WWII War Birds - pics and video

An earlier cousin the Do 18 . One of which fell victim to the next a/c . It was the first claimed aerial victory by England over Germany in WWII
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Great thread!
Could do with some Russian beauties like the Yak 9 , MiG 3 and IL2. I'd be posting them if I knew how!
Keep em coming, great info here!
 
One Flying Tank coming up


Here's the reason why Werner Moelders advocated to his pilots to aim mid cockpit area when engaging the Sturmovik
 
More like armed Gee-Bee racer but yes,you are right.Big engine with wings.

You reminded me of something I read a while back.Soviets were offered a number of airplanes by Uncle Sam thru Lend-Lease,among them were P-47s.Soviets excepted only small number of them because it didn't fit their fighter use doctrine (or something like that).By their standards it was far too large for a fighter,it had huge engine requiring precise maintenance and it was capable of delivering larger bomb load than Soviet Pe-2 bomber.
In their eyes it wasn't a fighter and it surely wasn't a bomber(single seater) but it had lone range so it was employed in combat role mainly as a naval fighter-bomber in Norther and Baltic Fleet Air Arms.
 
Ahhh Thanks for posting!
Great lines on these birds. I find them aesthetically on par with the Spitfire, Mustang and Focke Wulf.
 
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Still photos of the same machine, from the fantastic Flying Heritage Collection, at Everett WA

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