Random Cool Photo Thread

[Lorenzo_l]

Norwegian ace Rolf Arne Berg waiting for a couple of boys to fill a drop tank with pale ale to take over for the troops in Normandy in July 1944...

And that gorgeous MK.IX Spit....

 

[Micawber]

Loyce Edward Deen, 1944/11/05 , he was get hit by IJN AAA shell(s) , other sailors unable to get him out from the TBM .
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Those are stills from film footage.

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

 

[flyincowboy]

Look like the famous Arenes de Nîmes THE 2ND regiment etranger infanterie the French foreign legion.

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

Type 89 gun sight, used on Mitsubishi A6M (Zero) fighters

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

Lydia Litvyak , scale:1/10 ,from a Russian brand Katyagrad

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

118th Tactical Reconnaissance

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

 

[FlakMagnet]

 

[FlakMagnet]

438 Sqn RCAF Eindhoven, 1944

 

[Micawber]

Napier Deltic gubbins….

 

[Flightengineer]

Restored Polikarpov I-16, this plane was shot down in 1941, found in 1992, restoration lasted 20 years, in sky again on May 7 2024 after 83 years

Unfortunately I can’t attach a video here, it’s beautiful, as is the sound of the engine

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

I-16, the nemesis of Japanese Type-96 fighters.

 

[FlakMagnet]

“African American aviation cadets in Tuskegee, Alabama, undergoing advanced training in AT-6s 1943”

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

 

[FlakMagnet]

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

Awaiting for their F-15K obsolete

 

[Lorenzo_l]

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Presently, the F-4 remains in service with the air forces of just three countries, i.e. Greece, Turkey and Iran, which is quite an accomplishment for an aircraft that first flew in 1958 and entered service in 1960. Long live the venerable Phantom!

The classic lines of an Hellenic Air Force F4-E:

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

Arthur Wong, first generation immigrant, enlisted when he was 19, served in 28th Infantry Division, he has fought at Normandy and Hurtgen Forest.

 

[Lord Flashheart]

Napier Deltic gubbins….

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Good for Loco's and minesweepers I believe. Proper power