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Post by planecrazy on May 24, 2015 8:14:49 GMT 12
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Post by Ian Warren on May 24, 2015 9:59:34 GMT 12
Some impressive photo's amongst that lot.
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Post by davidd on May 24, 2015 10:39:22 GMT 12
A wonderful selection, probably half of them totally new to me! (unfortunately did not have a subscription for Life magazine, was too young at the time.) However I had to laugh at the caption for the second-to-last image - Wildcats in Burma/Malaya theatre?? Really? Looks more like Guadalcanal. Captioning barely adequate, but most of us can figure out what is going on here.
David D
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 24, 2015 12:46:06 GMT 12
Gotta love the B-26 Marauder front gunner having a sneaky ciggie in-flight!
What is the pre-war bomber dropping the phosphorous bomb above the ship? Looks like a WWI era aircraft.
The female PT-19 pilot doesn't even have a helmet! Must have been cold in that breeze!
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Post by Ian Warren on May 24, 2015 13:23:29 GMT 12
What is the pre-war bomber dropping the phosphorous bomb above the ship? Looks like a WWI era aircraft. That is a off one Billy Mitchell's demonstrations with attacks made by Martin MB-2 on the old USS Alabama. |
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Post by planecrazy on May 24, 2015 19:05:25 GMT 12
The female PT-19 pilot doesn't even have a helmet! Must have been cold in that breeze! I wonder if that one is a little staged perhaps?! |
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Post by davidd on May 25, 2015 11:45:47 GMT 12
One type of aircraft rarely seen in colour (or in B&W for that matter!) is the prewar Curtiss SBC-3 Helldiver biplane, so nice to see some excellent views on this thread - one of the few combat aircraft powered by the P&W R-1535 Twin Wasp Junior. Also one can eventually figure out that the monstrous aircraft discernable in the image less than half way through, and labelled as "Martin plant" is actually a PBM Mariner flying boat. Also very interesting colour shot of some exceedingly scruffy P-38s in the Aleutians, 1944, and I did love the nose-on view of the B-26 showing the fellow jammed in the nose with his ciggie, and three other crew members peering through the windscreen. When you realize that pretty well all the "glass" is actually plastic, you can appreciate how exposed these young fellows were when the flak began to fly - heroes all.
David D
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