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Pilots of VF-17 Fighter run to their planes aboard USS Hornet, Feb 1945.
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P-51 Mustang's sarcastic nose art (Iwo Jima, 1945)
Look! A picture of my old plane.
The mighty Jug ! (nit-pick, the text says P-47D but the outline appears to be P-47B
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US Navy Hellcat fighter launched from the hangar deck catapult on USS Hornet. An experimental arrangement on the Essex-class carriers, the hangar catapult was dropped before war's end due to limited utility and practicality. Only USS Hornet kept hers through the end of the war.
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P51 Wind tunnel testing, 1943.
besides the awesomeness of the P51, I like the engineer mucking about with a tie on.
Must be on his break. The tie is loosened.
Could be Casual Friday.....
Fighter pilots and ground crew - December 1944.
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B-17 Pilots at briefing room, England 1942.
Love the model planes hanging from the ceiling.
Just like my room when I was 10 yrs old.
Just like my room when I was 10 yrs old.
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Lt. Edwin Wright of the 404th Fighter Group shows off the damage caused by flak to his P-47 Thunderbolt. USAAF airfield near Sint-Truiden, Belgium, Oct 1944.
E. Wright, just over 19 yrs. old, just returned from his 39th mission- over Munster. He got hit by flak but continued on his mission dropped his bombs, did a spot of strafing and returned. When he got back he found a hole 8ins. in diameter through his 11ins. diameter prop blade, caused by a direct hit shell. If the shell had deviated an inch and a half either side, his blade would have severed and he would have been brought down. This is the 6th time that Wright has been hit by Flak and is now known as “Lucky Wrightâ€. He has 5 and a half months of combat to his credit and 39 missions.’ -
Edwin Wright flew a total of 88 missions in P-47 Thunderbolts over Europe during WWII. He left the Army in 1946 after the war and was again called up for the Korean Conflict in 1950. He retired from the USAF as a Major. Wright passed away in 1959, from lung cancer, age 34.
E. Wright, just over 19 yrs. old, just returned from his 39th mission- over Munster. He got hit by flak but continued on his mission dropped his bombs, did a spot of strafing and returned. When he got back he found a hole 8ins. in diameter through his 11ins. diameter prop blade, caused by a direct hit shell. If the shell had deviated an inch and a half either side, his blade would have severed and he would have been brought down. This is the 6th time that Wright has been hit by Flak and is now known as “Lucky Wrightâ€. He has 5 and a half months of combat to his credit and 39 missions.’ -
Edwin Wright flew a total of 88 missions in P-47 Thunderbolts over Europe during WWII. He left the Army in 1946 after the war and was again called up for the Korean Conflict in 1950. He retired from the USAF as a Major. Wright passed away in 1959, from lung cancer, age 34.
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B-24 pilots mark the time for the Allied invasion of the northern coast of France. June 1944
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In Bovington, Eng, 1943. U.S. pilots learn from their british counterparts how to tell friend from foe with scale models.
Looks like very subtle differences in the fighter planes.
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Brewster Buffalo on a windtunnel.
"Aerodynamic" does not come to mind when looking at a Brewster Buffalo.