Various Luftwaffe planes and a "Waterfall" radio-guided bomb, all on display in Gorky Park. From TankArchives on Twitter.
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Paratroopers, maybe during an military exercise, exiting a DFS 230 glider.
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Colorized pic of Luftwaffe pilot Johannes Wilhelm at Chichester Railway Station, UK, accompanied by Military Police, on his way to London after being shot down over the country side. Aug 1940.
Me 110 with cool "shark mouth" paint job -- early war original colour pic.
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Two girls pose with the tail section of a He 111P-2 of 8./KG27 which crashed landed by their home at Border House Farm near Chester in Cheshire UK, Aug 1940.
You'd hope there were no bombs in it then.
"A Heinkel He 111 bomber flies over the Thames River and the East End Docklands area at the beginning of German evening raids, September 7, 1940—the first of eight months of such raids that Hitler used to try to bomb Britain into submission. Some 40,000 Londoners died during the raids."
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Iconic WW2 photo.
Repairing the fabric covering of the Graf Zeppelin during a flight over the Atlantic in 1934.
Balls of steel.
German bomber crew play cards next to their Junkers Ju-88 on a grass airfield, summer 1942 (probably Eastern Front)
Looks like the pioot is about to slam down a trump card 
A really cool set of original colour photos of Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (Swallow), the world's "first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft" - seen here at Lechfeld in Germany late 1944 into 1945.
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Inside He-111
Looks rather spacious by WWII bomber standards.
No co-pilot gives extra that elbow room...
I prefer BMW's
ME-262 in post-war Czech Air Force.
From 1945 till 1951 Czechoslovakia built and flew the (German) Messerschmitt Me 262. During the war the Me 262 was also produced in Czechoslovakian factories. In 1945, Czechoslovakia still had the equipment required to build the aircraft (Avia S-92).
From 1945 till 1951 Czechoslovakia built and flew the (German) Messerschmitt Me 262. During the war the Me 262 was also produced in Czechoslovakian factories. In 1945, Czechoslovakia still had the equipment required to build the aircraft (Avia S-92).
At first for a split second watching the video when I heard the engine winding up I was stunned that they were starting the engine inside the building.
The jet in the lower left is a MIG-15.
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The jet in the lower left is a MIG-15.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (Ji-2) FAGOT B
Single-seat, single-engine (RD-500, Klimov RD-45, and modified VK-1), swept-wing, air superiority, jet fighter / interceptor.Arch rival to the U.S. F-86 in Korea, the MiG-15 shocked the West with its capabilities.