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Photos of WWII aircraft
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Posted on 12/24/2012 2:18:25 PM PST by virgil283

...Bastogne supply drop...B-25 v Jap ship..Weighing down wing to stop Hellcat flipping.....USN ...Prewar phosphorous bomb tests...Wildcat F4 !!!!...B-26 from 20 feet away...Dauntless 1944...Corsair rockets {note the mud]...Fleet manoevures prewar 1941...B-26's over Cherbourg...Helldivers over Hornet, 1945...P-38's over Aleutians....Helldiver Driver...{H/T aceofspades}

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TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: military; militaryhistory
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1 posted on 12/24/2012 2:18:33 PM PST by virgil283
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There’s page after page -—enjoy—


2 posted on 12/24/2012 2:28:38 PM PST by virgil283 ( "He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh ...")
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Wow; amazing pics! Thanks!


3 posted on 12/24/2012 2:31:45 PM PST by Carriage Hill (Have A Very Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!)
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To: virgil283

Excellent! Thanks...


4 posted on 12/24/2012 2:38:34 PM PST by RckyRaCoCo (I prefer liberty with danger to peace with slavery, IXNAY THE TSA!)
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To: virgil283

bkmk


5 posted on 12/24/2012 2:44:58 PM PST by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: virgil283

I like the B-26 taking on the JN tin can


6 posted on 12/24/2012 2:48:25 PM PST by virgil283 ( "He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy)
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To: virgil283

WOW! Those are some great pictures!


7 posted on 12/24/2012 2:48:34 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: virgil283

8 posted on 12/24/2012 2:51:49 PM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (IMPEACH OBAMA)
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To: virgil283

on page 3 the third photo ‘Hangar deck 1941’ ther are spare planes hanging in the overhead... didn’t know that...


9 posted on 12/24/2012 2:52:36 PM PST by virgil283 ( "He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy)
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To: virgil283

Very interesting. Those Devastators look pretty flimsy.


10 posted on 12/24/2012 3:10:13 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: virgil283
yup, that's a new one on me too...
11 posted on 12/24/2012 3:35:54 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: virgil283

Great link! Thanks for sharing.
Merry Christmas.


12 posted on 12/24/2012 4:10:49 PM PST by X-spurt (Ted Cruz for President of the Republic of Texas)
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To: virgil283
Great resource, thanks !

P-38 & P-51     kewl2

13 posted on 12/24/2012 4:49:53 PM PST by tomkat (liberty or death)
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To: virgil283

Great pics. Thanks for posting. Merry Christmas


14 posted on 12/24/2012 5:00:48 PM PST by Figment
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To: virgil283
Thanks for sharing. Made me think when a time of invention was a virtue to keeping our nation great. Hope is hasn't been lost.
15 posted on 12/24/2012 5:08:15 PM PST by cameraeye (A happy kuffir!)
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To: virgil283

When I was a child during WWII I had a large tray with a Vickers Spitfire on it.

I used it for drawing and eating when I was sick,which was often.

I haven’t a clue where we got it.

Memories-—some good,some not so good.

.


16 posted on 12/24/2012 5:18:00 PM PST by Mears
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To: alfa6; SAMWolf; snippy_about_it

Ping


17 posted on 12/24/2012 6:01:22 PM PST by Professional Engineer (So long and thanks for all the fish.)
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To: virgil283

That’s a B-25 attacking the IJN destroyer, probably a “J” model with up to 14 forward firing 50cal machine guns. The aircraft is from the Air Apaches bomb group.

About 6 pics down is nice head on shot of a B-26.

In the J there would be 8 50s in the nose, 2 package 50 cal guns on each side of the fuselage plus the two 50s in the top turret.

Merry Christmas

alfa6 ;>}


18 posted on 12/24/2012 6:48:38 PM PST by alfa6
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To: Professional Engineer

Thanks for the ping P.E.

Merry Christmas to y’all down there in Texas

Best Regards

alfa6 ;>}


19 posted on 12/24/2012 6:49:51 PM PST by alfa6
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To: virgil283

This guy is smoking in a government vehicle. He is in so much trouble!

20 posted on 12/24/2012 6:53:23 PM PST by rabidralph
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