Category Archives: photos

LZ Models German sIG 33/2 Jagdpanzer 38(t)

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

From LZ Models, a new 1/35th-scale resin and PE conversion kit of the German sIG 33/2 Jagdpanzer 38(t) conversion set. Kit includes a detailed and accurate conversion with 120 resin parts and over 350 PE parts (including shell mounts and … Continue reading →

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P-51B Mustang with Wing Gloves

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A North American P-51B Mustang with wing gloves for research into low-drag performance in flight at Langley. Photograph courtesy NASA.  

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SBD Dauntless Cockpit

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Photographs of the Douglas SBD Dauntless cockpit from the Pilot’s Handbook Model SBD-3, Douglas Aircraft, 1942.  

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P-51 Mustang & USAF F-15 Eagle

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A WWII-era P-51 Mustang flies in formation with modern U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle during a heritage flight at the Gateway to Freedom Airshow held at Helena, Montana. (Photograph by Montana National Guard Public Affairs Office, Sgt. 1st Class Thomas … Continue reading →

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F4U Corsair & AV-8B Harrier

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier and vintage F4U Corsair fly side by side over the 2012 Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Air Show. (U.S. Dept. of Defense, Public Domain, Black Daggers at MCAS Cherry Point Air Show May 4, … Continue reading →

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P-51B Mustang “Shoo Shoo Baby”

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Lone_Sentry_Admin
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P-51 Mustang “Cincinnati Miss”

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

 

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Hellcats Aloft

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Chockman frees an F6F preparatory to its rush down flight deck to join other Hellcats already aloft. In operations, teamwork and split-second timing are vital to the success of every mission. (Naval Aviation News, U.S. Navy, Sept. 1944.)  

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B-26 Marauder “Bar Fly”

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The Martin B-26 Marauder “Bar Fly” from 386th BG, 554th BS photographed over France on its 67th mission. “Bar Fly” reached 175 missions with the 9th Air Force before crashing on takeoff on its 175th mission in January 1945.

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Voting Overseas, 1944

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Original Caption: MARIANAS IS. — Propped against the wheel of his jeep with a veteran’s happy indifference to mud, bearded S/Sgt Dale Blakeslee of Carson City, Mich., (his last shave was 9 July, 1944), uses a leisure minute to fill … Continue reading →

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