Photo of the week
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This weekend extra.
And a nice shot of Blohm and Voss Ha-139 V1 D-AJEY "Nordwind".
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This midweeks photo.
A nice shot of Bristol Beaufighters TF.X's of No. 45 Squadron,taken at Kuala Lumpur.(Circa 1949)
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This weekends photo.
P-47's of the 318th Fighter Group 73rd Fighter Squadron,getting refueled on Ie Shima, Japan 1945
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This weekends extra.
And a nice shot taken Stateside of "Nippon".
Nippon (ニッポン, Nippon) was a converted Mitsubishi G3M2 Model 21 bomber operated by the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper and used to make a round-the-world flight in 1939.As WW2 had broken out in Europe, its route took it through North and South America, North Africa, Greece, the Middle East, India and South East Asia.
Nippon took off from Haneda airport in the district of Kamata in Tokyo on 25 August 1939, flew around the globe and returned to Tokyo, after 55 days, on 20 October 1939 having flown 52,886 km (32,862 mi; 28,556 nmi) in 194 flying hours.
Nippon had the armament removed, was equipped with the latest autopilot and could carry 5,200 L of fuel enabling it to fly continuously for 24 hours. -
This midweeks photo.
A North East Indies Government sponsored presentation Spitfire P8367 Mk.IIA, "Bali (NEI)". 8 MU 20/04/41. 616Sqn RAF 01/05/41. 485Sqn RNZAF 14/07/41. Cat E 07/02/44
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This weekends photos.
Some nice shots of B-17E 41-9023 "Yankee Doodle",she survived the war.
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MacDill Field, FL USA (414BS/97BG) – Early March 1942
Sarasota-Bradenton Airfield, FL USA (414BS/97BG) – 29 March 1942
Grafton-Underwood, England (414BS/97BG) – 6 July 1942
Bovingdon, England (92BG) – 24 August 1942
Bassingbourn, England (91BG) – 30 March 1943
Salvaged – 26 July 1945
Lead bomber of second strike force on VIII Bomber Command Mission 1 (17 August 1942).
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Some nice air to airs taken April 1940 of Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia, P9450, showing the production standard and markings of the period._showing_the_production_standard_and_markings_of_the_period..jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
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This midweeks photo.
The first five production Victors in the Handley Page aircraft assembly hall at Radlett in March 1956.
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This weekends photo.
A nice shot of Focke Wulf Fw 190A (CS-WC) belonging to II/JG 1 taken at Woensdrecht 1943.
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This weekends extra.
A couple of photos of a Catalina, the first of 250 of this type to be delivered to Britain by Consolidated Aircraft Corporation in San Diego to New York as the United States aid to embattled Britain.
