WW2 original color photos

[flyincowboy]

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NICE NOSE ART !

 

[Micawber]

357th FG Raydon...

 

[jerome35]

 

[flyincowboy]

B17 tail gunner wiew

 

[flyincowboy]

b17g crew

 

[Kermit3D]

Pictures you share are amazing !
Thank you so much to all of you !

 

[ausreenactor]

Great photo Couchy but I'm pretty sure that's one that John Dibbs took just a few years back.

Cracking shot though.

Ummed and aaahed about posting. Period flight helmet added to it.....and the 'straight up approach.

 

[KariJ]

Here is some pictures from our War Archives. The first is a fighter Fokker DXXi used by Finnish Air Force. The second is a Finnish pilot inside soviet Tupolev SB-2. It is not known that the republic of Finland never bought one, but we used everything what we found

 

[KariJ]

A Finnish ace Captain Hans (Hasse) Wind in front of his Brewster B.239. Decorated and honored twice with Mannerheim Cross, 2nd Class, View attachment 57974of the Order of the Cross of Liberty

 

[ausreenactor]

Here is some pictures from our War Archives. The first is a fighter Fokker DXXi used by Finnish Air Force. The second is a Finnish pilot inside soviet Tupolev SB-2. It is not known that the republic of Finland never bought one, but we used everything what we found View attachment 57972

An 'old Fokker' that one!

 

[KariJ]

Not in colour and not leather jackets. We could not afford that kind of luxury. Just cotton coverallas. Summer 1944

An 'old Fokker' that one!

Yes it is. It was not anyhow capable plane at that time. It was our main fighter plane in 1939-1940 .In war 1941-1945 we had a coctail of planes, mostly German American, French, British and also planes "donated and found" by our neighbour Soviet Union. Same in tanks

 

[KariJ]

An interesting detail of personal equipment of this one pilot. A traditional knife of my home area. Probably a heirloom. So called "kaksineuvoonen". A hand made knife from Osthrobothnia

 

[flyincowboy]

 

[flyincowboy]

p51 b

 

[flyincowboy]

p38

 

[flyincowboy]

p39

 

[flyincowboy]

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[flyincowboy]

B17
HONEY CHILE 2

 

[flyincowboy]

 

[flyincowboy]

THIS p47 64 FIGHTER SQUADRON mission to Milan, struck the ground during a low level strafing run