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Posted: 1/28/2020 7:04:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryThe Heinkel was just more committed to getting the house pregnant?
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Posted: 1/28/2020 8:05:54 PM EDT
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Since awesome Luftwaffe landings are today's hot topic, here's a Do-17:
Rare photo of B-25 grazing: 
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Posted: 1/28/2020 8:40:43 PM EDT
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The USS Mississinewa (AO-59) was anchored at Ulithi where she became the first ship sunk by a Kaiten. Her cargo tanks had been replenished with a near full load of avgas, deisel, and fuel oil four days earlier.
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Posted: 1/28/2020 9:22:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By wtfboombrb:
The USS Mississinewa (AO-59) was anchored at Ulithi where she became the first ship sunk by a Kaiten. Her cargo tanks had been replenished with a near full load of avgas, deisel, and fuel oil four days earlier. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/369185/15802566387191922829000_jpg-1253744.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/369185/1580256663519903613456_jpg-1253751.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/369185/Screenshot_2020-01-28-17-35-24_png-1253773.JPG 
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Posted: 1/28/2020 9:30:26 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/28/2020 9:44:41 PM EDT
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 Nazi Plane Crashes In Essex (1940)  Nazi Pilot Jumps from Plane During Aerial Combat | War Archives |
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Posted: 1/28/2020 11:46:36 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/29/2020 11:19:04 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/29/2020 12:51:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By wtfboombrb:
The USS Mississinewa (AO-59) was anchored at Ulithi where she became the first ship sunk by a Kaiten. Her cargo tanks had been replenished with a near full load of avgas, deisel, and fuel oil four days earlier. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/369185/15802566387191922829000_jpg-1253744.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/369185/1580256663519903613456_jpg-1253751.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/369185/Screenshot_2020-01-28-17-35-24_png-1253773.JPG |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 6:29:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By redleg13a:
The Navy went in a few years ago and pumped the oil out of her tanks. I don't know if they got all of it or just the bunker fuel but it was starting to leak after a typhoon or something so they pumped her out. They gave or sold the fuel to some company. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By redleg13a:
Originally Posted By wtfboombrb:
The USS Mississinewa (AO-59) was anchored at Ulithi where she became the first ship sunk by a Kaiten. Her cargo tanks had been replenished with a near full load of avgas, deisel, and fuel oil four days earlier. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/369185/15802566387191922829000_jpg-1253744.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/369185/1580256663519903613456_jpg-1253751.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/369185/Screenshot_2020-01-28-17-35-24_png-1253773.JPG |
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Posted: 1/31/2020 2:01:23 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/31/2020 9:09:06 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Riter]
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USS Nevada, the only battleship to get underway at Pearl Harbor.
Here she is post-Pearl Harbor. Modernized and in Measure 32 camouflage 5"/25 single open mount guns replaced wit 5"/38 DP in twin turrets. Modern fire control radar, 40 mm and 20 mm guns. Modernized bridge. Raised smoke stack. 
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Posted: 1/31/2020 9:17:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By wtfboombrb:
The USS Mississinewa (AO-59) was anchored at Ulithi where she became the first ship sunk by a Kaiten. Her cargo tanks had been replenished with a near full load of avgas, deisel, and fuel oil four days earlier. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/369185/15802566387191922829000_jpg-1253744.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/369185/1580256663519903613456_jpg-1253751.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/369185/Screenshot_2020-01-28-17-35-24_png-1253773.JPG USS Chiwawa (AO-68) in 1943  Attached FileStill sailing as the Lee A Tregurtha.  Attached FileAnd still showing her campaign ribbons.  Attached FileAwesome thread, btw. |
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Posted: 1/31/2020 9:17:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Colt_sporter:
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Posted: 1/31/2020 9:26:44 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/1/2020 9:17:40 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4v50:
USS Nevada, the only battleship to get underway at Pearl Harbor. https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/OnlineLibrary/photos/images/g10000/g19940.jpg Here she is post-Pearl Harbor. Modernized and in Measure 32 camouflage 5"/25 single open mount guns replaced wit 5"/38 DP in twin turrets. Modern fire control radar, 40 mm and 20 mm guns. Modernized bridge. Raised smoke stack. https://www.recordcourier.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Scarpaci-RCR-120613-1.jpg https://visitpearlharbor.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/USSBattleshipNevada.jpg |
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Posted: 2/1/2020 11:11:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Coopmandu:
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/21010/013922b-1196204.jpg USS Arizona's foremast being removed in 1942. Probably still sits there today Some was claimed for war memorials in the US mainland. http://ussarizonafacts.org/remnant1.htm 
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Posted: 2/1/2020 4:06:57 PM EDT
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I wonder how many WWII ships are still in service?
