Czechoslovak pilots from the RAF's 68th Night Squadron also joined the night patrol against V-1 missiles on July 9, 1944. For the first Anti-Diver Patrol, the crew of F/O Karel Šeda and P/O Drahomír Hradský took off in Mosquito XVII HK258 MW-M. However, no contact with a V-1 was made. #RAF #V-1 #Mosquito

Mosquito FB. Mk XVIII:

"Hold my Molins"

we're gonna get to know a THIRD kusuriuri. my heart is full and overflowing with joy

Mosquito PR XVI, (RF993) of 34 Wing, at Melsbroek. 1944.

Prototype Sea-Hornet F. 20 on the aircraft carrier HMS Ocean, April 1945

On June 27, 1950, the USAF made its first victory in the Korean waltz. The F-82G 46-383 "Bucket of Bolts" pilot Lt. William G. "Skeeter" Hudson and radar operator 1st Lt. Carl S. Fraser was stationed at Kimpa severokorejský Jak-9. #KoreanWar #F82 #USAF #AviationHistory

Two Yak-9Ps charge at the Twin Mustangs flying lower. The Americans, who believe they're facing La-7s, turn and jettison their drop tanks, but they have orders not to fire. The North Koreans do too. Ignoring that order, Yin squeezes the trigger. It fails. Both sides break contact.