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[Checkertail20]

Mustang Ace George Preddy's airplane and ground crew on 6 Aug 1944. From Flight Journal.

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George Preddy was quite the character.

 

[Warspite63]

Preddy nice!

That's the kind of awful pun I would make ... well played!

 

[Viking1066]

Albacore ∅L BF653 from 820 Squadron, HMS Formidable, during Operation Torch DEST

 

[Viking1066]

Grumman Martlet (Wildcat) Mk. II of No. 888 AJ148 from HMS Formidable on an airfield at Oran Algeria in Dec 42 DEST

 

[Viking1066]

Martin PBM-5 of VP-47 based at NAS San Diego REDD

 

[Viking1066]

USS Long Island (ACV-1) Grumman TBF-1 Avenger torpedo plane makes an arrested landing, probably during carrier qualifications in late 1942 or early 1943 LASS

 

[Viking1066]

Avenger Field WASPs with Cessna AT-17 Bobcat INHG

 

[Viking1066]

Grumman Wildcats of No 888 Squadron on HMS Formidable DEST

 

[Viking1066]

Walrus MkI FAA 712NAS G9G RAFM ASBIZ

 

[Viking1066]

WAVES Lorraine Taylor and Martha Harrison with Skymaster (80-G-K-6095) INHG

 

[Viking1066]

A U.S. Navy F6F-3 Hellcat of VF-1, CVG-5, aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10) in May 1943 REDD

 

[Viking1066]

Fairey Fulmars on the flight deck of HMS Formidable part of the naval covering force for the Madagascar Apr-May 1942 DEST

 

[Viking1066]

Grumman Wildcat fighters and Supermarine Seafires on HMS Formidable 1942 REDD

 

[Viking1066]

Three British Spitfire Vb fighters almost camouflaged in flight over Djerba Island, Gulf of Gabes, Tunisia, early 1943. WWAI

 

[bdefen]

A U.S. Navy F6F-3 Hellcat of VF-1, CVG-5, aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10) in May 1943 REDD
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Beautiful deep color tones and contrast. Almost looks like a gorgeous Ansel Adams grayscale piece.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[Viking1066]

Beautiful deep color tones and contrast. Almost looks like a gorgeous Ansel Adams grayscale piece.
Thanks for sharing.

Your welcome.

 

[SaparotRob]

A U.S. Navy F6F-3 Hellcat of VF-1, CVG-5, aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10) in May 1943 REDD
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Are there any pictures of Enterprise, Yorktown CV-10 and Hornet CV-12 together? Enterprise is in the "Murderers Row" photo.

 

[Viking1066]

Enterprise and Hornet at Midway WIKI

 

[syscom3]

A Fiat CR 42 Falco biplane fighter after crash-landing near Lowestoft, Suffolk on 11 November
1940. The plane was forced down by a propeller malfunction.

 

[syscom3]

A crashed Fiat CR 42 on the beach at Orfordness, Suffolk. It was with the 95 Squadriglia
18 Gruppo, 56 Stormo. Pilot Sergente Pietro Salvadori becomes his Majesty's guest for
the remainder of the war.