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    WW2 photos from LIFE magazine

    I ran across a pretty badass collection of LIFE photographs from war correspondents. I hope you guys find them as fascinating as I did.


    Bastogne supply drop in progress.


    8th UK Air Force 1942.


    B-25 bombing run on Japanese fleet.


    Hellcats sitting on a snowy deck. Presumably somewhere in North Atlantic.


    Sailors weigh down a wing to keep the Hellcat from tumbling off deck.


    Ensign Darrell Bennett beside his FM-2 Wildcat 'Smokey's Lucky Witch', USS Gambier Bay, 1 Aug 1944


    B26 Maurader


    SBD Dauntless over the Pacific


    Loading rockets on F4U Corsair
    "When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
    "A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury." -Alexander Fraser Tytler
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    Fleet manuevers near Hawaii 1941


    Wounded avenger gunner pulled from plane by ground units.


    B26 Maurader over Cherbourgh, France.


    Test pilots discuss day plan at Curtiss-Wright Factory, Buffalo, NY 1941


    Helldivers over USS Hornet 1945.


    P38 Lightnings in formation over Aleutian Islands.


    Clark field in Manila, Philippines


    Helldiver crew over Pacific - 1944.
    "When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
    "A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury." -Alexander Fraser Tytler

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      Female PT-19 Ferry Pilot - Avenger Field Sweetwater, TX 1941


      Fleet Manuevers off Hawaii - 1941.


      B-25 over North Africa


      Martin Plant

      P47 in France.


      PBY Aleutian Islands, 1944.


      SDB Dauntless wing over Pacific.
      "When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
      "A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury." -Alexander Fraser Tytler

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        F4F Wildcats attack North Field in Tinian, Mariana Islands.


        SDB Dauntless over Pacific


        Gen Doolittle gives speech following his raid on Tokyo.


        Devastator off Hawaiian coast, 1941.


        Northrop BT-1 off Hawaiian coast, 1941.


        F4F3 Wildcat in manuevers.


        Avenger flight 1945.


        B26 crew preflight discussion.


        USS Biloxi leaving Pearl Harbor with Curtiss Seamews on board 1943.


        Ground crew setting convergence on B17 rear guns, 1942.
        "When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
        "A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury." -Alexander Fraser Tytler

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          P40 North Africa.


          Grumman F3F fighters at Quantico, VA.


          P40 in Tunisia, Libya - North Africa.


          Operation Torch - North Africa - Nov 1942


          Martlesham, UK - 1944


          King George VI (Of the "King's Speech" movie) visiting a US air based in England.


          Hellcats oboard USS Cowpens Jan 1944.


          Damaged hellcat lands aboard carrier in flames.


          Devastators off Hawaiian coast during flight maneuvers, 1941.


          Glider Training.
          "When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
          "A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury." -Alexander Fraser Tytler

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            1st AVG Flying Tigers eastern China, undisclosed.


            Wildcat on flight deck elevator.


            Dauntless flight over Pacific.

            A-20 over florida.
            "When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
            "A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury." -Alexander Fraser Tytler

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            • #7
              There is so much bad motherfuckerness in these pics it's silly.

              Seems appropriate...

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              • #8
                Solid post. Very solid post.

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                • #9
                  Massive approval.

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                  • #10
                    There is a good chance that my uncle Jim is in one of there planes. He was a B-26 gunner, and flew many missions over France, including 5 back-to-back missions on D-Day. He was finally shot down over Belgium on his 37th mission. P.O.W. for 10 months.
                    "It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself."

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                    • #11
                      Nice post cj!! Seeing pictures of these old planes in action is just awesome!!

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                      • #12
                        Awesome pics.
                        "It's another burrito, it's a cold Lone Star in my hand!"

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                        • #13
                          Kick ass post! Thanks CJ

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                          • #14
                            Very very cool. May print some of these and theme a room out with them.

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                            • #15
                              Best post on the site nominee?

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