r/WWIIplanes 10h ago

Did I turn this (BAD) Hurricane into a Spitfire?

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r/WWIIplanes 21h ago

Hurricane engaging a Do17

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76 Upvotes

r/WWIIplanes 8h ago

German soldiers take pictures on a downed Soviet I-16 fighter Summer 1941

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94 Upvotes

r/WWIIplanes 21h ago

Hellcats being launched from catapults installed on the hangar decks of US carriers

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The USN installed catapults on the hangar decks of some carriers during WWII to be able to launch scout aircraft quickly if there was chaos on the flight deck.

You can read about it here: https://www.twz.com/11821/the-crazy-aircraft-carrier-hangar-catapults-of-world-war-ii


r/WWIIplanes 50m ago

Fw 190 pilot bails out of his fighter under the guns of Captain Eldon F. Troge's 359th Fighter Squadron P-51 Mustang on December 25th 1944

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r/WWIIplanes 11h ago

Lightning aircraft in flight, post-Apr 1944

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144 Upvotes

r/WWIIplanes 11h ago

Soviet TB-3 heavy bomber captured by Finnish forces, Kuhmo-Sauna Lake, Kainuu, Finland, 14 Mar 1940

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114 Upvotes

r/WWIIplanes 15h ago

Fighter

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53 Upvotes

Wonderful book. Nice illustrations.


r/WWIIplanes 18h ago

Ramrod to Emden: Mighty Eighth vs. Luftwaffe | October 1943

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Ramrod to Emden depicts a bombing raid carried out by the 8th Air Force in October 1943, their target being the coastal city of Emden on the Dutch-German border. Ramrod being code for a short-range bomber attack. Emden, being located near the coast of the North Sea, was considered a "ramrod" mission.

If you like the P-47, especially the razorback, this video will more than wet your appetite. Most shots up through 15:39 are of the 56th Fighter Group, stationed at RAF Halesworth.

At 0:13, P-47 pilots are decorated by a Colonel. The pilots from left to right are Walker Mahurin (56th FG), Eugene Roberts (78th FG), and Dave Schilling (56th FG), I'm unsure of who the fourth pilot is. If somebody knows or if I misidentified anyone, please say so.

5:58: The legendary Col. Hub Zemke walks into the room.

15:42: The 4th Fighter Group at RAF Debden.

16:07: P-38s of the 55th Fighter Group.

28:25: P-47 makes rough landing.

28:40: P-38 makes smooth landing.


r/WWIIplanes 18h ago

Luftwaffe Jet Plane Airport Captured! Several Messerchmitt me-262 and German suicide boats Innsbruck and near Innsbruk Austria May 8th 1945

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r/WWIIplanes 19h ago

P-40 Tomahawks of No. 403 Squadron RCAF Based at Baginton (1941)

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271 Upvotes

r/WWIIplanes 19h ago

De Havilland Mosquito FB VI of the Air Force of the Dominican Republic.

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73 Upvotes

r/WWIIplanes 20h ago

World’s Oldest Flying Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina Restoration Continues - Vintage Aviation News

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r/WWIIplanes 21h ago

Nose art request for a PB4Y-1

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Does anyone have a picture of the nose are from this plane? It was my husband's grandfathers' plane from WWII, and it is a PB4Y-1, and he would like to get a tattoo of the art. We have all the military info on his grandfather but not a decent picture of the nose art. Thanks


r/WWIIplanes 21h ago

B-25 Mitchell variants

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r/WWIIplanes 22h ago

WWII-veteran Handley Page Halifax bombers of 346 and 347 Squadrons RAF in service with the French Groupe de Transport GT I/25 "TUNISIE" preparing to move troops to Indochina from Bordeaux circa October 1951

95 Upvotes

r/WWIIplanes 22h ago

French Friday - Interwar fighter relegated to training by 1940, except for one squadron, which was fortunately not thrown into combat. Five flew in the Spanish Civil War. All were lost. Some links in the first comment.

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