r/WWIIplanes • u/jacksmachiningreveng • 6h ago
253ª Squadriglia Savoia-Marchetti S.M.79 torpedo bombers at Decimomannu in Sardinia circa 1943
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r/WWIIplanes • u/UrbanAchievers6371 • 2h ago
colorized P-47D Thunderbolt “Torrid Tessie” of the 346th Fighter Squadron and flown by USAAF Lt. Homer St. Onge, Italy, Feb 25, 1945.
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r/WWIIplanes • u/m262 • 49m ago
1 Hellcat loaded with a dummy Mk13 and 1 with a real Mk 13.
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r/WWIIplanes • u/m262 • 13h ago
An SB2C Helldiver above the Yamato during the attack that sunk her on 7 April, 1945.
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r/WWIIplanes • u/UrbanAchievers6371 • 19h ago
colorized Captured Dornier Do 335A Pfeil (Arrow). Note scale of plane to US soldier This was the fastest piston engined aircraft of WW2 at 474 mph.
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r/WWIIplanes • u/waldo--pepper • 20m ago
I figured we could all use a puppy now and then. This is Blackie. Hi Blackie! He's so cute! Oh, and the plane is a Mk 1 Mustang Second Lieutenant C H Stover Commanding Officer, No. 414 Squadron (Sarnia Imperials) Squadron, R.C.A.F Dunsfold, Surrey, 15 January 1944.
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r/WWIIplanes • u/UrbanAchievers6371 • 1h ago
B-29 Superfortress “Mary Anna” of the 505th BG flying out of Tinian. Lost during a raid over Japan on May 7, 1945 with 1 KIA and 10 rescued.
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r/WWIIplanes • u/UrbanAchievers6371 • 20h ago
A Nakajima B6N Tenzan torpedo bomber, known to the Allies as "Jill", flies through anti-aircraft fire during a battle in the Truk Islands.
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r/WWIIplanes • u/waffen123 • 1d ago
P-47D Thunderbolt of the 367th Fighter Squadron made a belly landing in field artillery position after being hit in the left wing during a dive bombing attack on near Würzburg, Germany, 1 Apr 1945. The pilot was only slightly injured.
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r/WWIIplanes • u/MyDogGoldi • 11m ago
B-29s were put to use early on in the Korean war. Here are crew members posing with their regulations-free Korean furry hats, Feb. 1951. See link in comments for image source and more on Superfortresses in Korea.
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r/WWIIplanes • u/UrbanAchievers6371 • 19h ago
Two young American airmen prepare to load a B-17 Flying Fortress “The Fighting Cock” for a bombing mission against Germany, somewhere in Europe, 1944.
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r/WWIIplanes • u/iPhoneOrAndroid • 19h ago
Help me ID this RAF plane. Possibly 1950s in service N. America but unsure.
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r/WWIIplanes • u/waldo--pepper • 23h ago
Do 17 night fighter with an aperture for a IR lamp. At this stage of the war the Luftwaffe had no airborne radar and were experimenting with such IR devices that they code named "Spanner."
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r/WWIIplanes • u/waldo--pepper • 22h ago
H2X operators station in a B-17. 3cm H2X, 12 were hastily hand-built by MIT technicians and installed into B-17s at the East Boston Airport (now Logan International). “Looks Mickey Mouse to me,” said Major Rabo upon his first glimpse that the Rad Lab technicians had made to B-17s. More in the 1st.
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r/WWIIplanes • u/waffen123 • 1d ago
-24D Liberator “Angie the Ox” of the 515th Bomb Squadron over the smoking rail yards in Bucharest, Romania, Apr 4 1944
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r/WWIIplanes • u/RailAce3815 • 1d ago
museum P-51A “Miss Virginia” going full (or almost full) throttle an engine run-up
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Today was supposed to be Planes of Fame's monthly Flight Demo, however strong winds at Chino led to its last-minute cancellation. Instead, the museum decided to do an engine run-up. While it would've been nice to see her fly today, the run-up was still really cool.
r/WWIIplanes • u/The_Lad_cricket • 23h ago
Hawker Hurricanes (No 245 SQN RAF Aldergrove Co Antrim)
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I am unsure if when this photo was taken possibly 1940-1941? But anyway I found this on google.
r/WWIIplanes • u/Independent_Ear9260 • 1d ago
Junkers Ju 252 V1 D-ADCC in flight
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Designed as a successor to the Junkers Ju 52/3m only 15 were built
r/WWIIplanes • u/Potential_Safety_407 • 1d ago
Books of my Grandfather
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If there is interest, i will post more
r/WWIIplanes • u/Spiritual-Currency39 • 1d ago
museum Saw some awesome birds today!
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r/WWIIplanes • u/jacksmachiningreveng • 1d ago
Men of JG 26 commanded by Adolf Galland enjoy a bit of horseplay before scrambling their Bf 109 Es
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r/WWIIplanes • u/thesaltysnell • 1d ago
My great grandfather with a captured German jet at the end of the war
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