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Posted: 2/1/2020 5:16:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GunLvrPHD:
I wonder how many WWII ships are still in service? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_salvage_ship_Kommuna 
ETA Mark Felton did a youtube video on this. If you're a history buff, his videos are great.  WW2 Warships Still Serving 2019 - Part I |
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Posted: 2/1/2020 5:45:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GunLvrPHD:
I wonder how many WWII ships are still in service? |
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Posted: 2/1/2020 6:09:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JQ66:
Most of the scrap was dumped on Waipio Island, across from Ford Island. Probably still sits there today Some was claimed for war memorials in the US mainland. http://ussarizonafacts.org/remnant1.htm https://wwiiafterwwii.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/arizonawaipiopennin.jpg?w=809 Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JQ66:
Originally Posted By Coopmandu:
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/21010/013922b-1196204.jpg USS Arizona's foremast being removed in 1942. Probably still sits there today Some was claimed for war memorials in the US mainland. http://ussarizonafacts.org/remnant1.htm https://wwiiafterwwii.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/arizonawaipiopennin.jpg?w=809 |
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Posted: 2/1/2020 6:27:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By elcope:
U.S.S. Pueblo Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By elcope:
Originally Posted By GunLvrPHD:
I wonder how many WWII ships are still in service? I briefly worked at the Naval Oceanographic Office in Bay St. Louis, MS in early 1990, one of the civilian scientists who was captured on the Pueblo, still worked there. IIRC, his nickname was "the Monk." Some colorized pics. Someone has a thing for grenades  Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 2/1/2020 6:30:37 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/1/2020 6:36:30 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 13starsinax]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By birdbarian: Good catch. Commissioned a month before the end of the war. I briefly worked at the Naval Oceanographic Office in Bay St. Louis, MS in early 1990, one of the civilian scientists who was captured on the Pueblo, still worked there. IIRC, his nickname was "the Monk." Some colorized pics. Someone has a thing for grenades https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/60078/62524560_2112183818911399_63877301787259-1258935.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/60078/62357294_2112183972244717_93747142805002-1258939.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/60078/62089990_2112184055578042_30496152562098-1258940.JPG  Attached File |
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Posted: 2/1/2020 6:46:41 PM EDT
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 Attached FileWerk-Nr 170003 Fw-190A-8 airframe converted during 1943 to have Jumo 213A-1 engines to permit evaluations for the proposed Fw-190D-9 production model. |
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Posted: 2/1/2020 10:19:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GunLvrPHD:
I wonder how many WWII ships are still in service?  Attached FileUSCGC Acushnet saw service in WWII as USS Shackle. She was decomed in 2011. I have pictures of her in her last patrol somewhere around here. She is sitting in Wa. rusting away last I heard.  Attached File |
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Posted: 2/2/2020 1:10:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GunLvrPHD:
I wonder how many WWII ships are still in service? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FV_Wizard  Attached File |
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Posted: 2/2/2020 10:36:04 AM EDT
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Woo hoo, I did two tours on WLRs. I had some great BMCMs.
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Posted: 2/2/2020 11:54:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 13starsinax: Now that is interesting. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/303716/FW190-60f_jpg-1257606.JPG Compressors https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/303716/Picture11-1_png-1257609.JPG Tropical/Filters |
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Posted: 2/2/2020 5:34:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jblomenberg16: Are those ram air intakes for the supercharger? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jblomenberg16: Are those ram air intakes for the supercharger? The D-2 models were tested with a system for injecting a 50–50 water-methanol mixture known as MW50 into the supercharger primarily for its anti-detonation effect, allowing the use of increased boost pressures. Secondary effects were cooling of the engine and charge cooling. Some performance was gained, but at the cost of engine service life. Intended for higher altitude, and reconnaissance. The bottom picture shows the tropical filters incorporated in the carburetor air intake. |
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Posted: 2/2/2020 6:51:24 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 13starsinax]
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February 2, 1943 The last of the German forces surrendered at Stalingrad.
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Posted: 2/2/2020 10:00:44 PM EDT
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Spring stink in Stalingrad.
