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Jack Cook
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B-25D of the 12th BG in 1943.. Gary says the canopy of the Spit in the background looks weird. I can tell it has the extended wingtips so is a VII or VIII. Other than that......................... :arrow:
oh and a few more of the 12th BG.................
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Now those mission markings on Poopsie are great! Toby (our dog) says paws up!

As to the Spitfire, it's intriguing. I reckon Jacks right as to those extended tips, making it, as he says, a VII (or VI - the VIII didn't have the extended tips being a 'normal' not High Altitude / HF fighter). However it looks like it's got a bubble/tall canopy rather than the high-back fuselage and pressurised canopy. Most interesting...

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Oooooo...Nice pics. The funny looking Spit canopy may be the V-Stab of another plane parked behind it.....thinking out loud...

I like that big map on the third one down, but isn't it hard to lean out far enough to read it? Or is that for the wingman to read!?!
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I, think the canopy looks funny because there is a rudder or hanger behind the Spitfire, just in the right spot. If, you look close you can see the Spit's canopy.
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Love the crew photos as much as the planes!

Wide range of ages.

Interesting motorsickle behind Missouri Waltz...

Why the different colored bombs on Desert Warrior? Europe vs Afrika?

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Thanks Jack........now if you don't mind...please post my favorite one (of this batch of bombers).....................The one of Waddy's Wagon & crew. ;-)

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I don't know about you, but that Spit looks like the cropduster version. Very rare, indeed.

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Interesting motorsickle behind Missouri Waltz...


Shape of the fuel tank looks like a Zundapp KS750 single
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