Spitfire XIVs of 610 Squadron in January 1944(rudeerude)

610 Squadron

Colonial troops looking for the wreck of an aircraft, likely a Martin Baltimore, crashed on the border of the Accra airport, Gold Coast, today Ghana, (take-off or land?) passing just over a thatched hut. Accident sure occurred during the ferry flight to Egypt for airplane’s delivery to RAF. Simple envisage the crew’s fate, for less than a miracle… The date of the photo is the same (21-12-42) of the picture of the Baltimore in flames: two accident the same day or, more likely, a date of photo’s filing? Notice the Douglas C-47, likely a RAF’s Dakota, in background. Victor Sierra

Crash in Africa

A knocked-out British tank destroyer &quot;Achilles&quot; (British variant of the US-American M10 &quot;Wolverine&quot;) gets inspected by German soldiers of Panzer-Regiment 22 (21st Panzer-Division). Northern France, summer of 1944. (Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-299-1818-05)