#wwii planes

[usafphantom2]

B-17’s

@Asethic_Aries via X

[atomic-chronoscaph]

art by Romain Hugault

[icecream4starscream]

[ Starscream (The Movie) fic ]

After seeing the "Bumblebee" movie, I'm toying with the idea of writing an Ao3 "Starscream: the Movie" fic where Starscream gets awoken early (and alone) in 1942 WWII Germany and disguises himself as an Messerschmitt Me 262 (one of the first jet engine planes. Used for combat in 1944, but test flights were happening in 1941). He spends nights scrambling for half-decent fuel while trying to maintain a low profile as he tries figuring out where the rest of the Deceptions are.

Luftwaffe dog-fighters start seeing him as an omen of good luck since he always attacks the RAF bombers, some believing the ghost of the Red Baron is flying (the main body of the plane is red), and begin referring to the empty plane as "Geist" [Ghost in German]. In truth Starscream's stripping RAF bombers fuel tanks mid-air under cover of darkness because it's the easiest way to get a ton of fuel while leaving behind little to no trace of what he actually is. He picks a German plane because at the time the [$-Villains of WWII-$] were winning so he just picks the winning side, he doesn't know or care about the details (i mean, it ain't HIS war).

That would be the initial setup anyway...

I mean, just imagine this plane in Starscream colors. TELL ME that wouldn't be a cool concept.

EDIT: I just found this epic recording of the plane in action along with the recording of the guy being stunned. Just thought I'd add it here.

And here's a clip from the movie "Red Tails" (2012) that shows just how their superior speed made these things a nightmare.

Just imagine Starscream pullin' up on a fleet of bombers in this form and doing his thing.

2ND EDIT:

So apparently there exists a Bay-verse Starscream figure that transforms into the Red Baron plane from WWI and I'm just scratching my head wondering how Micheal Bay managed to bungle a premise THIS good.

(Tbf, I can't really see Starscream as a propeller aircraft, he's supposed to be the fastest flyer so he should naturally have jets).

3rd EDIT:

Welp...guess it was only a matter of time before my pathetic aft posted this brainrot of mine:

Starscream (The Movie)

[a-4skyhawk]

PBY Catalina

[usafphantom-2]

The magnificent Kawanishi H8K (Allied reporting name - 'Emily') was a long-range flying boat, used by the Imperial Japanese Navy in WW 2.

One historian has called it 'the finest water-based combat aircraft of the Second World War', something that might be up for discussion? 🤔😁

@Clarke_aviation via X

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Prototype Sea-Hornet F. 20 on the aircraft carrier HMS Ocean, April 1945

@ron_eisele via X

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Fork-Tailed Devils: WWII's Twin-Boom Airplanes. https://youtu.be/aeALWs_mTa4 German BV 138 flying boat rendezvous with a Kriegsmarine submarine in 1943. HD Photo: https://dronescapes.video/FTD

[usafphantom4]

Last dewoitine 520D flying at Ferté-Alais piloted by Christian Boves.On July 13, 1986 in Vannes (Morbihan) he died during the flight presentation of this historic aircraft.

@ArianeTheSee via X

[migkiller]

pacific shadows

[grenadesandglory]

The male mind simply cannot comprehend the female obsession with the Junkers “Stuka” JU87.

[thon717-altcontrol]

Plane Research - Main character planes

I want my game to not be fully based around commonly known conflicts, so i will need to look at some planes that i can base my model off. I decided to do this because most people aren't too knowledgeable on, i think the most known war would be world war 2, so i will try to steer my planes models closer to that era.

The English manufactured Supermarine Spitfire, first flown in 1936, was a marvel along other aircraft in the time, designed as a short range high performance aircraft, over 20000 were made during world war 2 to fight the axis powered airspace. I am going use this specific plane due to its many variants that were developed during the time of this planes life. with various different engine changes, the creator of this plane build it with upgradability in mind

I am going to build a voxel model of this to use as the main character in game. For future ideas that could be added, i could explore different models of planes, with different shooting, flight control and flight speed. i could look at different versions of these planes with stronger engines, maybe after you kill a certain amount of enemies.

The Hawker hurricane is another aircraft developed and designed by A different person, but this aircraft was overshadowed by the Supermarine Spitfire. both aircraft were used in world war 2 and were both made in abundance, this plane was build smaller and faster than the Spitfire, but was overall a weaker plane compared to its predecessor. I Like the idea of making a smaller faster less damage dealing plane if i have the time to add customizable characters, giving players 2 different planes to play as when fighting.

Both planes look very similar but the hurricane was in face, smaller than the Spitfire.

Sources

Supermarine Spitfire - Wikipedia

Hawker Hurricane - Wikipedia

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@AcePilotAV via X

[icecream4starscream]

Felt a burst of inspiration to draw a storyboard sketch for my fanfic. Basically the premise is "What if Starscream was stuck in WWII?"

(For those who can't tell, Starscream is in the foreground diving at RAF bombers over Berlin. A searchlight is shining in his direction.)

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[a-4skyhawk]

Messerschmitt Me-264 'Amerikabomber'

[usafphantom-2]

#Japanese ace, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, in his Mitsubishi Zero A6M3 Model 22 (tail code UI-105) from the 251st Kōkūtai over the Solomon Islands in May, 1943.

#History #WWII

@WW2facts via X

[usafphantom-3]

Grumman FM-2 Wildcat

@ron_eisele via X