B-17G 44-6196 of the 99th Bomb Group dropping bombs. This bomber survived the war and returned to the USA. Eventually scrapped at Kingman Arizona.1yr ⋅ Greendragons38 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Fatally damaged B-24 Liberator missing its starboard outer wing after allegedly colliding with the crew member of a fellow bomber that had bailed out during a raid on Ploesti in the Summer of 19441yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
A group of VP-9 (Golden Eagles) PB4Y-2s in flight from the Marine Corps Base at Hawaii Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. Unknown date.9mo ⋅ MyDogGoldi ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
B-25 Mitchells bombing and strafing Japanese positions at Keningau in Borneo on June 21st 19452yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Consolidated B-24 Liberator assembly line at Fort Worth, TX, ca 194310mo ⋅ Quick_Presentation11 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
A Handley Page Halifax bomber over Cologne, Germany doing what bombers do. In 90 minutes on May 30, 1942 over 1,000 RAF planes dropped 1,455 tons with two-thirds of those being incendiaries.1yr ⋅ MyDogGoldi ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
A Corsair Mk II 132 of the 1831 NAS missed the wires and ended upside down.1yr ⋅ Greendragons38 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
USAAF armorers replenish the 12.70 mm and 75 mm ammo in a North American B-25H Mitchell2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
264 Squadron Boulton Paul Defiant L6969 in the Donge river in Geertruidenberg after being shot down by a Ju 87 Stuka on May 13th 19401yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
'Molotov bread basket bomb during the Winter War 1939-40. Unexploded aerial Soviet rotationally dispersing incendiary bomb, called 'Molotov bread basket' as Russians claimed not to be bombing Finnish cities but dropping bread on the starving Finnish citizens. Familiar to anyone?2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Only just noticed some P-51s have a panel on the nose with 32 holes in it. What's that for?1yr ⋅ Madeline_Basset ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
A-36A Mustang attack aircraft on a muddy airfield in Italy, circa early 19441yr ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
A B-29 Superfortress from the 499th Bomber Group of the US Air Force in flight over Mt. Fujiyama, Japan c1945.1yr ⋅ MyDogGoldi ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Walking a OS2U Kingfisher back to the hangar after a winter patrol (Likely NAS Squantum December 1942)1yr ⋅ ResearcherAtLarge ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
A Japanese interceptor climbing up in a turning maneuver during an air raid on Hong Kong by the 14th US Army Air Force, in the backround burning ships can be seen. October 16, 19441yr ⋅ Great_White_Sharky ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
On April 4th of 1942 Widowitz was shot down by a Soviet lend-lease (rather, in reality “lend-keep”) Hurricane whilst on an escort mission. Hits to his engine were observed followed by a forced, near perfect, wheels-up landing on the ice of a frozen lake. Recovered in 2003.2yr ⋅ Bagpussreturns ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Armourers check over a mixed bomb load of three 1,000-lb MC bombs and small bomb containers (SBCs) filled with 30-lb incendiary bombs, loaded into the bomb-bay and wing cells of a Handley Page Halifax Mk. III, No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, Pocklington, Yorkshire.1mo ⋅ JCFalkenberglll ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
The Bell XP-39 prototype, 38-326, in the original turbosupercharged configuration. First flight of the prototype was on April 6, 1938.1yr ⋅ Greendragons38 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Macchi C.202 Folgore fighter on display at Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum,1yr ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
One of the 3 attempts during WW2 to develop a Spitfre version with floats. None of them would suceed.2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
New York 1943, Curtis SOC3 Seamew flies over the partly dismantled wreck of the SS Normandie following it's devastating fire and capsizing the previous year.1yr ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Captured Japanese Ki-84 fighter being evaluated by the Allied Technical Air Intelligence Unit based at Eagle Farm Airbase, Brisbane, Australia, 1945.1yr ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
This remarkable photograph, taken on a Boeing B-29 strike over Tokyo, Japan, shows Sgt. J.R. Krantz, Hickory Point, TN, a waist gunner on a 21st Bomber Command Superfortress, dangling from his plane five miles up in the air over the Japanese capital after flak shot the floor out from under him.1yr ⋅ patriot-renegade ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Douglas B-26 Invader prepared for a mission during the Korean War3yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
P-47 Razorback edition made from Venom Energy drink cans - some how appropriate!1yr ⋅ sodacanmodels ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
A bit over 78 years ago the P-80 Shooting Star prototype flew for the first time. Jan 8th, 1944. Designed and built by Lockheed in 1943 and delivered just 143 days from the start of the design process.2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
USN C-47 Skytrain (R4D) aircraft onboard the aircraft carrier USS Philippine Sea on their way to Antarctica. Jan 1947.2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
