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Wiking Sommer: III. Bataillon, SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 9 "Germania," Eastern Poland, 24 July–10 August 1944 #WWII #WW2 rzm.com/products/wikin…
"Abashed the Devils Stood: The Battle for Primosole Bridge" by Ken Smith. #WWII #WW2
A P-47 of the 351st Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group. #WWII #WW2
A P-47 of the 353rd Fighter Group fitted with rocket launchers. #WWII #WW2
Captain Dewey E. Newhart, 350th Fighter Squadron, with his P-47 "Mud n' Mules." Captain Newhart was killed in action on 12 June 1944. #WWII #WW2
Ground crew around the B-17 "Homesick Angel" on a landing ground in Italy. The aircraft crashed in France on 16 November 1943 with the loss of all but one crew member who became a POW. #WWII #WW2
B-25 "Ruthie," 340th Bomb Group, 489th Bomb Squadron, 12th AF. #WWII #WW2
13 May 1943. "Just back from a raid over France, the flight crew of the Boeing B-17 'The Bad Penny' is met by the ground crew." #WWII #WW2
Lieutenant James A. Verinis and crew of the B-17 "Connecticut Yankee," 324th Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, England, 27 May 1943. #WWII #WW2
A Spitfire, F4U Corsair, and Barracudas at HMS Fledgling. #WWII #WW2
"Oh Comrades, Come Rally! The Battle at Borodino" by Ken Smith. #WWII #WW2
Mediterranean Sweep: The USAAF in the Italian Campaign #WWII #WW2 ospreypublishing.com/us/mediterrane…
France 1940: The first great clash of World War II airpower #WWII #WW2 ospreypublishing.com/us/france-1940…
