Weekend bonus.
Martin B-26G-25-MA (S/N 44-68254) "Tail End Charlie '30,'" the last B-26G built.

Martin B-26G, taken Aug. 17, 1944.

And Martin B-26G-5-MA (S/N 43-343??) in flight

Mid-week pic's.
Captured by the Germans unfinished Polish medium bombers PZL P.37 LOS at the airport in the Okecie district near Warsaw .

This weeks photo's.
P-51 Mustang L2-U serial number 44-15317 nicknamed American Maid of the 479th Fighter Group

P-51 Mustang nicknamed "Zoomin Zombie" of the 334th Fighter Squadron the 4th Fighter Group at Debden

P-51 Mustang serial number 44-13984 nicknamed Meg of the 334th Fighter Squadron 4th Fighter Group at Debden. The aircraft was piloted by Lieutenant Clarence Boretsky.

And three shots of P-51 Mustang nicknamed Jan of the 4th Fighter Group taken at Debden

Weekend bonus.
P-47D 42-26293 UN-L "Belle of Belmont", flown by Lt. Armand A Laflam, of the 63rd Fighter Squadron 56th Fighter Group, named after his hometown.

Wednesdays photo.
P-47 Thunderbolt (YJ-H, serial number 42-74615) nicknamed "My Best Bett" of the 351st Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group taken at Mount Farm.
The personal aircraft of Lt. William J. Weaver.

This week a few Corsairs.
Lieutenant junior grade Ira C. Kepford .
Stands beside his F4U-1A "Corsair," shortly after being rotated from combat duty in the central Solomons. Flying with Fighter Squadron 17 in November 1943 and in January-February 1944, he became the Navy's then leading "Ace," credited with 16 "Kills" plus one "probable." Photo dated 26 March 1944.

Piloted by the Navy's then-leading "Ace," Tug Ira Kepford, of VF-17. Possibly taken over Bougainville in early March 1944, at the end of VF-17's Solomons combat tour, though photo is dated 15 April 1944.

Vought F4U-1A "Corsair" fighter (BuNo 55995),Of fighter squadron seventeen (VF-17), on Bougainville in February 1944. This plane was flown by Lieutenant Junior Grade Ira C Kepford, and wears sixteen Japanese flags representing his total number of "kills".

In flight, possibly over Bougainville in early March 1944. Plane no. 29 is Bu. no. 55995, flown by Lieutenant Junior Grade Ira Kepford, then the Navy's leading "Ace," with sixteen "kills." Pilot of plane no. 8 is thought to be Hal Jackson. Plane no. 3, flown by Jim Streig, has an odd "star and bar" insignia, perhaps with the red outline that was replaced with blue the previous summer. Photo dated 15 April 1944, but probably taken early in the previous month.

F4U-1D Corsair 29 of VBF-10 USS Intrepid CV-11 Okinawa April 1 1945.

And a couple of nice shots of F4U-1-NAS Patuxent River Maryland 27 January 1944.Bu 17930

Wednesdays pics.
Five this week of XP-47N serial number 42-27387.
The Republic P-47N was the long range model of the famous Thunderbolt series, designed for and principally used in the war in the Pacific. It had vastly increased range, blunt wing tips and each wing was 22.7 square feet larger than the earlier models and carried 96 gallons of fuel per wing in special internal wing tanks. The "N" had the same engine and turbo as the P-47M and the fuselages of these two models were identical. The first was built and test flown in July of 1944. All Republic's assembly lines were eventually changed over to the production of the P-47Ns.'

Fridays photo's, & staying with P-47's.
P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft named Princess Pat of the 56th Fighter Group. It was the assigned aircraft of First Lieutenant Charles Reed who joined the 63rd Fighter Squadron in August 1943

P-47D serial 42-26298 I Wanted Wings-Button Nose coded LM-A underscored of the 62nd Fighter Squadron 56th Fighter Group.

P-47D serial 42-75217 George coded UN-K assigned to 2LT John E. Ross of the 63rd Fighter Squadron 56th Fighter Group

Wednesdays photo's.
USS Santee (ACV-29) Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless scout-bombers and Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters on the ship's flight deck during Operation Torch, the November 1942 invasion of North Africa. Note the yellow Operation Torch markings visible around the fuselage stars of some of these airplanes. Also note the distance and target information temporarily marked on the carrier's flight deck. Photographed by Lieutenant Horace Bristol, USNR.

A Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighter Receives maintenance at a Stateside air base, circa 1942-43

A Grumman F4F Wildcat Fighter pilot checks his life raft stowage, behind the cockpit, during World War II. In this quickly releasable hatch, the raft can be inflated immediately upon the plane hitting the water. Note use of the radio mast as a hand hold. Plane bears the markings of Fleet Air Photographic Squadron, Atlantic.

A Grumman F4F "Wildcat" fighter pilot ready for take off in the plane's cockpit.

Staying with Grumman products.
Grumman F6F-3 "Hellcat" (Bu# 26186 or 26188) makes an arrested landing on board a training escort carrier, circa mid 1943. Note red-outlined "Star & Bar" Insignia, also yellow lines around wing fold breaks.

"Hook Release Men" (Green Caps & Jerseys) disengage the arresting hook of a Grumman F6F-3 "Hellcat" Fighter, that has just landed on a training escort carrier, circa Mid-1943.

Men hoist a Grumman F6F-3 "Hellcat" fighter on board an aircraft carrier, at San Diego, California, circa mid-1943. Taken at NAS San Diego carrier docks. This plane, an early model F6F-3, wears training unit markings.

"Chockmen" ready to pull chocks from the wheels of a Grumman F6F-3 "Hellcat" fighter, when given the order by the flight deck officer. Note goggles so they can keep their heads up in the blast of the slipstream. They wear the blue caps & jerseys of the plane handling crew. Photographed on board a training escort carrier, circa mid-1943.

Flight deck officer motions "pull the chocks" with his thumbs, as chockmen remove chocks from the wheels of a Grumman F6F-3 "Hellcat" fighter in preparation for take off from a training escort carrier, circa mid-1943.