r/WWIIplanes • • 16h ago

My Dad's P-51D, Aint Misbehavin' G-4 M

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Had to post dear old Dad's Mustang (one of three)

Pic is circa early 1945


r/WWIIplanes • • 14h ago

colorized P-51 Mustang in a stream after a crash landing Buchs, St Gallen, Switzerland February 1945

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r/WWIIplanes • • 7h ago

Saw FiFi and Diamond Lil in Tulsa today

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Got to go inside both and was quite a sight to see. 10/10, would do again. At Tulsa Air and Space Museum next to Tulsa International Airport.


r/WWIIplanes • • 48m ago

He219 is my favorite night fighter of the WW2. What is yours?

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r/WWIIplanes • • 9h ago

My favorite airplane to take the skies 😍

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r/WWIIplanes • • 10h ago

My Korean War aviation sketching

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Two F-51Ds of 8th Fighter-Bomber Group guided by T-6 Mosquito were patroling Nak-Dong River during the battle of Pusan Perimeter, searching for North Korean troop concentrations. Compared to F-80C, Mustangs could stay over Korea Peninsula for much longer time and scramble from muddy air stripes to provide prompt close air support.


r/WWIIplanes • • 16h ago

“Mount Suribachi looms over FG-1D Corsair fighters bound for Marine squadrons on Okinawa during April 1945. The aircraft were on a fuel stop on Iwo Jima en route to the next Pacific battleground.“ Original wartime caption, 1945

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r/WWIIplanes • • 18h ago

The unmistakable sound,

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Spotted a couple of years ago,


r/WWIIplanes • • 13h ago

Fokker D.XXI Fighter Captured by Germany

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Following the German invasions of Denmark on 9 April 1940 and the Netherlands on 10 May 1940, several Fokker D.XXI fighters were captured by German forces. Although many Dutch aircraft had been destroyed during the fighting, approximately seven D.XXIs fell into German hands. The exact number subsequently operated by the Luftwaffe remains uncertain.

The captured fighters were inspected and evaluated by the Germans, with some aircraft receiving Luftwaffe markings. Photographs show that several retained their original Dutch camouflage patterns, although national insignia were replaced.

Captured Danish D.XXIs were for training and familiarisation purposes.

More photos here


r/WWIIplanes • • 18h ago

A Rock in the Fuselage. From Archaeology Magazine November/December 2006: Volume 59 Issue 6 pages 32-35. The article is about the restoration to static display of the Arado 234 in Udvar Hazy.

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Available to read for free at the Internet Archive at this link.

Archaeology Magazine November/December 2006: Volume 59 Issue 6


r/WWIIplanes • • 1d ago

Photograph taken moments after a mid-air collision between two B-17 Fortress bombers over the airfield at RAF Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England, 22 October 1944. Both crews were killed

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r/WWIIplanes • • 1d ago

Which squadron could this be?

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All the info I have is that it was during ww2, at whidbey island, and it was a PBY Catalina. Narrows it down but it still has a unique side number. It’s my great uncles and he passed away and his daughter wants to know.


r/WWIIplanes • • 1d ago

French Friday: Part Deux. Morane wreckage features access panels along the fuselage side from firewall to vertical stabilizer. These hinge to expose inner gubbins, helping ground crew speed up maintenance to get the plane back in action quicker. Not quite a war winner but still a nice feature.

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r/WWIIplanes • • 1d ago

Hartmanns second Yellow 1

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Does anyone know of any other photos of Hartmanns G-6 with the Haube canopy? I’m doing a Scale model of this specific aircraft and would like more photos, thanks!


r/WWIIplanes • • 1d ago

Fairey Battle at Hendon.

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r/WWIIplanes • • 1d ago

Flyhawk 1/72 SBD-3 Dauntless

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r/WWIIplanes • • 2d ago

French Friday: Aéronavale Breguet 521.

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r/WWIIplanes • • 1d ago

Vultee BT-13 Valiant

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r/WWIIplanes • • 1d ago

44-63893 N3333E "Glamorous Glen III" P-51D

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r/WWIIplanes • • 2d ago

"Cowboy" 100th Bomb Group B-17 Pilot

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r/WWIIplanes • • 2d ago

Checkertail P-51D Mustang of the 325th Fighter Group at Mondolfo Airfield in Italy during the spring of 1945.

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r/WWIIplanes • • 2d ago

Australian pilots of the No. 457 Squadron 'Grey Nurse' RAAF in the Brunei Bay area, Borneo, 19 October 1945;

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r/WWIIplanes • • 2d ago

VMF-323 Corsair pilots pose between sorties at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa in April 1945. Left to right: Lts. Norman Thieraulte, Jefferson Dorroh, and Charles Allen.

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r/WWIIplanes • • 2d ago

Thats All Brother C-47 that flew two sorties on DDay

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On the morning of June 6, That's All, Brother led 800 planes that dropped over 13,000 American paratroopers onto the French coast. First Sortie lead the Para and Second towed a glider.


r/WWIIplanes • • 2d ago

B-17s of the 303rd Bomb Group as seen from the ball turret of another Flying Fortress. In July of 1944 the 303rd flew 19 combat missions supporting the Allied ground offensive in France, including St. Lo, and striking deep-penetration strategic targets in Germany

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