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WB you sure as hell know your tank history. thanks for all the insight...very interesting. ii didnt know if it was captured in battle or taken after the russians took berlin and were able to sack the factories and stores. but you answered that for me.
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06-05-2011, 02:04 AM
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06-06-2011, 11:38 PM
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iranian ewac IL76 caught falling out of the sky.
http://www.gadling.com/2011/06/03/ir...1_lnk2%7C68248
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06-06-2011, 11:43 PM
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if this is real .... and it looks like it. this is seriously one of the lowest passes i have ever seen!
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06-07-2011, 05:52 PM
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the same view from the cockpit!!! this gives you a good perspective..
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06-07-2011, 06:56 PM
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LIFE magazine pics from WW2. has pics from the pacific and the eto. some good stuff.
http://www.life.com/gallery/61121/be...color#index/26
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06-08-2011, 11:11 PM
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the battle of malta (which reportedly will be in the BoS game)...rare color film.
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06-08-2011, 11:13 PM
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north africa 1942 ( which wont be in BoS
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06-20-2011, 03:04 PM
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There's a new Imperial War Museum Duxford Air show App out for both iPhone and android phones. If nothing else it has some nice pictures!!!
http://duxford.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.24098
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06-21-2011, 09:40 PM
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i ripped this off from another forum i visit....just incase you were wondering how ac got their designations...here ya go.
I am going to post this write up I just did in a separate thread, but here is some help with the designations: US Navy aircraft designations used between 1939 and 1945 are kind of cryptic and confusing, but every digit in the designation has meaning. Not all components of the designation are used for all aircraft, which adds to the confusion. Hopefully, this will help make it more clear. Basic components of the designation system 1. Special Class or Prefix This was used for aircraft that had special purposes. There were only three types in the special class. X Experimental classification L Gliders H Helicopters 2. Aircraft Type or Class This was the main identifier of the types of duties or missions that the aircraft would perform. There are several in this classification. A Ambulance B Bomber BT Bomber-Torpedo F Fighter G Single-engined Transport H Hospital J Utility JR Utility Transport N Trainer O Observation OS Observation-Scout P Patrol PB Patrol-Bomber R Transport S Scout SB Scout-Bomber SN Scout-Trainer SO Scout-Observation TB Torpedo-Bomber TD Target Drone TS Torpedo-Scout 3. Manufacturer's Type Sequence If this was the first of the type, no number was included. If there were multiple manufacturer types, a number great than 2 would be insterted between the Aircraft Type and the manufacturer code. 4. Manufacturer Codes This is where things can get a little fuzzy, as some manufacturers were glider manufacturers with designations used for non-glider production. There are also times when designations were used for multiple manufacturers. I will denote which ones were for gliders. A Allied Aviation Corporation (gliders) A Brewster Aeronautical B Beech B Boeing B Budd Manufacturing C Culver Aircraft Corp. C Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Co. D Douglas Aircraft Corp., McDonnell Aircraft Corp. in 1942 D Radioplane Corp. (drones) E Edo Aircraft Corp. E Gould Aeronautical Corp. (gliders) E Piper Aircraft Corp. E Pratt-Read (gliders) F Fairchild Aircraft, Ltd. Canada F Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. G Goodyear Aircraft Corp. G A.G.A. Aviation Corp. (gliders) G Great Lakes Aircraft Corp. H Hall-Aluminum Aircraft Corp. H Howard Aircraft Co. H Snead and Co. (gliders) J North American Aviation Corp. K Fairchild Aircraft Corp. K Kaiser Cargo, Inc. Fleetwings Div. K Nash-Kelvinator Corp. L Bell Aircraft Corp. L Columbia Aircraft Corp. L Langley Aviation Corp. M Glenn L. Martin Co. M General Motors Corp. Eastern Aircraft Division N Naval Aircraft Factory O Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Plant B P Piper Aircraft Corp. (gliders) P P-V Engineering Forum (later became Piasecki, Vertol) P Spartan Aircraft Co. Q Bristol Aeronautical Corp. (gliders) Q Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corp. R Aeronca Aircraft Corp. (Army TG-5 gliders) R American Aviation Corp. (gliders) R Brunswick-Balke-Collender Corp. R Interstate Aircraft & Eng. (drones) R Ryan Aeronautical Co. S Schweizer Aircraft Corp. (gliders) S Sikorsky Aviation Corp. S Stearman Aircraft Co. (became Boeing-Wichita in 1939) S Supermarine T Taylorcraft Aviation Corp. (Army TG-6 gliders) T Northrop Aircraft, Inc. T Timm Aircraft Corp. U Chance Vought Corp. V Lockeed Aircraft Corp. Vega Plant A V Canadian Vickers, Ltd. V Vultee Aircraft, Inc. (became part of Consolidated as Convair, code Y, in 1942) W Waco Aircraft Corp. (gliders) W Canadian Car & Foundry Co., Ltd. Y Consolidated Aircraft Corp. (became Convair in 1942) 5. Sub-type or Configuration This would be a -number designation to denote changes in design, minor and major. These would not necessarily be sequential, as some design changes were not placed into production. 6. Special Use or Equipment Suffix This is like the "Catch-all" designation for any special equipment that is added to the aircraft. Again, some of the designations can be used for multiple special equipment. A Miscellaneous modification A Armament on normally unarmed aircraft A Arresting gear on normally non-carrier aircraft A Amphibian A Procured from Army B Miscellaneous modification B Special armament B British version C* Arrester gear added C Reinforced for catapulting C Cannon armament CP Trimetrogen camera D* Drop tanks D Special search or early radar E Electronic equipment F Flagship conversion G Coast Guard version G* Guns on normally unarmed aircraft H* Hospital conversion J* Special weather equipment K Drone conversion L Winterized L Searchlight carrier N Night fighter P Photographic R Support aircraft R Transport conversion S Anti-submarine U Utility W Special search or radar Z Administrative version So to put the above into perspective, lets look at an example. We will use the Wildcat. F4F-3 F=Fighter 4=Fourth fighter produced by this manufacturer F=Grumman -3= Revised version of the initial F4F. SNJ-6B SN=Scout-Trainer J=North American -6=Revision 6 of the original production model B=Miscellaneous equipment or Special Version or British Version Once you get the hang of it, you can decrypt the designations and figure out what it does, who made it, and other information.
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