Photo of the week
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This weekends photos.
A P-39 Airacobra having its 30 & 50 cal machine guns reloaded, taken Stateside, the pilot is Lieutenant Earl E Bates,1941.
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This weekends extra.
A couple of nice shots of F-51H Mustangs, of the Maryland ANG "Guardian Angels" circa 1952.
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This midweeks photo.
A Stearman PT-27 of the RCAF, a PT-17 of the USAAF,a Boeing N2S-3 of the US.Navy and a PT-17 of the CAF fly in formation.
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This weekends photo.
A nice air to air of a Wellington Mk.XIII of 221 sqn, equipped with sea-search radar antenna along the Greek coast in Feb.1945.
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This weekends extra.
A No. 80 Squadron Tempest V with Bob Spurdle standing in the cockpit. Unknown location.W2-S
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This midweeks photo.
When World War II broke out, Zero pilots were truly in a league of their own, quite a few of them having become seasoned veterans in China. However, as the war raged on, losses of both man and machine became dearer. The Japanese navy needed to train pilots to fly the newer Zeros. In January of 1943, the Japanese navy's 21st Naval Air Depot (or Sasebo Naval Arsenal), whose production was augmented by Hitachi beginning in May of 1944, built the Type 0 Trainer Fighter. Using Mitsubishi A6M3 Model 22 airframes, a seat and controls were added under a full canopy behind the original cockpit, which now was rendered permanently open. Fins were added to the fuselage sides, in front of and just above the stabilizers, to aid with spin recovery. Sakae 12 engines and A6M2 cowls were mounted to longer engine mounts and covered with lengthened access panels between the cowl and firewall. The design was a success. Some A6M5 airframes were later modified and used as well; quite possibly most, or all 279, of Hitachi's production was based on A6M5 airframes.
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This weekends photos.
A couple of nice shots of a Grumman Goose at Naval Air Station Isla Grande,Puerto Rico, 1939.
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This midweeks photo.
Another shot of Messerschmitt Bf-109E3-7of JG26 White 13 piloted by Walter Blume taken at Caffiers France 1940.
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This weekends photos.
An American serviceman poses with what every top Luftwaffe pilot is wearing.
