Warbirds from WWII Flying extremely low, to impress their mates, to escape from harm or to execute an attack. Either way, it makes for some very impressive pictures!
B-17F Fortress aircraft of the 91st BG, 8th Air Force executing a low fly-over during a demonstration at Bassingbourn, England, United Kingdom, 1943 [Via]
B-17F Fortress aircraft of the 91st BG, 8th Air Force executing a low fly-over during a demonstration at Bassingbourn, England, United Kingdom, 1943 [Via]
US B-17F Fortress aircraft ‘Hell Belle’ of the 91st Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Squadron doing a low-level fly-by at RAF Bassingbourn, England, United Kingdom, Jun-Sep 1943 [Via]
F4U Corsair flying top cover in WWII [Via]
A USAAF P-47 Thunderbolt at extreme low level. Note that the sweep of the camera’s pan has bent the buildings in the background. [Via]
A P-38 Lightning buzzing the field at Lavenham, England which was the home base of the 487th Bomb Group. [Via]
P-38 buzzing an airfield [Via]
P-38 Lightnings making a low-level pass over the runway at Shemya AAF, 1 August 1945 during the Armed Forces Day celebration [Via]
Boulton Paul Defiant Mark I night-fighter of No. 264 Squadron RAF, silhouetted against the clouds during a low-level pass over its base at Biggin Hill, Kent. [Via]
Two Royal Air Force Hawker Hurricane Mark IIs of No. 43 Squadron RAF make a low level pass over other aircraft of the Squadron, lined up at Tangmere, Sussex (UK). [Via]
Halifax B Mark II Series 1 (Special), JB911 KN-X, of No. 77 Squadron RAF, making a low level pass over other aircraft of the squadron at Elvington, Yorkshire. [Via]
Blenheim aircraft from 60 Squadron RAF level out for the “run in” to make a mast-head attack on a Japanese coaster off Akyab, Burms in 1942.[Via]
Lancaster low pass, with 3 engines feathered. Scary.[Via]
Messerschmitt Me-262 flying low [Via]
1945 World War II photo of American Republic P-47 Thunderbolts buzzing American troops in Brunswick, Germany [Via]
Truly low-level flight of the Ju 87 [Via]
Low-flying Short Sunderland patrol bomber at Kristiansten fortress (1945) [Via]
A squadron of Luftwaffe Ju-52 Junkers stream low over the Russian countryside near Demjansk, south of Leningrad. In February to May of 1942, the Germans were surrounded by the Red Army. Supplying the Germans during and after the “Demjansk Pocket”, was the role of the air force. Here, low flying in the slow transports was more a survival tactic than a joyride. [Via]