Misc Images

_AH_Autorotate · June 06, 2013, 06:04:12 PM

_AH_Col._Hogan · June 06, 2013, 06:23:23 PM

Caption should be, "Go Time".

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_AH_DarkWolf · June 06, 2013, 07:13:36 PM

_AH_Autorotate · June 06, 2013, 08:12:15 PM

Squadron Leader J A F MacLachlan, the one-armed Commanding Officer of No 1 Squadron RAF, standing beside his all-black Hawker Hurricane Mark IIC night fighter, 'JX-Q', at Tangmere, Sussex. MacLachlan flew bombers in France in 1940, but transferred to fighters in June 1940 and shot down 6 enemy aircraft during the Battle of Britain. He joined No. 261 Squadron RAF in Malta, as a flight commander, and was shot down in February 1941, as a result of which his left arm was amputated. He quickly returned to operations after being fitted with an artificial limb, flying with No. 73 Squadron in North Africa, but in July 1941 returned to the United Kingdom to take command of No. 1 Squadron. The Hurricane is sporting his personal emblem showing his amputated arm waving a 'V' sign. He was again shot down in 1943 and became a prisoner-of-war, by which time his score had risen to 16.5 victories.

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_AH_Autorotate · June 09, 2013, 09:30:21 PM

just a pair of lovely P-51's over north carolina...

_AH_Col._Hogan · June 09, 2013, 09:43:24 PM

357th for the win!

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_AH_Autorotate · June 10, 2013, 08:26:00 PM

a before and after of some japanese midget subs stuck in a dry dock.

_AH_Autorotate · June 21, 2013, 03:45:11 PM

my backup turn & bank indicator.

_AH_Gonzo · June 24, 2013, 04:50:50 PM

Love it!!!

_AH_Col._Hogan · July 11, 2013, 11:57:16 PM

British model? Nose blisters?

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_AH_Autorotate · July 12, 2013, 01:38:51 AM

interesting picture, it was probably USAAF, we kept quite a few of them...
but it doesn't have the glass front which all the C's had, so it must be a G. but i thought the G's didn't keep those bumps...
maybe they didn't have the flat panels in stock to replace them or something.

here's another G with the bumps. maybe they had the 20mm's equipped... thats why the bump. and when they swapped to 50's after the first 250 were made they didn't need the extra room.

this pictures gun arrangement is even weirder.... must be some one off model, there were quite a few..... check the link below.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A-20_Havoc

A-20C
The A-20C was an attempt to develop a standard, international version of the DB-7/A-20/Boston, produced from 1941. It reverted to the slanting nose glass, and it had RF-2600-23 engines, self-sealing fuel tanks, and additional protective armor. These were equipped to carry an external 2,000 lb (907 kg) aerial torpedo. A total of 948 were built for Britain and the Soviet Union, but many were retained by the USAAF after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The Soviet A-20s were often fitted out with turrets of indigenous design.[14]

A-20G
The A-20G, delivered from February 1943, would be the most produced of all the series - 2850 were built. The glazed nose was replaced by a solid nose containing four 20 mm (.79 in) Hispano cannon and two .50 in M2 Browning machine guns making the aircraft slightly longer than previous versions. After the first batch of 250, the unreliable cannon were replaced by more machine guns. Some had a wider fuselage to accommodate a power driven gun turret. Many A-20Gs were delivered to the Soviet Union. The powerplant was the 1,600 hp (1,200 kW) R-2600-23. US A-20Gs were used on low-level sorties in the New Guinea theatre.