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The incomparable De Havilland Mosquito was famously made of wood - very obvious in this 1944 photo of a damaged example.

 

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Esta foto, procedente de las publicaciones de la época hmso, había sido titulado " spitfires puede tomar. Acribillado fighter hace aterrizaje seguro en italia ". Se cree que ser tomadas en 1944 y el avión es un spitfire mk. V, pero lamentablemente el nombre de el piloto no había sido grabada. Detalles del evento real también son desconocidos.

 

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Supermarine Spitfires

 

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Operation Tidal Wave, August 1943 - 9th Air Force B24s mounted a famous low level raid on Rumanian oil refineries at Ploesti from airfields in Libya and Egypt.Over 50 were shot down.

 

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Refueling a Spitfire XIV Griffon and 5 bladed propellor. 1944 RAF.
The first of the Griffon-engined Spitfires flew on 27 November 1941.

 

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The Hawker Typhoon was an amazing aircraft, with excellent performance and a dazzling record of achievement. 3,317 were built, with three variations, eventually taking the Typhoon design to the limit of what a piston-engined fighter could achieve

 

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Women assembling Hawker Hurricanes 1942

 

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Lt. T.B. O'Bannon Of Germantown, Penn., A Lockheed P-38 Reconnaissance Pilot Of The 7Th Photo Group, Stretches Out On The Wing Of His F-5 Between Missions

 

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The Bachem Ba 349 Natter (English: Colubrid, grass-snake) was a World War II German point-defence rocket-powered interceptor, which was to be used in a very similar way to a manned surface-to-air missile.

 

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Hellcat back in Hawaii all patched up from Japanese machine gun fire..

 

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German aircraft technician prepares a cluster bomb for a fighter-bomber, the Focke-Wulf Fw 190F

 

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D Day, 6 June 1944: American B26s with the striped tactical identification markings shown by all allied aircraft support the invasion of Normandy.

 

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Nice shot of a Mosquito.

 

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Castle Bromwich Spitfire factory

 

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APR 20 1942 Spitfires for Malta are flown off USS Wasp USS Wasp (CV-7). British Royal Air Force Spitfire V fighter takes off from the carrier, after a 200-foot run, May 1942. Probably taken during Wasp's second Malta aircraft ferry mission.USS Wasp (CV-7)

 

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Close-up of Japanese Kamikaze just before he crashed on USS Essex, November 25, 1944 Photographed by Lt. Comdr. Earl Colgrove, USNR.

 

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Two of twelve U.S. A-20 Havoc light bombers on a mission against Kokas, Indonesia in July of 1943. The lower bomber was hit by anti-aircraft fire after dropping its bombs, and plunged into the sea, killing both crew members.

 

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German search and rescue flying boat Dornier Do.24N-1 in flight

 

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Avro Lancaster