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[MIflyer]

Hawk 81A and CW-21

 

[MIflyer]

Model 322 Lightning MK II P-322. Part of the 2nd batch of "Castrated Lightnings" built for the RAF, unlike the MK I, the MK II had counter rotating engines. Used for training in the USA, still in RAF camo colors. From Flight Journal.

 

[Frog]

Still from a booklet entitled : America on Guard : AT-6

 

[Viking1066]

N.A.F. PN-9 (BUNO A-6878) In flight, circa 1925 the net

 

[Viking1066]

A training Kingfisher being refueled at NAS Corpus Christy the net

 

[Viking1066]

Airspeed AS-10 Oxford IIs RCAF Trenton 1930s the net

 

[syscom3]

B-24J Kansas Cyclone of the 11th Bomb Group on a mission over Truk, August 1944

 

[Count de Bastrop]

A training Kingfisher being refueled at NAS Corpus Christy the net
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Note the Consolidated P2Y-2s (or -3S) in the background - I sure wish there was a better photo of them in this post-Spring-1942 camo!

 

[Viking1066]

Great Lakes TG-2 Torpedo Bomber (BUNO A-8704) circa 1933-34. Note Torpedo Squadron 2 (VT-2) insignia and "E" award painted on side the net

 

[Viking1066]

Avenger shows heavy fading and wear to the Blue Gray over Light Gray camouflage along with areas where the paint has been touched up the net

 

[Viking1066]

Aviation cadet on OS2U at NAS Corpus Christi the net

 

[Frog]

AAF Technical School Army Air Base Lincoln Nebraska

 

[syscom3]

Martin Baltimore Mk. I or II. on June 14, 1941.

 

[syscom3]

Sergeant Adolf Pietrasiak of No. 92 Fighter Squadron RAF (originally from the Polish Air Force) in front of
his Spitfire Mk. V at RAF Biggin Hill, 14 June 1941.

 

[syscom3]

This grave marker in Libya reads, "Here rests an unknown English lieutenant, fallen during air
combat on June 14th, 1941.

 

[Viking1066]

Crew watches as a Loire 130 is catapulted aloft from a Dunkerque class battleship the net

 

[Viking1066]

Curtiss P-40C Warhawk 8PG33PS Yellow 50 at Mitchel Field the net

 

[Viking1066]

Curtiss P-36 Hawk fighters of the U.S. 20th Pursuit Group lined up at Moffett Field, California, July 1, 1939 the net

 

[Frog]

AAF Technical School Army Air Base Lincoln Nebraska.

 

[syscom3]

Australian Squadron Leader Peter Turnbull atop the French (American-built) Martin Maryland 167
he shot down on 15 June 1941 over Sheik Meskine (in Syria). The victory, in a Curtiss P-40 Tomahawks,
was Turnbull's fifth, making him an ace and thus meriting a celebration. Turnbull later earns the DFC
for his service