Random Cool Photo Thread

[flyincowboy]

french F4U in an overworked status.

 

[flyincowboy]

Messerschmitt Bf 109E4 5.JG26 Black 7 Horst Buddenhagen aircraft named Schluck Specht 1940

 

[flyincowboy]

Gunnery training in turret mounted on 1-1 2-ton Chevrolet truck

 

[flyincowboy]

The Grumman F4F Wildcat was a Rugged, Lethal Tool for the U.S. Navy

 

[flyincowboy]

Ground crew of the US 8th Army Air Force collecting empty .50 caliber shells from a B-17 Flying Fortress for re-use.

 

[B-Man2]

The USS Hornet leaving San Franciso Bay with the US Army air corps bombers on her deck. Doolittle's Raiders on their way to Tokyo

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Makes you wonder how they cleared the deck when it came time to launch the aircraft .

 

[B-Man2]

USAAF Lt Dan Knight, a pilot of the 401st Bomb Group, inspects damage to the tail gun position of his B-17G Flying Fortress Mary Alice

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You’ve got to wonder if this tail gunner was able to survive damage this extensive .

 

[B-Man2]

M10 Tank Destroyer 1st Army emerges from the early morning fog
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Note the hedge clearing attachment on the front of their tank for plowing thru hedge rows .

 

[FlakMagnet]

“Top cover for Square D”

Little Friends and B-17G’s of the 100th BG

 

[Dr. Schmollak]

Top Cover...P-51 Mustangs

 

[FlakMagnet]

Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm FG.1 Phantoms of No. 892 Naval Air Squadron back on board the carrier HMS Ark Royal (R09) after a visit to a NAS Oceana where they worked up with USS Saratoga.

The Royal Navy roundels had been “zapped” and replaced with interwar American Navy “meatball” insignia, and on XV590 001/R, the “Royal Navy” flash had been replaced with one for the “Colonial Navy.”

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

 

[Enigma1938]

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Which Museum is this?

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

Which Museum is this?

I didn’t find where it is located, just some pics.

 

[Greg Gale]

Looks like RAF Hendon - BoB hangar. I love that place

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

Thank you Greg

 

[Pilot]

Yes RAF museum London.
A pitty they messed it with the tanker kill marking…. Totally out of size and place…
Congrats however for the superb restauration work! Great job!

 

[Micawber]

Yep, RAF museum Hendon, prior to buggering up the BoB hall and turning it into bland, kiddy entertainment.

 

[Pilot]

Yes RAF museum London.
A pitty they messed it with the tanker kill marking…. Totally out of size and place…
Congrats however for the superb restauration work! Great job!

Markings ( size ) as it should be …

….but again, great restoration job.

 

[Silver Surfer]

Makes you wonder how they cleared the deck when it came time to launch the aircraft .

good question