Some old Photos for your enjoyment
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Your are correct. The shadow round his face looked like a woman's hairdo till I looked closer.
Thumbcocker
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Wriz was in charge of Andersonville prison.
JWFilips
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From Shorpy.com:
February 1943. "Looking up an assembly line at Ford's big Willow Run plant in Michigan, where B-24E (Liberator) bombers are being made in great numbers. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians." 4x5 acetate negative by Howard Hollem for the Office of War Information.
February 1943. "Looking up an assembly line at Ford's big Willow Run plant in Michigan, where B-24E (Liberator) bombers are being made in great numbers. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians." 4x5 acetate negative by Howard Hollem for the Office of War Information.
RBHarter
West Central AR
It's funny I really liked the B25 and the Lancaster but just couldn't like the B24 aesthetics the B17 after the change to the round tail , C I think , was where I was at until I had a little time to look at the specs . Man what a workhorse and load hauler .
Guiltless confession the D18 Beech was always a wanderlust and the Lockeed Electra never even a tickle ...... That like being into running boards long swoopy round fenders and V12s and not liking Dusenburgs and pre 48' Lincoln's .
Guiltless confession the D18 Beech was always a wanderlust and the Lockeed Electra never even a tickle ...... That like being into running boards long swoopy round fenders and V12s and not liking Dusenburgs and pre 48' Lincoln's .
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
The more I read up on WW2 aircraft, tanks, ships and other vehicles, the more I realize what a huge variety of machines there were. And then there are the things they did with them. The British Short Sunderland's and it's activities alone are staggering. There were US aircraft I simply never heard of until I started following "Dark Skies" and some other aircraft channels on You Tube. I haven't even delved into the early jet aircraft! Amazing amount of history in these fields that took place so fast and at such large volumes all at once that it could be a hobby all in itself just keeping track of them. There are great channels devoted to the evolution of military ships, trucks, tanks, weapons...even uniforms. Amazing amounts of history out there.
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Thank you, John, for an excellent start to my day. Yep, I wasn't fooled by shadows, this time.
My late father-in-law was a bombardier/navigator on a B-24.
Mine too. One nite when he had too much to drink, told me when the fw 190 & ME shot it up they tossed everything out so they could crash on land vs water. He had take the nose gunner's place, guy got shot up pretty bad. Part of the job to stay alive.
Mine too. One nite when he had too much to drink, told me when the fw 190 & ME shot it up they tossed everything out so they could crash on land vs water. He had take the nose gunner's place, guy got shot up pretty bad. Part of the job to stay alive.
Try shooting them with a Dachshund in hot pursuit only a foot from their tails. With a Colt OP.
The U.S. Navy thought so too. More PB4Y-1's and the army B-24's were built then the B-17.
Wiresguy
Active Member
This is a link to the website honoring the service of the men of Carrier Aircraft Service Unit 44, a US Navy unit activated in February 1944 to service aircraft in the Pacific theater.
https://www.casu44.com/index.html
Some stories, lots of photos, including captured Japanese film.
https://www.casu44.com/index.html
Some stories, lots of photos, including captured Japanese film.
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From the start of the commercial airlines using jet aircraft till the moon landing took roughly 10 years time.
I once told my non-local granddaughter that there has been more innovation in my lifetime than in the previous 6000 years of recorded history. I don't know if mankind is designed to accept that much change in less than one lifetime, or not. However, I do know that I could live a perfectly normal life without much of it.
I once told my non-local granddaughter that there has been more innovation in my lifetime than in the previous 6000 years of recorded history. I don't know if mankind is designed to accept that much change in less than one lifetime, or not. However, I do know that I could live a perfectly normal life without much of it.