Post your RL WWII Aircraft!

[Guppy35]

And more early 17s that I forgot about

[Guppy35]

Last but not least, my favorite early Fortress of all time, from the greatest guilty pleasure wartime movie ever  "Air Force".   The famous "Mary Ann".   Left Hamilton Field and flew into the attack on Pearl Harbor.  Stopped off at Wake Island on the way to the Philippines.  Got bellied in on her first combat mission only to be resurrected by the crew that never sleeps and escapes the fall of the Philippines.  While heading for Australia she and crew spot a Japanese invasion fleet and lead the attack that totally destroys it.  What an airplane!

[38ruk]

You can tell Dan Got AH3 up and running .... hehe

[oakranger]

lol

[Devil 505]

 

[BuckShot]

lol

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Ouch. At least he was light hearted about the tramp!

[oakranger]

German rocket? Werfer-Granate 21 or RM4

[Guppy35]

A pair of Iwo Jima based P-51s of the 506th FG

[38ruk]

While looking up the Boll Weevil.... I found this story on the 506th website . Wonder how many of these stories will go unknown and unseen by the generations that have come after .

http://www.506thfightergroup.org/deathatchichi.asp

[oakranger]

A pair of Iwo Jima based P-51s of the 506th FG

I notice the dash marking on the wing but i really notice are the two fins, antennas or what ever they are behind the cockpit.

[MiloMorai]

Iirc the dash marks on the wing are reference lines for dive bombing.

[EskimoJoe]

Iirc the dash marks on the wing are reference lines for dive bombing.

I still never quite understood how those were used, even after reading a guide years ago somewhere within the depths of these boards.

I notice the dash marking on the wing but i really notice are the two fins, antennas or what ever they are behind the cockpit.

My guess would be radio antennae.

[Guppy35]

The twin antenna were for the "Uncle Dog" radio direction finding gear that the Iwo Mustangs needed for all that over water flight.  The radio antenna itself was moved to below the engine in between the wheel bays.

The stripes were for ground attack sighting.  They show up on a few ETO birds towards the very end of the war in Europe and were on the PTO Mustangs in the summer of 45.

[38ruk]

Looking at the pic more closely i see they have a bunch of flap out .... must be something slow taking the pictures 8)

[oakranger]

Mitsubishi_G4M Betty(s) Guadalcanal - Tulagi on August 8th, 1942.