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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: Debonair on February 10, 2007, 01:08:38 AM
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(http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/photo_galleries/xix_tac_photo_album/Photos/01069634_194.jpg)
A tremendous eruption of flame greets Captain Walsh of the 406 Group as his wingman records one of the best air destruction pictures of the war.
if you have seen a more or equally amazing WWII combat photo than this please post it:aok :aok :aok :O :O
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Oh come on, I can see the string! CLEARLY that was done by ILM, before Lucas started mucking it up with horrendous CGI. :D
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yeah, lol it is from die hard 2, i photoshopped out bruce willis:noid :noid
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Poor guy inside :(
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What do you mean, - it was a quick death!
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It looks like he's flying into the "rising sun".
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If I had to guess, I'd say the picture is mis-captioned. It looks more like a ground explosion to me.
If this is the 406th (Fighter) Group, they were actually trained as dive bombers and engaged regularly in strafing, close support and dive-bombing runs.
That said, they did fly escort, too.
No mention of the photo or a Captain Walsh at this website of the 406th (http://406thfightergroup.org/). I'll keep looking a little more.....
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Originally posted by kamilyun
If I had to guess, I'd say the picture is mis-captioned. It looks more like a ground explosion to me.
If this is the 406th (Fighter) Group, they were actually trained as dive bombers and engaged regularly in strafing, close support and dive-bombing runs.
That said, they did fly escort, too.
No mention of the photo or a Captain Walsh at this website of the 406th (http://406thfightergroup.org/). I'll keep looking a little more.....
Thats what I was thinking looking at this pic. Unless its a vulch, why would that road in the background be that clear?
Maybe they wanted to say "The best aircraft destruction pictures of the war." Meaning it was on the ground :)
Just a thought.
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I'm guessing it was an ammo truck or rail car. Gasoline doesn't explode like that.
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Could it have been a plane smashing against the ground after it was destructed in the air by 5 cals?
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If you look in the bottom right coner you can kinda make out a rail car. I bet it was a locomotive. It also looks like a fence.
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Originally posted by kamilyun
...No mention of the photo or a Captain Walsh at this website of the 406th (http://406thfightergroup.org/). I'll keep looking a little more.....
Captain Raymond Walsh, 513th Fighter Squadron...here is the gallery it is from (http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/photo_galleries/xix_tac_photo_album/TOC/Payoff.htm)
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LOlZ!1!!!! Teh inverted JABOEz attack!1!!!
(http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/photo_galleries/xix_tac_photo_album/Photos/01069634_198.jpg)
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yeah, there are a several like that in there.
3rd army poonton bridge-->(http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/photo_galleries/xix_tac_photo_album/Photos/01069634_251.jpg)
anyone knoe why?
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Originally posted by Debonair
yeah, there are a several like that in there.
3rd army poonton bridge-->(http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/photo_galleries/xix_tac_photo_album/Photos/01069634_251.jpg)
anyone knoe why?
8-point-roll paused in the middle to take a picture of an object on the ground?
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I think the pictures were taken in the southern hemisphere. Up is down.
lolz
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Perhaps he was holding the camera upside down
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Or it got installed upside down.
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I spoke to a German nightfighter pilot who shot a Lancaster with scrange musik, it exploded after he hit the bomb bay and the resulting explosion left 30 + holes in his 110. He only just made it home.
Maybe the 'kill' had ord?
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Originally posted by Debonair
yeah, there are a several like that in there.
3rd army poonton bridge-->(http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/photo_galleries/xix_tac_photo_album/Photos/01069634_251.jpg)
anyone knoe why?
Press alt + ctrl + down arrow to fly upstraight :)
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Originally posted by Ball
I spoke to a German nightfighter pilot who shot a Lancaster with scrange musik, it exploded after he hit the bomb bay and the resulting explosion left 30 + holes in his 110. He only just made it home.
Maybe the 'kill' had ord?
there are simular photos of a nachjaegar DH.98 that killed a V-1 at almost too close range
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Originally posted by zorstorer
Thats what I was thinking looking at this pic. Unless its a vulch, why would that road in the background be that clear?
I thought that was a contrail or something? I might've looked at it the wrong way...
Does anyone else see a slight smoke trail behind the P-47?
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Originally posted by frank3
I thought that was a contrail or something? I might've looked at it the wrong way...
Does anyone else see a slight smoke trail behind the P-47?
Doesnt the 47 have some sort of waste gate near the tail for the super charger thing? Maybe thats it....
Plus there is too much "up" in the explosion for it to be an air to air kill. Looks like a standard straffing/rocket run that hit something that went boom.
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When you touch off some of these babies...just watch this one
The Fighting Lady (http://www.archive.org/download/FightingLady/FightingLady.mpeg) has some great narration
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Originally posted by zorstorer
Doesnt the 47 have some sort of waste gate near the tail for the super charger thing? Maybe thats it....
Hmm I doubt it, on other pictures it never showed that the P-47 left a smoke trail behind it during flight
Im guessing it's a radiator/oil hit from the blast!
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I was noticing that trail too, I just figured it was exhaust or something, kind of like F4 Phantoms.
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maybe u r imagining the line
see martian canali for similar phenomenon