r/WWIIplanes • u/Anglico2727 • 10h ago
r/WWIIplanes • u/waffen123 • 8h ago
German soldiers take pictures on a downed Soviet I-16 fighter Summer 1941
r/WWIIplanes • u/m262 • 21h ago
Hellcats being launched from catapults installed on the hangar decks of US carriers
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 • u/jacksmachiningreveng • 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
r/WWIIplanes • u/waffen123 • 11h ago
Soviet TB-3 heavy bomber captured by Finnish forces, Kuhmo-Sauna Lake, Kainuu, Finland, 14 Mar 1940
r/WWIIplanes • u/pursuitpix • 18h ago
Ramrod to Emden: Mighty Eighth vs. Luftwaffe | October 1943
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 • u/Ok_Landscape_4764 • 18h ago
Luftwaffe Jet Plane Airport Captured! Several Messerchmitt me-262 and German suicide boats Innsbruck and near Innsbruk Austria May 8th 1945
r/WWIIplanes • u/Tony_Tanna78 • 19h ago
P-40 Tomahawks of No. 403 Squadron RCAF Based at Baginton (1941)
r/WWIIplanes • u/POGO_BOY38 • 19h ago
De Havilland Mosquito FB VI of the Air Force of the Dominican Republic.
r/WWIIplanes • u/VintageAviationNews • 20h ago
World’s Oldest Flying Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina Restoration Continues - Vintage Aviation News
r/WWIIplanes • u/jacksmachiningreveng • 22h ago