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AAA Ground Recognition Signals

The following comments from the commander of the U.S. 5th Armored Division on the proper use of ground recognition signals were published in “Antiaircraft Artillery Notes,” No. 5, November 22, 1944. Subject: Use of Ground Recognition Signals Source: AA Section, Headquarters Twelfth Army … Continue reading

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Buckingham I Aircraft Recognition

Buckingham I aircraft recognition from “Antiaircraft Artillery Notes,” No. 6, November 28, 1944. Subject: Aircraft Recognition Source: AA Section, Headquarters, Twelfth Army Group.   a. A new type medium bomber, the BUCKINGHAM I, is just becoming operational with the RAF. All AAA gunners in … Continue reading

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B-17E Recognition

U.S. War Department WWII Recognition Guide for the B-17E Flying Fortress: DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Four-engine, low-wing monoplane. Wings equally tapered with rounded tips and full dihedral. Long, narrow fuselage. Gun turret on top of fuselage just aft of pilot’s cockpit enclosure. … Continue reading

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Identify when Approaching Allied Ships

Note to Pilots: This could be YOU! Identify when Approaching Allied Ships! GO AHEAD! Fly over one of our ships without identifying. Test the crew’s quickness on recognition… if you want that plane you’re flying punctured like a hunk of … Continue reading

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Learn to Recognize These Half-Tracks

Training Poster, U.S. Army Orientation Course.

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WEFT Aircraft Recognition

WEFT (Wing, Engine, Fuselage, Tail) System for Aircraft Recognition — Training Poster.  

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Tanks of the British Army

( U.S. War Department, Newsmap )

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Macchi C.202 Folgore Italian Fighter

U.S. War Department WWII Recognition Guide for the Italian Macchi C.202 Folgore (“Thunderbolt”) fighter. The Folgore fighter aircraft was designed by Mario Castoldi and manufactured by Macchi Aeronautica. The Folgore served with the Italian Regia Aeronautica throughout WWII on all … Continue reading

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Trying to Capture an Intact Tiger in Tunisia

Brief note on British attempts to capture an intact German Tiger I tank in Tunisia from “The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in Action”, Military Review, Vol. 23. Presumably, this Tiger is #231 of sPzAbt. 501 which was initially captured by the British … Continue reading

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British Aircraft

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