Photo of the week
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This midweeks photos.
Some nice air to airs of U.S. Army Air Corps Curtiss P-36C Hawk fighters of the 27th Pursuit Squadron, 1st Pursuit Group, based at Wright Field, Ohio
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A nice shot of B-17 E 41-9203 taken at Dorval Airport.Served with 59 Sq, missing 23/3/43,shot down by Oblt Herman Horstmann in Ju88c over Bay of Biscay.(Eight Killed),Rich Weatherhead, Co-pilot: Bob Phillips, Willard Zapfe, George Cojocar, Bill Arnold, Clarry Copping, Rich Montgomery, Frank Spino.
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This midweeks photo.
And a very crisp shot of a F6F-3 on the deck of USS Yorktown
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This weekends photo.
North American F-86 Sabres, bearing Venezuelan markings, are ready for inspection before being delivered to the Venezuelan air force.
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This midweeks photo and a well known one, however this is a very good HD version.
Built by Metropolitan-Vickers in Manchester as Mk. I. Delivered to 83 Squadron, RAF Scampton, 29 June 1942 as OL-Q "Queen." Transferred to the Australian 467 Squadron September 1943 as PO-S "Sugar." Completed 137 combat sorties and then participated in food supply and POW repatriation (Operation Exodus). Marked as "non-effective" but kept in storage as being of particular note due to the number of missions completed. Struck off 16 March 1956 and transferred to Air Historical Branch. She survives at Hendon.
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This weekends photos.
Handley Page Halifax B MK III bomber, nicknamed Gutsy Girty, from 427 Squadron, shown at Leeming, Yorkshire, with its crew before a night operation
A very interesting shot of the B-24 assembly line at the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation,plant, Fort Worth.
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This weekends extra.
Coming up on this iconic aircraft's 50th,the F-14 first flew on 21 December 1970, just 22 months after Grumman was awarded the contract,below a couple of nice shots of F-14B's of VF-74
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This midweeks photo.
In September 1944, the final Hawker Hurricane (PZ865) departed from Langley, piloted by PWS ?George? Bulman who had flown the type on its first flight some 9-years earlier. Ironically, Bulman retired shortly afterwards and surrendered his pilots? licence, opting for a non-aviation career.In total some 6,912 Hurricanes were built at Langley.
