Military Aviation On Stamps

A 2011 release!

Jesús Antonio Villamor (1914-1971) was a Filipino pilot who fought the Japanese in World War II. For his bravery and victories as a fighter pilot and his leadership of his squadron, Lt. Colonel Villamor was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Oak Leaf Cluster by the United States Army, and, by President Ramón Magsaysay, for his bravery and his ingenuity as an intelligence officer, awarded the highest Philippine military bravery decoration, the Medal of Valor. Here is an image of a stamp depicting Villamor's Boeing P-26 Peashooter engaged in a dogfight with two Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zeroes, with an inset portrait of the pilot, printed by photogravure, and issued by the Philippines on April 9, 1973, Scott No. 1186.

- nethryk

Hi!nethryk!

Totally amazing post!

Thanks John.

KGV Collector - Thanks!

The Dassault Aviation MD.454 Mystère IV was a French fighter-bomber aircraft, and the first supersonic aircraft to enter service in the French Air Force. From 1953 to 1958, 411 Mystère IV aircraft were built. Other primary users were the Israeli Air Force and the Indian Air Force. Here is an image of an airmail stamp depicting the Mystère IV in a steep climb, designed by French aviation illustrator and painter Paul Lengellé (1908-1993), engraved by Charles-Paul Dufresne, and issued by France on January 16, 1954, Scott No. C29, Y&T No. PA30. Note how well this stamp's design conveys the speed and power of the aircraft.

- nethryk

Australia War savings Stamps.

The Nord Noratlas was a 1950s French military transport aircraft intended to replace the older types in service at the end of World War II. Several hundred were produced in a run lasting over a decade. Here is an image of an airmail stamp depicting a Noratlas, designed by Paul Lengellé, engraved by Jules Piel, and issued by France on January 11, 1960, Scott No. C37, Y&T No. PA38.

- nethryk

7 November 1950 - an American Sabre F2 struck a Russian Mig-15 in Korea. It is the first official combat in history between two jets,

Nethryk: that Noratlas sure looks like the Fairchild C-119 that I flew in many decades ago:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairch...lying_Boxcar

cynical - It sure does! How did the "Flying Boxcar" handle?

- nethryk

Here is an image of an airmail stamp depicting fighter airplanes (which resemble Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3's) and the Soviet Air Force flag, designed by Russian artist and draughtsman Vasily V. Zavialov (1906-1972), printed by lithogravure, and issued by Russia (USSR) on December 10, 1948 for Air Force Day, Scott No. C82, Zagorski No. 1251.

- nethryk

Netrryk: I "rode" in it a couple of times between Edmonton and Cold Lake, Alberta. It was cold, noisy and vibrated you to your destination. People might remember the Jimmy Stewart movie (Flight of the Phoenix?) and think of the "flying boxcar" but I think that the plane in that movie was a short-lived, under-powered, forerunner of the C-119, known as the Fairchild C-82 Pacquet. Hopefully, I've got that right. The little "grey cells" aren't as good as they once were.

The PZL.37 "Los" (English: Moose) was a Polish twin-engine medium bomber, used in the defense of Poland against the Nazi German invasion in September, 1939. Here is an image of a stamp depicting a Los bomber in flight, printed by photogravure, and issued by Poland on October 14, 1971, Scott No. 1849.

- nethryk

December 7, 1941 is "a date which will live in infamy". - U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Seventy years ago today, 353 airplanes from 6 aircraft carriers of the Imperial Japanese Navy conducted a surprise attack against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In the attack, 2,402 Americans were killed, and 1,282 wounded; many U.S. Navy ships were sunk or damaged (but no aircraft carriers), and 188 U.S. airplanes were destroyed. The attack came as a profound shock to the American people and led directly to the American entry into World War II in both the Pacific and European theaters. Although the attack was a tactical success, for Japan and its Axis partners it was a strategic and geo-political blunder of the first magnitude. Here is an image of a stamp depicting damaged and sinking U.S. Navy warships at Pearl Harbor, designed by artist William H. Bond of Arlington, Virginia, printed by lithogravure, and issued by the USA on September 3, 1991 as one of 10 stamps from a minisheet showing WWII events of 1941, Scott No. 2559i.

- nethryk

Interesting topic. Here's my contribution.
40 Years of Singapore Air Force set shows some cool hardware, I like the 65cent stamp which shows an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.

Little Norway, originally located in Toronto, and later in Muskoka, Ontario, was the training camp of the Norwegian Air Force in Canada during World War II. Here is an image of a stamp depicting a Norwegian pilot and a mechanic, with a symbolic Viking in the background, designed by Captain Harald Nicolaysen, engraved and printed by the Canadian Bank Note Company, and issued by Norway on March 22, 1946 to honor members of the Norwegian Air Force trained in Canada, Scott No. 274, SG No. 379, Facit No. 351.