Random Cool Photo Thread

[Kermit3D]

Spitfire fighter attempting to topple a German V-1 flying bomb with its wing tip.

 

[FlakMagnet]

 

[FlakMagnet]

 

[ausreenactor]

Jakub Rozalski

Humanises it all...

 

[FlakMagnet]

caption: "A group of U.S. Army soldiers during a training exercise in California related to chemical attacks. 1943."

 

[ausreenactor]

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caption: "A group of U.S. Army soldiers during a training exercise in California related to chemical attacks. 1943."

War dog! What a pic.

 

[B-Man2]

Gable and LeMay

 

[B-Man2]

Anthony Fokker seated in the chair

 

[B-Man2]

US marked ME-109

 

[Flightengineer]

USSR marked ME-109

 

[Micawber]

Ok, I'll play!

Seen here at RAF Bassingbourn. NN644 – A Messerschmitt 109F-4/B piloted by Oswald Fischer of 10/JG 26 who was shot down near Beachy Head by anti-aircraft fire while attacking a Royal Navy vessel in May 1942. NN644 was later scrapped.

 

[Micawber]

Another a/c from the "Rafwaffe" RAF 1426 Enemy Aircraft Flight

AX772 – A Messerschmitt 110C-4 which, while on a reconnaissance flight, was forced down by RAF fighters in July 1940. AX722 was scrapped in 1947

 

[B-Man2]

A unique P-82 fighter being serviced

 

[B-Man2]

.50cals being cleaned by gunners.

 

[B-Man2]

A different type of ground crew ….testing a .50 cal

 

[B-Man2]

A different kind of ground crew

 

[B-Man2]

 

[Pa12]

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A different kind of ground crew

Looks like she’s doing spark plugs. 2 bank radial, 2 plugs per cylinder. She’ll be buisy for a while

 

[ES335]

Spitfire fighter attempting to topple a German V-1 flying bomb with its wing tip.

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[ES335]

Extremely dangerous business, that.