***The OFFICIAL aviation pics thread***

[Strychnine]

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Kamikaze right before hitting the Essex, and then the aftermath

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Concealed hangar

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This Avenger was badly damaged on a mission to attack Japanese ships in Manila Bay. The gunner, Loyce Dean, was killed and the plane was damaged so badly, that they decided to give him a burial at sea, still strapped into the plane.

[likeitfast55]

Very nice, thanks for sharing.

[Strychnine]

fucking awesome pics!

More inbound soon.

[D. Lil]

fucking awesome pics!

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An Army B-25 leaves the Hornet as part of the Doolittle raid.







On May 21,1943, an F4F Wildcat missed the arrestor cable while landing on the 2nd USS Lexington. The Pilot attempted to veer off the deck, stalled, and the tailhook caught on a protrusion.

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One of my favorite WWII pics
US Marine assault with Corsairs providing close air support.








"Buss" Mascot with an R.A.F. Squadron stationed in Libya, on February 15, 1942, takes a few personal liberties with the pilot of an American-Built Tomahawk







A Japanese traitor leads a U.S. Marine bombing mission of 36 planes against his own friends and headquarters deep in the jungle on Mindanao, Philippines, August 1945, by David Douglas Duncan



a different sort of german aircraft factory an underground facility for building he 162 jet fighters in 1945 the war ended before they could see any significant air combat





V1 rocket about to strike London.

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B-17 .50 brass being emptied out of returning from a mission

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617Sqn RAF Lancaster dropping 22,000lb Grand Slam deep penetration bomb over the Arnsberg viaduct in Germany 19 March 1945



American paratroopers look at a incoming British Airspeed AS.51 Horsa glider, bringing in reinforcements at Wesel

[Darren M]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaSHXR9FPjs

7:50

Great find. Different though. That vid looks to have taken some of the forward momentum and used it to effectively move backwards. In any case. It is surreal seeing that in person.

[ryuu]

As a sr71 fan I thought this was cool https://www.cia.gov/library/center-f...ion-2Feb12.pdf

[RWhite]

....Super bad ass seeing a plane hover, and go backwards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaSHXR9FPjs

7:50