TBF-1 of VT-5 viewed from the island as it prepared to launch from USS Yorktown CV-10. 31 August 1943.
Club de aviones de combate de la IIWW
- Tema iniciado lonestar
- Fecha de inicio
A captured Japanese photograph shows crewmen on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Zuikaku saluting as the naval ensign is lowered on board the sinking carrier during the Battle of Cape Engano on October 25, 1944, sixty-nine years ago today. At the time, Zuikaku was the last of the six Japanese carriers to launch the Pearl Harbor attack still operational in the Imperial Japanese Navy.
View of a PBM-3D Mariner taxiing in the waters off Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, Florida, on October 25, 1944, sixty-nine years ago today.
Tugboats and U.S. Navy warships pictured in the Hudson River with the New York City skyline in the background on the occasion of Navy Day on October 27, 1945, sixty-eight years ago today. Visible in the foreground are the anchored heavy cruisers Augusta (CA 31), Helena (CA 75), and Macon (CA 132); carriers Midway (CVB 41) and Enterprise (CV 6); and battleships Missouri (BB 63) and New York (BB 34)
View of a PBM-3D Mariner taxiing in the waters off Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, Florida, on October 25, 1944, sixty-nine years ago today.
Tugboats and U.S. Navy warships pictured in the Hudson River with the New York City skyline in the background on the occasion of Navy Day on October 27, 1945, sixty-eight years ago today. Visible in the foreground are the anchored heavy cruisers Augusta (CA 31), Helena (CA 75), and Macon (CA 132); carriers Midway (CVB 41) and Enterprise (CV 6); and battleships Missouri (BB 63) and New York (BB 34)
A Japanese Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (Allied code name "Tony") of 149th Shimbu Unit at Ashiya airfield in Fukuoka, Japan.
Front veiw of an Imperial Japanese Army Air Force Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (Allied code name "Tony") with a camouflage paint scheme at an unidentified airfield.
A Japanese Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (Allied code name "Tony").
Kawasaki, Ki-100
P-40B of the 3rd Squadron Hell's Angels, Flying Tigers (1st American Volunteer Group) over China, photographed in 1942 by AVG pilot Robert T. Smith.
April 12, 1942- Personnel from Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Elizabeth City, North Carolina, inspect an Army Air Forces P-40 fighter that had a mid-air collision with another P-40. The pilot skillfully made a wheels up landing in a farmer's field, skidding over two ditches and through two fences and a barn before coming to a stop.
May 25, 1944- pieces of the wooden flight deck of the escort carrier Solomons (CVE 67) fly after a TBF Avenger flown by William F. Chamberlin comes up short while attempting to land. He and his two crewmen survived, but tragically lost their lives a month later during an attack against a German U-boat.
A dramatic crash of an SBD Dauntless on the flight deck of a light carrier sixty-seven years ago today on June 21, 1943. Both the pilot and gunner on board the aircraft survived
TBM Avengers and SB2C Helldivers of Air Group 83 off the carrier Essex (CV 9) unleash bombs over Japan on July 15, 1945, sixty-five years ago today. The aircraft appear to have no tails, but that is actually the work of a wartime censor, who blotted outh the tails with whitle to hide the tail markings on the airplanes.
TBM Avengers and SB2C Helldivers of Air Group 83 off the carrier Essex (CV 9) unleash bombs over Japan on July 15, 1945, sixty-five years ago today. The aircraft appear to have no tails, but that is actually the work of a wartime censor, who blotted outh the tails with whitle to hide the tail markings on the airplanes.
Que extraño verlos en esa función y en esa formación.
Julio de 1945, ya a esa altura les tiraban con cualquier cosa.
Si recuerdo ver alguna fotos de C-47 lanzando bombas.
A view of the aft section of the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Belleau Wood (CVL 24) showing TBF/TBM Avengers of Torpedo Squadron (VT) 21 and a F6F Hellcat of Fighting Squadron (VF) 21. Additionally, there is an FM Wildcat spotted among the airplanes, its lack of tail markings indicating that it was not assigned to Belleau Wood. This image was shot on October 30, 1944. At the extreme top of the photograph, the hole in the flight deck caused by a kamikaze aircraft during an attack earlier in the day is visible.
262 con colores francés 1945, C.E.V
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