Jay T. Robbins официально засчитано 22 сбитых японских самолёта фото его машины Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning „Jandina IV” 43-28832 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_T._Robbins
22-6-4 (подтверждённых-предположительных-повреждённых) за 181 вылет, причём с театров военных действий ушёл ещё в декабре 1944.
Интересный факт - ВВС Бельгийского Конго перелетели на восток Африки ещё в 1940 после того, как Бельгия оказалась полностью оккупированной, чтобы примкнуть к RAF и после этого приняли участие соместно с RAF в боевых действиях против Люфтваффе и Regia Aeronautica.
Похороны лётчика-торпедоносца ВМФ США в море (возможно, в океане) Тихоокеанский ТВД Оригинальный коммент к фото Last Rites For A Burial At Sea While guns of this torpedo plane were blazing away at Japs during recent Pacific action, an anti-aircraft shell from an enemy battery exploded int he turret, silencing the airmen therein. Skillfully maneuvering the damaged torpedo plane back aboard the carrier, the pilot completed his mission. A quick decision by the commander of the carrier and both Avenger and the dead airmen were committed to the deep. Rites by the chaplain, bowed heads by the crew, taps by the bugler, over the side go the warrior and his charger. Over the fantail drops the torpedo plane and it's gallant occupant, entombed at his battle station where he fought and died courageously for his country. Here, the carrier's Chaplain gives the airman his last rites.
один такой на втором фронте Spitfire Mk Vc trop MX P JK707 of the 307th Fighter Squadron shot down by US Navy fire off Salerno Italy 1943
эскадрон "чёрные соколы" - неутомимый член эскадрона P-38 Lightning 43-2136 of the 27th FS “Black Falcons”, 1st FG
P-47 of Lt Edwin Wright of the 404th Fighter Group. Please note the hole made in one of the propeller blades. Wright belonged to the Ninth Air Force, which, following the ground invasion of France in June 1944, moved its bases from Britain to mainland Europe in order to provide closer support to the advancing troops. This picture was taken near St Trond, Belgium. It was not the first time Wright's aircraft had been hit on a mission. By the time this photograph was taken, the …19-year-old had completed 39 missions and survived being hit by flak six times. Wright was considered a very fortunate man by his squadron, who nicknamed him Lucky for his ability to evade death. The hole here measured eight inches in diameter in an 11-inch propeller. If the damage had been an inch and a half over on either side, the blade would have severed and Wright would have been brought down. Wright died, aged 34, from lung cancer.
314-е бомбардировочное авиакрыло (314th Bomb wing) ВВС США, Guam интересно, что судя по количеству сбитых в воздушных сражениях японских самолётов, экипажи бомбардировщиков были для истребителей противника вовсе не "мальчиками для битья"
Squadron Leader Jim Sheddan DFC CO 486 NZ Sqn командир 486-й эскадрильи королевских ВВС Новой Зеландии
встреча двух асов воевавших против Люфтваффе Боб Джонсон поздравляет Бада Махурина с очередным успешным боевым вылетом
Свежая находка Сотрудник нефтяной компании, который вел разведку в удаленном регионе Египта, наткнулся на самолет Р-40 Kittyhawk времен Второй мировой войны.
