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Another view of the "P-38 hangar' (or just what happened to be in line for repairs that week) of the 27th Air Depot Group at Port Moresby.Source: WWII US Air Force Photos » Page 1 Made 19 Oct 2011 |
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More early-model P-38s in the process of losing their camouflage paint while in the care of 27th Air Depot Group personnel at Port Moresby. The ship on the...Source: WWII US Air Force Photos » Page 1 Made 19 Oct 2011 |
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Interesting (but typical) disparity in national insignia application on this P-38: the boom insignia has received the 'bar' additions (post-April 1943) while...Source: WWII US Air Force Photos » Page 1 Made 19 Oct 2011 |
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Bell "Airacobra" rudder assembly - possibly P-39D serial 41-6964 assigned to the 35th Ftr Sq, 8th FG - tagged for repair by 27th Air Depot Group...Source: WWII US Air Force Photos » Page 3 Made 19 Oct 2011 |
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Oil coolers - probably for the Allison engines of P-38s and P-40s - await their turn for overhaul by 27th Air Depot Group personnel at Port Morseby.Source: WWII US Air Force Photos » Page 1 Made 19 Oct 2011 |
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This 27th Air Depot Group hangar at Port Moresby appears to specialize in P-38 repairs - or that's just what happens to be lined up outside the hangar this...Source: WWII US Air Force Photos » Page 1 Made 19 Oct 2011 |
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A shopworn "sharkmouth" applied to the engine cowl of this P-38 is all that's left to denote her assignment to the 39th Fighter Squadron; it...Source: WWII US Air Force Photos » Page 1 Made 19 Oct 2011 |
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More used-up P-38s (ship numbers 14 & 23), presumably from the 39th Fighter Squadron, await the attention of 27th Air Depot Group personnel at Port...Source: WWII US Air Force Photos » Page 1 Made 19 Oct 2011 |
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Two P-38s get some TLC from 27th Air Depot Group personnel at Port Moresby. Markings appear to be 39th Fighter Squadron, ship numbers 36 & 21.Source: WWII US Air Force Photos » Page 1 Made 19 Oct 2011 |
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This P-40E modified into a two-seater by 27th Air Depot Group personnel has been freshly stencilled "1501" - presumably the aircraft's serial...Source: WWII US Air Force Photos » Page 1 Made 19 Oct 2011 |
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B-17G serial 42-102781 (call letter "M") of the 338th Bomb Sq, 96th BG in ruins following the Luftwaffe's night raid on Poltava, 21 June 1944.Source: WWII US Air Force Photos » Page 1 Made 08 Oct 2011 |
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B-17G 42-102653 of the 339th Bomb Sq, 96th BG, destroyed on Poltava airfirld in a Luftwaffe night raid following the Operation FRANTIC shuttle raid of 21...Source: WWII US Air Force Photos » Page 1 Made 08 Oct 2011 |
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12 January 1945: eight days after B-24J 44-41142 of the 780th Bomb Sq, 465th BG crash-landed in heavy fog at Poltava airfield, salvage operations begin.Source: WWII US Air Force Photos » Page 1 Made 08 Oct 2011 |
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White-painted rudder trim tab indicates this A-36's assignment to the 527th Ftr Bmr Sq, 86th FBG.Source: WWII US Air Force Photos » Page 1 Made 03 Sep 2011 |
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White-painted rudder trim tab indicates this A-36's assignment to the 527th Ftr Bmr Sq, 86th FBG.Source: WWII US Air Force Photos » Page 1 Made 03 Sep 2011 |
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2LT Ellis A. Wallenberg, 73rd Ftr Sq, 318th FG. In a late June tangle over Kyushu, his canopy was shot away, radio destroyed, and he was slightly wounded....Source: WWII US Air Force Photos » Page 1 Made 20 Aug 2011 |
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1LT Eugene B. Lancaster, 333rd Ftr Sq, 318th FG gets a chuckle (for the photographer's sake) over the battle damage to his P-47N. Ie Shima, 8 July 1945.Source: WWII US Air Force Photos » Page 1 Made 20 Aug 2011 |
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1LT Jack F. Rasmussen, 333rd Ftr Sq, 318th FG, smiles over the battle-damaged gun bay panel from Lancaster's P-47N. 8 July 1945Source: WWII US Air Force Photos » Page 1 Made 20 Aug 2011 |
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1LT Eugene B. Lancaster, Harrisburg, PA - a pilot of the 333rd Ftr Sq, 318th FG, examines the battle damage to his P-47N (not 'P-51' as the official caption...Source: WWII US Air Force Photos » Page 1 Made 20 Aug 2011 |
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Unidentified P-47N of the 19th Ftr Sq, 318th FG taxies out for another mission from Ie Shima.Source: WWII US Air Force Photos » Page 1 Made 20 Aug 2011 |
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