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WWII Fire control towers at Cape Henlopen State Park. on the Rehoboth Beach side, Delaware. The towers somehow remind me of the Pacman video game, each with a "mouth" to gobble up the wind and rains.
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1944 RAF Supermarine Spitfire G-PRXI PL983 WWII Photo reconnaissance aircraft
Photo taken at Imperial War Museum Duxford Cambridgeshire UK 2nd June 2023
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A few miles to the east of RAF Woodvale is this structure on the open fields of Downholland Moss between Southport and Liverpool. It is a dummy light site dating from the Second World War. The platform on the end of the structure housed a large spotlight which was shone around the adjoining fields to mimic the taxi-ing and take off of airplanes. The generators were housed in the rear of the structure and there was a blast wall a the bottom of the steps on the right. Now it is gently decaying, probably housing the local wildlife
Northern Texas…vehicles, mostly military for restoration and will eventually be displayed or driven in WWII re-enactments by their owners.
Alnmouth beach, Northern England.
These concrete cubes were placed on Alnmouth beach during WWII to impede the progress of any German invasion. They are very photogenic and have a brutalist nature to them. They make good hiding places for kids playing on the beach and they make handy seats for adults.
Took a little break from my WW1 moc due to lack of pieces until my bricklink order happens and took some time to wrap up this drawing a started a while back
1944 Cavalier F-51D Mustang Miss Rebel LN-BMU 155 Formally a WWII Mustang USAAF 44-10753 rebuilt in 1968 by Cavalier
Photo taken at the Imperial War Museum Duxford Cambridgeshire 5th Sept 2025 Battle Of Britain Air Show Fly in and Practice Day
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Done via Light Painting with LED flashlight, layers and masking. Tried to simulate a WWII P-47 night bombing run illuminated by fires below. Still trying!
A WWII Navy Hellcat fighter revs it's massive radial engine at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, Texas.
Hoek van Holland is an amazing place which you have to visit every now and then. Today we explored HvH!
My original visit was back in 2012, the Storehouse was vastly overgrown back then ( www.flickr.com/photos/139375961@N08/shares/sRmFG0 )
Speaking to a local chap, who informed me the area where the Storehouse is positioned was amongst the cattle sheds, recently cleared out by the current owner, the area may be put over for housing.
Situated along the Queensborough Canal on the Isle of Sheppey and part of the anti-invasion defence line for Sheerness dockyard. I don't know what it was for. Any ideas?
Seen in March 2022.
WWII Memorial. Washington D.C. Photo by John Lishamer Photography (www.johnlishamer.com) All Rights Reserved. Nikon F3. Nikkor 24mm f2.8 ais. Fuji Neopan 400 @1600 (expired). Rodinal.
This is another relic from WWII that was on Brean Down looking into the Bristol Channel. The roof has supports and there are warnings not to enter.
With Dunstanbrough castle in the background
North sea coastal defences .In 1940 a network of defences was hastily built all over the British Isles to prevent an anticipated German invasion. The most common of these defences were called “pillboxes”, squat concrete forts that were sited at road junctions, canals and other strategic points.
With the passage of time it is estimated that less than 6,000 of a total of 28,000 pillboxes built still survive. They remain as permanent monuments and a silent tribute to the courage and tenacity of the British people during the dark days of 1940 when Britain stood alone against Nazi Germany.
This site attempts to show some of what still remains today.
Click here to visit the old site
UK WWII Defence Locations
It is by no accident that the majority of defence structures are located where they are. With the emergency evacuation of the BEF from the beaches of Dunkirk there was an obvious and urgent need to build defences against the threat of Nazi Invasion.
The result was the construction of Stop – Lines, consisting of man made objects located to enhance the natural ‘lay of the land’.
The basic concept was detailed in a Southern Command memo dated 22nd June 1940 (public Records Office WO 199/1800) covering the construction of GHQ Zones, which stated:
“The immediate object is to divide England into several small fields surrounded by a hedge of anti-tank obstacles which is strong defensively, using natural accidents of the ground where possible. Should Armoured Fighting Vehicles attack or airborne attacks break into the enclosures the policy will be to close the gate by blocking the crossing over the obstacles and to let the ‘dogs’ in the shape of armoured formations, or other troops, to round up the cattle”
This indicates that the stop-lines were constructed to block the progress of German armoured columns, setting them up for a counter attack by our defending forces. A Stop-Line would be a continuous anti-tank obstacle, natural if possible, covered by Pillboxes and other prepared positions.
On 25th June 1940, General Paget, Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief Home Forces submitted General Ironside`s anti-invasion plan to the War Cabinet in the form of Home Forces Operation Instruction No.3.
SECTION 13 of the Instruction stated: “The general plan of defence is a combination of mobile columns and static defences by means of strong-points and stops. As static defence only provides limited protection of the most vulnerable points, it must be supplemented by the action of mobile columns. However mobile such columns may be they cannot be expected to operate immediately over the whole area in which it is possible for the enemy to attempt invasion by sea or air. It is therefore necessary to adopt measures for confining his actions until such time as mobile columns can arrive to deal with him. This will be done by means of stops and strong-points prepared for all round defence at aerodromes which are necessary to prevent the enemy obtaining air superiority, at the main centres of communications and distributed in depth over a wide area covering London and the centres of production and supply. This system of stops and strong-points will prevent the enemy from running riot and tearing the guts out of the country as had happend in France and Belgium.”
Castle Films Reel - 1944 - Rome and Invasion D-Day.
Found this at a flea market in NC. Because metal reels would have rusted, these cardboard reels were used when sending these reels to naval ships to be shown to the troops. The reel is about 4 inches across and is cardboard material.
First time I've taken it out since I bought it. I keep it in a metal tin to block it from light. I photographed it in my black box with no flash.
This is an old WWII bombshelter in Kafertal Not far from here is where George S Patton had his car accident.
I am still trying to find maps for 1944 to 1945 to find the right place where it happen.
Printed samples I just got back from my new printer, quality is excellent and looks like pad printing :) These minifigs will be available on either my etsy or my eb@y tonight for discount prices so check them out!
Photograph of an unidentified man and woman holding each other kissing, while standing on a beach with a house in the background at an unidentified location [either in North Carolina or Baltimore, Maryland] during World War II. The couple was having a day out with Jacqueline E. Taylor of Morganton, N.C. [printed in 1944].
From Jacqueline E. Taylor Papers, WWII 154, World War II Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
Chad Hill of Django Studios has recently finished painting the noseart on 1942 Douglas C-53 Skytrooper “Beach City Baby.” This photo is a popular painting done of WWII crew chiefs with the subject matter. In this photo is Chad (on the ladder), Vintage Wings Inc President & Founder Jason Capra (captain’s window) and Emilee Derewicz who is the model and Jason’s Fiancée.