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On the left the Major Werner Baumbach (Gruppenkommandeur III.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 30 "Adler") as "Fluggast" inside the cockpit of a Heinkel 111. In the pilot's seat on the right is the booking Reserve Leutnant Herbert Kuntz (Flugzeugführer in 3. Staffel / I.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 100 "Wiking"). This picture was taken in 1942. During World War bomber pilot was Baumbach Germany. He flew the Junkers Ju 88 on a number of fronts. I also was withdrawn from combat in the midst of war to help develop the "mistletoe", unmanned bomber. Shortly before the end of the war, he got a position in charge of management SS squad known as KG200.
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French Char B1 bis heavy tank abandoned, no. 270 "" bcc 8th typhoon 2nd company is examined by the passage of German soldiers. In northern France. May / June 1940.
1940 May 16, no shaft. Sprocket 270 "Typhon" broke. The next night, the tank was abandoned by its crew after failing to make contact with the 15th Bcc reported to be in the region and was scuttled to avoid capture by advancing German forces.
The crew was picked up by a truck carrying two crew Char B1 bis tanks 8th Bcc, "Lille" and "Rapide" go in the direction of Saint-Quentin. The crews were later captured and taken back to Germany as prisoners of war.
French Char B1 bis was a feared tank in the battlefields of France in 1940, his heavy armor was impervious to most weapons deployed at the moment, the main exception being the German 8.8 cm flak anti-aircraft gun.
The Char B1 bis had two guns and a crew of four. In its turret was a 47 mm antitank high speed, able to penetrate the armor of all German tanks of the time. At its center was a shell of 75 mm to close fire support.
This combination of fire-power and armor made the best tank in the battlefields of France, unmatched by anything else in the West. The Germans did not encounter such high losses in tank-to-tank combat until the fall of 1941, fighting T-34 and KV-1 tanks on the Eastern Front.
The May 16, 1940, one Char B1 bis “inflicted massive" damage to the defense of the German forces in the city of stone when an attack was launched on the head, breaking the German defenses and destroy 2 Panzer IVs 11 Panzer IIIs and 2 guns before returning to safety. During the attack, "Eire", commanded by Captain Pierre Billotte was hit 140 times by German fire, but no shot in the thick tank armor penetration. For his actions that day, Captain Pierre Billotte became the first and only known French ace of tank warfare.
The main weakness of Char B1 bis was in its deployment. Rarely displayed together in number and largely failing radio communication could be out maneuvered and well-coordinated swarmed by German tanks. The armored Char B1 bis tanks went so well that wolf-hunting in packs tanks, was the only option for the Germans rather than relying on air superiority and artillery.
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B-17 F-25-Bo "Harry the Horse" S / No. 41-24548 # 167 FIELD
Tadji airfield, west of the province of Papua New Guinea Sepik. May 1944
In May 4, 1944, the B-17 took off from the airfield Nadzab, Morobe Province in PNG, piloted by lt. Robert Kennedy (no relation) on a mission to land on hollandia supplies. In return, the short fuel attacker and he tried to land at the airfield Tadji. During landing at 12:00 k, the right wheel collapsed, causing the b-17 skid off the runway into a "Wild Run" ended "within the limits of a dumpster bomb." The B-17 was damaged in the exterior wing. Beyond repair, the remains were stripped for parts and partially removed from the wings and abandoned in a bone yard.
The history;
Assigned to the 43rd Bomb Group, 403 Squadron bombing er. This B-17 operated from northern Australia and seven miles drome near Port Moresby in 1943.
Later assigned to the 63rd Bombardment Squadron and later the 64th Bombardment Squadron. The B-17 had tiger stripes painted on the tail and the names of girl outside cowling including "mary engine" at No. 4 engine.
During the 43rd Bombardment Group Service, the nose of a B-17 and added to the building. 50 caliber machine gun in the middle of the nose.
The last mission this b-17 flew with the 43rd Bombardment Group was the October 10, 1943, piloted by Captain jack l. Campbell in a morning reconnaissance weather in Rabaul.
