Random Cool Photo Thread

[Micawber]

Ridgewell wall art

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Been there.

 

[johnwayne]

Are these pretty recent photos?

Was just going to ask same!
For years, inside my garage has had plain white walls and I’ve often thought about doing a big ‘star ‘n bar’! In a book I have ‘War Paint and Heraldry’ it gives the proportions etc so one day, perhaps!!

 

[nagmashdriver]

Yes I know, another photo thread but I couldn't find anywhere appropriate to post this and I thought it was just awesome, so this thread can be a place holder for all the other cool photos that don't fit in all the other photo threads.

Two Texas ANG 51s over USS Texas in 1948. Note how the one on the left hasn't had the new USAF red bar added to the wing star and bar.

Hope you guys like it as much as I do (as always click on the pic for larger)...

Cool pic, especially with the contrasting "stars and bars"! Reminds me of a similarly cool pic which just happens to be for sale...

 

[flyincowboy]

Are these pretty recent photos?

Dont know but to me they look like original wall art

 

[leper-colony]

 

[B-Man2]

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Anyone notice the “Private Purchase “ jacket on the guy standing on the far right?

 

[johnwayne]

Anyone notice the “Private Purchase “ jacket on the guy standing on the far right?

Just noticed that too, interesting to think why he wouldn’t have had or qualified to have an A2, he certainly looks like ‘flight personnel’ but poss a ‘desk jockey’ whom I think didn’t qualify? Also interesting his how the M41 ‘Parsons’ Field jacket regularly turns up in pics along with Tanker jackets as in this pic! Thought they were just Army issue but maybe why I have all three in my repro wardrobe!!

 

[B-Man2]

I think that the USAAF had access to everything clothing wise that the US Army infantry guys were being issued . Pretty much similar to USAAF using kit from the RAF. Photos often show US Pilots wearing life vests, helmets, boots etc from RAF inventories. A bunch of P.38 pilots used tanker jackets as flight jackets as well.

 

[ZuZu]

Just noticed that too, interesting to think why he wouldn’t have had or qualified to have an A2, he certainly looks like ‘flight personnel’ but poss a ‘desk jockey’ whom I think didn’t qualify? Also interesting his how the M41 ‘Parsons’ Field jacket regularly turns up in pics along with Tanker jackets as in this pic! Thought they were just Army issue but maybe why I have all three in my repro wardrobe!!

I think they wore whatever they liked! I think some found their "old pal from home" jacket a comfort possibly. And I think part of the reason we ended up with the MA1 was the WW2 tanker jacket. Warmer and more efficient in the cockpit. All of this from me is of course 100% pure speculation...

 

[FlakMagnet]

Caption: “B-29 crew eating ice cream in the galley”

 

[Micawber]

The late Honor Blackman was a young dispatch rider for the Home Office in WW2..

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

Kharkov, everybody wearing his parka.
post this picture for its historical reference value, no mean to promote w-ss and their ideology.

 

[Thomas Koehle]

USN personell somewhere in the pacific ...

still using the "cumbersome" M1937 haversack (well never used one but just heard about it) ... - and obvious if you see how to pack it

 

[Thomas Koehle]

Flightdeck Medics displaying G1/M422 jackets with their standard fire protection gear

 

[Thomas Koehle]

PBY-crew somewhere in the Aleutians

 

[Thomas Koehle]

USN "Rembrandts" performing their art in cold weather gear displaying early deckjackets

 

[Thomas Koehle]

 

[Thomas Koehle]

another PBY-crewmember performing pre-flight checks

 

[Thomas Koehle]

famous "Easy Rider" wearing a A2 with Tank-Destroyer patch

 

[Thomas Koehle]

P38 with crew