Post your RL WWII Aircraft!

[puller]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el5BP9ra1n4

What appears to be P-40s taking off on a carrier...

[Devil 505]

That's from Operation Torch. The P-40's flew directly to their land bases. This was a non-combat event. The carrier was just a means for east transport, and launching from the deck just an easy way of unloading the aircraft.

[Ack-Ack]

That's from Operation Torch. The P-40's flew directly to their land bases. This was a non-combat event. The carrier was just a means for east transport, and launching from the deck just an easy way of unloading the aircraft.

During the battle for Saipan, P-47s were launched from USS Manila Bay and were attacked and had to launch some to act as a CAP.

Those splashes you see are from bombs dropped by a Japanese plane.

[lyric1]

Beau.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRc4VY4hBnM

[oakranger]

That's from Operation Torch. The P-40's flew directly to their land bases. This was a non-combat event. The carrier was just a means for east transport, and launching from the deck just an easy way of unloading the aircraft.

I was just looking at the skin of the P-40 and wonder if they may be North Africa.

[Devil 505]

Oakranger, you are correct. Operation Torch was the Allied invasion of North Africa in November 1942. That video was taken of the first delivery of land based fighters after the beachhead was established. The point I was making before was that what you see in the video were simply ferry flights and not combat ops.

[oakranger]

Lieutenant-Colonel David C. Schilling, an ace P-47 Thunderbolt pilot of the 56th Fighter Group, holds an adapted hand gun. Schilling was Commanding Officer of the 56th FG between 12 August 1944 and 27 January 1945.

[oakranger]

If AH had an wrek pile of people fail to take off in B-29.....It might look like this. 

[Shamus]

Lieutenant-Colonel David C. Schilling, an ace P-47 Thunderbolt pilot of the 56th Fighter Group, holds an adapted hand gun. Schilling was Commanding Officer of the 56th FG between 12 August 1944 and 27 January 1945.

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Saw something that looked like that down in Detroit last week.

[oakranger]

Saw something that looked like that down in Detroit last week.

I was surprised that they did this back then.   Funny to see that second handle up front too.  I guess he came prepared that if gets shot down over Germany.  He will take a few German soldiers with him with that many rounds.

[FLOOB]

It looks like a WWI air to air pistol, they also used to shotguns.

[oakranger]

It looks like a WWI air to air pistol, they also used to shotguns.

IDK, he looks like the type that is ready to kill, shotgun or hand gun.

[oakranger]

 Butterfly Bomb, Sprengbombe Dickwandig 2 kg or SD2.

[oakranger]

Hurricane V

[Brooke]