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There are nice ones out now or the ancient ones from LS. Decals are also available, but rarer.
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Swedish Junkers K.37 in the Japanese army 1931 ALTH
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Chief of the General Staff Marshal Sugiyama next to his VIP transport Ki-56 with the Imperial Chrysanthemum on its fin ALTH
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Spitfire "Lonesome Polecat" in US service.
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My favourite line shoot so far was from a USAAF pilot who flew a Spit PRXI. In the evening on the way back from a mission he encountered unexpected headwinds and landed at a USAAF P51 base for extra fuel.
Remembering that it was unusual to get close to an RAF aircraft on a US base it attracted some attention. He was asked what it was and he told them that it was a Spitfire. He was asked where his guns were and he told them that it didn't have any as it was a PR plane. He was asked what happened to his fighter escort and he told them that he didn't have one. He was then asked where he been on his own without escort and he said Seelow east of Berlin. Apparently it went very quiet.
This was on a website that outlined the history of USAAF PR units based in the UK which unfortunately is no longer active. His other quote was simple, if a USAAF pilot tells you that a P47 or P51 was better that a Spitfire, I guarantee that they have never flow a Spit.
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85 years ago today. May 10 1940. The Nazi's invade the low counties as the battle of France begins.
Sergeant G. "Sammy" Allard of No. 85 Squadron RAF being congratulated on his return to Lille-Seclin in France on the
evening of 10 May 1940, after shooting down the second of two Heinkel He 111s claimed by him that day. Behind him,
ground crew are busy refueling and rearming his Hawker Hurricane Mark I, N2319 'VY-P'.
Sergeant G. "Sammy" Allard of No. 85 Squadron RAF being congratulated on his return to Lille-Seclin in France on the
evening of 10 May 1940, after shooting down the second of two Heinkel He 111s claimed by him that day. Behind him,
ground crew are busy refueling and rearming his Hawker Hurricane Mark I, N2319 'VY-P'.
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German Junkers Ju 52s dropping paratroopers in the Netherlands, 10 May 1940.
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80 Years Ago Today;
Joyce Digney & Cynthia Covello with two Sailors while wading in the fountains at Trafalgar Square in London on VE-Day - 8 May 1945
Joyce and Cynthia first met in the summer of 1944 when they were serving in the Women's Land Army (WLA), Joyce was 18 and Cynthia was 20, they became best friends.
Both had seen photos of the WW1 armistice parades in London, and decided that if they were still alive at the end of the war they would make the trip to London for the celebrations.
8 May 1945 was declared a public holiday in the UK after the German Surrender was signed at Reims, France on 7 May. The two took the early train into London that morning and eventually reached Trafalgar Square, where the celebrations were in full swing.
It was a warm day, and people were sitting on the fountains, wading their feet in the water. To cool off, Joyce and Cynthia decided to join them, taking off their shoes and getting into the water.
Joyce described what happened next:
'Two sailors came into the fountain to join us. One of them climbed up into one of the fountains and dived into the two feet of water. How he didn't kill himself, I don't know! He put his arms around me and fell back, taking me under the water with him. I grabbed the chap by the shirt and dunked him up and down screaming: "Look what you've done to me. How am I going to get home?"
After the dunking, the two women worked their way South to Waterloo station, where they dried off next to a bonfire lit by another reveller, before taking the train back home.
Both Joyce and Cynthia married Canadian soldiers after WW2 ended, moving to Canada within a few months of each other where they remained close friends.
Cynthia passed away in 1983 and Joyce passed away in 2015
Joyce Digney & Cynthia Covello with two Sailors while wading in the fountains at Trafalgar Square in London on VE-Day - 8 May 1945
Joyce and Cynthia first met in the summer of 1944 when they were serving in the Women's Land Army (WLA), Joyce was 18 and Cynthia was 20, they became best friends.
Both had seen photos of the WW1 armistice parades in London, and decided that if they were still alive at the end of the war they would make the trip to London for the celebrations.
8 May 1945 was declared a public holiday in the UK after the German Surrender was signed at Reims, France on 7 May. The two took the early train into London that morning and eventually reached Trafalgar Square, where the celebrations were in full swing.
It was a warm day, and people were sitting on the fountains, wading their feet in the water. To cool off, Joyce and Cynthia decided to join them, taking off their shoes and getting into the water.
Joyce described what happened next:
'Two sailors came into the fountain to join us. One of them climbed up into one of the fountains and dived into the two feet of water. How he didn't kill himself, I don't know! He put his arms around me and fell back, taking me under the water with him. I grabbed the chap by the shirt and dunked him up and down screaming: "Look what you've done to me. How am I going to get home?"
After the dunking, the two women worked their way South to Waterloo station, where they dried off next to a bonfire lit by another reveller, before taking the train back home.
Both Joyce and Cynthia married Canadian soldiers after WW2 ended, moving to Canada within a few months of each other where they remained close friends.
Cynthia passed away in 1983 and Joyce passed away in 2015
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Nice overview of many Civil Air Patrol aircraft parked on the apron at Coastal Patrol Base 17 at Suffolk County Airport, Long Island, NY AIRH
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Douglas TBD-1 Devastators in the pre-war colors and markings of Torpedo Squadron 6 (VT-6) of the USS Enterprise in flight off Hawaii THEA
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Them's purdy!
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D-1 unpowered version of the Ki-54 June 1943 ALTH
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REAL purdy, pardner!
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Showa Transports L2D3 ALTH
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Mitsubishi Ki-46 at the Tokorozawa AMS with proud mechanics in front HIKO
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The crew of a Lockheed Hudson Mk1 N7353 (VX-T) light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft of 206 Squadron, Royal Air Force Coastal Command play a game of drafts before a patrol circa April 1940 at RAF Bircham Newton, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Hudson N7353 (VX-T) failed to return from air operations over the North Sea on 12 May 1940.
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Kawanishi E7K1s ALTH
