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British glider troops after they landed in somewhere place in Normandy, june 1944.
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Gun turret in Bristol Blenheim MK IV
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Aircrew learning how to identify vessels at sea using models on the Tactical Floor in No. 3 School of General Reconnaissance at Squires Gate, Blackpool, Eng. April 1944
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Maintenance to Hawker Hurricane at Sealand in Wales, May 5, 1943.
Ah, the Hurricane.
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To D-Day...
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Two Spitfire and a Hurricane, 451 Squadron, May, 1944.
Great pic ... Pilots from 112 Squadron grouped round the nose of one of their Curtiss Tomahawks in Egypt. -- guessing early 1942.
From left to right:
Sergeant R.F. Leu, Pilot Officer N.F. Duke, Flying Officers J.F. Soden (on wing) and P.H. Humphreys, Squadron Leader F.V. Morello (Commanding Officer)
Flight Lieutenant C.F. Ambrose, Flying Officer E. Dickenson (KIA 28 May 1942), Sergeant H.G. Burney (KIA 30 May 1942), Flying Officers D.F. Westenra, J.J.P. Sabourin (KIA 6 October 1942), N. Bowker and J.P. Bartle and Sergeant K.F. Carson.
From left to right:
Sergeant R.F. Leu, Pilot Officer N.F. Duke, Flying Officers J.F. Soden (on wing) and P.H. Humphreys, Squadron Leader F.V. Morello (Commanding Officer)
Flight Lieutenant C.F. Ambrose, Flying Officer E. Dickenson (KIA 28 May 1942), Sergeant H.G. Burney (KIA 30 May 1942), Flying Officers D.F. Westenra, J.J.P. Sabourin (KIA 6 October 1942), N. Bowker and J.P. Bartle and Sergeant K.F. Carson.
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Paratrooper looks out a Douglas Dakota on approaching the drop zone in preparation for D-Day.
What must he have been thinking? 
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RAF cadets practice fly in formation, 1942.
Here's something I've never seen before... a RAF Fairey Battle converted into a two-cockpit trainer used at a pilot training school in Canada, I believe.
Wow. That looks so odd it almost looks Photoshopped.
Nice find Rico.
Nice find Rico.
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Anyway, it looks horrible.
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1945, Burma. A pilot from 30 Squadron climbing into the cockpit of his Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Mark II.
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British medium bomber HP.52 Hampden simulates an attack on the US battleship South Dakota BB-57.
I’m sure I mentioned this before in another thread so stop me if you already heard it.
At an airshow I met a P47 pilot who was standing next to a Thunderbolt kind of like a tour guide.
He said they would disabled two of the machine guns because it slowed the aircraft too much when all eight were fired at the same time.
At an airshow I met a P47 pilot who was standing next to a Thunderbolt kind of like a tour guide.
He said they would disabled two of the machine guns because it slowed the aircraft too much when all eight were fired at the same time.