Picture Quiz

Right on both counts, should have photoshopped out the ship name !
Pretty interesting how this operation took place in 1942 with the war still raging, the ships went round Africa as the short way through the Suez canal was considered too "sensitive".
Over to you

BTW: Your quote has a typo Vulcanici instead of Vulcania in the first line.

 

This one shouldn't be too heavy, since it was mentioned on this website.
What tank do we see on this photo, and where did it came from?

 

Definetly a WW1 "rhomboid" I think it's a Mark V male.
At a guess this is the misterious WW1 thank that appears in some stories of the battle of Berlin 1945.

 

Yes it is!
Allegedly, british Mark V tank, supplied to white russians, captured by soviets, then captured again by germans in 1941, and met his faith in Berlin.

When it was made, they probably wished it would enter Berlin.
This was probably not the way they thought of.

Your question.

 

Which goes to show how very tough that vehicle was to survive all that !!!

This is also a very well known episode, didn't know a photo of it existed until I came across this one, looks authentic .....

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YB-17s intercept the SS Rex 12 May 1938 in a well publicized training exercise. 1st Lt. Curtis E. LeMay is lead navigator.

The photo is on the AF Museum website, so I believe it is authentic.

 

Correct, from the angle it must have been taken from a third plane. Looks like those pilots are breaking all safety procedures (assuming any existed at the time ) .

Over to you

 

Yes, there were three YB-17s on the mission.

Who are these guys?

 

Judging by the sign on the aircraft, probably some Yugoslav pilots in USAF.
Here is quick link from this site, I will try to fins more data on specific plane.
http://www.ww2f.com/north-africa-me...avian-air-force-detachment-15th-af-usaaf.html

 

Correct, this is one of the Royal Yugoslav Air Force Detachment crews. The photo was taken 31 October 43 in Cairo where the crews were reviewed by King Peter II and his government in exile. On 8 November they were attached to the 512th Squadron of the 376th Bomb Group. Of the 4 B-24s and crews, two were shot down, this one - 42-73085, was struck by another flak-damaged B-24 in the formation and crashed 22 August 44. The forth plane survived the war. Another photo of all 4 aircraft at this review.

The detachment consisted of 26 officers and 14 enlisted men. The Yugoslav officers often flew in positions other than the normal P, CP, B and N slots. A Lt. Stoykovitch was tail gunner on this particular plane on the mission in which it suffered the mid-air.

 

Thx for nice story!

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Here is new question:
What do we see on this photo?

 

Yes they are!
Your turn, Slipdigit.

 

The Burma-Ledo-Stillwell Road?

 

Is it the Warazup?

 

Well i give up...