Wednesdays pics, two this week showing the K-25 Aerial Camera modification on P-47's used for strike assessment.

This weeks photo's.
P-51 Mustangs, including (E9-S, serial number 42-106707) nicknamed "Sleepytime Gal", (B7-E, serial number 42-106839) nicknamed "Bald Eagle III" and (E9-K) nicknamed "Vi" opf the 361st Fighter Group line up for take off on D-Day at Bottisham.

P-51 Mustang (B7-H_, serial number 44-13704) nicknamed "Ferocious Frankie" of the 361st Fighter Group prepares for take off at Bottisham.

P-51 Mustang E9-Q serial number 44-14165 nicknamed Small Fry IV of the 361st Fighter Group prepares for take off at Bottisham

P-51 Mustang E2-D serial number 42-106875 nicknamed Queen Jean of the 361st Fighter Group prepares for take off at Bottisham

P-51 Mustangs of the 361st Fighter Group prepare for take off at Bottisham

Wednesdays photo.
Ground crew push a 4000lb blast bomb towards the bay of a No 419 Squadron Wellington at Mildenhall 27 May 1942

This weeks photo & what a cracker!
Two USAAF P-47s of the 318th FG buzz USS NATOMA BA CVE-62 after taking off for Saipan where they will be based 23 June 1944.

Woah, how low must that lead plane be?!

Weekend bonus, two shots of a PE-8 taken at Bolling Field D.C. in 1942. It had brought Soviet foreign minister Molotov to the United States.

Wednesdays photo's.
Two this week taken over NATC Patuxent River Maryland.
The first in February 1943 of a captured Nakajima B5N2 "KATE".

And the 2nd in June 1945 of a captured "Tony".

This weeks photo.
P-47D fighter serial 42-26136 lies in the sand on one of the Normandy beaches where it crash landed during the first week of the invasion. Photo is dated 14 June 1944.

Weekend bonus.
And a very detailed shot of a VF-1 "top hatter" F6F-3 fighter about to be launched from USS YORKTOWN to intercept enemy forces during the Marianas turkey shoot 19 June 1944.

Wednesdays photo.
And staying with Hellcats a Grumman F6F In flight with landing gear down circa early 1943.