WW2 original color photos

[B-Man2]

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Interesting jacket with that collar tab . I wonder what kind of jacket that he’s wearing .

 

[flyincowboy]

Interesting jacket with that collar tab . I wonder what kind of jacket that he’s wearing .

Might be a private purchase?

 

[Blackboxr1200S]

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Bill Webster, test-pilot and poster boy
Curtiss-Wright P-40B/C Warhawk/Tomahawk/Kittyhawk Production in Buffalo, Kenmore Avenue Plant, winter 1941
Curtiss test pilot William Webster. Behind him is one of the first Curtiss P-40B fighters to be delivered to the Air Corps.
Photographer: Dmitri Kessel, Life Magazine

 

[B-Man2]

Could be an early Werber with a leather throat tab

 

[mulceber]

Yep, probably 1936 Werber. Some of them at least were made using that type of closure. Interestingly, those jackets didn’t have a collar stand either.

 

[Silver Surfer]

and, the side with the collar strap looks to be jetted on the liner. common to 4-5 pre war a-2 contracts.

 

[Greg Gale]

Nice A-2, any guesses about the contract? A Spiewak?

 

[Emchisti]

That Typhoon

 

[mulceber]

Nice A-2, any guesses about the contract? A Spiewak?

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That would be my guess.

 

[Enigma1938]

Nice A-2, any guesses about the contract? A Spiewak?

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Look how white the fleece is on the B3, every repro company seems to think that it was only cream colored...

 

[Pilot]

Kodakcr

 

[B-Man2]

Nice A-2, any guesses about the contract? A Spiewak?

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Never knew that US pilots flew British marked Typhoons. Maybe it was just a photo op next to one .

 

[Micawber]

The crew of Avro Lancaster "C for Charlie" of No. 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron RAF, try to warm themselves in their Nissen hut quarters at Dunholme Lodge, Lincolnshire, England, after returning from a raid on Stuttgart, 2nd of March 1944.

 

[Greg Gale]

ME-109s of the legendary 'Puma' wing of the Royal Hungarian Air Force:

 

[Pa12]

ME-109s of the legendary 'Puma' wing of the Royal Hungarian Air Force:

Anyone know if they used specialty built tires on the 109? Must be hard on the sidewalls, especially on pavement.