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Monday, March 10, 2014
B 29s on Tinian in the Marianas
Some in good shape, some not so much
found on
http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=ForumsPro&file=viewtopic&t=14428&finish=15&start=0
WW2 airfields in the Pacific
Isley Field Saipan
Catalina Island
Hellcats at Tarawa
Iwo Jima airfield
Above, Iwo Jima
Found on
http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=ForumsPro&file=viewtopic&t=14428&finish=15&start=0
did you hear about the B 25s that were caught in the volcanic ash fall from Mt Vesuvius in 1944?
I thought I'd posted about this some years ago, but nothing popped up when I searched for it
found on
http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=ForumsPro&file=viewtopic&t=14428&finish=15&start=0
a good variety of WW2 airplanes
All found on
http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=ForumsPro&file=viewtopic&t=14428&finish=15&start=0
About everything there is to know about the B25... including where all of the known ones are that fly, are on display, are getting restored
All this is just a small part of the info at
http://www.skytamer.com/North_American_B-25D.html
they even wrote that Indonesia was flying B25s until 1979
a small sample of the variety of very interesting airplanes from WW2, some are humorous, some are inventive
Flak magnet.. how awesome a name
load out, with humor
Only photo I've seen of the emergency brakes... But I've posted a great story about it before
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/03/how-did-they-get-ww2-bomber-airplanes.html
the above airplane is one I've liked the paint on, and posted before,
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-unique-airplane-not-just-piece-of.html
B 25 pulled out of a lake in South Carolina
a B25 at the National War and Resistance Museum in Overloon Holland which has an astonishingly huge collection
http://www.euro-t-guide.com/See_Coun/Holland/S/NL_See_National_War_Museum_05.htm
Hellcat drones for radioactivity monitoring of the Bikini bomb site
I bet there was hell to pay for smashing some generals favorite limo!
oh man... this is truly maxing out the paint scheme ability to be fierce! Not just the shark grin, but vampire teeth too! Wow!
Seriously, this took a second... but it's called the flying fish.... because the pilots name is Pike!
Jacksonville Florida, has not had a car wash that has ever matched the cool factor of this photo...
Goodness gracious, great ball of fire. And you can quote me on that
All foud by looking through 58 pages of cool planes for several hours at
http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=ForumsPro&file=viewtopic&t=14428&finish=15&start=0
I found a B-29 no one has mentioned yet, Raz'n Hell, at Castle Air Museum, Atwater California
made from the parts of 3 other B 29s, one was Raz'n Hell
The website is
http://www.castleairmuseum.org/ondisplay
a couple B 29s that had to ditch
both found on
http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=ForumsPro&file=viewtopic&t=14428&finish=15&start=0
b 29 with two engines out after the raid of Osaka had a bit if trouble landing safe, but found some comfy soft hills of Iwo Jima dirt to use to cushion its abrupt stop
Found on
http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=ForumsPro&file=viewtopic&t=14428&finish=15&start=0
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