More then and now images from Volgagrad.  ??????????1942/43 - ????????? 2013. ??? ??????? ?????. |
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Posted: 2/3/2020 3:40:55 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/3/2020 12:19:48 PM EDT
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Finally made it over to the museum. I’ll start a thread rather than use this one though but here’s a Mosin that became a tree again
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Posted: 2/3/2020 12:35:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 13starsinax:
February 2, 1943 The last of the German forces surrendered at Stalingrad.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNxEUBLhTQM
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/303716/main-qimg-1f21faeaf184a7d9f27bc8320ba4a7-1260488.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/303716/file74YK5I7O_jpg-1260489.JPG I know ~50,000 of the 6th Army surrendered and only 5,000 made it back to Germany 10 or more years after the war. |
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Posted: 2/3/2020 12:49:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Drakich: What did they do, collect the bodies and pile them there or execute most of the surrendering troops? I know ~50,000 of the 6th Army surrendered and only 5,000 made it back to Germany 10 or more years after the war. Percentages are correct, but I believe it was approx. 90,000 that surrendered. |
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Posted: 2/3/2020 2:39:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Drakich: What did they do, collect the bodies and pile them there or execute most of the surrendering troops? I know ~50,000 of the 6th Army surrendered and only 5,000 made it back to Germany 10 or more years after the war. |
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Posted: 2/3/2020 2:53:57 PM EDT
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The main reason Stalin started another round of expulsions and arrests in 1949 is that so many of the Germans had been worked to death and the mines and labor camps needed more bodies. I don’t think it is fully appreciated in the US how bad things would have been had the bastard lived only another year,the wheels were in motion to finish off Russia’s Jews and every unsavory ethnic minority.
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Posted: 2/3/2020 3:01:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 13starsinax: I am pretty sure, and thankful the Me-262 prevailed. Much more aesthetically pleasing. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/303716/41f2c89e44ebd18fb982e2c87b813459_jpg-1245071.JPG Luftwaffe flak |
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Posted: 2/3/2020 3:02:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By outofbattery:
The main reason Stalin started another round of expulsions and arrests in 1949 is that so many of the Germans had been worked to death and the mines and labor camps needed more bodies. I don’t think it is fully appreciated in the US how bad things would have been had the bastard lived only another year,the wheels were in motion to finish off Russia’s Jews and every unsavory ethnic minority. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Priboi That mosin photo is awesome, never seen it before. Did you make a thread about your visit to the museum? Thank you for posting them. |
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Posted: 2/3/2020 3:06:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 50cal:
A guy near me has an 88 carriage gun. He fires full power blanks through it at the Secret City Festival in Oak Ridge. The blast is really incredible. |
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Posted: 2/3/2020 3:37:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 13starsinax: That would be awesome. I got to see the one at Military aviation museum, would love to see one fire. |
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Posted: 2/3/2020 4:01:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 13starsinax: He orchestrated death on a scale that is truly horrific, and did it from day 1 to his death. Amazing how many people think communism would work if only given another chance. That mosin photo is awesome, never seen it before. Did you make a thread about your visit to the museum? Thank you for posting them. One class one of the students a girl, said something to the effect that how bad could have Stalin been, considering the things that Hitler done. Dr. Thackery went into a 45 minute for the lack of a better term he damn near yelled at her for 45 minutes, telling her the truth about Joseph Stalin. I just sat back and smiled. When class was over that girl left the room practically in tears and never returned it to class. I'm sure somewhere she is probably a Bernie supporter with her 15 cats |
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Posted: 2/6/2020 12:46:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 13starsinax: He orchestrated death on a scale that is truly horrific, and did it from day 1 to his death. Amazing how many people think communism would work if only given another chance. That mosin photo is awesome, never seen it before. Did you make a thread about your visit to the museum? Thank you for posting them. |
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Posted: 2/6/2020 1:56:31 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 13starsinax:
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Posted: 2/6/2020 9:02:22 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Dog1]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4v50:
What's with the applique armor on the glacis? Sometimes they would cut the complete glacis plate off of a Sherman right down to the tow hooks and lights and weld it in place. They would also use sandbags and even concrete. Anything to counter the ubiquitous panzerfaust, PaK 40 ATG and other German tanks. |
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Posted: 2/6/2020 9:58:43 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/6/2020 10:19:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dog1: Very common in the ETO. Often times it would be cut from either a disabled Sherman or cobbled from any steel they found. Sometimes they would cut the complete glacis plate off of a Sherman right down to the tow hooks and lights and weld it in place. They would also use sandbags and even concrete. Anything to counter the ubiquitous panzerfaust, PaK 40 ATG and other German tanks. Looks like perhaps a trough piled on this one  This was neater though,look at the chicken wire on the turret  To be used to apply wattle and daub,I guess you might call it,camouflage 
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Posted: 2/6/2020 1:14:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryTop photo is awesome. I imagine lots of kids got hurt on all the "stuff" to play on. I would have 
Side note in the background is that a Ju-88 night fighter? The exhaust covers_? |
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Posted: 2/6/2020 2:34:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 13starsinax: Top photo is awesome. I imagine lots of kids got hurt on all the "stuff" to play on. I would have
Side note in the background is that a Ju-88 night fighter? The exhaust covers_? That sure looks like a ju 88 night fighter engine nacelle. |
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