Photo of the week
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The T-10 was an American-made version of the 12,000 lb (5,443 kg) Tallboy modified to use standard American components. Development was started in late 1944 and plans were made to drop them on the island strongholds of the Pacific to aid in softening their defences before amphibious assaults. No bombs were used operationally since the capitulation of Japan following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki negated their need. In the late 1950s the T-10 was re-designated the M-121. During the Korean War a number of T-10s were converted to the radio-guided Tarzon bomb and were dropped by Boeing B-29 Superfortresses to destroy railroad bridges and reservoir dams.
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Ground crew checking an engine of a Curtiss P-40 of the 26th Fighter Sq., 51st Fighter Gp in China late 43.
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Messerschmitt Bf-109’s from 6/JG 1 taken at Woensdrecht in the spring of 1942.
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And a nice photo of Kawasaki Army Otsu-1 (乙-1) Reconnaissance Aircraft .
Japan undertook licensed production of the French Salmson 2 A.2, as the Army Type Otsu 1, also known as the Kawasaki-Salmson. The number of aircraft built in Japan is unclear; 300 were built by Kawasaki, and the same quantity by the Imperial Japanese Army's Tokorozawa supply depot, although the total number of aircraft produced may have been as high as 1,000. -
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And a close up of Bf-109G6 MT-422 of the Finnish Air Force,It was recorded with this paint scheme in February 1948 when operated by HeLeLv31 “Bat” squadron at Utti, Finland. It is believed that the shark mouth motif was removed within days, since it had not been approved by officialdom. Although fitted with under wing cannon gondolas, the guns had apparently been removed for peacetime operations.
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And a close up of a modified B-29, which is carrying a T-14 bomb, the U.S. name for the 22,000 lb "Grand Slam".
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Taken in January of 1942, a couple of shots of a Finnish Dornier Do 17 Z, code DN-64, belonging to 46 Squadron,which received 15 aircraft.
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And a shot of a Heinkel HD 22 which was purchased by the US Army Air Corps for use by the US military attache in Berlin, Germany..jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
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RAF Mustang II (P-51A) was fitted with streamlined auxiliary underwing fuel tanks in 1943 for testing.
