Discussion and photos relating to WWII aviation.
This day in 1939, the United States Army Air Corps placed an order for 524 P-40 Warhawk fighter aircraft.
Posted 27th Apr 2026u/UrbanAchievers6371
General Motors TBM Avenger at the USS Intrepid Museum in NYC
Posted 27th Apr 2026u/ExoticZaps
FG-1D at the USS Intrepid Museum in NYC
Posted 26th Apr 2026u/ExoticZaps
C-47 “Whiskey 7”
Posted 26th Apr 2026u/SeniorFlyingMango
Two of the last airworthy british and canadian lancaster bombers 2014
Posted 26th Apr 2026u/waffen123
Blackburn Shark III May 1939 Jericho Beach Vancouver BC. Crashed at Alliford Bay, BC on July 19, 1940, when landing the glassy water. The RCAF bought 9 already obsolete Sharks from the UK in 1938. 17 more built in Canada by Boeing. 525 was UK built. Used for coastal patrols on Canada's west coast.
Posted 26th Apr 2026u/waldo--pepper
Lieutenant P S Cole DSC, RN, back from strafing airfields in Formosa, makes a crash landing in his Chance-Vought Corsair and finishes up near the island of HMS ILLUSTRIOUS in eastern waters.
2026 AT-6 Texan Formation Clinic / Fly In (Fredericksburg, Texas)
Posted 26th Apr 2026u/A20Havoc
What can you see here?
Posted 26th Apr 2026u/Old-Specific7387
Bf 109E-4 of JG 27 undergoes an engine change at Svrety-Vrak airfield, near Kresna Pass, Bulgaria. Photo by German photographer Hugo Jaeger. Currently held in the Life Magazine archives. Likely taken in April and May of 1941.
Posted 25th Apr 2026u/waldo--pepper
Heist thriller?
Posted 26th Apr 2026u/Salty_Ad3887
B-17F Flying Fortress “Cap'n and the Kids” had 84 missions to its credit. It knocked off 10 Zeroes and 8 enemy ships. In an amazing career, it had had two of its engines shot out, its hydraulic system shattered, its tail shot away and multiple holes blasted in its wings.
Posted 25th Apr 2026u/UrbanAchievers6371
A B-36 with a B-17, B-29 and B-18 for a size comparison.
Posted 25th Apr 2026u/waffen123
B-17s, B-24s, P-51s named after 1940s songs
Posted 25th Apr 2026u/USAAFoverPOLAND
American B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 91st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, on a bombing mission over Keil, Germany. WW2, January 4, 1944.
A Vickers Wellesley of No. 47 Squadron RAF clear the target area as their bombs explode on an Italian-held airstrip (East African Campaign, 1940)
Posted 25th Apr 2026u/Alarmed_Business_962
B-25s damaged during the 1944 Mt. Vesuvius eruption.
Posted 24th Apr 2026u/JamesMayTheArsonist
Why did WWII planes' landing gear have such large covers?
Posted 24th Apr 2026u/Bbddy555
Spitfires of the 318 (Polish) Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron resting on a muddy airfield in Italy, 1945.
Posted 24th Apr 2026u/Roger352
Bf-110 in flight, photographed by wingman
Posted 24th Apr 2026u/4WDToyotaOwner
WW2 carrier operations
Posted 24th Apr 2026u/brodude44
A North African civilian looks into the cockpit of an A-36 Mustang. 1943.
Posted 24th Apr 2026u/UrbanAchievers6371
French Friday: Wibault 74 The Aéronautique Navale used it as an advanced carrier trainer until 1940. Despite being considered slow and outdated by the late 1930s, its "parasol" monoplane design, provided pilots with excellent visibility for carrier landings.
Posted 24th Apr 2026u/waldo--pepper
"Old 666" - Old image, new story
Posted 24th Apr 2026u/zeamerseagerbeavers
Canadian Vickers Vancouver IIS/S serial 904. Seen here flying over Lions Gate Bridge Vancouver BC. Canada in 1939.
Posted 23rd Apr 2026u/waldo--pepper
Unknown nose art?
Posted 24th Apr 2026u/BooksBeersBoobs
A B-24 at Rzeszow, Poland
Posted 23rd Apr 2026u/USAAFoverPOLAND
Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IXe
Posted 22nd Apr 2026u/RLoret
Mosquito FB VI Series I HJ770
Posted 22nd Apr 2026u/OldYoung1973
The USNs way of preserving aircraft. Throw 'em overboard
Posted 21st Apr 2026u/Murky_Caterpillar_66
B 29 Superfortress The Great Artist 3x4 photo.
Posted 22nd Apr 2026u/OddTry6425
YP-38 7 The Y in YP was the USAAC's designation for service test, i.e. small numbers of early production aircraft.
Mosquito NF XXX of the Polish 307 Squadron rolling out
Posted 21st Apr 2026u/Roger352
B-24 Liberator (s/n 44-49853) "It Ain't So Funny" of the 43rd Bomb Group, which operated from Australia, New Guinea, and Owi Island, making numerous attacks on Japanese shipping in the Netherlands East Indies and the Bismarck Archipelago, 1944. Artist - S/Sgt Sarkis E. Bartigan.
Posted 21st Apr 2026u/UrbanAchievers6371
19-Apr-1945, a Spanish Air Force Bf-109E flies for the 1st time with a Hispano Suiza Z-89 engine, 1400HP. The Spanish pilot, a veteran of the Eastern Front, confirmed the fighter performance improved by a good margin. Problems to mass produce the engine halted the project, installing a Merlin later.
Posted 21st Apr 2026u/abt137
B24 - The Dragon and his Tail - 1945
Posted 21st Apr 2026u/OddTry6425
VF-884 F4U-4 Corsairs Fly Over a Carrier (1951) (Colorized)
Posted 20th Apr 2026u/kingofnerf
"Mersu" - Finnish Bf 109G on standby, summer of 1944
Posted 20th Apr 2026u/Roger352
New pictures of the Ta-152H in service with JG301 have emerged. The quality is bad but any picture of this rare bird is welcome (via FalkeEins)
Posted 20th Apr 2026u/davidfliesplanes
F7F Tigercat in the air (Airshow Video)
Posted 19th Apr 2026u/Murky_Caterpillar_66
HEY MABEL! A B-17 crew’s journey through the European Theater of Operations
Posted 19th Apr 2026u/After_Radio_8563
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