Photos Military Art

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USS Wolverine (IX-64) operating in the Great Lakes off Chicago, Illinois

"Practice Makes Perfect", by Stan Stokes.

 

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1917 08 Rendezvous by Steve Anderson
Hansa Brandenburg W12 prototypes meet U.82 submarine commanded by Kapitänleutnant Hans Adam returning from a patrol

 

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1917 07 Hansa Brandenburg W.12 prototype by Steve Anderson

 

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1917 10 Brandenburg Concerto by Russell Smith
Hansa-Brandenburg W12 Friedrich Christiansen at the Zeebruge mole

 

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Macchi M5 by ABE-Yasushi

 

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1918 Macchi M.5 over Venice by Robert Karr

 

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Albatros W4 prototype by Taras Shtyk
Albatros W4 (early), w/n 747, Naval Test Centre Warnemunde, Oblt.d R. Friedrich Christiansen, August 1916.

 

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1918 Zeppelin Staaken over London by Lucas Kasperczyk

 

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Su-24M "Fencer-D" by Masao Satake (1992)

 

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"Land Shark" by Scott Randall :

 

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Fernando Soto first victory by Roy Gimnell :

 

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Ar 234C :

 

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Manchoukuo Ki-43 :

 

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The tail of a B-17 destroyed by the machine gun of the flak 88 batteries of the German anti-aircraft units during the bombing of Berlin in January 1944.

 

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Fairey Barracuda attack :

 

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Bf109 versus B17F. Artwork by Lucio Perinotto

 

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The tail of a B-17 destroyed by the machine gun of the flak 88 batteries of the German anti-aircraft units during the bombing of Berlin in January 1944.View attachment 462046

Closeup of artwork "In the Presence of My Enemy" by John D. Shaw
December 20, 1943. Near the coast of Germany... German ace Franz Stigler had never seen a B-17 bomber this damaged. My God, how are you still flying? he thought. Inside the bomber's cockpit, the rookie American pilot, Charlie Brown, was thinking the same thing. An air battle had shredded his bomber. Leaning forward to check an engine, a sight made Charlie's heart skip. There, three feet from his wingtip flew a grey Bf-109. Charlie closed his eyes and opened them but the German was still there. He's going to destroy us, Charlie concluded. Instead, Franz did something incredible-- he nodded to Charlie. In the presence of his enemy, Franz had changed. He had only become a fighter pilot to avenge his brother, a pilot killed early in the war. But there, alongside the defenceless B-17, Franz decided to break the cycle of violence, to spare the bomber and escort it out of Germany. It was a gesture Charlie would never forget. In his old age, he would search the world for Franz and in 1990 they would reunite, not as former enemies, but as brothers separated for 46 years.

 

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Albatros D.V, Ltn. Otto Kissenberth by Andrzej Deredos

 

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Wojciech Kossak, Soldiers’ Christmas, 1915.

 

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1918 05 Stan Colorful Steed by Russell Smith