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talesofwar:

Some different sizes of German bombs, at the time they were called air torpedoes.

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fabforgottennobility:

no. 451 Squadron, 1944, Supermarine Spitfire

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warisstupid:

One of the prominent women pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary, Mrs Diana Barnato-Walker climbs into the cockpit of a factory-fresh Spitfire Mk. IX.
Diana Barnato was a daughter of a car racing millionaire Woolf Barnato, the chairman of Bentley Motors. From an early age she was interested in aircraft and at age of 20 become a succesful pilot. In early 1941 she became one of the first women pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA), pioneering – not for the last time – a new path for women in aviation.