Ground crew examining the flak damaged wing of a Supermarine Spitfire1mo ⋅ Quick_Presentation11 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
US P-66 Vanguard fighters at an airfield in Karachi, India, 25 Oct 1942.5mo ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Anton Korol (far left) and his crew surrender at Eschwege in central Germany on May 8, 1945.2mo ⋅ JCFalkenberglll ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Certainly one of the most versatile fighters of WW2 the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 got many possible variants, although some would never see service like this Fw-190A-5/U14 attack torpedo/bomber.7mo ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Consolidated-Vultee factory workers enjoy their lunch near a PB2Y-3 Coronado under camouflage netting in San Diego in the Summer of 194311mo ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
I have been wondering for a while what the plane in the survivorship bias image is. Does anyone here know?5mo ⋅ 3pointone415 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Bell YP-59 Airacomet prototype, 1943. It was the 1st jet fighter produced in the US and flew for the first time on Oct 1st, 19424mo ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
No enemy planes will fly over the Reich territory Lancaster bomber, 1942 [1500x1119]1yr ⋅ Atellani ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Wildcat undergoing maintenance on the Enterprise’s hangar deck. Note the many spare props hanging from the overheads.2mo ⋅ JCFalkenberglll ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
346th Bomb Squadron B-17G Flying Fortress 44-6408 Hammerhead lands with one of the crew parachutes unfurled from the tail gunner's position after her brakes were shot out in action in late 19444mo ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Photo montage used in the squadron's Christmas card, 17 February 1942. It features some of VJ-7's enterprising photographers working to get the best possible camera angles from positions aboard a Grumman J2F Duck.3mo ⋅ JCFalkenberglll ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
German Focke Wulf Fw-190 aircraft abandoned at the airfield in Bad Aibling. The aircraft were disabled by damaging the fuselages in the tail area. 05/05/19453wk ⋅ JCFalkenberglll ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Fisher XP-75 Eagle 43-46950 in flight. It sure was pretty, although an abject failure.5mo ⋅ Kens_Men43rd ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
US Marines file past the wreckage of an Aichi D3A Val dive bomber on Agat beach in Guam in July 19445mo ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
10th October 1940, London, England. Messerschmitt Bf 110 German Fighter Bomber after being shot down [1500x1085]8mo ⋅ Atellani ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
The Higgins A-1 lifeboat was to be dropped by an SB-17 traveling at an airspeed of 120 miles per hour. The yellow-painted vessel was supplied with enough food, water and clothing for 12 survivors to last for about 20 days in the ocean2wk ⋅ JCFalkenberglll ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Japanese ammunition ships in Truk Harbor destroyed by dive bombers of USS Intrepid, Caroline Islands, 17 Feb 1944, photo 1 of 2; the dive bomber that caused this destruction was also lost in the blast7mo ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Finito Benito, Next Hirohito B-25J 12th Bomb Group. Italy, 1944 [1500X1037]5mo ⋅ Atellani ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Crew members of a B-17 bomber (Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress) of the 8th Air Force of the US Air Force at the rear defensive installation with 12.7 mm (50 BMG) Browning machine guns. The sign above the machine guns reads “Meet the “Fifty Twins.” The photo was taken at an airfield in the UK.2mo ⋅ JCFalkenberglll ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Post war advertisement for surplus aircraft. Save $220,000 on this B-24!10mo ⋅ MyDogGoldi ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
German Lofte 7 bomb sight basics. Similar to the Norden, which the Germans knew prior to the war thanks to espionage, it was far more simple than the US device.1wk ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
B-17 “Whizzer II” (s/n 42-5786) from the 483rd Bomb Group after being hit by Flak over the rail yards of Nis, Yugoslavia in 15 April 1944. According to sources, no chutes were observed but only nine bodies were ever found.1mo ⋅ JCFalkenberglll ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Original color image of a P-40B Warhawk pilot in his cockpit in the early 1940s1yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
1st Lt Robert H. Amon from 318th FG inspecting damaged tail boom of his P-385mo ⋅ Kens_Men43rd ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
