Bittereinder 2: Plane edition

[Toxn]

More from the Joburg war museum/museum of military history. The planes are fairly well-known, although there are a few surprises here that you guys might like.

 

Warning: lots of blurry photos ahead.

 

All from the Brink Hall. There's also a Hawker Hartebees lurking around in the background that I couldn't find an opportunity to photograph make an illustrative diorama of.

 

Engines, including a certain teutonic failure-engine lurking towards the right of the first picture.

 

This is probably the first exhibit you'll see. It's in a little glass-fronted display just past the entrance, along with its two chums.

 

Chum 1

 

Chum 2. Note the impressive late-war German build quality, as well as the utterly insane idea of making a fast, grossly unreliable aircraft into a night fighter.

 

Speaking of dangerous aircraft, here's an Impala. My brother had a friend in school who lost a father to one of these things.

 

A lonely whirlybird

 

Our nuclear option. The Canberra was unavailable for comment.

 

 

Turbodak's dad.

 

 

 

 

[LostCosmonaut]

25 minutes ago, Toxn said:

More from the Joburg war museum/museum of military history. The planes are fairly well-known, although there are a few surprises here that you guys might like.

 

Warning: lots of blurry photos ahead.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is that one of the German minisubs hiding in the back?

[Toxn]

1 minute ago, LostCosmonaut said:

Is that one of the German minisubs hiding in the back?

It is indeed! Check the main museum post in Historical Warfare for more pictures.