11bee Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Stumbled upon a nice selection of color pictures of WW2 USAAF aircraft. Also some Korean war and later shots. http://www.ww2color.com/nennius/webapps/slides/slides.php?db_limit_start=0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MikeC Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Great collection, thanks for sharing. A couple of small corrections for photo 5 though: it is a Mosquito PR Mk XVI as the caption wonders (not XV) and they were used mainly for target weather reconnaissance. The red tails were added around August 1944 and were, as the caption states, to prevent mis-identification as Me 410s. I know because I've just finished one. Airfix kit with some Eduard etch and Carpena decals. Apologies for the short thread hi-jack, once again thanks for posting. Link duly bookmarked. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Wowzer! What a nice bunch of well-preserved slides. The page 2 photo of Skinner's crew awaiting his Spitfire engine start is a fantastic view of real-world weathering. And the crash-landed Mitchell would have sure helped the fella who earlier asked about B-25 pilot window being able to open. Thanks, for posting, 11bee Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MacStingy Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Nice find! Go to the head of the class!! I've bookmarked this as I can see a Spit with stars in my future. Thanks a lot. Cheers Paul Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Space Tiger Hobbes Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Lots more here and probably better quality:http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=ForumsPro&file=viewtopic&t=14428&finish=15&start=0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nightiemission Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Love the three photos of the 82nd Fighter Group, 97th Squadron. That was my Dad's unit. He served with that unit from early '42 until March of '45. Cheers, Terry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-17 guy Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Just looking at the first two pages. I have a book that has almost every one of the WWII pics in it, in large full color beautiful pictures. The book is written with nothing but stories and letters from the people who were there. There are a lot of great stories in that book, HIGHLY recommended!! The book is air command by Ethell. There are 3 seperate versions, one for fighters, one for bombers and one with the fighters AND bombers! http://www.amazon.com/Air-command-Fighters-bombers-World/dp/0681227451/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1403283127&sr=8-1&keywords=air+command+ethell Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chadinko Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 You would think that someone as astute as Ethell would know a BT-13 from an AT-6... http://www.ww2color.com/nennius/webapps/slides/slides.php?action=update&primary_key=00175 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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