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Title: Historical hi-def photographs.
Post by: G0ALY on December 08, 2008, 05:50:57 PM

Here is an interesting website for you history buffs. It’s www.shorpy.com (http://www.shorpy.com) and they feature high definition historical photographs.

If you click on "view full size" you get big pictures like these.

An interesting photo of early P51s (could actually be A36s). You skinners may be interested in the over spray on the camouflage paint jobs.

http://www.shorpy.com/node/1138?size=_original (http://www.shorpy.com/node/1138?size=_original)


It’s black & white, but here is a nice photo of B17s being assembled.

http://www.shorpy.com/node/5043?size=_original (http://www.shorpy.com/node/5043?size=_original)

And finally an interesting picture of a 16” naval shell that went astray.

http://www.shorpy.com/node/4641?size=_original (http://www.shorpy.com/node/4641?size=_original)

Title: Re: Historical hi-def photographs.
Post by: Steel on December 08, 2008, 05:54:59 PM

Those are fantastic photos!

The P-51 photo looks like 51-A's with the 4 20mm setup. They are defintly not run of the mill 51 B/C/D/H/Ks.

Steel

Title: Re: Historical hi-def photographs.
Post by: Airscrew on December 08, 2008, 06:00:51 PM

yea at least one of those is an A model cause the air intake is on top.  and it sure looks like they are the 20mm versions

Title: Re: Historical hi-def photographs.
Post by: Curlew on December 08, 2008, 06:41:19 PM

The b 17 assembly is my new background

Title: Re: Historical hi-def photographs.
Post by: Motherland on December 08, 2008, 06:47:47 PM

Those are P51's, not P51A's. The P51A was never produced with 4 20mm cannons.

Title: Re: Historical hi-def photographs.
Post by: G0ALY on December 08, 2008, 06:58:16 PM

A good picture of B24 factory.

http://www.shorpy.com/node/852?size=_original (http://www.shorpy.com/node/852?size=_original)

Title: Re: Historical hi-def photographs.
Post by: Rich46yo on December 08, 2008, 08:15:22 PM

Quote from: G0ALY on December 08, 2008, 06:58:16 PM

A good picture of B24 factory.

http://www.shorpy.com/node/852?size=_original (http://www.shorpy.com/node/852?size=_original)

Looking at that factory really makes you wonder what in heck were the Germans and Japs thinking when they declared war on America.

Title: Re: Historical hi-def photographs.
Post by: Airscrew on December 08, 2008, 09:05:16 PM

Quote from: Motherland on December 08, 2008, 06:47:47 PM

Those are P51's, not P51A's. The P51A was never produced with 4 20mm cannons.

actually I think they might be Mk1As,  British lead lease

Title: Re: Historical hi-def photographs.
Post by: Airscrew on December 08, 2008, 09:17:04 PM

ok, one of my books says serial #s FD438 through 509 were british lend lease.  The rest retained for USAAF after Pearl Harbor with RAF camouflage and US insignia, Serial #s FD418 to 567, 57 of them were later converted to F-6A and P-51-1. 

Serial # sequence doesn't make sense to me though

Title: Re: Historical hi-def photographs.
Post by: DREDIOCK on December 08, 2008, 10:28:31 PM

I kinda liked this one

"Killer Smile"
(http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/Stuka.jpg)

Title: Re: Historical hi-def photographs.
Post by: -tronski- on December 09, 2008, 03:39:14 AM

http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/1a34949u1_0.preview.jpg (http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/1a34949u1_0.preview.jpg)
http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/1a35303u.preview.jpg (http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/1a35303u.preview.jpg)

Love those two pics

 Tronsky

Title: Re: Historical hi-def photographs.
Post by: Grayeagle on December 09, 2008, 08:55:02 AM

Like looking through a window back in time.

As for what the Hitler and crew were thinking ..

..they were using their little heads and not their big ones.

LOL.


-GE