Great set of pics WW2 aircraft: (Warning) Image intensive

[Guppy35]

Tipping V-1s was done because the fighter drivers had run out of ammo.  It was not a preferred tactic by any means, but a tactic of last resort

The tipping photos show up now and then, although I believe the first one is someone playing with a photo. I think they tried to draw a Spit shape without much success The last two are the ones that show up in books now and then and are clearly a Spit XIV

The rocket shot is from a Tiffie.  Actually lots of those shots around.  I got some from a Spit XII driver who ended up in Tiffies in 45.

Decent batch of photos though.

[B-17]

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German V1

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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 aitflow 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  Float Equipped loading a torpedo.

You sure that's a Ju-88? Looks more like... I don't know... A Heinkel or something.

[100Coogn]

This is not a Ju88, but a Heinkel 115...

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I believe it is.

Coogan

[oakranger]

This image is not from 1945.. This photo dates to 1950 or later as there are AD Skyraiders on deck and the Skyraider was certainly post war. This is a Korean War photo.

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I was going to say that i never seen a CV with snow on the deck during WWII. 

German "KARL" motars, how big are the shells?

[CRYPTIC]

Thanks oneway never thought to post them here. Someone from my squad had sent it out glad you past it along.

[RoGenT]

Awesome pictures indeed 

[Rich52]

Great find. Enjoyed them much.

[Rino]

     Widewing beat me to it 

[Volron]

I was going to say that i never seen a CV with snow on the deck during WWII. 

German "KARL" motars, how big are the shells?

Mind you, this is wiki info but here it is...

Its heaviest munition was a 60 cm (24 in) diameter, 2,170 kg (4,800 lb) shell, and the range for its lightest shell of 1,250 kg (2,800 lb) was just over 10 km (6.2 mi).

The smaller shell was 54 cm (21 in).

[B-17]

Screw KARL...

Let's get going on the Gustav guns... 

Those things were BIG. Of course... It would require updating the train systems a bit...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwerer_Gustav

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=schwerer%20gustav