WW2 original color photos

[Chandler]

Photoshop.

Is it just a good shutter speed, or is that odd prop not spinning?

Markings indicate 1947 or later.

 

[Rory Schultz]

Wow, even has a scope on it!

 

[B-Man2]

Wow, even has a scope on it!

Scope hell !! ... there better be a seat belt in there!

 

[Rory Schultz]

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Herr, by order of zee Fuhrer de hereby ordered to appear before zee firing squad for failing to give the proper finger salute to zee enemy!

 

[Rory Schultz]

Such nice looking freshly oiled flight gear. Oh, to have one of these back when we had Snowmageddon back a few months. No electricity or water for a week.

 

[Rory Schultz]

With real pilots behind the sticks ;-)

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Edit: The 2 first birds on this pics are the ones picttured with the reenactors in the cockpit. This was taken at Corsairs over Connecticut in 2010.

So cool, (cough cough) but we (cough cough) have to (cough cough) do a re-(cough)shoot!

 

[Rory Schultz]

Can someone Identify this logo from WW2? I have been having a booger of a time finding what outfit used it. I found a few similar ones used by both the RAF and Luftwaffe

 

[flyincowboy]

Photoshop.

Is it just a good shutter speed, or is that odd prop not spinning?

Markings indicate 1947 or later.

Nope it was a test flight for a turbo engine apparently no good enough!

 

[Chandler]

Nope it was a test flight for a turbo engine apparently no good enough!

The winkie indicated my smart aleckyness -- I didn't really think it was photoshopped.

Just sayin'.

 

[Lorenzo_l]

Ok ... this is a new one on me ... anyone ever seen one of these before?

That's a B-17 being used as an engine test-bed for the Pratt & Whitney T34 turboprop engine, which was to power, among others, the Douglas C-133 Cargomaster, a four-engine tactical airlifter.

More info and another picture of the beast in question here

 

[Lorenzo_l]

Photoshop.

Is it just a good shutter speed, or is that odd prop not spinning?

Markings indicate 1947 or later.

It looks like the T34 engine's prop is feathered on this shot. Would not be surprising in a test environment.

 

[Micawber]

That's one of Nathan Howland's [HOWDI] colourisations

 

[Chandler]

Okay, I gotta ask -- where did they move the bombardier?

(Before it goes too far, yes -- I keed once again! )

 

[Micawber]

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irtie 91st BG 323 BS

230157 OR - P. She was carrying the nose art "Hell's Belles" at the time of this incident which took place on July 30th 1944. The hydraulics were damaged shortly after crossing the Dutch coast and consequently had no brakes on landing back at Bassingbourn. A/C was declared salvage on August 25th.

I have photos of this incident but this is the first colour version of this one I have seen.

 

[Micawber]

B-24D Liberator lead assembly ship 'Barber Bob' of 93rd Bomber Group, US 328th Bomber Squadron based on RAF Hardwick, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Feb-May 1943
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Hardwick, another 8th AF station that's local to where I live.

 

[Micawber]

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That's another one of Nathan Howland's [HOWDI] colourisation.

 

[ausreenactor]

It's crazy to see how close B-17 formations were...

The fighters could not carve them up as much if they were 'tight'.

 

[jerome35]

 

[flyincowboy]

ball turett gunner

 

[Adama36]

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what was the protocol in case of sudden urges to go #1 or, even better, #2?