Random Cool Photo Thread

[flyincowboy]

A plane is not a camel it must drink

 

[flyincowboy]

B17 CREW RESCUED WEARING RAF UNIFORM

 

[flyincowboy]

DITCHED b17

 

[Dumpster D]

p38f loading ammo.
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The whole nine yards eh?

 

[FlakMagnet]

Avro Lincoln low pass

 

[flyincowboy]

A COUPLE OF FRENCH CYCLIST and CYCLIST JACKETS PARIS 1940's

 

[flyincowboy]

A COUPLE OF FRENCH CYCLIST and CYCLIST JACKETS PARIS 1940's
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THE PICTURE is for you KERMIT

 

[Thomas Koehle]

p38f loading ammo.
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Any idea why the lad on the bike is armed with a Thommy gun?

 

[flyincowboy]

Any idea why the lad on the bike is armed with a Thommy gun?

Guard on duty?

 

[Grant]

Avro Lincoln low pass

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Wow! low pass and what appears to be flying on one engine!

 

[Flightengineer]

Wow! low pass and what appears to be flying on one engine!

Many years ago this photo was discussed on the PPRuNe.

The photo is published as part of the Contents page in "Lincoln at War" by Mike Garbett and Brian Goulding. It shows a RAF Lincoln doing a low level beat up with No's 1,2, and 4 engines (props that is) feathered. The caption states:

"It needs nerve to take a picture like this! With three props feathered and barely eight feet off the deck - less under the HsS radome -the near -30 ton RF 346 is an awesome sight as she bears down on the cameraman at TFU Defford, September 1949, flown by New Zealander Flt Lt Alan Gibson DFM. Very low flying (usually on four engines) was part of experiments involving proximity fuse testing." The photo came from the Royal Radar Establishment.

 

[Micawber]

 

[FlakMagnet]

 

[flyincowboy]

1Lt. Robert Amon examines the tail of his P-38G after being hit with FLAK.

 

[flyincowboy]

SSGT. William Accoo washes his Mustang with soap and water, and soon after he waxes the Mustang

 

[flyincowboy]

Corporal Walter Peck, Stanford, Kentucky, armament man, talking to gunner in nose of a B-17

 

[flyincowboy]

Free French. Capt. Philippe Maurin, commander of GC 1 4 Navarre P-47D.

 

[flyincowboy]

p47 vs fw190.

 

[B-Man2]

Free French. Capt. Philippe Maurin, commander of GC 1 4 Navarre P-47D.
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So does this jacket have a nice drape to it or ………. is it just too big on him?

 

[flyincowboy]