Picture of the day.

[Wurger]

 

[Elvis]

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RAAF Bristol Beaufighter became a playground item for children in Portsea, Victoria (1956) – Beaufighter A8-328 Lord Mayor of Melbourne Camp at Portsea (Photo by Keith Gaff via ADF-Serials.com.au)​

I remember this picture (or one very similar to it) being posted somewhere around here a few years ago (might've been this thread?). That time, the person posting it knew one or all of the people in the picture.
Seems like it was a rather poignant post and really gave one a feel for the time and why the plane was there.
Anyway, nice to see the ol' girl again.

 

[syscom3]

 

[syscom3]

A German Dornier Do 18 flying boat of the Luftwaffe, being prepared to take off on a reconnaissance mission over the North Sea, 13th February 1940.

 

[GTX]

A German Dornier Do 18 flying boat of the Luftwaffe, being prepared to take off on a reconnaissance mission over the North Sea, 13th February 1940.

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Interesting to see two sets of crosses on the wing

 

[Warspite63]

A German Dornier Do 18 flying boat of the Luftwaffe, being prepared to take off on a reconnaissance mission over the North Sea, 13th February 1940.

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Really ahead of their time - national markings that are visible from space.......

 

[Zippythehog]

Really ahead of their time - national markings that are visible from space.......

A confirmation of Moon Nazis.

 

[Warspite63]

A confirmation of Moon Nazis.

Dammit ... you're right!!!!! Incontrovertible evidence!!! ;-P

 

[CATCH 22]

Interesting to see two sets of crosses on the wing

AFAIR (don't have the proof or source now) the giant crosses were to help finding and rescuing emergency-landed airplanes in the water.
The above a/c K6+KL is a D-2 from 1./Kü.Fl.Gr.306. ((Kü.Fl.Gr. = Küstenfliegergruppe), later renumbered Kü.Fl.Gr.406

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[syscom3]

A 483rd Bomb Group B-17 drops bombs on the Schwechat oil refinery near Vienna, Austria,
7 February 1945

 

[Warspite63]

AFAIR (don't have the proof or source now) the giant crosses were to help finding and rescuing emergency-landed airplanes in the water.
The above a/c K6+KL is a D-2 from 1./Kü.Fl.Gr.306. ((Kü.Fl.Gr. = Küstenfliegergruppe), later renumbered Kü.Fl.Gr.406

I'm sure that's true ..... but I still prefer the Moon Nazi story.......

 

[syscom3]

My prior picture was of B17's dropping their load on the Schwechat oil refinery.

And here is the target as it is today. I think in 1945 it was a lot smaller.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[Frog]

Dummy Me 109, with a gunner from the 157th Artillerie Regiment posing at Bény-Sur-Mer (From L'occupation en Normandie, Editions OREP).

 

[Zippythehog]

Dummy Me 109, with a gunner from the 157th Artllerie Regiment posing at Bény-Sur-Mer (From L'occupation en Normandie, Editions OREP).

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I had to read this twice- "Dummy me…"lol

 

[syscom3]

A B-17F in flight over Monte Cassino, 15 February 1944

 

[Frog]

Ar 95 Grandcamp Maisy (From L'occupation en Normandie, Editions OREP).

 

[VERSUCH]

He59 ?

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!