Tag Archive | warbirds
USS Saratoga (CV-3) WW2 postcard
Another interesting postcard that got scooped up from the antique store is a postcard of the USS Saratoga, postmarked 11/24/1942. It was sent from San Diego, CA. According to the Wiki article on the ship the Saratoga would not have been at San Diego at the time of the postmark. She would have been on […]
Spitfires to Fly Again!
This is good news for Warbirds fans. Some time ago it was reported that the dozens of British Spitfire fighter planes were discovered in Burma! The planes had been crated and buried to avoid the aircraft falling into the hands of the invading Japanese. It’s estimated that there are 60 British Spitfires to be dug […]
Rare Picture P-47 firing rockets, WW2
A friend sent me a group of pictures from WW2 that included many I have not seen, or if I did, forgot I saw them. Whatever the case, many are interesting like this one. It captures the moment a P-47 Thunderbolt has fired its rockets. By 1944 and the Normandy Invasion the P-47 Thunderbolt (the […]
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