Vintage aircraft and more

I've been a modeller since my early childhood, I'm interested in WW2 aircraft and other subjects connected with the history of warfare.

[gphobby]

A Heinkel He-111 bomber on the Eastern Front. Notice the ex-British Bren Carrier used as ammunition carrier. Remastered and enhanced with assistance of AI tools.

[usafphantom8]

"Matthews & Co. Express Delivery Service". Halifax III, 192 squadron, 1944. Pilot James Matthews and crew had completed 55 missions and shot down a nightfighter at the time the photo was taken. Matthews was an Aussie (obviously!).

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[usafphantom8]

1 June 1945. 10 Squadron RAAF ceased operations, disbanding 26 October 1945. having sunk six submarines since February 1940. Photo: Sunderland RB-D and crew on their way to their aeroplane in Plymouth harbour, RAF Mount Batten, 1945.

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[usafphantom8]

Spitfire AB910 from @RAFBBMF at @midlandsairfest Spitfire MK.VB

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[usafphantom8]

Spitfire MK.IX and Hurricane MK.1

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[usafphantom7]

Savoi Marchetti mc.203 Folgore fighter belonging to the Aeronautica Militare during World War II.

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[usafphantom8]

17 May 2018. Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Avro Lancaster landing at RAF Waddington.

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[usafphantom8]

...and Merlin promised Arthur Pendragon he would return once more at the time of England's greatest peril...

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[gphobby]

German Focke-Wulf Fw-190 assault aircraft from the 2nd Squadron of the 2nd Close Air Support Group (II./SG2), captured at the Chersonesos airfield during the battles for the liberation of Crimea. In the background, a Messerschmitt Bf.109 fighter. Photo dated 13.05.1944.

The image has been remastered and colorized with the assistance of AI agents.

[gphobby]

A US B24H Liberator from 783rd Squadron, 465t BG, 15th Air Force is hit by anti-aircraft fire over Germany

On 20 November 1944, the B-24H Liberator “853” was leading the 55th Bomb Wing over Germany when a direct flak hit ripped into the aircraft between the engine and fuselage at 23,000 feet. The wing began tearing off as the bomber rolled into flames, giving the crew only 2–3 seconds to escape before the aircraft exploded in mid-air. One airman parachuted through fire with a damaged chute, another was trapped inside a burning turret without escape, while others were blown clear by the blast itself. Only six crewmen survived the destruction of “853”.

The image has been remastered and colorized with assistance of AI agents.

[usafphantom8]

16 May 1942. The crew of a Beaufort Mk IIA of 42 Squadron prepare to attack the German cruiser “Prinz Eugen”.

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[usafphantom8]

F/O Lewis E. Park Jr. (KIA 27/6/44) of 438 Squadron RCAF on his Norton motorcycle in front of Hawker Typhoon Ib R-D (MN518) the personal aircraft of W/C Robert Tremayne Davidson. RAF Funtington or Hurn, April-May 1944.

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[usafphantom8]

10 Squadron Sunderland in Plymouth harbour, Devon.

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[usafphantom8]

12 May 1943. Spitfire Vb AD124 (JH-G) of 317 (Polish) Squadron scrambled from RAF Martlesham Heath crashed into the English Channel 5 miles off the Suffolk coast. Flying Officer Stanislaw Elmerych missing, presumed killed.

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[usafphantom8]

12 May 1942. Hurricanes of 237 (Rhodesian) Squadron RAF in the Middle East.

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[p-u-s-s-y-i-s-a-r-t-i-i]

The greatest generation....

[gphobby]

The Royal Hungarian Air Force has purchased the license to manufacture the airframe locally, since the C version already used the DB605, built also locally in Hungary for the Bf 109G-6. All in all 179 aircraft were used by the RHAF, mostly for CAS missions. While used also against Allied heavy bombers, they have proven an easy prey to the US fighters (P-38 and P-51). As always, I attach the original I worked with. Due to the poor image quality, the resulting image is not perfect, but I did my best.