HistoryPhotos

1313 readers

168 users here now

HistoryPhotos is for photographs (or, if it can be found, film) of the past, recent or distant! Give us a little snapshot of history!

Rules

Be respectful and inclusive.
No harassment, hate speech, or trolling.
Foster a continuous learning environment.
No genocide or atrocity denialism.
Photos MUST be at LEAST 10 years old, and ideally over 20. We appreciate that we are living through events which will become history, but this is ultimately not a comm for news or current affairs, but events which have occurred some time in the past.

Related Communities:

founded 9 months ago

MODERATORS

Deceptichum@quokk.au

sga@piefed.social

PugJesus@piefed.social

Colorized photo of ground crew loading .50 cal ammunition into a P-47 Thunderbolt. 1944. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world to c/historyphotos@piefed.social

12 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Ground crew members carefully load .50 caliber M2 ammunition into the wings of a P-47 Thunderbolt, the legendary U.S. fighter of World War II. Each of its eight wing-mounted guns could hold up to 425 rounds, making the “Jug” a fearsome force in air-to-air combat and ground attack missions, built for durability and intense aerial battles in 1944.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] clucose@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

uff