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Vapor trails from Allied Aircraft fill the skies over Belgium after the weather cleared during the Battle of the Bulge - December 24, 1944.
LIFE Magazine Archives - George Silk Photographer

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“Knowing what’s right, doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.”

Darn, chemtrail warfare all the way back then? How evil of Uncle Sam.

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Aerial Photographer with Red Wing Aerial Photography currently based at KRBD and tailwheel CFI.
Websites: Texas Tailwheel Flight Training, DoolittleRaid.com and Lbirds.com.

The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD. - Prov. 21:31 - Train, Practice, Trust.

That must've been quite amazing. Can you imagine the sounds as hundreds of radial and inline high-performance engines strained in combat??? A few Merlins or a B-17 passing by at an airshow is cool enough. But entire formations of them is hard to imagine now.

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Aerial Photographer with Red Wing Aerial Photography currently based at KRBD and tailwheel CFI.
Websites: Texas Tailwheel Flight Training, DoolittleRaid.com and Lbirds.com.

The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD. - Prov. 21:31 - Train, Practice, Trust.

Amazing set of photos, Mark, as always!

In the last black & white photo, in the lower left quadrant, is that a single-engine airplane going down trailing smoke from one wing? Doesn't look like a contrail.

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Dean Hemphill, K5DH
Port Charlotte, Florida

A 91st BG vet told me that one time he was on the ground and a large formation went over and it drowned out conversations on the ground for almost half an hour.

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Life member, 91st BG Memorial Association
Owner, 1944 Willys MB #366014
Former REMF (US Army, O3)