Aircraft of World War II

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A-102

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aircraft_fire_flight_city_night_colorful

johnbr — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:40:24 -0400

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zeppelin1

johnbr — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:37:10 -0400

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jungle-crash-wwii-

johnbr — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:17:24 -0400

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nakajima_ki61hei

johnbr — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:14:42 -0400

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bulgaria

johnbr — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:02:46 -0400

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B-24_1

johnbr — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:53:59 -0400

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B-24_

johnbr — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:52:20 -0400

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johnbr — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 19:51:22 -0400

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heinkelhe111torpederoar

johnbr — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:54:16 -0400

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B-241

johnbr — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 10:05:54 -0400

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b-172

johnbr — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 06:14:24 -0400

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B-17_vs_Me_262

johnbr — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 06:14:21 -0400

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me_262_b-1a_u1_nightfighter

johnbr — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:09:28 -0400

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westlandwhirlwindspecia

johnbr — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:11:32 -0400

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B29_P51_by_Sceptre63

johnbr — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:16:53 -0400

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302829-alexfas01

johnbr — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:53:21 -0500

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298471-Sepik

johnbr — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:53:16 -0500

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alexfas01

johnbr — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:39:26 -0500

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COD-KF-Wellington-MkIc-RAF-generic-1939-to-1940-V0B

johnbr — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:00:07 -0500

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Description: Vickers Wellington Role : bomber, anti-submarine aircraft Manufacturer : Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd. Designer : R.K. Pierson First flight : 15 June 1936 Introduction : October 1938 Retired : March 1953 Primary users : Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Fleet Air Arm, Polish Air Forces Produced : 1936�1945 Number built : 11,464 Variants : Vickers Warwick and Vickers VC.1 Viking Vickers Wellington The Vickers Wellington was a British twin-engine, long range medium bomber designed in the mid-1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey, by Vickers-Armstrongs' Chief Designer, R. K. Pierson. It was widely used as a night bomber in the early years of the Second World War, before being displaced as a bomber by the larger four-engine "heavies" such as the Avro Lancaster. The Wellington continued to serve throughout the war in other duties, particularly as an anti-submarine aircraft. It was the only British bomber to be produced for the entire duration of the war. The Wellington was popularly known as the Wimpy by service personnel, after J. Wellington Wimpy from the Popeye cartoons and a Wellington "B for Bertie" had a starring role in the 1942 Oscar-nominated Powell and Pressburger film One of Our Aircraft Is Missing. The Wellington was one of two bombers named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, the other being the Vickers Wellesley.

shooting_at_japanese

johnbr — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:06:23 -0500

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Me_163_P51

johnbr — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:30:57 -0500

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Condors_convoy

johnbr — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:30:55 -0500

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untitled

johnbr — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 18:22:14 -0500

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Kawanishi_Type2_FB

johnbr — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 14:28:27 -0500

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00-2

johnbr — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:01:32 -0500

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Tinfish-Release-by-Graham-Cooke-GAvA-Fairey-Swordfish

