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  1. ltdan

    ltdan Nietenzähler

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  4. A-58

    A-58 Not so senior Member

    Tail gunner of a British Lancaster bomber.

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  5. Quarterfinal

    Quarterfinal Well-Known Member

    The officer on the left is 28 year old Colonel James O Ewart CBE, one of Montgomery’s most trusted staff officers at his forward Tactical Headquarters. Tragically killed in a road traffic accident a few weeks later, a biography is at:

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  6. ltdan

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    Stonehenge myth debunked
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  8. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Among my favourite historical shots.
    The look on a certain type of curtain-wearer's face when you explain the restorations carried out there since 1901 (& earlier) & how the stones're not quite as timeless as they like want to believe...


    Slight smirk, with appropriate respect to the now de-listed Vi Subversa..
     
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  10. ltdan

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    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

  12. A-58

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    Australian soldiers from 7 RAR waiting to be picked up by US Army helicopters following a cordon and search operation near Phước Hải on 26 August 1967.

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  13. A-58

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    I never knew that there were two seater P-40s.

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  14. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    Wouldnt they make them as trainers?

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  15. A-58

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    The view of the top turret gunner on a B-24.

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    How'd gunners keep from shooting the tail off their planes anyway? This guy's got two tails to avoid hitting.
     
  16. A-58

    A-58 Not so senior Member


    Yeah I suppose so since you mentioned it. Never saw a pic of one before. Read up on the P-40 and it's variants on wiki and it indicated that small numbers were built as trainers like you suggested and more were modified after the war by their civilian owners.
     
  17. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

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  18. ltdan

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    PASAM.jpg Brazilian C96 PASAM conversion, 1980´s
     
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  19. A-58

    A-58 Not so senior Member

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    Supposedly this pic is an impromptu fly over of Game 1 of the 1943 World Series being played in NYC. A flight of B-17s enroute to England buzzed the stadium at least four times, each time getting lower than the last causing some fans to believe the bombers would hit the flag poles. Mayor Fiorella LaGuardia protested to USAAF command and demanded an investigation. The errant pilots were discovered and fined $75 each and the issue was dropped due to the increasing need for bomber pilots in the ETO.

    Seeing this pic reminded me of a story my dad told me about a similar incident here in Baton Rouge in WW2. A B-17 pilot flew his bomber under the US 190 bridge over the Mississippi River. Not sure of what disciplinary action was taken at the time but I hope that it was similar to what these boys received that buzzed the stadium in NYC instead of being grounded or transferred to the infantry.
     
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  20. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

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    RAF camo applied at factory
     
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