Photo of the week
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This weekends photo.
And a nice shot of P-51D "Little Sweetie 4", 44-64051 of the of the 362nd Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group at Leiston.piloted by Col. Evans. Of interest are the two identification lights on the side of the fuselage,there is little written info on this set of lights.However they were the equivalent of today's "slime lights" on most military aircraft, they were to allow pilots to help know where their wingman, or other formation aircraft are.
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This weekends extra.
Tempest Mark Vs lined up on completion at the Hawker Aircraft Company works at Langley, Buckinghamshire. The nearest aircraft, JN818, served with No. 3 Squadron RAF and was flown by the Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader K A Wigglesworth, when the Newchurch Tempest wings attacked a V2 launch site in a wood 20 miles north of the Hague on 13 September 1944.Wigglesworth fired on the target that caused a huge explosion that destroyed his aircraft and killed him.
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This midweeks photo.
A nice shot taken from "Vultures row" of an F4U-1D Corsair of Fighting Squadron VF 84, on the flight deck of USS Bunker Hill CV 17 in preparation for a mission against Japanese defenses on Okinawa 1945
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This weekends photos.
Boeing 247 D-AGAR,of Lufthansa who ordered two aircraft,a second one (D-AKIN) was used for spares/testing at Rechlin test center ,D-AGAR was parked at Nurenberg Airport on May 24, 1935 , when it was hit by an Air France aircraft which was taxiing. The German aircraft was damaged beyond repair but no one was injured.D-AKIN was destroyed August 13.1937 during a test flight
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This weekends extra.
From our old sites archives from 2008 a Bf-109G2 trop of JG27 has a slight problem!
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This midweeks photo.
And another one from our original site A nice shot of an F4U on USS "Block Island" (CVE-106} 20 Dec 44.
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This weekends photo.
A brand new Douglas A-20 attack bomber leaves the assembly line at Long Beach,California.
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This weekends extra.
A couple of nice air to air's of a TBF Avenger, over Long Island New York in 1942.
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This midweeks photo.
Taken post war at Royal New Zealand Air Force Station Whenuapai,B29 "Thumper" pays a visit .
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This weekends photo.
And another taken from our original site.
A wonderful colour air to air of Gloster Meteor Mk IV EE521 taken by the famous photographer Chas E. Brown.
