Cool pix!

"A U.S. Navy Douglas R2D-1 on 18 March 1936. The R2D-1 was a Navy transport version of the Douglas DC-2 airliner. One R2D and four R2D-1s were built."

 

"Junkers G.38, only 2 units of this large 4 engine transport were built in 1929. 1 still in use in 1940 was pressed into service and destroyed in a RAF air raid on Athens on 17 May 1941. Japan produced it under license as Mitsubishi Ki-20, largest Jap bomber, and 1 survived the war as a museum!"

 

"Tennessee-class armored cruiser USS Washington port bow view off New York City during the 1912 Naval Review. (7858x5290)"

 

"Train like you fight, fight like you train."

 

"Dido-class light cruiser HMS Bellona.[2850 × 1907]"

 

I carried a 175 pound doll up six flights of stairs just to show the troops it could be done. The doll could be loaded to match the weight of the person doing the carrying.

 

"P-51D Mustang of 506th FG pushed by maintenance crew at an airfield in Iwo Jima (July 1945)."

 

"[1900x600] Interwar Standard Destroyers of the Royal Navy, showing wartime losses."

 

"(1554 × 1238) USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56) on Sept. 20, 1943. She would give CVEs the nickname "Kaiser Coffins" after exploding. Official USN Photo 80-G-82901."

 

"Tobruk, Libya. 1941. An Australian Intelligence Officer has a friendly chat with DAK prisoners in the POW cage near El Adem Airfield. (450 x 408)"

 

"Vietnam War. 25 November 1971. A McDonnell F-4B Phantom II fighter/bomber of VF-111 (The Sundowners) dropping it's load of Mk 82 bombs. She flew off the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CVA-43). (1280 x 947)"

 

Fast movers on dump-and-run. They didn't always know if they'd hit South East Asia. Sandy pilots paid attention. Sandy pilot gets a drink from me whenever we meet.

 

"[2128X1440] Former German battlecruiser Moltke salvaged on June 09, 1927, is being towed to the Rosyth Dockyards for dismantling. May 21, 1928, North Queensferry, UK."

The Kaiser's luxury fleet didn't even suicide effectively.