Amazing images of Pacific Plane Wrecks
Nothing James Browne learned in flight school prepared him for “The Hump,” a perilous, Himalayan no-man’s land that became a graveyard for hundreds of fearless WWII-era fliers who battled Japanese fighters, impossible weather and a supply route from hell.
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Meet a Melanesian tribe that worships an American soldier from World War II.
A war relic that has sat undisturbed since it crash-landed near Arno Atoll.
Imagine the convenience of being able to fly your plane any time you want simply by walking out your front doo
Colourised images from WWII
Today: A hungry kingfisher, an upside down house and a wasp and a hawk
About 1,100 young women flew military aircraft stateside during World War II as part of a program called Women Airforce Service Pilots — WASP for short. These civilian volunteers ferried and tested planes so male pilots could head to combat duty. The groundbreaking program lasted only two years and nearly fell through the cracks of history.
When Roosevelt made his promise to the Chinese, less than 100 B-29s had been built, and only 15% of them were actually flyable...
Many thanks go to Doug Banks and his team – the masters of colourisation. The beauty of these colourised images is that colour, allows you to pick out
P-51 at Oshkosh 2007
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Just off Norman's Cay in the corner of The Bahamas lies Pablo Escobar's sunken drug plane, a reminder of paradise's brief but sinister past.
During World War II, a select group of young women pilots became pioneers, heroes, and role models... They were the Women Airforce Service Pilots, WASP, the first women in history trained to fly American military aircraft. In 1942, the United States was faced with a severe shortage of pilots, and leaders gambled on an experimental program to help fill the void: Train women to fly military aircraft so male pilots could be released for combat duty overseas. The group of female pilots was called the Women Airforce Service Pilots — WASP for short. In 1944, during the graduation ceremony for the last WASP training class, the commanding general of the U.S. Army Air Forces, Henry "Hap" Arnold, said that when the program started, he wasn't sure "whether a slip of a girl could fight the controls of a B-17 in heavy weather." "Now in 1944, it is on the record that women can fly as well as men," Arnold said. A few more than 1,100 young women, all civilian volunteers, flew almost every type of military aircraft — including the B-26 and B-29 bombers — as part of the WASP program. They ferried new planes long distances from factories to military bases and departure points across the country. They tested newly overhauled planes. And they towed targets to give ground and air gunners training shooting — with live ammunition. The WASP expected to become part of the military during their service. Instead, the program was canceled after just two years. Betty Gillies posing besides an aircraft. Celia Hunter in the cockpit of a P-47 fighter. Hazel Lee posing with a biplane, circa 1930s. Cornelia Fort posing with a PT-19 aircraft. Jackie Cochran in the cockpit of P-40 Warhawk fighter, circa 1942-1945. WASP pilot Deanie (Bishop) Parrish in front of her P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft, circa early 1940s. Nancy Harkness Love posing in front of a PT-19A trainer aircraft, 1942-43. Note WAFS patch on her jacket (forerunner of the WASPs). WASP pilot Catherine Vail Bridge standing in front of a P-38 Lightning. WASP pilot Elizabeth L. Gardner at the window of her B-26 Marauder bomber, Harlingen Army Air Field, Texas, United States, circa 1942-1945. Autographed copy of a posed photo of WAFS pilot Florene Watson with an AT-6 Texan, Love Field, Dallas, Texas, United States, Feb 1943. WASP cadets Leonora Anderson and Mildred Axton show off the oversized and ill-fitting jump suits provided to the WASP program, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, United States, May 1943. WAFS pilot Nancy Harkness Love in the cockpit of B-17 Flying Fortress bomber 'Queen Bee', circa Sep 1943. WASP Nancy Love in the cockpit of Fairchild PT-19 trainer, circa 1944. WASP pilot Dawn Seymour at the controls of a B-17 Fortress, circa 1944. WASP pilot Ellen Wimberly Campbell, 44-W-7, at the controls of a Beech AT-10 Wichita trainer, 1944. Location uncertain but likely Columbus Army Air Field, Columbus, Mississippi, United States. WASP pilot Nancy Nesbit seated in the cockpit of an AT-6 Texan at Love Field, Dallas, Texas, United States, 1944. WASP pilot Susie Winston Bain, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, United States, May 1944. WASP pilot Lillian Yonally seated in the cockpit of an A-25A Shrike at Camp Irwin airstrip, California, United States, 1944. WASP pilot Margaret Phelan Taylor, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, United States, Jun 1944. WASP pilot Anne Armstrong McClellan showing off the WASP dress white uniform blouse and pin showing the WASP mascot, Fifinella (designed by Walt Disney and used by the WASPs with permission), 1944. WASP pilot Ruth Dailey climbing into a P-38 Lightning aircraft, 28 Nov 1944. WASP pilot Dorothy Olsen on the wing of a P-38L Lightning, 1945. WASP pilot Vivian Eddy in the door of a P-39 Airacobra, 1945.
