As this is Anzac day, i thought some people might like to see some WW2 photos of RAAF Spitfire operations i found.
Not sure if they have been seen before?
RAAF Spitfire photos from WW2
Phil
By: QldSpitty - 25th April 2011 at 10:15
I’ve seen that axe before!
No it won,t be at Legen….well you know the rest :diablo:
By: Mark V - 25th April 2011 at 08:46
I’ve seen that axe before!
By: QldSpitty - 25th April 2011 at 08:07
Keeping the memory alive.
Pics were taken at 6ad which was the largest scrapping point in Australia after WW2.Don,t worry.Not all has been lost..
Heres a puzzle.Try identify all the parts in the pile 🙂
By: Flatcat - 25th April 2011 at 07:24
When looking at photos like that I never know what to feel.
The serviceman and aircraft tech in me is saddened by the destruction of these machines.
The businessman and realist in me accepts that it is a necessary act, but the true reality had never struck me.
one of the comments on the photos made me think.
I remember discussing photos like these with my grandparents. I was aghast that beautiful airplanes like these would be wrecked. Their response was they were sick of the war. If they never saw another warplane again it would be too soon.
That was humbling for me………… ……… It is fun and interesting when it is a hobby. It is another animal entirely when you lived thru it.
These days there is always talk about closure around an incident or loss, I guess in some way the destruction of the war machine helped put the war behind them and provide some guarrentee that these weapons couldn’t be used to harm anybody else.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.
Lest we forget
Sign In
April 25, 2011 at 6:30 am