The B-25J aircraft, with an opaque nose cone, carried a battery of eight 12.7 mm machine guns and 3,200 rounds of ammunition. These machine guns could be installed in the field on any version of the B-25, but they were factory installed only on the J variant. 2wk ⋅ JCFalkenberglll ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
German fighters (Bf-109 & Me-262) discarded at Berlin Tempelhof Airport, 1945. Today we'd pay good money to put our hands on those.1yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Artist’s rendering of Japanese Manned Kamikaze Aircraft: The MXY-7 Ohka “Cherry Blossom”4mo ⋅ Quick_Presentation11 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Old straight-dihedral B-25 contrasts with crank-winged Mitchells behind it at Felts Field, Spokane, Washington, in 1941. (Photo by Boardman C. Reed via Peter M. Bowers)1mo ⋅ JCFalkenberglll ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Boeing B-17E reengined with four liquid-cooled Allison V-1710-89 V-12s in flight at the XB-387mo ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
B-29 Superfortress crash landed on Iwo Jima after being damaged by anti-aircraft fire over Tokyo on March 10th 19451yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
347th Bomb Squadron B-17G Flying Fortress 44-6430 in flight with damaged bomb bay doors after a raid over Northern Italy in October 19444mo ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
As an end-of-term prank, students from Cranfield Aeronautics College wheel a Corsair down to the local pub for a pint. 1963.1yr ⋅ HarvHR ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Currently being restored at the Udvar-Hazy Center, “Flak-Bait” is a B-26 Marauder and flew the most combat missions of any U.S. plane in WWII1yr ⋅ Grizzleebear1215 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
WASP Evelyn Sharp (1919-1944), killed in the crash of the P-38 she was flying.3wk ⋅ Kens_Men43rd ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
In the South Pacific in World War II, tail gunner Sgt. James E. Berryhill sits with a field modification of two .50-caliber M2 machine guns on his B-24 Liberator bomber. James E. Berryhill photo3mo ⋅ JCFalkenberglll ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Lt Edwin King from the 350th FG checks out his P-47 after making it back to his base near Pisa, Italy, January 12, 1945. His engine was hit by flak, shooting out two cylinders, during a ground attack mission.5mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Seven Grumman TBM-3D Avenger bombers of night torpedo squadron VT(N)-90 flying in formation in January 1945. Of the carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6)4mo ⋅ Captain-tie-dye ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Removing spent shell casings from a B-17 after a completed mission. It's a lot brass to clean up and dispose of.2wk ⋅ Kens_Men43rd ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Imagine you're the pilot of a British-operated, Boeing 314 Clipper crossing the Atlantic in early-1942. Your passenger insists on having a go at the controls, but you can't really say no.1yr ⋅ Madeline_Basset ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Seafires and a Swordfish on the deck of a Royal Navy carrier. Note the CVE in the background with Atlantic camo.2mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Boeing B-17G-75-BO Flying Fortress 43-37877 on fire and going down near Merseburg, Germany, 1314 GMT, 30 November 1944. (American Air Museum in Britain UPL 30040)4mo ⋅ JCFalkenberglll ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
A German Messerschmitt Me 262 flashes through the frame of an American P-51 Mustang gun camera, 19452yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
A Junkers Ju 87 Stuka being dismantled in a village near the Libyan coast, close to Tobruck, 1941 [1500X1018]7mo ⋅ Atellani ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
USAF armorer gets a leg up while hooking up High Velocity Aircraft Rockets to a B-26 Invader in Korea2mo ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
British personnel pose with a V-1 missile that failed to detonate4mo ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
This gun camera footage from a Luftwaffe fighter shows an Allied P-51 Mustang wearing invasion stripes going through the line of fire.1yr ⋅ Molly107 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Crew of B-17F Fortress #42-30117 with the 95th Bomb Group posing in front of their airplane at Poltava, Ukraine during an Operation Frantic shuttle mission, summer 1944.7mo ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Rows of Vought F4U Corsair‘s and Grumman F6F Hellcat’s fresh off the factory line await to be shipped to the Pacific theater of operations, 1944.1yr ⋅ Bagpussreturns ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
