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Japanese Kawanishi H8K seaplane after strafing Kwajalein. |
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Squad of Rufe's at Bougainville . These things were very nimble
even with the pontoons. |
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The A6M2-N float plane version of the Zero did extremely well,
suffering only a small loss in its legendary maneuverability. Top speed
was not affected, however, the aircraft's relatively light armament was
a detriment. |
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Snow on deck. USS Philippine Sea North Pacific 1945 |
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HARVS on the way in shot by a P-47. Rare shot. |
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Deck crew climbing up to get the pilot out. He did. That's a fuel
tank his foot is on. Empty? |
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Marines disembark LST at Tinian Island. |
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Bougainville. |
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Guam |
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Outside Bastogne |
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German 280mm K5 firing |
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U.S. munitions ship goes up during the invasion of Sicily . |
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V1 buzzbomb. |
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Spitfire "tipping-off" a V1. If you've never heard of this insane
tactic: At first V1's were shot down by gunfire. Optimum range was
inside 200yds, which was marginal for survival. Many planes were
damaged and quite a few pilots killed. Basically at such high speed
and low altitude a plane had to fly though the explosion and hope.
With the high risk of being blown up some of the best pilots
started tipping the V1's wing, because of damage to wing tips they
later developed a tactic of disrupting the airflow by placing their
wing very close to the V1's wing, causing it to topple.
Not every pilot did this. At night this was not possible, the
flame from the V1 blinded the pilot to everything else, though some
Mossie pilots flew past closely in front of the V1, again causing it
to topple. The thought of doing this at 450mph, 4,000 feet above the
ground, at night and being blinded gives me the willies.
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Panzerkampfwagen VI "E Tiger" |
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Ju 88 loading a torpedo. This is one HUGE bomber, and it's on
pontoons. |
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German "KARL" motars, Sebastopol |
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Reloading a KARL |
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Firing a KARL |
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Macchi 202v |
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Italian 303 Bombers over N Africa |
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What a Brownie camera looked like. |
I think the remaining pictures are all of the damage at Pearl Harbor.
