#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).

[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

[usafphantom-3]

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

@ron_eisele via X

[dronescapesvideos]

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

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[goldmanguyperson]

everyone shut up and look at my pby-5 catalina with me

[migkiller]

oh so calmed the skies of christmas/

we are/by long test and tradition/not given to imaginary fears

[usafphantom2]

B-25 Mitchell & P-51 Mustangs

@Sylvia70485099🇫🇷🇺🇦via X

[usafphantom2]

P-51D

WW2

[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