My colorized photos

[Greg Gale]

This is not finished yet, but can anyone identify the Huey unit? I have no idea what color the logo on the nose should be:

 

[ausreenactor]

Cavalry crossed sabers/horsehead atop a white chevron?

 

[Lorenzo_l]

This is not finished yet, but can anyone identify the Huey unit? I have no idea what color the logo on the nose should be:

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Great choice, Greg. Archetypal image of the Vietnam war. Although the world, and the war, were mostly in colour by the ime the Vietnam war rolled around.

 

[jeremiah]

Looks great Greg.

 

[B-Man2]

Your doing a bang up job with these!!

 

[Silver Surfer]

wow!

 

[Greg Gale]

Thanks, but I still don't know what unit it should be. I doubt it's the crossed swords of the air cav.

 

[Cocker]

Amazing job, Greg! I'll dig a bit, see what I can fond!

 

[Greg Gale]

Pilots of the 5/I "Puma" Fighter wing of the Royal Hungarian Air Force somewhere on the Eastern front in early 1943. The aircraft is a Messerscmitt Bf-109F-4. The pilot holding the propeller is fighter ace György Debrődy, who finished the war with 204 combat missions and 26 confirmed victories. On November 16 1944 he attacked a Yak-9 head on. The enemy plane exploded, but his last cannon shell hit Debrődy in the stomach. The Hungarian managed to crash land before he lsot consciousness. He recovered and re-joined his unit in 1945, but he wasn't allowed to fly any more combat missions.

 

[ausreenactor]

That took 'guts'. Hardy men back in the day. Being offended can get you time off work these days?

 

[Greg Gale]

War is hell

 

[Greg Gale]

John Glenn standing by his damaged F9F in Korea, 1953

A Hungarian MIG-15 on dawn patrol in 1960:

Famous photo of a No.19 Sqn Spitfire Mk.I - early version with 2 bladed wooden prop. Typical example of why a bad quality photo remains just that, even when colorized.

 

[ausreenactor]

Great stuff!

 

[Thomas Koehle]

Awesome Job "barát"

Will Need to get back to Kecskemet for a couple of days by tomorrow

where do you usually hang around?

 

[Greg Gale]

Thank you Thomas, I used to live in Budapest, but now moved to Indonesia half a year ago. Would have been nice to grab a beer!

 

[Thomas Koehle]

Thank you Thomas, I used to live in Budapest, but now moved to Indonesia half a year ago. Would have been nice to grab a beer!

Oh yeah - I saw those pics but forgot ...

Enjoy your life their - been livin’ / workin’ abroad for about 12 years and know about the pros ‘n cons

 

[Greg Gale]

 

[jeremiah]

What a great job you do with these Greg.

 

[B-Man2]

Definitely a talented guy!

 

[Greg Gale]

Thank you!