Photo of the week
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This weekends photo.
And a nice study of Blackburn B-46 Firebrand T.F. Mk.4, EK730
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This weekends extra.
And a nice air to air of Blackburn B-48 Firecrest RT651.
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This midweeks photo.
Removing a wounded pilot, Ensign A.A. Brauer, USNR, from his F6F after a strike on the Japanese fleet on 25 October 1944. Photographed aboard USS LEXINGTON (CV-16)
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This weekends photo.
Air-to-air view of the first production Grumman TBF-1 torpedo bomber (BUNO 00373) dated 23 March 1942. The plane is in its carrier- landing attitude, with wheels , flaps, and tail hook down. The color scheme, standard from October 1941 until early 1943, consists of flat light gray undersurfaces with flat blue-gray sides and upper surfaces. "Circle-star-circle" National insignia are worn on fuselage sides and on upper and lower surfaces of both wingtips. Red and white rudder stripes were adopted at the end of December 1941 as an additional recognition marking. Both rudder stripes and the red insignia center circle were removed from navy aircraft shortly after coral sea (May 1942).
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This midweeks photo.
Columbia J2F-6 DUCK Utility Amphibian Aircraft Receives a coat of bright yellow paint from AV. Painter IC John R. Bielicki, of an Atlantic Fleet Air Squadron. Taken circa 1945
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This weekends photos.
Beaufighter TFX RD767 in flight shortly after completion at Bristols Weston Super Mare factory. This late-production model features AI Mark VIII radar housed in a 'thimble' nose, and a large extension to the dorsal fin to improve directional stability.
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This midweeks photo.
Lockheed P-38F Lightning 42-66905 from the 39th Fighter Squadron of the US Air Force, nicknamed Japanese Sandman II, in New Guinea. The aircraft belonged to Lieutenant Richard E. Smith, who had seven aerial victories to his credit.
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This weekends photo.
Soviet servicemen prepare to transport a downed German Messerschmitt Bf.109F-4 fighter (W.Nr. 13011 “Schwarze 7”) belonging to Lieutenant Heinz Frose of the 77th Fighter Wing “Red Ace” (Jagdgeschwader 77 “Herz As”).
On March 26, 1942, seven I-16 fighters from the 36th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 135th Fighter Aviation Division of the Crimean Front Air Force, accompanying DB-3f bombers, engaged in combat with eight German Me-109s. In the group battle, Junior Lieutenant Viktor Radkevich shot down a Messerschmitt, which landed on its fuselage in territory occupied by Soviet troops, six kilometers southeast of the village of Agibel (now Lugovoye) in the Leninsky District. Seeing that the German pilot who had escaped from the plane was running towards the front line, Radkevich landed his fighter and pursued the enemy for more than two kilometers, disarmed him, and took him prisoner.
