This weekends extra.
Three wonderful shots of a Douglas DC-2 NC14925 of American Airlines Inc. taking on airmail, St. Hubert, Quebec,Canada 1936

This midweeks photo.
Flt Lt Walter Dring with his Typhoon from No.183 Squadron RAF at Gatwick.

This weekends photo.
And a wonderful air to air of a General Motors / Eastern Aircraft FM-2 Wildcat.(probably a company photo)

This weekends extra, and staying with Grumman products.
F6F-3 Hellcat of Fighting Squadron (VF) 1 pictured after engaging the barricade on the flight deck of the carrier Hornet (CV 12) during the Battle of the Philippine Sea.

This midweeks photo.
A Bristol Beaufighter from 404 Squadron in June 1944, bearing the distinctive D-Day striped markings that distinguished friend from foe. 404 Squadron was a Coastal Command squadron.

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B-25's of the "Air Apaches" churn the water with hits and near misses on a Japanese frigate in the March 29, 1945 attack which cost the Japs nine ships, South China Sea.

This weekends extra.
" Canadian built Lancaster X aircraft had arrived and were being checked out by ground crews. The Lancasters had already been inspected by AVRO when they arrived in Britain, then passed on to the RCAF bases. It was a standard procedure for the RAF before putting the aircraft into service, even though they knew the RCAF would do the same inspections on arrival at their bases.
Among the Lancasters received by 419 squadron was serial number KB712, which had been christened at the Malton factory as "S for Smitty" . In honor of a female friend of some government official, or so the story goes. In some mix-up or other KB712 was given the VR-L designation. Whether those who decided the squadron code letter were unaware of the given name or if it was just following some policy as to which aircraft was given a particular letter designation.In time the word "LOVE" appeared on the side of KB712 using bomb shapes to make up the word".

TEXT from here -- http://www.419squadron.com/Hartford.html

This midweeks photo.
The Deutsche Forschungsanstalt f?r Segelflug (German for "German Research Institute for Sailplane Flight" or "German Institute for Glider Research"), or DFS , was formed in 1933 to centralise all gliding activity in Germany, under the directorship of Professor Georgii. It was formed by the nationalisation of the Rh?n-Rossitten Gesellschaft (RRG) at Darmstadt.
Below DFS Jacht 71: Amphibious sailplane

This weekends photo's.
?BLACK JACK? was a 405th Fighter Squadron P-47D (8N-O), shown here being serviced in an expeditionary setting between missions, probably at A-6, with the pilot whose name was on the ship and its assigned ground crew. They are, probably, from left to right, Corporal Anthony J. Tenore, Lieutenant John L. Jackson (who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross), SSgt Robert L. Teague and SSgt Robert E. Vaughn. (Via Capt Tom Silkowski, 190th Fighter Squadron, Idaho ANG)

?MUMBLIN JOE,? a Republic P-47D-20-RE Thunderbolt, serial number 42-76452, was assigned to the 371st Fighter Group?s 405th Fighter Squadron (squadron code 8N). The aircraft bore the name of pilot Lt. Arthur W. ?Bud? Holderness Jr., with the individual aircraft letter of ?H? aft of the national insignia on the fuselage. It is pictured here with 41 mission symbols, bombed up and headed out for another combat mission, probably from A-6 airfield in France in the summer of 1944, probably with Lt. Holderness as the pilot. Holderness, a 1943 USMA graduate, flew 142 combat missions with the 371st during the war, received the Distinguished Flying Cross, 19 Air Medals, the French Croix de Guerre and was one of two pilots in his squadron to earn the Lead Crew Combat Pilot patch. He went on to have a long and successful postwar career in the USAF, retiring in 1971 as a brigadier general. (Via Capt Tom Silkowski, 190th Fighter Squadron, Idaho ANG)

This weekends extra.
A Bristol Blenheim of 211 Squadron preparing to taxi at Menidi, Greece, 1941