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One of the advantages of working in aviation is sharing the love of our addiction's history.
One of the fellows brought this picture in for me. It was taken by a friend's uncle who flew P47s during WWII.
This picture is of the 8th Air Force's 56 Fighter Group escorting the 100th Bomber Group. You might note that this is a very early version of the P47.
enjoy...
V.
One of the fellows brought this picture in for me. It was taken by a friend's uncle who flew P47s during WWII.
This picture is of the 8th Air Force's 56 Fighter Group escorting the 100th Bomber Group. You might note that this is a very early version of the P47.
enjoy...
V.
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Wow, nice picture. That B-17 looks like it has quite the mission record on it's nose or a really huge nose art design. If it is mission records, that's what happens when you use big pictures and don't expect to live long enough for it to be a problem. That is a good problem to have.
that thing in the foreground is what i've sometimes been talking about. trying to describe. the air force had a whole bunch of them at kistler in biloxi when i was there. (learning e.c.m. maintenance) trainer version. same airframe and engine. except they were painted yellow. like bumble bees. which they reminded me of, because the wings looked too short to fly but that huge round engine made up for them. never know what to call them. what they they were called. never got close to them myself, but they were always practicing touch and goes. landings and take offs.
that's the one. never knew for sure what it was called. there was a ton of them at kistler in biloxi when i was going to tech school there. i could be wrong but it seemed like there was close to 50 of them.
my guess is that's where they all ended up and served out the last of their useful days.
my guess is that's where they all ended up and served out the last of their useful days.
Oh wow that's a gorgous picture!
I could just imagine the thrill of piloting such aircraft over the landscape...what a chance I'd surely jump on if given the opportunity.
You must tell your friend to share more pictures like this with you. You know how crazy we'll all go over them!
~Adrik
I could just imagine the thrill of piloting such aircraft over the landscape...what a chance I'd surely jump on if given the opportunity.
You must tell your friend to share more pictures like this with you. You know how crazy we'll all go over them!
~Adrik
often older aircraft are some of the most beutiful, american, british, japanese (which were actually superior, just the pilots wernt so) & german, a good propeller driven aircraft can keep afloat gliding at a mere 30-40mph...... tho as british, I prefer the hurricane over the spitfire, might of been slower in manuvrability, but heavier armour & larger guns, and from what I know, they were "gorgeous to fly, even with the cockpit open"
Saved. Faved. Now to rave...
Glah, is *that* ever a sweet shot. Deserves to be a poster (might just do it, too). Beyond
doubt, that had to have been taken out the side-gunners port of another B-17. Possibly with
a telephoto lens? That I might doubt.
And then cropped to give us that composition. Notice the cut-off drop tank; unlikely
the photographer did that.
In other words, there's more to that picture. Still squee-awesome. Yet again, buckets
o' thanx and kudos drench you for posting it.*
FB.
* (Yes, yes, it's a little slippery all over your lovely fur. Adds body and gloss.
Out of politeness we won't dwell on any dual-uses. :- ) )
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Glah, is *that* ever a sweet shot. Deserves to be a poster (might just do it, too). Beyond
doubt, that had to have been taken out the side-gunners port of another B-17. Possibly with
a telephoto lens? That I might doubt.
And then cropped to give us that composition. Notice the cut-off drop tank; unlikely
the photographer did that.
In other words, there's more to that picture. Still squee-awesome. Yet again, buckets
o' thanx and kudos drench you for posting it.*
FB.
* (Yes, yes, it's a little slippery all over your lovely fur. Adds body and gloss.
Out of politeness we won't dwell on any dual-uses. :- ) )
●●●●●●●●●●
The FA Writers Directory v1.0
I was reading a most interesting book concerning little known facts of WWII and it touched upon the espionage of the Germans before the war, and apparently the Americans were very lax as one of their best spies actually had the plans (at that time top secret) for the B-17 and was caught with them - and then let go!
It was a tough wondrous aircraft.
V.
It was a tough wondrous aircraft.
V.
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