Cool pix!

"Battleship HMS Nelson in Trondheim, Norway, 1933.[2820 × 1936]"

 

There's a great cartoon of a couple standing on the Brooklyn Bridge and watching a battleship go under. The lady says "Should we be seeing this?"

 

"[1665X1014] Former Russian coastal defense ship Admiral Seniavin (future IJN Mishima) is shown here 6 days after her surrender in the Battle of Tsushima; she's suffered no direct hits or loss of lives though. June 03, 1905, Naval base of Sasebo."

 

It was tradition back then to put a "Xmas tree" on top of building when the construction was done, especially in NYC. Arizona was completed a bit over two months before Christmas 1916.

 

"1945. Focke-Wulf Fw 190F-9 'Panzerblitz' of Luftflotte 4 striking ground targets by Darryl Legg. (960 x 626)"

 

"Vought F4U-1A Corsair of VF-17 in flight, c March 1944."

 

"Avenger, RNZAF, Bougainville 1944."

 

"The battlecruiser HMS Renown after her 1936-39 reconstruction [2100 x 1348]."

 

"An octuple pom-pom on the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious [1024 × 799]."

 

"The Cavanugh Flight Museum's Corsair idles against the setting sun. June 12, 2015 [4096x2727]."

 

"Blackburn Shark torpedo bomber, 20 March 1936. It first flew on 24 August 1933 and went into service with the Fleet Air Arm, Royal Canadian Air Force, Portuguese Navy, and the British Air Observers' School, but was already obsolescent by 1937 and in the following year, replacement by the Fairey Swordfish."

 

"Fiat J 11 (Swedish designation of the CR.42 Falco) s/n 2543 at the Swedish Air Force Museum near Linköping, Östergötland. Another J 11, s/n 2542, which crashed in 1942, has been restored in Italian markings at The Fighter Collection in Duxford, UK, and is now being prepared for its first flight."

 

"Martin Marauder III for delivery to the RAF."

 

"Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant."

 

"Soviet railway map 1941"

 

"F-35A taxis down for night operations during Red Flag 21-2 [4699x3072]."