P-38H-5-LO Lightning, P-51A-10 Mustang, and P-47D Thunderbolt aircraft in flight together, United States, 1944-19452yr ⋅ Beeninya ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Went and visited Bockscar this weekend at the National Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio! One of the two planes that ended WWII. Incredible piece of history!3yr ⋅ acetiefighter ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
No, these are not captured P-51 Mustang fighters. These were USAF units painted in German WW2 markings to pose as German fighters in the 1948 movie Fighter squadron3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Imperial Japanese Army Air Force Kawasaki Ki-61-I Hei “Hien” fighter (red 88) flown by Capt Fumisuke Shono of 244th Sentai over Japan, February 1945.3yr ⋅ niconibbasbelike ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
The burning wreck of a C-47 that crashed into a Jagdpanther after being hit by antiaircraft fire during Operation Market Garden, 17 September 19443yr ⋅ Greendragons38 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Messerschmitt Bf-109 of the Air Force of Independent State of Croatia - 19453yr ⋅ vaish7848 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
ANZAC Day post: Australia’s highest scoring ace of WWII Group Captain Clive “Killer” Caldwell talks with ground crew by his Spitfire, South West Pacific, 1944.3yr ⋅ Toocool4skool29 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
A visual comparison of the different Boeing model 299 and B-17 Flying Fortress variants I threw together4yr ⋅ _ElBee_ ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
USS Thetis Bay with a deck full of war weary planes, among them Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boats, Grumman F6F Hellcat and at least 1 Grumman J2F Duck biplane. 1944, probably on the way to NAS Alameda. Colorization credits in pic.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
This is what it took the RAF Bomber Command to send an Avro Lancaster out on a mission.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Imperial Japanese Army Air Force Kawasaki Ki-100 Type 5 Army Fighter having it’s Mitsubishi Ha-112-II/Ha-33 14-cylinder two row air-cooled radial engine 1,500 hp engine run at the RAF museum in the United Kingdom3yr ⋅ niconibbasbelike ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
The Short Shetland was a British high-speed, long-range, four-engined flying boat built by Short Brothers at Rochester, Kent for use in the Second World War.3yr ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Leaving today for my summer holidays, I leave my plane in the parking, pls keep an eye on it in my absence. (original NAS Fort Lauderdale).4yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
B-25 of 340BG Covered in ash and cinders from the eruption of Mt Vesuvius March 23 1944.3yr ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
There are many ways to get your fighters to the front, although these Bf-109 are probably moving between facilities as I doubt the undercarriage would resist a long road trip.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Digging through old photos and found this gem of the Military Aviation Museum’s P-51D “Double Trouble Two” taking off I captured!2yr ⋅ RaptorGanoe ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Kawasaki Ki-48. Possibly the most underrepresented Japanese bomber. It's the 3rd most produced of Japanese multiengine bombers. It was light and fast, a similar concept to the A-20.3yr ⋅ HARDLYDANK ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Noticed a lot of Lightning pics lately, so here's one piloted by my Grandfather! Buzzing an airstrip in the South Pacific. 44th Vampire Squadron. 1st Lt Charles Shallenberger.4yr ⋅ lokey_puma ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
RIP Chuck Yeager with his second Mustang, the P-51C Glamorous Glen II.3yr ⋅ Aeromarine_eng ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Google Earth caught a Lancaster in flight. Part of the BBMF. First seen in 2006.4yr ⋅ Greendragons38 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Restored B-25 Mitchell medium bombers prepare to take off from USS Ranger during a re-enactment of Doolittle Raid 50 years later. April 21st, 1992.4yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Its over, we can all breathe free, all the pictures of B18 Bolos have been shot down or destroyed on the runway1yr ⋅ Holski7 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
I need help finding info about this aircraft, I’ve been doing research on asymmetrical aircraft and I found this . Any possible info about this would be great !1yr ⋅ Goose_go_hjonk_ ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
