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[Viking1066]

Vuktee's XP-54 the net

 

[SaparotRob]

RAAF Hawker Demons 3Sqn at Nandowra aerodrome Scone NSW Australia the net
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Is this a test to see if we read the captions?

 

[special ed]

Vuktee's XP-54 the net
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Seems to be a waste of plywood.

 

[Viking1066]

F4F-3/3A Wildcats of VF-5 in formation in 1941 the net

 

[Viking1066]

FG-1D Corsairs with pack of aircraft on the flight deck of USS Sargent Bay (CVE 83) 1945 the net

 

[Viking1066]

Gloster Gladiator II 'GL-267' June 1941 the net

 

[syscom3]

A Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Kondor sinking in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland, after being shot down
by a Lockheed Hudson Mark V of No. 233 Squadron RAF based at Aldergrove, County Antrim, while
trying to attack a convoy, 23 July 1941. This oblique aerial photograph was taken from the victorious
Hudson (AM536) and shows the crew of the Kondor swimming for their life raft which is inflating to
the right of the tailplane.

 

[syscom3]

RAF No 91 Squadron Spitfire pilots at the butts, Hawkinge, 23 July 1941.
Archery was in vogue with several squadrons, a supplement to the more
usual forms of recreational target practice.

 

[Frog]

FG-1D Corsairs with pack of aircraft on the flight deck of USS Sargent Bay (CVE 83) 1945 the net
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TBMs and FM-2 in the background.
The carrier aircraft squadron should be VC-83.
The Corsair complement are from VMF-512.

 

[andy1967]

Source: Chaz Bowyer & Armand Van Ishoven.

 

[syscom3]

Two USAAF B-18 bombers in the Philippines, 24 July 1941.

 

[syscom3]

Fw 200 C-2 W.Nr. 0026 "F8+CH", 1./KG 40, Bordeaux, before 24 July 1941, the date when it was shot
down with all its crew near Ireland.

 

[syscom3]

Australian troops with captured Morane-Saulnier MS.406C1 fighters of Groupe de Chasse I/7, Aleppo-Nerab,
Syria, 24 July 1941.

 

[Viking1066]

Junkers Ju-87B of 101 Gruppo B.aT. 5 Stormo North Africa October 1942 the net

 

[Viking1066]

BV 138 the net

 

[Viking1066]

Yakolev Yak-50 '02 yellow' twice World Aerobatoc Champion (uknown if this is the one) at Monino the net

 

[Viking1066]

RAAF CAC CA 9 Wirraway Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation during formation training flight over NSW the net

 

[Viking1066]

Two U.S. Navy Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver aircraft from Bombing Squadron 11 (VB-11) bank over the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-12) colorized the net

 

[Viking1066]

Wildcat VF 1 White 42F1 BuNo 2538 used in tests the net

 

[SaparotRob]

Wildcat VF 1 White 42F1 BuNo 2538 used in tests the net
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Anyone know what that contraption on the tail was being tested for?