Chandler
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rich said:This is 'Little Miss Mischief' getting some paintwork - that familiar 'A' again.
Now that looks familiar, had never seen it as a patch.
Chandler
rich said:This is 'Little Miss Mischief' getting some paintwork - that familiar 'A' again.
rich said:Wonder why they're doing a 2 tone red, unless of course one
is the undercoat?
rich said:Check out the paint job on the lead B-24 here, it's one of the assembly ships for 458th BG.
Not close at all. From what I remember reading they were war weary ships, stripped of all combat exquipment that were only used for the regular planes of bombgroups to form up on. This was being done over England and the UK coastal area of the North Sea. A lot of circling was going on while getting up to altitude and in formation. Once the formation was formed, the formation plane returned to base.Chandler said:Anyone know just how close they'd get to the firefights? Chandler
better duck said:Not close at all. From what I remember reading they were war weary ships, stripped of all combat exquipment that were only used for the regular planes of bombgroups to form up on. This was being done over England and the UK coastal area of the North Sea. A lot of circling was going on while getting up to altitude and in formation. Once the formation was formed, the formation plane returned to base.Chandler said:Anyone know just how close they'd get to the firefights? Chandler
Swing said:
Nice picture of a war time redye.
better duck said:From what I remember reading they were war weary ships, stripped of all combat exquipment
Chandler said:I vaguely remember reading about them being weaponless, wonder who the crew was?
Chandler said:Missed this one -- which is the redye? The Sqd. Commander at the far right? My ELC Star could pass for that shade.
Chandler
Leadsky said:Last few I have. Ted also posted the photographer shot elsewhere.
An Air Force navigator on B-17 "Sweet and Lovely" tosses flight bag on truck after mission.
kevlarg said:Check out the gnarly tobacco stain the first guy's index finger. You have to chain 'em to get that!
Andrew you are spot on here. I have found a link to the B-17 "General Ike", which might be of interest.
Better known as sh!t brindle brown, the color of the mix of straw and horsepucky that used to cake barn floors all winter, and was spread on fields in spring.CBI said:My Aero Leather Real Deals have been in Seal. Its a slightly more contemporary color at least to me. For a long time the repro companies seemed to often produce russet products that had the color of dog poop to me.