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Post by noooby on Apr 23, 2013 3:38:33 GMT 12
Ok, so there are one or two Free French photos as well. If anybody wants an original size version, just message me with the number of photo and I'll email the file to you. [a href="  "] [/a] Photo 1 [a href="  "] [/a] Photo 2 [a href="  "] [/a] Photo 3 [a href="  "] [/a] Photo 4. Yes, I know it is a Spitfire Mk.V, but in the background between the two Spitties is a P-40 wing standing on its leading edge. [a href="  "] [/a] Photo 5 [a href="  "] [/a] Photo 6 [a href="  "] [/a] Photo 7 More to come. I'm just about to board my flight from London, Ontario, home to Vancouver. Cheers Graham |
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Post by noooby on Apr 23, 2013 5:19:16 GMT 12
Some more while I wait to board and have free internet: [a href="  "] [/a] Photo 8 [a href="  "] [/a] Photo 9. Notice this aircraft was originally painted OD and they just masked off the text on the fuselage. [a href="  "] [/a] Photo 10 [a href="  "] [/a] Photo 11 [a href="  "] [/a] Photo 12 [a href="  "] [/a] Photo 13 [a href="  "] [/a] Photo 14 [a href="  "] [/a] Photo 15 [a href="  "] [/a] Photo 16 |
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Post by noooby on Apr 23, 2013 5:23:18 GMT 12
[a href="  "] [/a] Photo 17 [a href="  "] [/a] Photo 18 [a href="  "] [/a] Photo 19 [a href="  "] [/a] Photo 20 [a href="  "] [/a] Photo 21 [a href="  "] [/a] Photo 22 [a href="  "] [/a] Photo 23 [a href="  "] [/a] Photo 24 |
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Post by noooby on Apr 23, 2013 5:28:24 GMT 12
[a href="  "] [/a] Photo 25 [a href="  "] [/a] Photo 26 [a href="  "] [/a] Photo 27 [a href="  "] [/a] Photo 28. Ok, so this one is SBD's not P-40's [a href="  "] [/a] Photo 29 [a href="  "] [/a] Photo 30 |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 23, 2013 11:17:58 GMT 12
Awesome, some very interesting photos there. I had seen the shots of Scatterbrain before somewhere, and Poopy II (I think there may be decals available for models of both aircraft, not sure now). But the rest are new to me.
Wow that hangar in India is massive!
Interesting to see the two-seat P-40E!
Is that a Martin Baltimore in Photo 23?
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Post by baz62 on Apr 23, 2013 12:47:33 GMT 12
Yes very interesting photos. What colour are the repainted P40s? Seems to be a light colour?
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Post by chinapilot on Apr 23, 2013 14:29:26 GMT 12
That's the airship hangar built for the R101 in Karachi ( still part of India then)
The USAAF had a huge training and maintenance complex in the Karachi area covering several airfields for their units based in the CBI.
These fields are still visible today but the hangar is long gone.
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Post by Damon on Apr 23, 2013 21:36:57 GMT 12
Great pictures , cant get enough of the P-40's !
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Post by noooby on Apr 25, 2013 2:19:25 GMT 12
Baz, I'm thinking they are the desert pink colour. I've seen colour photos of them before. I don't know if the paint was supposed to be pink, but it certainly seemed to fade to a shade of pink after a while!
Martin Maryland is what is written on the back of the photo Dave. Although the Baltimore and the Maryland do look almost the same, so it could be Baltimore's in the photo.
In the fullsize, you can't quite read the code on the Maryland to the left, but the aircraft does look to be longer than a Baltimore to me.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 25, 2013 8:51:12 GMT 12
The RAF certainly painted Photo Reconnaissance Unit aircraft in pink in the desert, so the paint on these aircraft may well be a pink as applied.
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Post by baz62 on Apr 25, 2013 19:26:59 GMT 12
Baz, I'm thinking they are the desert pink colour. I've seen colour photos of them before. I don't know if the paint was supposed to be pink, but it certainly seemed to fade to a shade of pink after a while! Martin Maryland is what is written on the back of the photo Dave. Although the Baltimore and the Maryland do look almost the same, so it could be Baltimore's in the photo. In the fullsize, you can't quite read the code on the Maryland to the left, but the aircraft does look to be longer than a Baltimore to me. Ah the old pink eh? Loved seeing a PRIX Spitfire flying in this colour, something different to see. I also read somewhere that some of the US P40s olive drab paint faded to a pinkish hue? There was (or is ) a P40 painted pink in the US flown by a female pilot who ferried aircraft in the US during the war (mainly transports and bombers) |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 26, 2013 8:43:23 GMT 12
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Post by baz62 on Apr 27, 2013 12:10:19 GMT 12
Ah yes that's the one. I remeber reading that she always wanted to fly a fighter during the war but never did so finally got the chance of course after the war. I think there was talk of flying it again but don't think it did.
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