P-38L Lightning #40, s/n 44-25734 “Betts II” of the 71st FS 1st Fighter Group, Lesina Italy http://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/usa/aircr...
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Holy smokes, this breaks the record for the most cartoon characters in nose art, all on one plane. The nose art of possibly the best nose artist in WW2, S/Sgt Sarkis Bartigian
https://www.flickr.com/photos/133697406@N05/18250330463/ In a departure from the normal girlie nose art, S/Sgt Sarkis Bartigian created this...
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The Dazzlin Duchess, photo taken after having nose-wheel failure while taking off when the nose wheel gear wouldn't raise.
When informed that the nose wheel of his B 24 was not down and landing the planes would be dangerous business, Texan pilot 1st Lt Schott tol...
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A college fraternity in Madison Wisconsin bought a war surplus Sherman tank,
from the Reading Eagle, Dec 22, 1957 via https://tankandafvnews.com/2015/08/31/from-the-vault-college-fraternity-buys-sherman-tank/ https:/...
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Happy Jack's Go Buggy....
Jack got into the Army Air Corps to fly, influenced by his father, a WW1 fighter pilot, and was assigned P 38s after graduation, which happe...
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probably the coolest true story you'll learn this week, why a P 51 shot down an American C 47, and has a USA flag on his kill roster, in addition to Japanese, Nazi and Italian flags
1st Lt Curdes led four P-51s from Mangaldan in Central Luzon to perform reconnaissance of the southern tip of Formosa. Their mission was to ...
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Bob's Hope was christened by good ol Bob Hope... this might be the coolest thing I find all day
Nose art showed an Indian riding a bomb looking though a periscope overtop a star on a circular background. all these photos are from one mo...
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Why are we wasting time on our everyday hobbies... this guy has proven we can build a copter!
skip to the 5 minute mark, then the 9 minute mark, then the 15 for what it looks like from the seat when he lifts off... seriously cool http...
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Gas station parking lot wheelies... the good old days
some really cool shit shows up on Stiffspeed https://www.facebook.com/groups/stiffspeed/?ref=nf_target&fref=nf
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