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[syscom3]

Bristol Blenheims are leaving their nest in France for a reconnaissance in German skies on April 22, 1940.

 

[Viking1066]

The Combined Fleet at the Yokosuka Naval Review, October 11, 1940 Aerial view of Hiei (which carried the Emperor) and Kako REDD

 

[Airframes]

Post # 25,501 is a HP Hampden, not a Blenheim, and almost certainly in England, not France.

 

[Zippythehog]

Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-oat

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The photo caught the ghost mechanic and his pet goat. This was considered a myth until this picture surfaced. The blackbirds would not work in that hangar at night for fear of being yelled at by the ghost, or being rammed by his poltergeist goat.

"Gib mir meinen Schrabenschlüssel zurück!"

Blood chilling.

 

[Spitlead]

An ME-109 G-10 model in monochrome with color accents. The aircraft was originally manufactured as a Buchon type and was one of 28 aircraft used to film the movie Battle of Britain. The aircraft was restored to airworthy condition in 2017 and refitted with a lowered Allison V-1710 and genuine Bf-109 G-10 cowling and a reconfigured tail unit. The title of this image is "ACHTUNG!".

 

[syscom3]

German Colonel General Erhard Milch inspecting Luftwaffe pilots, Trondheim, Norway, 23 April 1940.

 

[hw97karbine]

Restroom facility on a Dornier Do 24 K flying boat

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[Greg Boeser]

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Restroom facility on a Dornier Do 24 K flying boat

Ahh. That's why the soup tasted a bit...off.

 

[Elvis]

While true that the FAA did use the Swordfish till the end of WW2 in CVEs, it was for a very specific role in ASW in the north atlantic, capable of delivering a heavy punch with RP and guided by onboard ASV radar.

Of course the airplane's slow speed made it possible to takeoff and land on decks that were pitching so violently, other, more "modern," aircraft couldn't even takeoff. With a landing speed was around 40 knots, which meant they practically hovered onboard a carrier that was making 20 knots into a headwind and loitier time of some 4 hours*.

The Avenger carried also ASV & RP for ASW duty but with a landing speed of some 80 knots and some 3 hours of loitier time*.

So in the dark and foggy North Atlantic, for ASW service, with a pitching and rolling deck, with no worry for enemy aircraft, the Swordfish was decidedly a very good option.

*Data from Gemini AI quick search, so apply salt as needed.

Wasn't the I-153
used against the Germans, during the invasion of Russia?

 

[Greg Boeser]

Those are captured machines used by Finland.

 

[Frog]

 

[Zippythehog]

Those are captured machines used by Finland.

They are. But I think in the early days of Operation Barbarossa the Nazis did destroy a number of I-153s.

 

[Greg Boeser]

Oh, they did!
I-153s and even I-15 bis were thrown into the fight.

 

[MIflyer]

Bulgarian D-520

 

[syscom3]

The 30th anniversary of the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp inmates by U.S. forces in 1945 was celebrated at the former camp site on April 27, 1975. Here delegations of many nations march through the camp.

 

[syscom3]

Imperial Japanese Army Type 97 light bomber Mitsubishi Ki-30 fly for the bombing of Jiyuan during the Sino-Japanese War on April 27, 1940 in Henan Province, China.

 

[Wurger]

 

[hw97karbine]

Imperial Japanese Army Type 97 light bomber Mitsubishi Ki-30 fly for the bombing of Jiyuan during the Sino-Japanese War on April 27, 1940 in Henan Province, China.

some footage of them in action

 

[Viking1066]

E13A1a on board the seaplane carrier Kimikawa Maru ALTH