The first of 77 USAAF P-40F Warhawks of 33rd Fighter Group is launched from the aircraft carrier USS Chenango (CV-28) off the coast of North Africa, during Operation Torch (November 10, 1942)3yr ⋅ vaish7848 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
A German veteran pilot teaching young Luftwaffe pilots the USAAF B-24 fields of defensive fire.4yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Fairey Firefly planes o the deck of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Eagle. They became very active in the last part of the war with the British Fleet of the Pacific mainly in an attack role. A Firefly was the 1st British designed and built aircraft to fly over Tokyo.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
IMO, The P-39 Airacobra is just as beautiful as the Spitfire in the air.3yr ⋅ Affectionate_Cronut ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
The Supermarine Seafang was a naval development of the Spiteful fighter of the Royal Air Force. Only 18 were built before production was halted in favor of new jet aircraft. See comments for link to source and story.2yr ⋅ MyDogGoldi ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Can anyone help me identify this plane? I have a list of possibilities but I don't know enough on the subject. My girlfriend will be eternally grateful (her great grandfather is the guy in the picture).2yr ⋅ thekiddzac ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Doc and FiFi, the worlds only flying B-29 Superfortresses, flying in formation6yr ⋅ optionalsilence ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
The 6000th B24 built by Ford at the Willow Run assembly plant. And here are a couple of the Rosie the Riveters that helped build it.4yr ⋅ Greendragons38 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
F-5E Lightning 44-23725 in Luftwaffe markings after the pilot defected to Italy on October 13th 19442yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
303rd Bomb Group B-17s lined up ready for take-off. Note the two P47's. And the B17's are taxiing with the inboard engines turned off.2yr ⋅ Greendragons38 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
A high price was paid. Luftwaffe officers are inspecting the wreck of B-173yr ⋅ Greendragons38 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
YB-40 Gunship (escort bomber), extra turret and double waist guns.3yr ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
A B-17 of the 388th Bomb Group encounters an Me 410 over Brux (Czechoslovakia) on 12 May 1944. The target was oil refineries.3yr ⋅ Greendragons38 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
P-51D (Jackie) from the legendary 356th Fighter Group returning to England after a mission over Germany, early 1945. This aircraft was flown by captain Jack Crump, and had a very special coyote painted on the side. (Story in comments!)5yr ⋅ erl1 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Low level Aerial photo of the Amiens Prison raid Photographed by a mosquito9mo ⋅ Captain-tie-dye ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
A unique photograph of 3 captured B-17s flying near Mount Fuji, likely 1943.3yr ⋅ HarvHR ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Japanese fighter-pilot reacts to seeing a Shiden-Kai again for the first time in 73 years4yr ⋅ RHTakaLeon ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Japanese aircraft (Ki-84 Hayate, Ki-43 Oscar, Ki-54 Spruce and Ki-55 Ida) at Kimpo Airfield in Seoul, Korea - 19453yr ⋅ vaish7848 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
4 P-38F of the 82nd FG - 95th FS flying of the sea whilst base at Grombalia, Tunisia, during the summer of 1943. Colour by Nathan Howland4yr ⋅ FENIX400 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Japanese B-17 bombers flying in formation by Mount Fuji. These were captured units, the leading one is an early D model put together by the Japanese after capturing some abandoned units in the Philippines after occupying it. Full story in comments.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Dick Cole has passed away. Jimmy Doolittle’s co-pilot and the last surviving “Doolittle Raider”.5yr ⋅ pubhunter1 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Short Sunderland week. Building the giant, Short factory at Rochester, Kent, with Sunderland aircraft construction in progress.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
The last Spitfire, 1953. The Mk.24 was the final variant of the Spitfire and this particular aircraft, built in 1947 (registration VN485), saw RAF service in Hong Kong with 80 Sqdn. Photo courtesy of Etienne du Plessis2yr ⋅ MyDogGoldi ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
