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[Viking1066]

Grumman F4F 4 Wildcat VF-9 Black 9F6 with 9F14 aboard CV 4 USS Ranger 1942 the net

 

[Viking1066]

P-47 Thunderbolts of the 362 FG "Mogin's Maulers" Normandy 1944 photo 3 the net

 

[Viking1066]

Lioré et Olivier LéO 457 1943 the net

 

[Viking1066]

Escorting a Canadian troop convoy on its way from Halifax to Greenock near Glasgow. No 210 Sqn were based at RAF Oban in Scotland 1940 the net

 

[Frog]

P-47 Thunderbolts of the 362 FG "Mogin's Maulers" Normandy 1944 photo 3 the net
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Advanced Landing Ground A-12 (ALG A-12), Lignerolles (Calvados) July 2, 1944 to August 10, 1944 for the 362nd FG.

 

[special ed]

P-47 Thunderbolts of the 362 FG "Mogin's Maulers" Normandy 1944 photo 3 the net
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Would make a great diorama except for all those damn jerry cans.

 

[Wurger]

Escorting a Canadian troop convoy on its way from Halifax to Greenock near Glasgow. No 210 Sqn were based at RAF Oban in Scotland 1940 the net
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There is a couple of shots of her taken during the patrol over the sea in 1940. IMHO the most interesting one is a shot with the H Class destroyer HMS Highlander (H44) wearing the wartime dazzle livery like her series brother HMS Hesperus (H57) seen below.

the pic source: ROYAL AIR FORCE: 1939-1945: COASTAL COMMAND

the pic source: HMS Hesperus - Wikipedia

 

[syscom3]

The Curtiss XP-60 fighter. First flight September 18, 1941. Packard V-1650-1
Merlin, later XP-60A Model 90B. Originally ordered as XP-53 with Continental
XIV-1430-3. Crashed May 6, 1943, Rome, New York. The XP-60 was found to
have less potential than North American's P-51 Mustang design and was not
produced.

 

[syscom3]

Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi Navy Type 1 attack bombers Mitsubishi G4M drop bombs during the bombing of Chengdu on September 18, 1941 in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China.

 

[syscom3]

An A20?

Everything from fighters to peanuts was brought to the United Kingdom by a convoy of ships, escorted partly by United States vessels, which has now arrived safely at a British port after crossing the Atlantic from America. As soon as the convoy arrived with all this lease-lend help, the docks became a hive of industry. Part of an American bomber is being landed from one of the ship's of the convoy at the British port on September 18, 1941.

 

[syscom3]

A Miles Master II (in service from November 1939), the fastest single-engine training aircraft in the world, in which RAF trainee pilots practice low-level bombing and forward-firing gunnery. 18th September 1941.

 

[YavorD]

Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi Navy Type 1 attack bombers Mitsubishi G4M drop bombs during the bombing of Chengdu on September 18, 1941 in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China.

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G3M type 96

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Lioré et Olivier LéO 457 1943 the net
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1943 or 1934? Too ugly for 1943, even for a french multiengined plane

 

[SaparotRob]

Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi Navy Type 1 attack bombers Mitsubishi G4M drop bombs during the bombing of Chengdu on September 18, 1941 in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China.

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G4M?

 

[SaparotRob]

G3M type 96

Oops. Just saw your post. Carry on.

 

[Warspite63]

1943 or 1934? Too ugly for 1943, even for a french multiengined plane

I was thinking 1843 .....

 

[Count de Bastrop]

I was thinking 1843 .....

1943 is undoubtedly correct. The LeO 457s flew with the French Aeronavale and Armee de l'Air, the Vichy French, and the Free French. As patrol bombers at first (including on floats), then as transports. In the photo, notice the underwing roundel with thin yellow surround = Vichy French. It's hard to tell in the photo if the tail has red/yellow stripes, but it probably does.

 

[Greg Boeser]

I was thinking 1843 .....

Steam powered. Excellent!

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

1943 is undoubtedly correct. The LeO 457s flew with the French Aeronavale and Armee de l'Air, the Vichy French, and the Free French. As patrol bombers at first (including on floats), then as transports. In the photo, notice the underwing roundel with thin yellow surround = Vichy French. It's hard to tell in the photo if the tail has red/yellow stripes, but it probably does.

So not even the armistice refrain french designers of aesthetics wrongdoings

 

[Wurger]

The War of the Worlds ... the bipeds in acton.