F6F-3 Hellcat aircraft on the flight deck of USS Saratoga, Nov 1943. Gilbert Islands.5mo ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Kyushu J7W1 Type 18 Shinden discovered in a factory at Fukuoka, Japan Oct 10 1945, second of the two built and is now stored at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC.6mo ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Captain Robert Maloney of the 55th Fighter Group, points to a hole in the wing of his P-51 Mustang caused by colliding with a German telegraph pole, while strafing a military train north of Ulm which was rushing equipment to the western front. Colorized by Renee Colours11mo ⋅ SpeedSmooth3148 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
General MacArthur leaves his plane to step onto Japanese soil at Atsugi Airport 28 August 19456mo ⋅ Kens_Men43rd ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
A British soldier inspects a Messerschmitt Bf.109 that crashed, 1940 [1250X1500]2mo ⋅ Atellani ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
USS Anzio carries on deck a captured IJN Kawanishi H8K Emily seaplane, December 1945.6mo ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vbs-417 Sqn, RCAF,in loose formation over Tunisian desert on bomber escort op, April 1943 1wk ⋅ JCFalkenberglll ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Unfortunately blur but this old pic shows a USAAF B-17 ditching in Lake Zug, Switzerland.1yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Swedish Air Force Spitfire Mk XIX. Some were used in the late 40s in photographic missions over Soviet airspace to watch air and naval bases in the Baltic & Kola regions. At the time no Soviet fighter was able to reach their operational altitude and no Spitifres were ever lost in those missions.2mo ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Recovered Corsair wreck sowing the salmon colored interior paint used by Vought.2mo ⋅ Sharp-System485 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Colorized. RNZAF Hudsons lead P-40 Kittyhawks from No 16 Squadron to Guadalcanal. 1943 Photo taken from another Hudson.1mo ⋅ Kens_Men43rd ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
A group of Spitfire, F4U Corsair, and Barracudas together at Fledgling in 1944 [1216x1500]10mo ⋅ Atellani ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
A Liberator B Mk VI of No 37 Squadron RAF after being hit by a pair of 1000lb bombs dropped by another B-24 during a mission over Italy, 1945. Remarkably there were no serious injuries to the crew.2wk ⋅ Kens_Men43rd ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
The Burrows crew from 408 Squadron in a photo taken November 1944 at Stratford with their mascott bunny Sandy. This crew failed to return from operations to Munster on March 25, 1945, only one crewmember survived. 1wk ⋅ JCFalkenberglll ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
1942 diagram illustrating the amount of firepower a formation of four B-17 Flying Fortresses could bring to bear on intercepting fighters from various angles1yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Upping the ante from the Mustang pilot who hit a telegraph wire, Flight Lt Ken Gatward, RAF, had to have several lbs of beef removed from his Beaufighter engine after hitting a French cow on a low-level mission to drop a French flag over the Arc de Triomphe5mo ⋅ Affentitten ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Wellington of No 426 Squadron RCAF returns to base after taking a flak hit that blew out the rear turret, killing the gunner... April 9, 1943.1yr ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Preserved Soviet era Lisunov Li-2. The Li-2 was a licensed copy of the US Douglas DC-3, produced in the Soviet Union between 1939-1952. Many of the units received defensive armament in the form of a dorsal turret as the one used in the Ilyushin Il-4 bomber.6mo ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Ju87 Stuka armed with 37mm anti-tank guns which carried twelve rounds each.2mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Incomplete Horten Ho-229 V3 captured by Allied forces in Gotha, Thuringia, Germany 1945.3mo ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
In 1947, Kingman, AZ, became the final resting place for countless B-24s, destined for scrap. Many of these aircraft had seen only a few months of service during WWII, while others had not been used in combat at all, having been delivered directly from Willow Run in 1945.2mo ⋅ Kens_Men43rd ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Bf-109 G6R6 from Jagdgeschwader at Poix, vicinity of Amiens, France. Note the 20 mm cannon pods under the wings.1yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Fortress with additional non-standard bow turret. Note the gunner in back.4mo ⋅ Kens_Men43rd ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