johnbr — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:38:28 -0500

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nuDO1

johnbr — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 20:39:18 -0500

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Ja0VZ

johnbr — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 20:39:15 -0500

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USAF_Hawk

johnbr — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:23:11 -0500

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fw200condor

johnbr — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:24:17 -0500

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Ar-234

johnbr — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:33:22 -0500

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U-boat2

johnbr — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:34:11 -0500

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Mitsubishi_Ki67

johnbr — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:17:47 -0500

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Description: Design The Ki-67 was the result of a 1941 Japanese army specification for a successor to the Nakajima Ki-49. This new aircraft was specified to be a high-speed twin-engined heavy bomber suitable for possible conflicts with the Soviet Union over the Manchuria-Siberia border, and unlike many Japanese warplanes, was required to have good defensive armament and the ability to survive heavy battle damage. It was also required to be highly maneuverable allowing it to carry out dive-bombing attacks and escape at low level.[1][2] and was first encountered by Allied forces in a sea battle off Formosa in October 1944. The Ki-67 was designed by a team led by Ozawa Kyonosuke, chief engineer at Mitsubishi, and was a mid-winged monoplane of all-metal construction, with a retractable tailwheel undercarriage. It was fitted with self-sealing fuel tanks and armor,[2][3] features common in US fighters and bombers but frequently lacking in Japanese aircraft. With these features and its two 1,417 kW (1,900 hp) 18-cylinder air-cooled radial engines, the Ki-67 was perhaps one of the most sturdy and damage-resistant Japanese aircraft of World War II. The Ki-67's bomb load of 1,070 kg (2,360 lb) (carried in its internal bomb bay) would classify it as a medium bomber for the US (the B-25 Mitchell could carry up to 2,722 kg (6,000 lb), the B-26 Marauder up to 1,814 kg (4,000 lb), and the A-20 Havoc up to 907 kg (2,000 lb), for example). Its performance was remarkable compared to US medium bombers; the Ki-67 had a level-flight top speed of 537 km/h/334 mph (against 443 km/h/275 mph for the B-25, 462 km/h/287 mph for the B-26, and 538 km/h/338 mph for the A-20), good maneuverability in high-speed dives (up to nearly 644 km/h/400 mph), excellent sustained rate of climb, and outstanding ability to turn (excellent turn rate, small turn radius, and ability to turn at low speeds). The maneuverability of the Ki-67 was so good that the Japanese used the design as the basis for the Ki-109 twin-engine fighter, originally designed as a night fighter, and later for use as a daylight heavy fighter. In the last stages of World War II, the Japanese Navy also used the design as the basis for the Q2M1 "Taiyo" radar-equipped anti-submarine aircraft. Another interesting feature of the Ki-67 was that the gun in the dorsal gunner's turret position was a 20 mm cannon. (In addition to twin 12.7 mm/0.5 in machine guns in the tail, one 12.7 mm/0.5 in gun in the nose, and one 12.7 mm/0.5 in gun at each waist-gun position.) The 20 mm cannon is an unusually powerful defensive armament for a bomber. Until the introduction of the B-29 Superfortress, US bombers seldom had cannons in defensive gunner positions, instead typically having one or two 12.7 mm (0.5 in) machine guns. General characteristics Crew: 6-8 Length: 18.7 m (61 ft 4� in) Wingspan: 22.50 m (73 ft 9⅞ in) Height: 7.70 m (25 ft 3⅛ in) Wing area: 65.9 m� (709 ft�) Empty weight: 8,649 kg (19,068 lb) Max. takeoff weight: 13,765 kg (30,347 lb) Powerplant: 2 � Mitsubishi Ha-104 (army type 4) 18-cylinder radials, 1,417 kW (1,900 hp)(take-off) each Performance Maximum speed: 537 km/h (290 knots, 334 mph) at 6,090 ft (20,000 ft) Cruise speed: 400 km/h (217 knots, 249 mph) at 8,000 m (26,250 ft) Range: 3,800 km (2,050 nmi, 2,360 mi) Service ceiling: 9,470 m (31,070 ft) Wing loading: 208 kg/m� (43 lb/ft�) Power/mass: 0.21 kW/kg (0.13 hp/lb) Climb to 6,000 m (19,700 ft):14 min 30 sec Armament Guns: 1 � 20 mm Ho-5 cannon in dorsal turret 5 � 12.7 mm Ho-103 (Type 1), one in nose, 2 in the tail, and 1 in each beam position Bombs: 1600 kg (3527 lb) of bombs in internal bay or one torpedo, some Kamikaze versions carried 2,900 kg (6,400 lb) of bombs

F-108_Rapier_artwork

johnbr — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 19:42:56 -0500

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Dornier_Do335_Pfeil

johnbr — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 18:27:18 -0500

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P-51_BV-238_May_1945

johnbr — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 23:13:14 -0500

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Description: THe Germans say it was sunk in May of 1945.

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johnbr — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 21:18:19 -0500

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Horten Ho-229

johnbr — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 21:14:16 -0500

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278500-Sepik

johnbr — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 21:13:01 -0500

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johnbr — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 21:12:58 -0500

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281418-blackangel

johnbr — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 21:08:46 -0500

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johnbr — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 21:08:42 -0500

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283228-blackangel

johnbr — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 21:06:18 -0500

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johnbr — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 21:06:15 -0500

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johnbr — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 21:04:11 -0500

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