B-24s make a low level attack on the refinery at Ploesti. Operation Tidal Wave.3yr ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
54th Sentai Ki-43 Intercepting USAF B-25s Over the Kurile Islands, Nov 6, 1944. What has long fascinated me about this photo besides how amazing it is in general is the single extended gear leg on the Ki-43. This could result from mechanical failure or combat damage.2yr ⋅ HARDLYDANK ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
You clean it up!. No you! P-47 pilot Lt Edwin King, flak caused oil leak, landed safely, Italy Jan 454yr ⋅ Greendragons38 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Underground manufacturing facility of German jet fighters Heinkel He 162 Volksjager, 1945.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
The heavy cruiser USS Houston (2nd ship of that name). View looking aft, showing damage to the ship's stern area resulting from a torpedo hit amidships received off Formosa on 14 October 1944. Note OS2U floatplane that had been jarred off the port catapult,1yr ⋅ Greendragons38 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Westland Lysander, this liaison aircraft was not produced in large numbers but served in a number of interesting roles like inserting secret agents in France or extricating downed pilots.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Reading an article this last weekend I realized only 11 years separate the first flight of these 2 cousins.4yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Women’s Royal Naval Service training station Mill Meece, Spitfire, Corsair, Hellcat, Baracudas and Hurricane.3yr ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
B-17G Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby. This B-17 flew 24 missions before landing in Sweden after receiving too much damage to return to England. It flew in Sweden, Denmark, and France before it was restored to its wartime condition for the USAF Museum. Now in storage awaiting transport to the Smithsonian.3yr ⋅ MrPlaneGuy ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
PBY-5 Catalinas from Fleet Air Wing 4 in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Jan 11, 1943. Note four Mk-37 aerial depth charges under wings, with two more and one 500-pound general purpose bomb on bomb cart.2yr ⋅ SouthernEast7719 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
My favorite image of the P-39. When I was a kid I thought these were lasers and it was in space. Spaceacobra.4yr ⋅ TotalSupermarket0 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
RAF ground crew load up a Bomber Command Mosquito of No. 128 Squadron with a 4,000 lb ‘Cookie’ bomb marked ‘Happy Xmas Adolf’, Wyton, England, 1945.3yr ⋅ Toocool4skool29 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle, the first Tokyo raider, flew a Boeing B-29 Super Fortress for the first time at Seattle, June 13, 1945, and called it ''a marvelous airplane''. He's shown in the plane just before the take-off.4yr ⋅ Greendragons38 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
398th Bomb Group, 601st BS B-17G 43-39184 3O-U over Grafenwohr, April 5th 1945. On April 13th, this aircraft was hit by flak and ended up force landing. The copilot and engineer were declared KIA. The strategic air war only had a week or so left when those two airmen died.2yr ⋅ Greendragons38 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
cutaway internals of the versatile Consolidated Catalina flying boat4yr ⋅ dnadosanddonts ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
84 years ago on a day like this in 1936 a Supermarine Spitifre prototype took to the skies for the first time.4yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
B-24 hit by flak during Operation Market Garden Sept 18th 1944 crash lands near Udenhout, 9 crew killed, 1 gunner survived4yr ⋅ Greendragons38 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Today 81 years ago, in 1939, the first prototype of the Focke Wulf Fw-190 flies for the first time.4yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Very rare and sad family pic, Northrop YB-35 and YB-49 flying wings before they were sent to scrap. As early as Nov 1941 the USAAF signed a contract to develop and research this concept, prototype flew in June 1946 and the program was cancelled in 1949.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
RAF Spitfire Photo Reconnaissance aircraft (PR. XI) in Luftwaffe insignia following capture3yr ⋅ A410821 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
A Luftwaffe crew member climbs into a Blohm und Voss BV138, Tromso, Norway, 1944.4yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
