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[Snautzer01]

HMS Campbeltown (I42) tik.. tik ..tik before explosion.

Orig. Foto HMS Campeltown an der Schleuse von St. Nazaire am 28.3.1942 in 9x6cm | eBay

Entdecken Sie Orig. Foto HMS Campeltown an der Schleuse von St. Nazaire am 28.3.1942 in 9x6cm in der groÃen Auswahl bei eBay. Kostenlose Lieferung für viele Artikel!

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[Wurger]

 

[Snautzer01]

Agfacolor Farbdia 297 Inf. Division Kampflinie Stalingrad 1942

Agfacolor Farbdia 297 Inf. Division Kampflinie Stalingrad 1942 FD24 | eBay

Es handelt sich um eine 100% Original Farb Dia. Die Division war unter anderem an der Schlacht von Stalingrad beteiligt, einem Wendepunkt im Verlauf des Krieges. Letztendlich wurde sie in den letzten Kriegsmonaten aufgerieben und aufgelöst, als die deutschen Streitkräfte auf dem Rückzug waren.

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[syscom3]

White stripes painted on B-26 in preparation of the D-Day landings on June 6th at Normandy. Note that the stripes were
not airbrushed on. Just a gallon of paint and a wide paint brush.

 

[GTX]

White stripes painted on B-26 in preparation of the D-Day landings on June 6th at Normandy. Note that the stripes were
not airbrushed on. Just a gallon of paint and a wide paint brush.

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I love photos like that - perfect to pull out if someone comments on how tidy masking lines are.

 

[Frog]

I love photos like that - perfect to pull out if someone comments on how tidy masking lines are.

There are pictures showing some were not even parallel.

 

[tyrodtom]

How many days warning did they give them to do this ?
Just imagine how pleasant it would be to paint the bottoms of the wing with a big brush.

 

[MiTasol]

Paint rollers were invented in 1940 in both Canada and the USA. They MAY have been available for under wing use but somehow I doubt it as such new inventions were slow to spread before the internet.

 

[Frog]

 

[Snautzer01]

F5 variant.

 

[syscom3]

Pan Am Boeing 314 "Yankee Clipper" Pan Am begins transatlantic mail service on this day, May 20 1939.

 

[syscom3]

A flight of Royal Air Force Fairey Battle single-engine monoplane light bombers flying from No.52 Squadron RAF flying in echelon formation over Bicester on 20th May 1939 in preparation for Empire Air Day.

 

[syscom3]

Prototype Boulton Paul Defiant K8310 at Northolt, 22 May 1939. The Defiant
was designed and built by Boulton Paul Aircraft as a "turret fighter" to meet
the RAF requirement for day and night fighters that could concentrate their
firepower on enemy bombers which were not expected to have fighter escorts
due to the distance from Germany to the United Kingdom. The Defiant had all
its armament in a dorsal turret offering the ability to fire in most directions.
The same principle was used in the Royal Navy's Blackburn Roc which was
also built by Boulton Paul. In combat, the Defiant was found to be effective
at destroying bombers, the role it was designed for, but was vulnerable to
the Luftwaffe's more maneuverable, single-seat Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters
operating from bases in Northern France after France capitulated in 1940.

 

[MIflyer]

Hellcat on USS Randolph 1945

 

[SaparotRob]

Hellcat somewhat on USS Randolph.

 

[Snautzer01]

Hellcat somewhat on USS Randolph.

A brief visit.

 

[MIflyer]

Avenger failed parallel parking attempt, USS Hornet, 1944.

 

[Greg Boeser]

Avenger failed parallel parking attempt, USS Hornet, 1944.

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Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing.

 

[rednev]

Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing.

any landing you can reuse the aeroplane is a great landing

 

[SaparotRob]

Any landing you can walk away from and not having your luggage lost is better still.