ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: “On 1 April 1945, 1st Lt. Richard P. Sulzbach of Sioux City, Iowa, led his formation down to strafe enemy vehicles on a road In Northern Italy. The flight destroyed 8 and damaged 8 more vehicles. But the leader, intent on making a successful attack regardless of his own safety, could not pull his ship up before he was forced to fly through a clump of trees, picking up limbs, bark and leaves in the wings and fuselage of this Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. The Thunderbolt came home. The next day Lt. Sulzbach was out again. He shot down two enemy fighters -- an ME-109 and a FW-190 -- proving he can fly high too.”

Handwritten notes indicate he was later shot down between the lines north of Bologna on 20 Apr 1945. He was being strafed by German fighters after making a belly landing when two GIs in a speeding jeep yelled to him, “Jump in, you son of a bitch!” The jeep did not stop and he had to jump in on the run. “Sulz” was a flight leader and survived the war.

(NARA 342-FH_001507, 342-FH_001509, 342-FH_001511, 342-FH_001505)

The Me 410 has jettisoned its canopy for the crew to bail out.
Stears accumulated 3.5 victories after October 3, 1943 before he himself was shot down and captured on April 9, 1944.

The DPAA announced in 2025 a recovery of 4 MIAs from a crash site in Poland. The official announcements mention field investigations between 2008 and 2012, then in 2017 and 2018, and excavations between 2019 and 2025. I researched this crew and the crash site between 2003 and 2011, and I supported the DPAA predecessor’s work, including participating in one of early field investigations.

The identified airmen were T/Sgt Donald A. Dorman, S/Sgt Robert A. Keuchel, S/Sgt Rae G. DeMatteis, S/Sgt Stephen J. Fatur. They were all members of the 1st Lt. Andrew F. Crane crew (2nd Bomb Group, 15th AF) which flew the B-17 #44-8191 on a mission to Ruhland (Germany) on March 22nd 1945.

I believe my research helped the US government link a crash site to the right aircraft, which triggered the recoveries and identifications.
This was the most complex research case I ever had, as nothing was even close to obvious.

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Got to go inside both and was quite a sight to see. 10/10, would do again. At Tulsa Air and Space Museum next to Tulsa International Airport.

Had to post dear old Dad's Mustang (one of three)

Pic is circa early 1945

Two F-51Ds of 8th Fighter-Bomber Group guided by T-6 Mosquito were patroling Nak-Dong River during the battle of Pusan Perimeter, searching for North Korean troop concentrations. Compared to F-80C, Mustangs could stay over Korea Peninsula for much longer time and scramble from muddy air stripes to provide prompt close air support.

Spotted a couple of years ago,

Following the German invasions of Denmark on 9 April 1940 and the Netherlands on 10 May 1940, several Fokker D.XXI fighters were captured by German forces. Although many Dutch aircraft had been destroyed during the fighting, approximately seven D.XXIs fell into German hands. The exact number subsequently operated by the Luftwaffe remains uncertain.

The captured fighters were inspected and evaluated by the Germans, with some aircraft receiving Luftwaffe markings. Photographs show that several retained their original Dutch camouflage patterns, although national insignia were replaced.

Captured Danish D.XXIs were for training and familiarisation purposes.

More photos here

i was looking at online post and saw Do 335 B-4 and B-3

does these aircraft exist and what's the different from normal Do 335 A? and why i can't find images?

Available to read for free at the Internet Archive at this link.

Archaeology Magazine November/December 2006: Volume 59 Issue 6

All the info I have is that it was during ww2, at whidbey island, and it was a PBY Catalina. Narrows it down but it still has a unique side number. It’s my great uncles and he passed away and his daughter wants to know.

Does anyone know of any other photos of Hartmanns G-6 with the Haube canopy? I’m doing a Scale model of this specific aircraft and would like more photos, thanks!