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Black 1 of III./ JG 51 after landing in a field at Langebjerg north of Rønne on the island of Bornholm: photos from Niels Christian Pihl, JJ.
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A sergeant air-gunner mans his .303 Vickers K-type gas-operated machine gun from the rear cockpit of a Fairey Battle of No. 103 Squadron RAF at St-Lucien Ferme near Rheges. Note the unofficial flight and squadron pennant flying from the radio mast.
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Flt Lt Walter Dinsdale (left) and Flg Off Jack Dunn of No 410 ‘Cougar’ Sqn, RCAF, pose for a snapshot in front of a Mosquito, possibly their Mk XIII HK476/‘O’ – the machine in which they shot down a Mistel of the Einsatzstaffel/KG 101 over the Seine on the night of 14 June 1944.
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The second Heinkel He 274 V2 (aka AAS.01B under construction at the SNCASO plant in Orleans, France, in the summer of 1945. From https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2024/01/08/the-he-274-after-wwii/
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Messerschmitt ME-109K4 14.JG53 Black 15 tilde markings WNr 332579 near Schleissheim palace Holzkirchen Munich March 1945
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Kapitan P.T. Tarasov (right) and fellow pilots of the 812 IAP examine the nose art of Tarasov’s August 27, 1943 kill. The aircraft sports the I./JG 52 gruppe emblem denoting its former owner. (Author’s collection) Photo and caption featured in Stalin's Eagles: An Illustrated Study of the Soviet Ace
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