Men of the 5th Northamptonshire Regiment, 11th Inf. Brig., 78th Inf.Div. on the march near Coldragone, Italy. 25 May 1944.
(Photo source- © IWM NA 15513)
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A Vought OS2U Kingfisher being loaded with a pair of yellow practice bombs, at a naval air station.
Date: early 1942
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: 80-G-K-13493
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80-G-K-5887 Japanese YOKOSUKA MXY7 OHKA (BAKA) piloted flying bomb which had been captured on Okinawa. Photographed 26 June 1945, while under study by experts at N.A.M. Unit by Wonder Years Of Aviation
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The forward 16 inch/45 caliber guns of USS Alabama (BB-60) "train to starboard during a North Atlantic battle practice. Photographed during her shakedown period, circa December 1942 - January 1943.
Note: Ice and snow on turrets and decks."
NHHC: 80-G-K-9410
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WWII EUROPEAN THEATRE
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Obsessed with the ad to join the US Military playing before Godzilla Minus One. We get to watch this amazing film about the trauma of war, the struggle to rebuild after the destruction of bombings, the fight to value individual humans in the face of governments who see them as fodder AND THERE'S A FUCKING AD RIGHT BEFORE SAYING "THIS FILM WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE US MILITARY" !??!?! LIKE YEAH I GUESS IT KINDA WAS BUT----
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The Beobachter – the literal translation of the term is ‘observer’ – checking his position on the map. He is inside the glazed nose section of a Heinkel He 111.
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The crew of B-29 Superfortress 42-24598 "Waddy's Wagon" posing to duplicate the nose art. All were killed in action when the bomber was shot down over Japan in January 1945.
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Waist gunner Staff Sergeant Frank Lusic poses in front of B-17F-55-BO 42-29524 'Meathound' of 306th Bomb Group, 423rd Bomb Squadron. Thurleigh. Beds. 1943
➤➤ B-17 VIDEO: https://youtu.be/F03u5GrIuk4
#History #bomber #B17 #WW2 #Colorized #WWII #Squadron
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Airmen preparing to fly a Boeing YB-17 Flying Fortress.
"The massiveness of a YB-17 bomber is well shown by this hands-on view of the giant plane, which has just completed a military mission."
Photographed infront of the bombardment squadron hangar, in Langley Field, Va.
Date: May 1942
Photographed by Alfred T. Palmer.
Library of Congress: LC-USW36-991, LC-USW36-1032, LC-USE6- D-004874, LC-USE6- D-004055, LC-USE6- D-004875, LC-USE6- D-004054, LC-USW36-1053
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NASM, A Martin PBM-3D Mariner prepares to launch from a coastal Naval Air Station to patrol for German submarines, probably in late Spring 1943 by Wonder Years Of Aviation
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Three of the 16"/45 guns of USS Alabama (BB-60) silhouetted against the sunset, during her shakedown period, in the North Atlantic, circa January 1943.
NHHC: 80-G-K-13614
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