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[Viking1066]

A Martlet (Wildcat) fighter taking off on HMS Formidable 1942 DEST

 

[Viking1066]

Officers inspecting the starboard engine of another Yellow Wings PBY the net

 

[Viking1066]

OL-8 amphibian, appropriately nicknamed "Seward" after the secretary of state who purchased the territory, being hoisted out of the water at Cordova, Alaska, in 1932 the net

 

[syscom3]

An F4F-3 Wildcat undergoing maintenance in USS Enterprise's hangar deck, 28 October 1941.

 

[syscom3]

General Władysław Sikorski, the C-in-C of the Polish Armed Forces, addressing pilots and ground
crew of No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron after decorating them with Crosses of Valour at RAF Northolt,
28 October 1941.

 

[c1951]

Consolidated B-24D Liberator Goose Bay 1945 the net
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They used to come into Prestwick crewed by BOAC

 

[c1951]

Consolidated 28-5AMC Canso A 162 Sqn 1944 the net
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Markings are pre-June 1942

 

[Frog]

 

[Wurger]

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The IJN light cruiser Sendai.

 

[fannum]

Finnish pilot climbs into a Brewster Buffalo. Location in Finland the net
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Amusing to see the editing out of the Sanskrit svastika (su meaning "good" or "well" and asti meaning "to be"), translating to "conducive to well-being," "good fortune," or "luck" in this non-Nazi application. The symbol abounds in Indo Asian, Buddhist, and Navajo cultures meaning fortune and prosperity. Finnish culture abounds with uplifting symbolisms, words, sayings and lore ... one of the world's least aggressive societies.

 

[topspeed]

Amusing to see the editing out of the Sanskrit svastika (su meaning "good" or "well" and asti meaning "to be"), translating to "conducive to well-being," "good fortune," or "luck" in this non-Nazi application. The symbol abounds in Indo Asian, Buddhist, and Navajo cultures meaning fortune and prosperity. Finnish culture abounds with uplifting symbolisms, words, sayings and lore ... one of the world's least aggressive societies.

Yes it was very popular symbol at the time...wonder why. How did Latvian AF adopt the symbol...and why Adolf in Germany for his party ?

 

[fannum]

Yes it was very popular symbol at the time...wonder why. How did Latvian AF adopt the symbol...and why Adolf in Germany for his party ?

A lot of cultures naturally gravitated toward variations of the cross as their identifying symbols, often with a religious tie, but also linked to the spread eagle human form. Note the wide variety of crosses and squares in nature, construction, art layout and architecture. Even the Polish symbol has swastika elements.
Himmler was obsessed with mysticism, and influenced Adolph in adopting favorable legends, lore and symbolism to create a legend for Nazism, ranging from Nordic to Oriental.

 

[andy1967]

Source:The Net.

 

[Viking1066]

Martin T4M-1 torpedo bombers of torpedo squadron one fly over USS LEXINGTON (CV-2) on 26 February 1929, shortly after that year's fleet problem the net

 

[Viking1066]

British Pathfinders synchronise their watches in front of an Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle. D Day plus 1 June 7 1944 the net

 

[Viking1066]

A Supermarine Seafire of 800 Squadron, loaded with rockets, taking off from the flight deck of HMS Triumph for an attack on North Korean targets in July 1950 the net

 

[Viking1066]

Line handlers stabilize the PBY while it is being readied to come up the ramp the net

 

[FulmenTheFinn]

Finnish pilot climbs into a Brewster Buffalo. Location in Finland the net
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You post a lot of great pics, but this one's a terrible AI colourisation. E.g. Eastern Front markings were yellow, not blue.

 

[special ed]

A Supermarine Seafire of 800 Squadron, loaded with rockets, taking off from the flight deck of HMS Triumph for an attack on North Korean targets in July 1950 the net
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Note the negative was flopped.