WW2 original color photos

[flyincowboy]

the five grand

 

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[flyincowboy]

english b17

 

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[flyincowboy]

coffee

time

 

[Chandler]

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You can't tell that from the pic.

 

[Chandler]

Fahrschulpanzer? If my (now) remedial German is correct, that translates to tank driving school.

 

[Micawber]

Can't recall if I posted this before but came across these while moving some archive photos around. Sir Baboon Magoon of the 91st BGH made it back to England but crash landed on the way back from a raid due to shortage of fuel. A/C was repaired on site and was the subject of this magazine article. I met and became friends with at least one crew member of this a/c who was later to finish his war as a guest of the Germans. Let'skeep these images in here please chaps.

 

[Micawber]

May be repeats, apologies if so. Father Ragan at Bassingbourn. As an aside these are posed images, the guys in flight gear are in fact from the photo lab. My good friend the late Joe Harlick took some of the most iconic images of the 91st is on the far left.

Edited to add this one -Joe Harlick on the left...

 

[Micawber]

Bill Pulham from the photo lab at Bassingbourn. The lab guys had quite a few cats..

 

[Micawber]

I'm now pretty sure I've posted these before due to them being my resized from originals and where they are stored on my archival HD's - so this will be the last for now..

Mrs Howes, who's family still farm at Bassingbourn, in front of "The Peacemaker" which was lost on a local test flight killing all those onboard. One of a series of similar original colour photos featuring this good lady and her flock.

 

[ausreenactor]

You can't tell that from the pic.

You can tell from the smile. He has already consumed some..... I can't smile before coffee.

 

[ausreenactor]

Can't recall if I posted this before but came across these while moving some archive photos around. Sir Baboon Magoon of the 91st BGH made it back to England but crash landed on the way back from a raid due to shortage of fuel. A/C was repaired on site and was the subject of this magazine article. I met and became friends with at least one crew member of this a/c who was later to finish his war as a guest of the Germans. Let'skeep these images in here please chaps.

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Serviceable tail numbers were required every day... the crews would have been frustrated, but got the job done regardless.

'Can Do' is not just a Bomb Squadron motto, its an ethos!

 

[Riggs5893]

Uma Thurman time traveller??

 

[flyincowboy]

the cold blue

 

[flyincowboy]

b26 nose art

 

[Grant]

1943 photo of three badasses of the 303rd Kosciuszko Squadron, including ace Jan Zumbach (12 kills) on the left.

 

[Grant]

Margret Bourke White Kodachrome photo of some nice looking A-2's, taken somewhere in North Africa.

 

[Kermit3D]

Fantastic photo Grant !