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Conhoon · Sep 3, 2021

Newell 'Fanny' Orton and James Brindley Nicolson both convalescing at the Palace Hotel in Torquay, Devon, ca. October 1940.

Orton was seriously wound in a dogfight on 15 May 1940 and Nicolson was also wounded in combat on 16 August 1940. Both returned to active duty in 1941.
Squadron Leader Newell Orton DFC and Bar was Killed in Action 17 September 1941 and James Nicolson VC & DFC was killed on active service 2 May 1945.
Colourised by Doug

Conhoon · Sep 3, 2021

Polish flying ace Jan Zumbach (left) of the 303 Kosciuszko Polish Fighter Squadron poses with his Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb EN951 RF-D in 1943.
With him are Wing Commander Stefan Witorzenc (center) and Flight Lieutenant Zygmunt Bienkowski (right).

Conhoon · Sep 4, 2021

British soldiers spending their time on necessary personal hygiene in a shell hole near Mont Kemmel ("Kemmelberg"), Flanders, Belgium. 2 September 1918.

(Photo source - © IWM Q 72619)
French official photographer
Colourised by Doug

Conhoon · Sep 4, 2021

Looking down on the bridge and forward guns of the Polish Navy destroyer ORP Piorun, 1942.

She was the first destroyer in Captain Philip Vian's group of five destroyers to sight and engage Bismarck.

Conhoon · Sep 4, 2021

Poland, September 1939. The crew of a German PzKpfw IV ausf B or C* restock on ammo.

This photo provides an excellent, detailed view of an early version of the German Panzer IV. At the time, armed with a short barrel, low velocity 7.5cm KwK L/24 howitzer, the Panzer IV was used mainly as an infantry support tank, the battle tank role being entrusted to the PzKpfw III and its high velocity 3.7 and later 5 cm gun.
Initially, the German military considered the PzKpfw III to be superior to the PzKpfw IV but as the war progressed and enemy armor evolved, the need for heavier armament became a priority, and the larger hull and turret ring of the PzKpfw IV allowed for the installation of a long barrel, high velocity 7.5 cm gun, something the PzKpfw III could not support (although later on the Ausf. N variant was equipped with a short barrel, low velocity 7.5 cm gun).
As a result, by 1943 the PzKpfw III was deemed obsolete as a battle tank and relegated to secondary roles.
Camo: Dunkelbraun Nr. 45 (dark brown) and Dunkelgrau Nr. 46 (dark grey). The dark brown colour is usually very difficult to distinguish from the panzer grey on black-and-white photographs (and even colour ones). Most photographs, therefore, appear to show the vehicles painted in a single colour.
*The presence or absence of an armored sleeve around the coaxial mg34 is the only external difference between an ausf. C and a B. In my opinion, the mg is unfortunately covered by a protective cloth.

Conhoon · Sep 4, 2021

Two Royal Air Force sergeant aircrew inspect the fuselage of Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4 (W.Nr 1480), piloted by Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the adjutant of II/JG3 "Udet", which crash-landed on 5 September 1940 at Winchet Hill, near Marden in Kent.

Colour by Doug
© IWM HU 73426

BravoZulu · Sep 4, 2021

Portrait of a war weary German soldier in the Caucasus. Russia, 1943

BravoZulu · Sep 4, 2021

168th Infantry Regiment, 34 US Inf. Div. looking for possible snipers in Via Castello and the surrounding streets of Caiazzo, Italy, just north of the River Volturno. October 13, 1943.

BravoZulu · Sep 4, 2021

Escort carrier USS Thetis Bay (CVE-90) en-route to NAS Alameda, California, with a deck loaded with aircraft. July 8, 1944

Commissioned in April of 1944, from June 1944 to June 1945 Thetis Bay served as part of Command Carrier Transport Squadron, Pacific Fleet. In this capacity she ferried planes and passengers from the West Coast to Pearl and outlying Pacific bases and brought back passengers/injured/planes needing repair.

During that time 613 planes and 3,901 passengers were transported from the West Coast to Pearl/other bases and 320 planes and 1,496 passengers were brought back to the West Coast.

This particular trip (July 7-July 13, 1944 Pearl Harbor to Alameda, California) was listed as having 41 planes on board as well as 41 officers, 187 navel enlisted and 13 marine corps enlisted as passengers. Unfortunately, unlike her other trips no specific breakdown of all the planes. Wikipedia lists eight Catalina, eighteen F6F Hellcat, and one J2F Duck on deck in this picture. Which would put another 14 unknown aircraft in her hanger deck.

BravoZulu · Sep 4, 2021

British soldiers march past the burning wreckage of a shot-down French Potez 630 reconnaissance aircraft near Braine-le-Comte, Belgium, 16 May 1940.

BravoZulu · Sep 5, 2021

Group photo of French tankers from various Renault FT's

BravoZulu · Sep 5, 2021

Corporal Bennett of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, armed with a Sten gun and about to go on a fighting patrol, Elst, 2 March 1945.

Conhoon · Sep 6, 2021

P-40E Kittyhawks from No. 15 Squadron RNZAF in formation over the North Shore of Auckland. 1942

From closest - JZ-A (NZ3039), JZ-O (NZ3019), JZ-J (NZ3018), JZ-?
Another P-40 can be seen on the far left.
JZ-A (NZ3039) was restored and is now on static display at MOTAT in Auckland.
RNZAF photo

Conhoon · Sep 6, 2021

Troops of the Coldstream Guards with captured German MG 08/15 machine guns at Noreuil, Pas de Calais.
6 September 1918.

Conhoon · Sep 6, 2021

Soviet Marine Infantry medic in Novorossiysk, on the shores of the Black Sea, Soviet Union, September 1943

Most of Novorossiysk was occupied by the German Army on September 10, 1942. A small unit of Soviet sailors defended one part of the town, known as Malaya Zemlya, for 225 days beginning on February 4, 1943, and its liberation by the Red Army on September 16, 1943. The stubborn defense of the port by the sailors allowed the Soviets to retain possession of the city's bay, which prevented the Germans from using the port for supply shipments. Novorossiysk was awarded the title Hero City in 1973.
Colorised by Olga Shirnina

Conhoon · Sep 6, 2021

Bf 109G-6 W.Nr. 15 912 "Grüne 3", Lt. Gottfried Weiroster, JG. 50, Wiesbaden-Erbenheim, Summer 1943.

NebrHogger · Sep 6, 2021

German offering fallen enemy a drink in Galacia 1915

Conhoon · Sep 7, 2021

3 September 1940
Soldiers retrieving part of the tail section of Bf 110C-4 (W/Nr. 3133) 3M+EL of 3/ZG2 shot down by pilots of 17 Squadron RAF. Crashed at Pudsey Hall Farm, Canewdon, Rayleigh, Essex. Pilot Oberfw G. Winkler and R/O. Gefr O. Weiler both baled out and captured.

Conhoon · Sep 7, 2021

Dornier Do-17Z (F1+FS) of 8./KG76, being salvaged after making a forced landing near Castle Farm, Shoreham, Kent on 15th September 1940. Pursued by two Spitfires from No.609 Squadron, Flight Lieutenant Dundas and Pilot Officer Tobin.

Conhoon · Sep 7, 2021

Pilots of 32 Squadron at 'A' Flight Dispersal, RAF Hawkinge. 29 July 1940.

l-r P/O Rupert F. Smyth, P/O Keith R. Gillman (MIA 25/8/40), P/O John E. Procter, F/Lt Peter M. Brothers, P/O Douglas H. Grice, P/O Peter M. Gardner, & P/O Alan F. Eckford. All survived WW2 except Gillman

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