Viking1066
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USS New York (BB 34), placing 3rd OS2U on catapult, May 1943 SILV
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Viking1066
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Wheeled version of an OS2U-2 Kingfisher being prepared for test flights at the Vought factory in Stratford, Connecticut, United States, 1940 WW2B
Viking1066
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Wildcat White FT NAS Anacostia ASBIZ
MIflyer
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Everyone seems to want to paint them red, but I think the very few you see in overall USAAF OD and gray or the British colors are even more striking.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Saw a picture of one in AAC trainer colors. Blue fuse, yellow wings, red dot stars and the stripey tail. They're all good.
An elegant looking aircraft that just didn't quite make the grade. One of my favorites. I've colorized some images in prewar colors a while back, before I had any AI tools, so all done by hand in layers - a tedious process, but a good way to relax and unwind.
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YIKES! That would be like a Jag XKE for driver's ed!
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German soldiers and officers inspecting HMS Campbeltown moments before she explodes, killing 250 and wreck the
drydock she rammed useless for the rest of the war.
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syscom3
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A USAAF A-20A Havoc ('70') painted with the early-war USAAF stars flies over Oahu Island, in the
Hawaii Islands, on 29 May 1941.
Hawaii Islands, on 29 May 1941.
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Flight Lieutenant J H "Ginger" Lacey of No. 501 Squadron RAF, in the cockpit of his Supermarine
Spitfire Mk I at Colerne, Wiltshire, 29 May 1941. At this time, he has 23 victories gained in 1940.
Spitfire Mk I at Colerne, Wiltshire, 29 May 1941. At this time, he has 23 victories gained in 1940.
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Wrecked Junkers Ju 52 transport planes on the beach at Maleme airfield, Crete, May/June 1941
The USS Buchanan (DD-131) ... there was a time I wanted to build the model of the vessel.
the pic source: the net.
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Buna, Papua, 05:30 PM, New Years Day 1943, Australian machine gunners during the final assault on Buna. The dead
soldier to the left was Corporal Charles Knight. Private John Senior is behind the gun and Sergeant G.C. Lowe is to his right.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Funny plus agree equals winner.
BTW. They're like totally bitchin' in all yellow.
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The USAAF launched a flight of A-20A the afternoon of 7 Dec to look for the IJN but did not know where to find them.
Warspite63
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... an operation that was the very definition of 'balls-out' .......
Viking1066
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U.S. Navy Vought OS2U Kingfisher in flight, c1944. Note the squadron code "2SU1" on the plane. This Kingsisher was possibly assigned to Carrier Aircraft Service Unit 1 (CASU-1) at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii WARP
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WAVES Aviation Machinist's Mates Bernice Sanbury and Mary Arnold removing an access panel behind the engine of a SNJ training plane NAS Jacksonville WW2B
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ENTERPRISE readies VT-6 TBDs' for raid against the Japanese airfield at Taroa on I February 1942 USNF
Lacey was one of the few RAF pilots on operational duties on both the opening and closing day of the war. His final tally was 28 confirmed, four probables and nine damaged.