106 Squadron Avro Lancaster B Mark I R5700 crash-landed at Hardwick after being attacked by a Fw 190 Wilde Sau over Essen on the night of January 13th/14th 19431yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Captured Junkers Ju-388 in the US in an exhibition right after the war. This is a reconnaissance variant and the only surviving unit; only around 100 Ju-388 were produced. Few yers ago was still disassembled and stored at the Nasa Air and Space Museum awaiting restoration. A Me-262 also in the back1yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Preserved de Havilland Dragon Rapide. Pressed into RAF service like all civilian transport planes this humble plywood made biplane was produced until 1946 and amply used in radio and navigation training, passenger transport and liasion missions.2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Battle damaged B18 Bolo of the 5th BG at Hickam Field, Hawaii. After the Japanese attack on Dec 7th 1941.1yr ⋅ Greendragons38 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Tupolev Tu-4, a reversed engineered copy of 4 US Boeing B-29 that landed in Soviet territory after bombing Japan. The Soviet model would not fly until mid 1947 and would use indigenous engines, a Soviet airfoil section and drop the first Soviet atomic bomb.1yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Counting the holes in a Heinkel He 111 after encountering RAF fighters in late 194010mo ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
USN Vought OS2U Kingfisher, most small floatplanes of the time could have the float and pilons removed and replaced by a fix landing gear to operate in airfields, at least temporarily.1yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
B-17E Flying Fortress converted to XB-38 with Allison V-1710 liquid-cooled engines as an experimental testbed in the event the radial engines became unavailable, 1942.1yr ⋅ SouthernEast7719 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bomber on the outboard elevator of the USS Bunker Hill. Pacific Ocean, early 1945.1yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Black Widow P61 fighters on a training flight over Hawthorne, California ; June 13, 1944. the Black Widow was operated effectively as a night fighter by USAAF squadrons in the European Theater, Pacific Theater, China Burma India Theater, and Mediterranean Theater. It was updated to install radar.1yr ⋅ Westoaklane ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Consolidated B-24 Liberator under the Eiffel Tower during an American aircraft exhibition at Paris, 1945.1yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
An RAF 214 Squadron B-17 in night-bomber camouflage. Part of 100 Group that specialized in electronic warfare. Note the chin-mounted radar, and the tall antenna for the Airborne Cigar communications jammer.1yr ⋅ Madeline_Basset ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Ball turret gunner Sgt Benedict Borostowski at his station on Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 42-50701yr ⋅ 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.1yr ⋅ Greendragons38 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
B17 Flying Fortress “Memphis Belle” at the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio1yr ⋅ Daph1970 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
An RAF Lightning Mk.I in evaluation, 667 were ordered by Britain and France but the order was cancelled due to disappointing performance of the export variant1yr ⋅ HarvHR ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
A rare gathering of six Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses and a Consolidated B-24 Liberator at the Thunder Over Michigan airshow. (Photo by Norman A. Graf)3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Two TBM-1 Avengers sent to Britain under Lend Lease to become Tarpons of the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm.2yr ⋅ SouthernEast7719 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Boeing XB-29-BO number 41-18335, the last of three XB-29s built, in flight. June 1, 1943, Wichita, Kansas. Source with extended description in comments.1yr ⋅ MyDogGoldi ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Stalactites adorn the trailing edge of a Heinkel He 111's wing on a Ukrainian airfield in early 194211mo ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Boeing B-17 waist & ball gunner stations after a mission...there must have been some intense action.2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
A TBD-1 of Torpedo Squadron 5 (VT-5) in flight over Southern California, November 16 1939.1yr ⋅ Greendragons38 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Fairey Barracuda. British carrier-borne torpedo and dive bomber [1562x1000]11mo ⋅ Atellani ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress “Milk Wagon” of the 708th BS, 447th BG11mo ⋅ Quick_Presentation11 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-3 at rest at the RAF airfield at Pembrey, South Wales, United Kingdom after German pilot Oberleutnant Armin Faber landed there by mistake after a furious dogfight over Devon, 23 Jun 1942.10mo ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
British Spitfire fighters on the flight deck of USS Wasp, circa Apr-May 19429mo ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Rare pic of the only example of the Messerschmitt P.1101 jet fighter. Germany 1945.1yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
A P38 .... Nah, I'm sure this is a P40 :) A RAAF P-40 taxis at Milne Bay Fighter Strip #3, New Guinea, September 19428mo ⋅ Kens_Men43rd ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Heinkel He-162 Volksjager jet fighters in a salt mine at Tarthun, Germany, April 1945. U.S. Army photo [2500x1779]1yr ⋅ Atellani ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
