Photo of the week
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This weekends extra.
B-29 "3d Marine Division",named in honor of the ground forces that helped secure Iwo Jima for the Allies in March 1945. They later named Major General Graves B. Erskine, commander of the 3d Marine Division, “Honorary Plane Commander” at a ceremony held on the island.
Took part in the August 14, 1945 raid,which would be the last Allied combat run of the Second World War. -
This midweeks photo.
And a spectacular shot of a Firefly FR.5 of 810 Sq landing on HMS Ocean during working up in the Mediterranean September 1951 to April 1952
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This weekends photos.
Three photos of 109 Sq Mosquitos when based at RAF Little Staughton in 1944.
The use of Oboe was worked out using Mosquitos of 109 Squadron. After four months work the device was put into service to mark the bomb aim point against Düsseldorf on 1 January 1943. The use of Oboe equipped Mosquitos to mark targets was crucial to the success of the RAF's campaign against the Ruhr. The squadron continued performing marking duties till the end of the war, including the last raid on Berlin on 21 April 1945. As the war finished it used its accurate navigation equipment to help drop supplies in the Netherlands. The squadron was disbanded on 30 September 1945 at RAF Little Staughton it had carried out 5,421 operational sorties with the Mosquito with the loss of 18 aircraft.
