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[theworldatwar]

A US Grumman Wildcat has gone over the side of the USS Charger after a botched landing - Atlantic Ocean, March 1943. Note the pilot climbing to safety on the back of the plane. Credit : Renee Colours

[admiralgiggles]

[humanoidhistory]

World's End Estate in London, designed by Jim Cadbury-Brown and Eric Lyons. From Brutal London by Simon Phipps.

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[dronescapesvideos]

Brigadier General David “Tex” Hill on the wing of his P-51 Mustang 26th FS 51st FG, 1944

➤➤ VIDEO: https://youtu.be/oiI6ZPv1OWU

➤➤ HD Image: https://tinyurl.com/3dxwdvrz

[blueiscoool]

A-10 'Warthog' Thunderbolt II

[the-history-of-fighting]

Richard "Dick" Ira Bong (1920 – 1945) was America’s top fighter pilot during the WW II, with forty confirmed Japanese aircraft down by his Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter.

Bong considered himself to be a poor shot so to compensate, he would get very close to his target, sometimes even flying through the debris of exploding planes. His exploits include:

He was once caught alone by nine Japanese zeros. He turned to face them, took out three and managed to send the rest into retreat.

When escorting a small boat over the Pacific, he noticed a large crocodile following it. He promptly dropped down to sea level and blew the creature out of the water with his 20mm autocannon.

In 1942, he was temporarily grounded for looping over the Golden Gate Bridge and flying so low down a street in San Francisco that he blew the clothes off a woman’s clothesline. When reprimanding him, his commanding officer General George C. Kenney said:

“If you didn't want to fly down Market Street, I wouldn't have you in my Air Force, but you are not to do it anymore and I mean what I say.” Kenney later wrote, “We needed kids like this lad.”

The History of Fighting

[kanonenvoegel]

A machine gunner of the Fallschirm-Panzer-Division 1. „Hermann Göring” in Sicily. 1943. Colourised.

[nueveg]

[tacticallyaware]

Heinkel He 111

[theworldatwar]

RAF Lancasters nearing completion at Avro’s assembly plant - Woodford near Manchester, England 1943

[admiralgiggles]

Riding off into the sunset.

[beautifulwarbirds]

JU 87 Stuka

[opelman]

Pair of P-51s by Treflyn Lloyd-Roberts Via Flickr: Two Mustangs perform a formation pass during their display over Sywell as part of the 2024 Air Show. Aircraft: Commonwealth CA-18 Mustang G-JERK painted as 44-14152/QI-T "Jersey Jerk" and Flying Bulls' North American Aviation P-51D Mustang OE-EFB 44-74427/G4-C "Nooky Booky IV". Location: Sywell Aerodrome (ORM/EGBK), Northamptonshire, UK.