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Bulldozer Removes Dummy German Plane

By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on December 19th, 2012%

A bulldozer from the 9th Air Force engineers clears a German dummy plane from a captured airfield on the Cherbourg peninsula of France. (U.S. Air Force Photo.)

Bulldozer, Dummy German Planes, Cherbourg Peninsula

( U.S. Air Force Photo )

P-47 Mascot

By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on December 17th, 2012%

Dog Mascot P-47 Thunderbolt WW2 Color Photo

Unit mascot sits proudly in the nose of a P-47 Thunderbolt fighter. (U.S. Air Force WW2 Photo)

BB in Port

By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on November 27th, 2012%

BB in Port, All Hands Magazine, August 1944. (U.S. Navy Photo.)

Panzer IV Color Photo

By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on October 5th, 2012%

Rare color photograph of a camouflaged Panzer IV knocked out in Normandy in 1944. From the markings and camouflage, the Panzer IV appears to be from the German Panzer Lehr Division. U.S. Air Force Photo.

Panzer Lehr Division Panzer IV in Normandy, 1944, WWII

Panzerwrecks 13 (Italy, Vol. 2)

By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on July 4th, 2012%

Panzerwrecks 13 by Lee Archer and William Auerbach Panzerwrecks 13: Italy 2, the latest volume in the well known Panzerwrecks photo-book series, has been released by authors Lee Archer and William Auerbach. Photograph features include: Weapons Dump – Italian Style; Nashorn 214; Elefants of 1./s.Pz.Jg.Abt.653; and Dug-in Panther Turret – Concealed Killer. Other highlights include: Recaptured Shermans from 760th U.S. Tank Battalion and NZ 19th Armoured Regiment; Sturmgeschütz IV fitted with concrete add-on armour; rare photos of the Panzerjäger Elefant, field modification of Sd.Kfz.10/4 halftrack with a 2cm Italian Scotti flak; T-34 tanks used in Italy; and AB41 armored cars surrendered to U.S. forces.

Panzerwrecks 13 lengthy Axis vehicle list includes: Elefant, Tiger I, Panther Ausf. A uparmored, Panther Ausf. A dug in, Panther Ausf. A, Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. G, Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. H, Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. J, Sturmgeschütz IV, Nashorn, Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. G, Sturmhaubitze 42, Marder 38t, M4A1 Sherman, Sherman III (M4A2), T-34/76, 19.4cm Kanone 485 (f) GPF, StuG M42 mit 75/18 850 (i), StuG M42 mit 75/34 851 (i), StuG M43 mit 75/34 851 (i), StuG M43 mit 105/25 853 (i), 15cm Panzerwerfer 42, le.Zgkw 1t (Sd.Kfz. 10), Sfl. (Sd.Kfz. 10/4) für 2cm Flak (Scotti), Sfl. (Sd.Kfz. 10/5) für 2cm Flak, le.Zgkw 3t (Sd.Kfz. 11), Nbkw für 15cm NbW41 (Sd.Kfz. 11), 3.7cm Flak36 auf Sf (Sd.Kfz. 7/2), m.S.P.W. (Sd.Kfz. 251) Ausf. C, le.S.P.W. (2cm) (Sd.Kfz. 250/9) Ausf. A, and Pz.Sp.Wg.AB41 201(i).

More information can be found at: www.panzerwrecks.com.

Naval Aviators

By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on June 21st, 2012%

The naval aviators who are striking out at the enemy today were the cadets of yesterday. They are always willing to learn and are quick to profit from the mistakes of others. (Naval Aviation News, August 1944)

Hellcat Tails Flaming Zeke

By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on May 27th, 2012%

Hellcat Fighter Tails Flaming Japanese Zeke

All Hands Magazine, Dec. 1944. (U.S. Navy Photo.)

Me 262 Jet on the Autobahn

By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on March 15th, 2012%

A U.S. soldier looks over a captured Luftwaffe Me 262 jet camouflaged in the forest along the edge of the autobahn near the end of WW2. (US Air Force Photo)

Frozen Sauerkraut

By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on March 12th, 2012%

A strange WWII sauerkraut photograph from U.S. Military Intelligence publication German Mountain Troops, December 1944.

Original caption: “Mountain troops in a Finnish forest have unloaded from a standard container a cylindrical chunk of frozen sauerkraut which they are cutting up. In an emergency shortage, sawdust may be mingled with sauerkraut as food filler.”