of the rarely seen "Frettchen" award.

mitt brillanten?

 

[at6]

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the Internet

Be careful. What ever you shoot, we have to cook and eat it.

 

[at6]

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Ferret legging champion.

 

[syscom3]

Dorothy Olson, a WASP pilot, with a P-38 Lightning.

 

[Snautzer01]

Dec 7 1941 WWII Official Photos Co Pearl Harbor Attack Navy Seaplanes hit | eBay

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[Snautzer01]

Dec 7 1941 WWII Official Photos Co Pearl Harbor Attack, USS Shaw destroyed | eBay

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Dec 7 1941 WWII Official Photos Co Pearl Harbor, Magazine of USS Shaw explodes | eBay

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Dec 7 1941 WWII Official Photos Co Pearl Harbor Attack

 

[GTX]

Yikes!! The good news is that the pilot survived. Sadly they were unable to save his underwear.

 

[syscom3]

Dec 7 1941 WWII Official Photos Co Pearl Harbor Attack Navy Seaplanes hit | eBay

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Whats that biplane on the left side?

 

[syscom3]

PBY's of VP-73 return to Reykjavik, Iceland after a patrol. March 23rd, 1942

 

[Frog]

Whats that biplane on the left side?

Curtiss SOC Seagull.