Destination's Journey Military Photos

Possibly RAF Westhampnett in Sussex, today’s Goodwood Aerodrome, late summer 1942, shortly before U.S. 31st Fighter Group left UK for North Africa. Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb, 309th Fighter Sqn.

motorcycle Harley-Davidson WLA “Liberator,” used by U.S. forces during the war.

Kawasaki Ki-61-1 Ko belonging to the 2nd Chutai and flown by ace Lt. Tarui Yoshimitsu, found in Cape Gloucester, New Britain Island, in December 1943.

LaGG-3 aircraft of the 796th IAP, equipped with ski landing gear, is being refueled at Savaslëyka, March 1942.

RAF Mustang III s-n.FZ152

13 July 1944. First flight of the Curtiss YP-60E, 43-32763. US single-engine single-place, low-wing monoplane fighter prototype aircraft. Evolution of the P-60. Powered by a Pratt & Whitney R-2800-10.

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The lead ship of her class of dreadnought battleships for the US Navy, USS South Carolina (BB-26) was launched on 11 July 1908 and commissioned on 1 March 1910. The first dreadnought battleship built for the US Navy, she incorporated several revolutionary aspects, primarily the superfiring guns of her main battery.

USS South Carolina spent much of her career patrolling the east coast of the USA. During the Mexican Revolution, she took part in the United States occupation of Veracruz.

She was mostly used as a training ship after the US entered World War One, while also performing convoy escort duty. Post war she repatriated US Servicemen from Europe.

Along with her sister ship USS Michigan, she was scrapped under the terms of the Washington Treaty. Before being scrapped, the hulk was used to test the effectiveness of anti-torpedo bulges. South Carolina was decommissioned on 15 December 1922 and sold for scrap in 1924.

Kittyhawk MK. IV’s in North Africa some crewed by polish pilots.

11 July 1944. First flight of the third prototype Vickers Windsor (Type 461) NK136. British four-engine heavy bomber. Powered by four 1,635 horsepower Merlin 85 engines. Designed by Barnes Wallis and Rex Pierson at Vickers-Armstrong, Brooklands.

Il-2 attack aircraft from the 106th Attack Aviation Regiment, which underwent major repairs at the 217th stationary aviation workshops, before being sent to the front at the Gissar airfield in Tajikistan. 1943

12 July 1957. First flight of the McDonnell Voodoo RF-101C. Photo reconnaissance version.