Picture of the day

[dryfire]

Generator????

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OR airspeed indicator vs a pitot tube

 

[Sharps '74]

Pilot at the "Ready"?

Flugzeughunde? Luftwaffe gone to the dogs .... :>)

 

[diopter]

The mechanic of the famous German ace Erich Hartmann – Heinz Mertens comfortable lay on the propeller of BF.109 Messerschmitt fighter aircraft.

 

[yorgi]

Generator????

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DING, DING, DING!!!!


Read last line of text above the bottom specs, good catch!

https://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/Braas/12374.htm

 

[HuskyDude]

I remember seeing them on the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet.

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[Dosing]

Just going through a P-61 archive I collected up about 20+ years ago before I get rid of it, and wanted to find this image. Crappy quality, but thats a pretty unique failure.

 

[The Wizard]

The young man she is holding is South African Captain Charl Ihlenveldt, Armoured Car Training Branch Commander, School of Armour

Who cares about the kid. What kind of pistol is she carrying?

 

[diopter]

Holster appears to be a variant similar to the SA pattern 73 but with an extension to lower it's position on on the belt.
https://kommandostore.com/products/south-african-defense-force-pattern-73-pistol-holster-1

Pistol could be one of these SA service pistols

https://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/by-country.asp?Nation=South Africa
vZ 27, P-38, or Beretta M92 (1975)
I think it's a P38 based on grip angle. Common in Africa after WW2.

Portuguese used tons of them too. So common one of my nephews was name Walther due to his father's military use in Angola.

 

[johnny rotten]

ME163 Komet duty, no thanks
Don't forget to put on your acid resistant flight suit before takeoff!
Think happy thoughts on landing too.

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

"A haaaaaaard rain's gonna fall..."

- Airman Second Class Bob Dylan, Italy, 1944.

Vesuvius blew in '44 and someone left their B25 out in the ashfall. Bet he won't do that again.

 

[diopter]

Odd that she is parked with a bomb load still on the wings.

 

[CV32]

The 340th Bombardment Group lost dozens of planes around March 21-22, 1944 when the mountain went up. They evacuated shortly thereafter, leaving the planes behind. But the Group was reconstituted and back in action in about three weeks or so.

 

[Sharps '74]

"A haaaaaaard rain's gonna fall..."

- Airman Second Class Bob Dylan, Italy, 1944.

Vesuvius blew in '44 and someone left their B25 out in the ashfall. Bet he won't do that again.

Notice the gaiters and the early Tin Pot helmet .....

 

[HuskyDude]

Guns are covers in canvas (top turret, rear) Was the back stab covered in fabric? Destroyed/too much weight? Where's the rear gunner canopy? Lots of ash inside where he sits or lays down?
So many questions???
I guess it was covered in fabric.

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B-25’s Mitchell of the 447th BS 321st BG enroute to bomb Monte Cassino March 1944. Vesuvius volcano eruption in the background.

 

[CV32]

Guns are covers in canvas (top turret, rear) Was the back stab covered in fabric? Destroyed/too much weight? Where's the rear gunner canopy? Lots of ash inside where he sits or lays down? So many questions??? I guess it was covered in fabric.

All flight surfaces, with the exception of the wing flaps, were lacquered ("doped") and mercerized cotton cloth.

 

[Grizzly Adams]

All flight surfaces, with the exception of the wing flaps, were lacquered ("doped") and mercerized cotton cloth.

Gotta be hard on engines as well one would think.

Grizz

 

[Pblatzz]

Yes, it would be like sucking in razor-sharp microparticles of glass/sand.. Like a gas-driven sandblaster.

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

It was something worth taking pics of, I guess.

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

Awfully hard on the locals.

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[diopter]

“"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 plane somewhere in the Western Desert. (AP Photo)“ (via)