Photo of the week
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This weekends extra.
Commander of the Naval Air Service of the Royal Navy, Vice-Admiral Denis Boyd (1891-1965) talks to pilots next to a Fairey Firefly.
During the Second World War, Boyd captained the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious from 1940, seeing action at the Battle of Taranto. Promoted to rear admiral in August 1941, he became admiral commanding aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean Fleet. He moved to the Eastern Fleet in 1942 as admiral commanding aircraft carriers with HMS Indomitable as his flagship. He was appointed Fifth Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Air Equipment in 1943, and was promoted to vice admiral in August 1944. He then became Admiral (Air) at RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus) in January 1945. -
This midweeks photo.
And a nice shot of B-29 "Three Feathers".
Details about this aircraft can be found here -- https://www.legion.org/information-center/news/your-words/personal-experiences/b-29s-take-the-war-to-japans-door -
This weekends photo.
And a nice study of a Fairchild PT-23,taken at Wright field.
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This weekends extra.
German soldiers inspect a Soviet I-16 fighter that made an emergency landing near Rivne.
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This midweeks photo.
Ground crew working on a Republic P-47D fighter used for training,taken Stateside.
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This weekends photos.
Mitsubishi A6M5 Model 52 Zero-Sen (Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighter), codename “Zeke”, (Serial No. 2193), TAIC 8. This particular Zeke was built by Mitsubishi ca December 1943. It was originally assigned to the 261st Kokutai with tail code 61-108. It was one of 12 captured by the USMC at Aslito Airfield, Saipan in March 1944.
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This weekends extra.
British pilots near a Fairey Barracuda Mk II carrier-based torpedo bomber and dive bomber during an exercise.1944
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This midweeks photos.
Spitfires Mk XIV RB159 DW-D, RB167 E, RB150 A, and RB156 G,of No. 610 Squadron RAF, when based at Friston, Sussex. January 1944
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This weekends photo.
P-51D Mustang of the 71st Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 82nd TRS serial 44-72509 next to a famous volcano.
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This weekends extra.
Squadron Leader Rupert Henry Archibald Leigh Commanding Officer of No. 66 Squadron RAF, climbs into the cockpit of a Spitfire Mk.I (serial number R6800, tail number LZ-N) before take-off from RAF Gravesend.