On October 26, 1940 the North American NA-73X (the prototype of P-51 Mustang) flew for the first time.5mo ⋅ icantthinkofaname940 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Airplanes Over New York City. Sep 19371yr ⋅ Aeromarine_eng ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Lt Jack Taylor from No. 430 Squadron RCAF next to his damaged A-36. While on a low-level training flight, he flew through power lines and brought back 19 meters of cable wrapped around his wing.5mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
B-17s of the 8th Air Force navigate through a flak filled sky over Germany, 1944/45.5mo ⋅ Quick_Presentation11 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
1943 propaganda image intended to be an illustration of what it means for a Luftwaffe ace to have 100 kills under his belt1yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
JG 53 pilot in a Bf 109 forces an RAF Spitfire pilot to break off his attack on a Junkers Ju 88 in the Mediterranean theater in 19421yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
A deckload of U.S. Army Air Force Republic P-47N Thunderbolt fighters on the flight deck of USS Casablanca (CVE-55), 16 July 1945. The planes were loaded at Naval Air Station Alameda, California (USA) and were bound for Guam.6mo ⋅ Kens_Men43rd ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Vought F4U Corsair in the South Pacific. With the salt and sun, they didn't stay pristine looking for long.8mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
F6F Hellcat fighters going through launch procedures aboard the carrier Saratoga, off Gilbert Islands, early 1943.7mo ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Fully armed USN Douglas A-1 Skyraiders on the deck of USS Bon Homme Richard. The A-1 was a WW2 plane, first prototypes were ordered on July 1944 making its first flight on March 1945 with the war in Europe still active, but they would be best remembered by their actions in Vietnam 20 years later.8mo ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
No. 101 Squadron, RAF Lancaster GR-S Dropping incendiaries on an unspecified target7mo ⋅ Captain-tie-dye ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
The nose position of a He 111H-11 and its 20mm MG FF cannon armament, the result of a bitter lesson learned during the Battle of Britain.3mo ⋅ JCFalkenberglll ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Inside the cockpit of a Mitsubishi A6M5 Reisen “Zero” (Image: Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum)7mo ⋅ Quick_Presentation11 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Color footage of P-39 Airacobra strafing runs including a third person view1yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Death motif on the nose of a B-26 Invader during the Korean War4mo ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
The Hawker Sea Hurricane being catapulted from the catapult armed merchant (CAM) ship at Greenock. Note the long flame from the rocket assistors.2mo ⋅ JCFalkenberglll ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Nope, it's not a submarine. It's a B-29 Superfortress bomber about to sink after being ditched north of Guam, Mariana Islands, 15 May 1945. She was damaged by flak over Nagoya, Japan.3wk ⋅ JCFalkenberglll ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Rare picture of a Westland Whirlwind with the nose section removed showing its 4x20 mm Hispano-Suiza HS.404 cannons.7mo ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Medical personnel look on as a B-17G Flying Fortress returning to England from a mission launches flares to indicate there are wounded on board2mo ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
“Whistling Death”- U.S. Navy F4U Corsairs in flight over the South Pacific, 19437mo ⋅ Quick_Presentation11 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
View from the front gunner position in a Luftwaffe Heinkel He-111 flying over Poland in the first days of WW2. September 1939.2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
January 20th, 1945, the first 4 units of RAF Gloster Meteor F3 jet fighters arrive in Melsbroek, Belgium to counter a possible threat by German Messerschmitt Me-262. They were all painted white for easy ID, a full squadron would be there by March that year.1mo ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
B-17 from the 306th BG. Shot down by flak over St Nazaire on November 9, 1942. The entire crew was KIA.1yr ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
B-17 Flying Fortress Hell's Angels and the 358th Bomb Squadron [2000x1473]1yr ⋅ Atellani ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Japanese G4M aircraft making a torpedo run against the American Guadalcanal-Tulagi invasion force, 8 Aug 19422mo ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
An employee of the Heinkel aircraft plant in Rostock applies an identification mark to an aircraft. 1940 1mo ⋅ JCFalkenberglll ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
