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You'll like this For no other reason than it’s a great picture

Duck n Dive

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Specifically for the 80th anniversary of D-day.

Looks good.


It's the markings of a 257 Sqn Hawker Typhoon flown by PO Denzil Jenkins during operations over Normandy in 1944.

Flight sergeant to squadron commander in less than one year: "meteoric" even by wartime standards. It even says so in his DFC recommendation!
 

andyBeaker

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Lancaster RF324 of 279 Sqn dropping lifeboat. No 279 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force air-sea rescue squadron of World War

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T.C

Been there, and had one
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Taken by Frank Borman this was the first ever picture of Earth captured by a human orbiting the Moon – both were taken on Apollo 8.
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JayTee

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Y

You need new mates...!
I’m imagining the phrase “ I’ve been out all day riding me mates dong, first time I’ve tried it out, dinky little thing very comfortable when going slow but very erratic over the cobbles, good right hand response but runs out of steam quickly “ (y)
 
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