A collection of impressive images from the inside of many cockpits.
Bombardier Inc., the Montreal-based business jet maker, is confident that its patrol planes could offer competitive pricing compared to rival Boeing Inc., as
"I'll Get By" (QW-Z / red) B-17G-55-BO Flying Fortress s/n 42-102700 412th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force. Shot down on August 2,1944 tactical bombing mission to the Caen, France area, all but three crewmembers were killed. Plane was hit in the wing by flak, knocking off the wing tip. The plane veered to left and caught fire, then exploded. They were flying as deputy lead crew for this mission. MACR 7701 Crew on last mission: Capt. Elmer E. Bockman - Command Pilot (O-2044718) Fort Sumner, New Mexico ....................KIA - buried in Normandy American Cemetery / Plot B, Row 22, Grave 3 Capt. Robert O. Baber - Pilot (O-375909) Dodge City, Kansas ....................KIA - buried in Gypsum Hill Cemetery in Salina, Kansas 1st Lt. Jasper W. Kaylor, Jr. - Co-Pilot (O-817042) Atlanta, Georgia ....................KIA 1st Lt. Raymond D. Dallas - Navigator (O-696069) Paducah, Kentucky ....................KIA - buried in Normandy American Cemetery / Plot I, Row 25, Grave 4 1st Lt. Frank T. Sohn - Bombardier (O-754983) Kingston, New York ....................KIA T/Sgt. Oscar C. Walrod - Engineer/Top Turret Gunner (19004514) Axtell, Kansas ....................KIA - buried in Correctionville Cemetery, Iowa T/Sgt. Robert V. Hill - Radio Operator (35644893) Franklin Furnace, Ohio ....................KIA - buried in Normandy American Cemetery / Plot B, Row 23, Grave 3 S/Sgt. Donald W. Phillips - Ball Turret Gunner (15377309) Alliance, Ohio ....................POW S/Sgt. Barney Lipkin - Waist Gunner (32695273) Brooklyn, New York ....................POW S/Sgt. Walter J. Collyer,Jr. - Tail Gunner (32804322) Brooklyn, New York ....................POW - Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow
airman Japanese kamikaze rushes his plane on a British aircraft carrier off the islands Nicobar and Andaman, Bay of Bengal, october 1944 Illustration from La domenica del corriere 5/11/1944 private...
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For the 55,000 brave aircrew who lost their lives in the Second World War, it would have been their final view of England, soaring high above the North Lincolnshire countryside.
A series of in-flight colour photographs of Spitfire Vbs of No 417 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force over the Tunisian desert photographed in April, 1943. A broader view of the previous photo. No 4…
Information and history of the British Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft.
Get to know the story of the brave and daring five-men SAS raid deep into German General Erwin Rommel's territory in North Africa that convinced British
One thing that I firmly believe all human beings share is our inner yearning for adventure. We might try and satisfy this calling with good movies, awesome video games, or top-tier tabletop games like Dungeons and Dragons (as a Dungeon Master of several years, I’m guilty of this). However, at the end of the day, there’s no real substitute for going out into the field with your own two feet and starting your very own adventure going into the abandoned and mysterious corners of the Earth.