In early November 1943, he became an armed transport in the 4th field air depot. Then assigned to the 54th Wing troop carrier, 375 ° troop Shōkaku group, 57th Squadron as troop transport and armed operator operated from Port Moresby and Nadzab airfield.
In use, the operator of the troops b-17 was completely repainted with a new coat of olive drab paint and nicknamed "Harry the horse." Assigned field number "167" painted in yellow on both sides of the cab, behind the co-pilot's window. On the outside of the no. Engine 4 was painted hood betty "Jo" with a heart. Another name was painted on the no.
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i like the B-29, but not too much the B-17
B-17 F-25-Bo "Harry the Horse" S / No. 41-24548 # 167 FIELD
Tadji airfield, west of the province of Papua New Guinea Sepik. May 1944
In May 4, 1944, the B-17 took off from the airfield Nadzab, Morobe Province in PNG, piloted by lt. Robert Kennedy (no relation) on a mission to land on hollandia supplies. In return, the short fuel attacker and he tried to land at the airfield Tadji. During landing at 12:00 k, the right wheel collapsed, causing the b-17 skid off the runway into a "Wild Run" ended "within the limits of a dumpster bomb." The B-17 was damaged in the exterior wing. Beyond repair, the remains were stripped for parts and partially removed from the wings and abandoned in a bone yard.
The history;
Assigned to the 43rd Bomb Group, 403 Squadron bombing er. This B-17 operated from northern Australia and seven miles drome near Port Moresby in 1943.
Later assigned to the 63rd Bombardment Squadron and later the 64th Bombardment Squadron. The B-17 had tiger stripes painted on the tail and the names of girl outside cowling including "mary engine" at No. 4 engine.
During the 43rd Bombardment Group Service, the nose of a B-17 and added to the building. 50 caliber machine gun in the middle of the nose.
The last mission this b-17 flew with the 43rd Bombardment Group was the October 10, 1943, piloted by Captain jack l. Campbell in a morning reconnaissance weather in Rabaul.
In early November 1943, he became an armed transport in the 4th field air depot. Then assigned to the 54th Wing troop carrier, 375 ° troop Shōkaku group, 57th Squadron as troop transport and armed operator operated from Port Moresby and Nadzab airfield.
In use, the operator of the troops b-17 was completely repainted with a new coat of olive drab paint and nicknamed "Harry the horse." Assigned field number "167" painted in yellow on both sides of the cab, behind the co-pilot's window. On the outside of the no. Engine 4 was painted hood betty "Jo" with a heart. Another name was painted on the no.
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The B-29 came along late in the war. it was a fantastic achievement for long range bombing in World War II.
But the B-17 was the workhorse, and a heavy enough bomber with long enough range to allow Germany to be hit. Of all the tons of bombs dropped by allied aircraft in the war, the B-17 dropped more bomb tonnage than any other aircraft in World War II.
The US used massed raids during the day and literally lost hundreds and hundreds of them...along with tens of thousands of airmen. My mother's only brother, my uncle Al, was one of them. Killed in a B-17 on the way into Germany over the low countries in early 1944...two missions before his last.
On one of the worst raids, in 1943, of 291 bombers attacking, 77 were destroyed and something close to 700 men were lost on that raid alone.
Although the US Army air Force lost something like 3,500 B-17s to enemy action in world War II, the US built almost 13,000 of them, and they lasted through the war.
Sometimes I wonder, if it is better to be shot down from a bomber or sunk in a uboat.
Well, with the bombers, you had a chance. Many airmen bailed out and either were rescued or captured and survived the war.
Almost always, going down at sea due to enemy action in a sub was sure death. Most were simply never heard from again and we had to use Japanese records at the end of the war to help define how many were lost.
My Uncle's B-17 took a 88mm hit to the bomb bay, which detonated the ordinance and completely destroyed the aircraft.
At his funeral there were no remains. A couple of years after the war, a farmer found some remains and his dog tags and this was returned to the US and buried in his coffin in Taylor Texas.
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Famous image of German troops on the outskirts of Moscow, 1941 ...
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M24 in Italy (1944)
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