Picture of the day. (2 Viewers)

[fastmongrel]

Miles Master with the instructors seat and windshield raised.

 

[Lucky13]

 

[Njaco]

A captured German PzKpfw V Panther tank, now in use by 4th Coldstream Guards, 6th Guards Tank Brigade, 29 November 1944.

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[GrauGeist]

I'll see your Panther and raise you a King Tiger!

King Tiger Ausf.B, 2.Kompanie/Schwerepanzer Abteilung 506 captured by U.S. troops and restored to running condition by Company B, 129th Ord. Bttn. 15 December 1944.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Very cool!

 

[Capt. Vick]

Sweet. Must have been tough to ship home though...

 

[Wayne Little]

The magister has a real Hurricane look to it....

 

[Lucky13]

Could be fun, finding out that you've inherited a real WWII Kingtiger from a long lost relative....

 

[fastmongrel]

The magister has a real Hurricane look to it....

Apparently the prototype Master with a high performance Kestrel had virtually identical speed to the Hurricanes 1 with the Watts 2 blade prop and outclimbed it. Even production versions with lower powered Kestrels could mix it with a Hurricane at low level.

 

[Lucky13]

 

[fubar57]

Any time I see a photo of soldiers, either side, I wonder if they survived. What sort of conveyance might this be?

Geo

 

[GrauGeist]

What sort of conveyance might this be?

Looks alot like an LCI or perhaps a DUKW

 

[fubar57]

Thanks Dave, looked a little narrow to be a landing craft.

Geo

 

[GrauGeist]

Actually, WWII LCI wasn't as big as most people imagine. While they had lenght, they were fairly narrow.

The angle of the photo is hard to tell if the photographer was on the gunnels of a DUKW or if they were standing up in an a transport.

Would be nice to find out the info behind that picture.

 

[Wildcat]

Curtiss A-25 Shrike. Even though see wears RAAF markings, this particular example was never delivered to Australia before the Government cancelled the contract for these aircraft.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Great picture!

 

[Wayne Little]

that is a nice shot!

 

[Lucky13]

 

[vikingBerserker]

Any time I see a photo of soldiers, either side, I wonder if they survived. What sort of conveyance might this be?

Geo

You know I do the exact same thing when looking at old pics. I wonder what their lives were like.

 

[Airframes]

Me too.