HMSpotato
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RAF Bomber Command reenactor. I like arguing with people who think German stuff is cool.
15000ft over G*rmany
Joined December 2016
#OnThisDay 80 yrs ago in 1945 the last 'service' launch from an RN carrier by a Fairey Swordfish took place from HMS OCEAN. Though HMS CENTAUR launched 2 in 1959 during the filming of Sink The Bismarck. In WW2 it destroyed more enemy maritime tonnage than any allied aircraft.
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Aircraft carriers CV #HMSArkRoyalย R09 (1955-1979) Audacious Class ๐ท June 1957 #NewYork @I_W_M
@RoyalNavy ๐ฌ๐ง
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Aircraft carrier CVL #HMSHermes R12 (1959-1984) Centaur Class ๐ท early 70's @Kon_Luchtmacht ๐ณ๐ฑ @RoyalNavy ๐ฌ๐ง
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Lightning F.6 of No. 74 Squadron at RAF Leuchars, Fife. Note the Red Top air-to-air missiles on the front fuselage and over-wing long range fuel tanks.
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Lead Ship, Battlecruiser HMS Renown pictured in Plymouth Harbour, for a meeting between King George VI and President Harry S. Truman on August 2nd 1945.
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Tigers are solitary animals, they love huge personal space. Lions are clingy and social animals
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โก๏ธโ๏ธ Supersonic Sunday Challenge! โ๏ธโก๏ธ At Mach 1, you're flying at 343m p/s, 4 football pitches in a blink ๐ Our Typhoon & F-35s do it daily. If you could move at Mach 1, would you: ๐๏ธ Zoom to the beach ๐ Grab pizza in Naples ๐ Lap the globe before coffee? ๐ Your turn!
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HMS York (D98) Royal navy Type 42 Destroyer entering Portsmouth Harbour 05/10/1992 โ๏ธ
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Westland Scout attached to 3 Commando Brigade Air Squadron landing on HMS Hermes off the coast of northern Norway on 1st March 1970. Source: https://t.co/iv8SxDZc5s (user: Savoia)
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