Picture of the day

[Sharps '63]

A six pack of Razorback Jugs - Love it! P-47's - The last of the high tech Republic piston engine fighters.

 

[Rule 303]

Is there a picture here?

 

[ipscgraz]

The Deutsche Soldat on the left side of the bottom right photo in the winter scene is carrying a Mosin Nagant.

I wonder if those are Finns...helmet & uniform similar to German and Russian-purchased weapons.

If the photos were taken off German POWs there is no way to know where they came from.

 

[Gibbs505]

50s nostalgia, the Douglass D-558 II with a B47A

 

[Gibbs505]

A Marine Corps TBM-3 Avenger taxis by USAAF P-51 Mustangs on Iwo Jima in 1945

 

[Desert_Fox]

I wonder if those are Finns...helmet & uniform similar to German and Russian-purchased weapons.

If the photos were taken off German POWs there is no way to know where they came from.

Finns were my first inclination, but they look to be wearing the German standard reversible winter quilted Tunic and Pants, as well, the Mosin still sports its "dog collar" sling, and not the typical Finnish Sling, with appropriate sling hanger mods, etc.

Looks to be more that of a German with an expedient field pickup from when his rifle was lost/damaged/out of ammo? Hard to tell definitively with the photo quality anyway.

Not that a German sporting a Russian weapon is anything unusual, except they usually picked up the SVT40s, PPsH, or maybe a Mosin PU Sniper, instead of a standard M91/30...

 

[Sharps '63]

Yeah - post #7600. A gaggle of Jugs.

Is there a picture here?

 

[bearhunter]

I wonder if those are Finns...helmet & uniform similar to German and Russian-purchased weapons.

If the photos were taken off German POWs there is no way to know where they came from.

I was unaware that the Finns bought Mosins from Russia. They captured warehouses full of them when they seceded and then captured thousands more during the Continuation War. They did purchase a bunch from other sources though including captured rifles from Germany. They used a lot of different firearms. Whatever they could get with ammunition. The Finns have a fascinating history. I haven't looked nearly hard enough at it.

 

[silverfoxdj]

50s nostalgia, the Douglass D-558 II with a B47A

These are beautiful aircraft in my opinion

 

[Gibbs505]

 

[Gibbs505]

 

[Brno8x57]

A Marine Corps TBM-3 Avenger taxis by USAAF P-51 Mustangs on Iwo Jima in 1945

There used to be a large fleet of TBM Avengers at the Fredericton NB airport. They were used as spray planes for the budworm spray program. It was common to see them flying in formation with a trail of mist behind them on early summer days in the '70's.

 

[Rod B]

That looks like an RAF Valiant

 

[sail32]

For those interested French Military Aviation;

French Aircraft, 1939-1942 Fighters, Bombers, Reconnaissance and Observation Types By Breffort, Dominique

French Aviation During the First World War By Ferry, Vital E.

 

[Gibbs505]

That looks like an RAF Valiant

I think that it is a Nimrod.

 

[Rod B]

I think that it is a Nimrod.

I believe you are correct.

 

[diopter]

Hawker Sidley Nimrod cockpit

Caption:
XV244 (cn 8019) Height 680ft. Speed 246kts. with 50deg angle of bank - just hanging on!

 

[scott585]

sr71, f104, yf12?

one of my favourite blackbird photos:

those crates contain a blackbird, look at the cars.

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

If we're on a recce aircraft binge, I'm all for it. Let's get back to WW2-ish, though:

Take a P61, lop off a bunch of superstructure, put a huge-ass bubble canopy on it, insert gobs of cameras, and what do you get?

http://1.bp.########.com/-2QXfF5k8l1A/UqS-m1cGuwI/AAAAAAAAGOk/QPi_IarjKaM/s1600/00+F-15.jpg

The F15A Reporter.

Used by NACA post-war as a mothership for lawn dart testing:

http://1.bp.########.com/-x4auwRxlei0/UHuQi8NBisI/AAAAAAABevY/GLgtV-zl13k/s1600/rf61-bia.jpg

 

[Gibbs505]