All Things Aviation Related

[john70t]

https://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/my-brilliant-mistake-the-yb-40/

After losing so many bombers without fighter escorts, the US once trolled the Luftwaffe fighters with a single heavily modified B-17 which returned wrecked but mostly whole or holely.
It would have served well as tail in many engagements.

[flipper35]

Read about ol' 666 sometime and the crew taking on a pack of A6M Zeros.

[flipper35]

https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196216/zeamer-and-the-eager-beavers/

[john70t]

(Japan and the Pacific Theater was my first guess/recall but a brief search indicated otherwise so I changed it. Thx for the link.)

Those A6M Zeke/Zeros still had a couple of 20mm cannons in addition to the rifle ammo.
Just not enough.

[Jolly Amaranto]

While living on Guam in the mid 1960s, our house in Agaña was right below the approach to the Naval Air Station. I spent a lot of time taking photos of whatever flew over the house. Here is a Navy C121.

[71 3.0 911]

Mmmmmmm. Connie. So pretty

[Heel n Toe]

[tcar]

Originally Posted by Heel n Toe

Definitely NOT a 'Zero'. It's gear would have been retracted.

That is a fixed gear plane. Like a 'Nate' maybe.

[tcar]

Originally Posted by tcar

Definitely NOT a 'Zero'. It's gear would have been retracted.

That is a fixed gear plane. Like a 'Nate' maybe.

Edit:

Found it: It was a Ki-51 Sonia Dive Bomber that hit the Sussex.
Fixed Gear aircraft.

[svandamme]

to be fair.. 't was a good try at a Banksy .. waaaaay ahead of his time.

[brainz01]

Originally Posted by svandamme

to be fair.. 't was a good try at a Banksy .. waaaaay ahead of his time.

I think I saw that plane spray painted under an overpass.


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[Jolly Amaranto]

Douglas A3 Skywarrior. (AKA:Whale) Taken from my back yard on Guam. They would do touch and goes all evening. A big distraction while trying to do my homework in 8th and 9th grades.

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