Picture of the day. (10 Viewers)

[Viking1066]

Hitler\s Hearse B-24
1st HITLER'S HEARSE in 445th BG B24B

 

[syscom3]

Hawker Hurricane Mk I P3166 VY-Q, flown by the CO of No. 85 Squadron, Sqn Ldr Peter Townsend, taxiing out at Castle Camps, 25 July 1940.

 

[syscom3]

Blenheim Mk IF of No. 25 Squadron taxiing at Martlesham Heath, watched by air- and ground crews,
25 July 1940. The squadron was used for night fighter operations.

 

[Viking1066]

Curtiss O-52 Owl '40-2763' 2013 AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk pursuit aircraft being assembled somewhere in Iran in a deal worked out with President Roosevelt and the Shah USAF

 

[bf109xxl]

Tupolev SB-2-M103 in Finnish service REDD
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It seems to be an SB 2M-103 with the number SB-7, one of 16 SBs purchased by the Finns in Germany in the summer of 1941. Here is a photo of the same airplane in flight (from the book "Tupolev SB: Soviet High Speed Bomber" by Mikhail Maslov, 2004):

An SB 2 M-103 (reg/n SB-7) of 2/PLeLv 6 in flight in early June 1944. The navigator's head can be seen protruding from the hatch in front of the windshield.

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[Viking1066]

Tupolev SB 2M-100A [unmarked] sole example of 6500 2012 FLIK

 

[Viking1066]

Petlyakov Pe-2FT [ID unknown] main production version 2012 FLIK

 

[Zippythehog]

Curtiss O-52 Owl '40-2763' 2013 AIRHView attachment 839875

I believe this is in the USFA Museum. Isn't this the type that Glen Miller disappeared in?

 

[Zippythehog]

Hawker Hurricane Mk I P3166 VY-Q, flown by the CO of No. 85 Squadron, Sqn Ldr Peter Townsend, taxiing out at Castle Camps, 25 July 1940.

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Any relation to the lead guitarist of The Who?

 

[cammerjeff]

I believe this is in the USFA Museum. Isn't this the type that Glen Miller disappeared in?

No Glen Miller was flying in a C-64 Norseman - very different aircraft

Noorduyn Norseman - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Viking1066]

Any relation to the lead guitarist of The Who?

No sir

 

[Viking1066]

Ki-27a of Sentai Hombu 1st Sentai of Commander Chusa Toshio Kato Nomonhan June 1939 KEGO

 

[bf109xxl]

Petlyakov Pe-2FT [ID unknown] main production version 2012 FLIK
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Officially, the name Pe-2FT did not exist. There were just Pe-2s with FT installation, 2-2.5 thousand of which were produced . The photo shows a regular Pe-2 with VUB-1 turret mount, which was installed starting from the batch 110 - from June 1942.

 

[hawkeye2an]

Any relation to the lead guitarist of The Who?

Pete Townshend of the Who

 

[GTX]

 

[bf109xxl]

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A serial production airplane. 32 were made, 24 went to the front. This airplane was not liked at the front - the reliability of the engines was too low.

 

[Warspite63]

Curtiss O-52 Owl '40-2763' 2013 AIRHView attachment 839875

That's a new one for me!!

 

[syscom3]

It wants it's belly scratched?

A wrecked F4U-1 of VMF-123 or VMF-124 at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, 1943