In-flight view of one of two Boeing JB-17G aircraft. The aircraft were modified as test bed aircraft for the Allison T-56 turboprop, circa 1950, Indiana, United States (designation changed to JB-17G in 1956).2yr ⋅ SouthernEast7719 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Ki-20 heavy bomber at rest at the airfield in Hamamatsu, Japan, 1940s (converted G38 airliner).8mo ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Prototype of the RAF Westland Whirlwind heavy fighter in the Farnborough wind tunnel. Circa 1937.2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Junkers JU-52 with an authentic Luftwaffe hangar, complete with bullet holes, that was dissembled in Germany and reassembled at Military Aviation Museum9mo ⋅ Special_Dimension_15 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Dutch Fokker T.V medium bomber. A good plane for its time but only 16 were produced by the time of the German invasion in May 10th 1940. Still they managed to shoot down two German bombers and attack German troop concentrations and bridges, but by May 13th they were all unserviceable or shot down.1yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Colorized B-24M 44-50838 Red bow shot down by me 262 A-1 R4M rockets on 4 April 1945.9mo ⋅ b-17lover124 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Douglas SBD Dauntless, in the hanger bay of the USS Lexington CV-16, one of the many plans aboard.1yr ⋅ nunu6k ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Finnish MS.406 fighter preparing to take off from a snowy field, Viitana, Karelia, Russia, winter war.1yr ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Boing Y1B-17 landing at Floyd Bennett Field on February 22nd 19381yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
WACO CG-4 Hadrian glider cutaway. Gliders saw much more use than the major airborne operations, almost 14,000 of these were built.2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
I post these for the ONE kind person who said they enjoyed them and would I please do so. I'm going to do that for them. Just enjoy the art and keep scrolling! I don't need or deserve your attacks or crappy know it all comments. Im not an expert, I make mistakes. Deal..2yr ⋅ Conscious-Lie-4415 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
A Republic P-47 Thunderbolt takes off from a USN aircarft carrier, the plane was just being ferried and was expected to land on its new land airfield, it was not carrier based.1yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Fifi has been grounded the past few weeks. She's about a mile from my house and my favorite bike trail takes me right up to her!1yr ⋅ MarsupialKing ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
A C-46 Commando flies over the Hump, part of the Owen Stanley Mountain Range in New Guinea. Members of the 22nd Airlift Squadron made this trip many times during World War II.1yr ⋅ 1Arcite ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Hawker Hurricane in the catapult of a CAM ship. These were stop gap measures to provide air cover to convoys. Old fighters were used, launched after detecting enemy aircraft and after fighting the pilot had to ditch the plane in the sea and await rescue by an escort if all went OK. 1941-433mo ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
USAAF Photo Reconnaissance F-5E Lightning ‘Information Please’ accompanying Marine F4U Corsairs on a raid to Kushi-Take, Okinawa, Japan, June 1945. Photo 2 of 2. Note the photo nacelle under the F-5.9mo ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Exactly 79 years ago on June 15, 1944, a ground-launched rocket missile damaged 388BG’s “Panhandle” during an attack on a V-weapon site. The missile struck number 3 engine, ricocheted into the fuselage and exploded, leaving Sgt Biggs, the top turret gunner, with nasty burns.11mo ⋅ MyDogGoldi ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Mitsubishi A6M Zero, Japan's long-range carrier-based fighter aircraft [1500x1113]1yr ⋅ Atellani ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
The crew of B-29 Superfortress 42-24598 Waddy's Wagon posing to duplicate the nose art. All were killed in action when the bomber was shot down over Japan in January 1945.10mo ⋅ Quick_Presentation11 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
USAAF personnel point to a hole in the cockpit window of B-17F Flying Fortress 42-5846 Tinker Toy made by a 20mm cannon shell from a Luftwaffe fighter that decapitated the pilot1yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Two-seat variant of the Do-335 Pfeil (arrow) known as the Ameisenbar (anteater) on a German airfield after capture by the United States Army, mid-1945.10mo ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Size comparison of the three British four-engined bombers... Stirling, Lancaster, and Halifax.1yr ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Diet Coke can B-29 Superfortress 'Doc' hanging proudly in a service member's office1yr ⋅ sodacanmodels ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Nope, I don't have anything to do with this and I am not cleaning this mess, get somebody else. USAAF B-24 crash landed in Iwo Jima, 1945.2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Last touches to new Bell P-39 Airacobra aircraft. I always feel this type never got the proper recognition of his services on the Allied side.2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Restored A-36A Mustang aircraft 'Margie H' on display at the USAF Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio, United States; note open dive brakes, B-23 Dragon at left, B-29 Superfortress at right11mo ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIF of No. 96 Squadron RAF being re-armed at Honiley, Warwickshire, 23 March 1943. Beaufighter VIF V8748/ZJ-R of No. 96 Squadron being re-armed at Honiley, 23 March 1943.2wk ⋅ JCFalkenberglll ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Boeing Y1B-17 Flying Fortress preproduction model in flight in 19373yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
B-18 Bolo modified by Wright Field in 1939 to carry a M1897 75mm gun. The results of testing the weapon in flight proved valuable when developing the cannon armed versions of the B-251yr ⋅ Great_White_Sharky ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
B-17G of the 351st BG hit by a 88mm FlaK shell September 27th 1944.1yr ⋅ Greendragons38 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
