Photo of the week
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This midweeks photo.
And what a photo!, a P-51B being serviced by ground crew taken Stateside.
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This weekends photos.
Barbara London, sitting in the cockpit of a P-51A, shakes hands with Evelyn Sharp. Both women belonged to the WAFS (Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron) which would later be merged with the WFTD (Women's Flying Training Detachment) to form the WASP program (Women Airforce Service Pilots).
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This weekends extra.
Sea Hurricanes NF700 ('7T') and NF672 ('7K') parked on the front of the flight deck of NAIRANA during the squadron work up period, circa. January 1944.
HMS NAIRANA underway with Sea Hurricanes ranged forward.
A History of HMS NAIRANA can be found here --- https://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/ESCORT_2/NAIRANA.htm -
As today is World Photography Day.
Boeing B-29 45-21793 "Superfortress" participated in the National Geographic - AAF Eclipse Expedition in Brazil during the month of May 1946.
The AAF (Army Air Forces) Eclipse Expedition in Brazil during May 1946 was a scientific endeavor to observe a total solar eclipse. Specifically, the expedition focused on observing the eclipse from Araxa, Brazil, where an abandoned airport was used as the observing site. The expedition was part of a larger effort to study the eclipse, with other teams observing from different locations, including West Africa. -
This midweeks photo.
As the Luftwaffe rose to attack less and less often, the 15th AAF used the P-38 as bomb carriers in addition to escort duties.