B25 hiding in a covert camouflaged hangar captured from the Germans4yr ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
RAF P51A flying over normandy just after D day. Tanks of the 4th Armoured Div below, taking the road out to Falaise.4yr ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
A German Luftwaffe Heinkel He 111 H-22. This version could carry FZG 76 (V1) flying bombs. Reportedly Luftwaffe Bomber Wing Kampfgeschwader 3 launched around 1,100 V-1’s from 7 July—20 October 1944, but with an estimated 40 percent failure rate.1yr ⋅ Tenyearnotes ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
A B-26 Marauder bomber from the 12th USAAF suffers a direct hit from an 88mm flak shell that blew off one of it’s engines during a raid on Toulon, France; 11-September-1944.3yr ⋅ Tenyearnotes ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Crewman manning the tail gun aboard an American B-25 Mitchell bomber. June 1944. Photo by John Florea for Life magazine3yr ⋅ MyDogGoldi ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Miles M.20 an emergency cheap simple RAF fighter should the Hurricane and Spitfire production be interrupted. An interesting proposal, designed in 9 weeks and entirely built in wood based on the Miles trainer and may have performed better than the Hurricane itself.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
The Brewster XF2A-1 Buffalo prototype Bu. No. 0451.The Brewster Aeronautical Corporation XF2A-1 prototype, Bu. No. 0451, makes its first flight today 85 years ago. Dec 2 1937. The XF2A-1 was designed as a replacement for the U.S. Navy’s biplane fighter, the Grumman F3F.1yr ⋅ Greendragons38 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
P-51B & P-51A Mustang fighters side-by-side at North American Aviation plant at Inglewood, California, United States, 19432yr ⋅ MyDogGoldi ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
DH Mosquito shows why shooting at a V1 flying bomb may not be the best plan of action.4yr ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
12-May-1938, 85 years ago. 2 USAAF Boeing YB-17 intercept the Italian ocean liner SS Rex 620 nm from NY city in a well publicized training exercise to show the long range capabilities of the USAAF heavy bombers. Curtis LeMay was a 1st Lt Navigator in one of them. Story in comments.1yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Imperial Japanese Navy air crew inside a Mitsubishi G4M Betty bomber which looks roomier than I expected .4yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Mitsubishi G4M Betty in what looks like surrender colors. Maybe Le Shima Aug 1945?3yr ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Hey everyone! I own two original and complete British magazines from WWII. This is a page from one of them displaying and discussing a captured FW-190. This magazine in particular is dated September 4th 1942.1yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Working on the Tail Fuse of a AN-M64 Carpetbagger General Purpose 500lb bomb in the Forward bomb bay of a B-29 Superfortress. The B&W version has been around since WW2. Here is a colorized version of it. The name of the mechanic working on the bombs has been lost to time.4yr ⋅ Greendragons38 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Soviet Naval Aviation Ilyushin Il-4 preparing to be loaded with a torpedo, the Il-4 could carry externally one 940 kg Type 45-36 torpedo.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Bf-109 comes to an undignified halt under the nose of a Dornier 17 Bomber.4yr ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Roald Dahl (Willy Wonka Author) in front of a Gloster Gladiator Mk1 Similar to the One he force landed in Libya2yr ⋅ HalogenFisk ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Spitfire Mk VII, this was a variant specifically designed to operate at high altitude including features like a pressurized cabin and longer pointed wings.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Winter image of a Fast bomber Tupolev ANT-40 or Tupolev SB getting ready for a sortie, note the skis used as landing gear.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
U.S. Marine Corps fighter ace (18 1/2 kills) Marion Carl, with his F4F Wildcat3yr ⋅ vaish7848 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Help me settle a debate. Does this drawing look more like A or B?1yr ⋅ LightningFerret04 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Cluster bombs fitted under the wing of a P-47 Thunderbolt of the 78th Fighter Group, July 12th 1944.4yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
He 162 pilot Oberleutnant Karl-Emil Demuth – Leck 1945. White 4 in the background.1yr ⋅ vooolkswagen ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
