Photo of the week
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This midweeks photo.
Reserve Officers spinning the prop of one of the DH-4 Observation Airplanes at Crissy Field, 1923.
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This weekends photos.
Taken at Leeuwarden Holland March 1943, General der Jagdflieger (Fighter pilots) A.J.F. (Adolf) Galland arrived in his personal Siebel Fh 104._Galland_een_bezoek_aan_Fliegerhorst_Leeuwarden-1..jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
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This weekends extra.
Halifax Mk.III, MZ500 `Bambi' which was flown by Dutchman Vic Wijnberg and his crew from RAF Leconfield in Yorkshire with 640 Sqn. Originally coded C8-N, following flak damage caused in a raid on L`Hey in August 1944 it received repairs following which it was re coded C8-L .
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This midweeks photo.
Taken at Woensdrecht in1942 a close up of the tail of Focke Wulf Fw 190A Wnr. 021 from II/JG 1,
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This weekends photos.
The Convair CV-240-21 Turboliner,was a Convair CV-240 Turboprop-powered conversion fitted with Allison T38 engines. It became the first turboprop airliner to fly in the United States (on December 29, 1950), but problems with the engines resulted in development being terminated. Used as a test bed before being converted back to piston power.
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This weekends extra.
Vice Admiral Patrick N.L. Bellinger, USN, Stands in the center of a large group of French and American naval officers at NAS, Norfolk, Virginia.The PBY is finished in the Atlantic ASW scheme of Gull Gray over White.
Patrick Nieson Lynch Bellinger CBE (October 8, 1885 – May 30, 1962) was a highly decorated officer in the United States Navy with the rank of Vice Admiral. A Naval aviator and a naval aviation pioneer, he participated in the Trans-Atlantic flight from Newfoundland to Azores in May 1919 and was decorated with Navy Cross, the United States military's second-highest decoration awarded for valor.
During the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor, Bellinger served as Commander, Patrol Wing Two and he was responsible for sending the message, "Air raid, Pearl Harbor. This is no drill", which was the first notice to the outside world of the attack. He was later appointed Commander, Naval Air Forces, Atlantic and distinguished himself during the U-boat campaign with Atlantic Fleet. -
This midweeks photo.
A wonderful shot of a JU-87-5 that was damaged by anti-aircraft fire at the Finnish airfield of Immola Finland 1944.
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This weekends photos.
Two shots of Vickers Warwick GR5 LM818, or Vickers Type 474.used as a anti-submarine, general reconnaissance aircraft. It was powered by two Bristol Centaurus VII radial piston engines, armed with 7 machine guns and could carry 6,000 pounds (2,700 kg) of bombs, mines or depth charges. A Leigh light was fitted ventrally. The first operational sortie was carried out by 179 Squadron on 4 December 1944; 210 built..jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
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This weekends extra.
And a stunning shot of a Luftwaffe Heinkel He 59 taxiing.
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This midweeks photos.
A couple of shots of a Ju 88 from 8-KG 4 5J+BD that on the 3rd of June 1940 crash landed at Schiphol Holland.
