Recent content by Equinoxe 1978

I found these other photos from the same event:

"Swallow-10 X cruise missile" uh, I knew of the "loon missile" but I had no idea that the soviets also made a "copy" of the V1, thanks for the correction.

Testing of "Swallow-10 X cruise missile" (soviet version of the V-1 Buzz Bomb) on a Petliakov Pe-8, summer 1945

Thank you very much for the information Shinpachi -An extra question, you talked about "a signal bomb" and I have seen these images (including the one exposed in ThomasP's answer) where you can see that "bomb", what was it exactly? a flare, a smoke bomb, ink in water? I suspect it was smoke...

I was reading interrogations of Japanese officers after the war and it caught my attention to read that Japan used "Magnetic anomaly detectors", I thought it was something implemented only by the allies... The interrogation details how it was used, in what aircraft, in what attack patterns ...

Also, the photo of the seaplanes burning, I think I know the same place from another perspective and I believe it was taken on Sasebo, November 2,1945. -these are the aircraft I recognize

WOW... JUST WOW! Could those remains of B-25s be remains sent to Japan as war prices of the "Doolittle raiders" aircraft? They seam to have the right markings

Ya sé quién es el que se lleva los nipones Hasegawa en 72 de Mirax! ¡Lo he capturado con las manos en la masa! jaja Buena captura compatriota.

View of the rear section of the cockpit of a Ki-43, notice the small cylinder behind the headrest, it's a water methanol tank

Japanese authorities inspecting a B-29 "fuel bladder" (659 US gallon bomb bay auxiliary fuel tank) from a wreck, 1944/1945.

Good afternoon. (excuse me in advance for my poor English, as it is not my native language) For months, I have investigated the bombing carried out on April 7, 1945, against the engine plant of the Nakajima industrial complex at Musashino, Tokyo. This mission was the first mission of B-29s...