Picture of the day.

[Njaco]

Night time in Tripoli during an Axis air raid, the streaks of anti aircraft fire are silhouetting nearby palm trees. The barrage was described as the heaviest ever put up over a Libyan port and the raiders suffered accordingly.

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[Wurger]

 

[Glider]

I do like this thread. Can I just thank everyone who has dug these pictures out.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Me to Glider, me to.

 

[fastmongrel]

No3 Sqn RAAF Lizzies over the Suez Canal

 

[fastmongrel]

No Sqdn Indian Air Force Lizzie

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots guys!

 

[syscom3]

Remember the rules. Only one picture per member per day.

 

[Crimea_River]

Excellent clarity on the one above. Beauty!

 

[syscom3]

Wrap it up and call Fedex! Cocooned Lockheed P-38 Lightnings and North American Aviation P-51 Mustangs line the decks of a US Navy Escort "Jeep" Carrier (CVE) ready for shipment to Europe from New York.

 

[Lucky13]

 

[Njaco]

1942: The exposed nature of the terrain made air raids a serious hazard for troops in the desert. The crew of a British truck lie on the ground and cover their heads while their vehicle is bombed.

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[fastmongrel]

1942: The exposed nature of the terrain made air raids a serious hazard for troops in the desert. The crew of a British truck lie on the ground and cover their heads while their vehicle is bombed.

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This picture illustrates that a ground attack doesnt have to hit the target to cause problems just making the crew get out and take cover is an effect.

 

[GrauGeist]

A German tank burns in the foreground as Soviet T-34s advance. Not sure of better details, though obviously somewhere on the Eastern Front.

 

[syscom3]

I dont know why, but that looks like its from a movie.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Is that a propaganda movie still?

 

[GrauGeist]

It struck me as being from a film, too...

But seeing that burning PzKfw there ruled out anything Hollywood could ever come up with

 

[Glider]

If it was a Russian photo taken in battle he would have been behind the advancing tanks, not in front. My money is firmly on it being staged

 

[GrauGeist]

Well, there were interesting circumstances that arose on the battlefield and only a tiny fraction of those were captured on film (photograph, movie) like the British crew taking cover near their truck, for example.

It'll take some digging around to find out more.

 

[fastmongrel]

It does seem familiars is it a still from Cross of Iron