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Luftwaffe Dornier Do 17, date and location unknown. The Do 17 was popular among flight crews because of its light handl...
09/10/2025

Luftwaffe Dornier Do 17, date and location unknown. The Do 17 was popular among flight crews because of its light handling characteristics and diminutive profile which made it a difficult target for opposing gunners early in the war.

Luftwaffe Henschel Hs 129 with a 30mm cannon, date and location unknown (but it appears to be North Africa). The Hs 129 ...
09/10/2025

Luftwaffe Henschel Hs 129 with a 30mm cannon, date and location unknown (but it appears to be North Africa). The Hs 129 was a ground-attack that saw front-line combat in North Africa and on the Eastern Front.

USAAF Consolidated B-24 Liberators from the 15th Air Force, date and location unknown.
09/10/2025

USAAF Consolidated B-24 Liberators from the 15th Air Force, date and location unknown.

USAAF Consolidated B-24 Liberator at the moment its right wing broke away. Date and location unknown.
09/09/2025

USAAF Consolidated B-24 Liberator at the moment its right wing broke away. Date and location unknown.

USAAF Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress on a bomb run. Date and location unknown.
09/09/2025

USAAF Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress on a bomb run. Date and location unknown.

TBF Avenger of United States Navy Torpedo Squadron VT-11 at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, during 1942.
09/09/2025

TBF Avenger of United States Navy Torpedo Squadron VT-11 at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, during 1942.

USAAF P-38 Lightnings of the 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group showing off their formation flying skills. Date and...
09/09/2025

USAAF P-38 Lightnings of the 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group showing off their formation flying skills. Date and location unknown.

USAAF Consolidated B-24 Liberator 42-72963 on Funafuti, Ellice Islands. This aircraft did not return from a mission ove...
09/09/2025

USAAF Consolidated B-24 Liberator 42-72963 on Funafuti, Ellice Islands. This aircraft did not return from a mission over the Marshall Islands two weeks after this photograph was taken. The entire crew was declared KIA (MACR 1179).
2nd Lt. George R. Dechert - Pilot (KIA)
2nd Lt. Robert S. Baker - CoPilot (KIA)
2nd Lt. William E. Barwick - Navigator (KIA)
2nd Lt. William G. Roy - Bombardier (KIA)
T/Sgt. Eugene L. Snodgrass - Engineer/Gunner (KIA)
T/Sgt. Ralph J. Walbeck - Radio Operator (KIA)
S/Sgt. Robert E. Lipe - Gunner (KIA)
S/Sgt. David L. Buckles - Gunner (KIA)
S/Sgt. Carl J. Anderson - Gunner (KIA)
S/Sgt. Willie T. Little - Gunner (KIA).

Luftwaffe ground crew refueling a Focke-Wulf Fw-190. Date and location unknown.
09/09/2025

Luftwaffe ground crew refueling a Focke-Wulf Fw-190. Date and location unknown.

USAAF ground crew refueling a Lockheed P-38 Lightning during 1944.
09/09/2025

USAAF ground crew refueling a Lockheed P-38 Lightning during 1944.

Some interesting nose art on this Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. If anyone knows anything about this please share.
09/09/2025

Some interesting nose art on this Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. If anyone knows anything about this please share.

The Breda Ba.88 Lince was a ground-attack aircraft used by the Italian Regia Aeronautica during the early stages of Worl...
09/09/2025

The Breda Ba.88 Lince was a ground-attack aircraft used by the Italian Regia Aeronautica during the early stages of World War II. Its innovative and streamlined design proved unstable in combat and the Lince was almost immediately pulled from frontline service. It is perhaps the most remarkable failure of any operational aircraft to see service in World War II. s

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