PretzelDarter

Lurker interested in aviation, history, art, anime, among other things - Friend me on discord to contact me (same handle) - Minors DNI

[PretzelDarter @pretzeldarter]

Just putting this out to pin it (in part due to twitter's character limits) but if you want to contact me on discord, it would probably be a good idea to either A: message me on this platform first, or B: ping me in a shared server.

[Destroyer Escort @Destroye83]

A German 88mm FlaK 18 anti-aircraft gun crew fires at a target at night. The target is illuminated by anti-aircraft searchlights.
It is possible that the target in the photograph was artificially placed

[hw97karbine @hw97karbine]

20mm cannon shell impacts on Royal Navy Grampus-class mine-laying submarine HMS Seal captured by German forces on May 5th 1940

The vessel had been disabled by a mine before being attacked from the air and was the only British vessel to be surrendered to the enemy during WWII

[Destroyer Escort @Destroye83]

An aerial view of the Puget Sound Navy Yard during construction of Drydock 5 (visible at left). Eight battleships and the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) are moored at the berths. 1940

[Destroyer Escort @Destroye83]

Stalingrad, almost completely destroyed, six months after the end of hostilities. A railway bridge is visible in the distance. Photographed from a Po-2 aircraft.
Summer 1943.

[Ronald Eisele @EiseleRonald01]

During the night of 11/12 July 1942, a Bristol Beaufighter of 600 Squadron destroyed a Dornier Do 217 bomber 70 miles south-east of RAF Predannack, Cornwall.

[U.S. Naval Institute @NavalInstitute]

#OTD in 1926, Fred Gwynne was born. Gwynne served as a radioman 3rd class on a submarine chaser in the Pacific during WWII before attending Harvard and pursuing an acting career. His most notably roles were as Herman Munster on THE MUNSTERS and the judge in MY COUSIN VINNY.

[Destroyer Escort @Destroye83]

American Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat fighters of Fighting Squadron 6 (VF-6) prepare to take off from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) for a raid on Wake Island. February 24, 1942

[Ron Eisele @ron_eisele]

Short Sunderland Mk II flying boat of the Royal Australian Air Force, used for reconnaissance and anti-U-boat duties.

[Ron Eisele @ron_eisele]

Croatian Air Force MiG-21

[PretzelDarter @pretzeldarter]

@MichaelOHogan1 @ChvojkaJan_1964 @ron_eisele *R-1830, typo

[PretzelDarter @pretzeldarter]

@MichaelOHogan1 @ChvojkaJan_1964 @ron_eisele So, is something like the Nakajima Mamoru suddenly an R-2600 copy due to a predecessor being based on the Cyclone (Hikari)? Is the BMW 801 now the same as an R-1839, as the BMW 132 was a licensed copy of the R-1690? What about the Bristol Jupiter's copies that led to new engines?

[Ron Eisele @ron_eisele]

De Havilland DH-98 Mosquito TT35

[Destroyer Escort @Destroye83]

A British Grumman Martlet Mk. II fighter ( the British designation for the American Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat fighter for the Royal Air Force; serial number AJ148) assigned to the air group of the aircraft carrier HMS Formidable (R67) at La Senia air base in Oran.

[Destroyer Escort @Destroye83]

British Grumman Martlet (British designation for the American F4F Wildcat) carrier-based fighters of 888 Naval Air Squadron, part of the air group of the aircraft carrier HMS Formidable (67), in flight

[Destroyer Escort @Destroye83]

Fairey Albacore Mk.I torpedo bombers of 820 Naval Air Squadron from the air group of the British aircraft carrier HMS Formidable (67) in flight.

[Destroyer Escort @Destroye83]

Machine guns of an American P-40 fighter are sighted in at the Curtiss-Wright Corporation plant in Buffalo, New York. 1942

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The American aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) sails down the Elizabeth River after leaving the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. February 21, 1944

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German Junkers Ju-52 transport aircraft in flight over the Mediterranean Sea. The Ju-52s are delivering supplies to the German Afrika Korps. The photo was taken from a Messerschmitt Bf.110 escort fighter. 1942

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Il-2 attack aircraft from the 106th Attack Aviation Regiment, which underwent major repairs at the 217th stationary aviation workshops, before being sent to the front at the Gissar airfield in Tajikistan. 1943

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The American aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) sails down the Elizabeth River after leaving the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. February 21, 1944