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Title: I’m looking for WWII Kill Board photo’s…
Post by: RATTFINK on June 02, 2009, 04:34:10 PM
The only photo’s of actual Kill Boards are the ones that the VF-17 Jolly Rogers had.

Would any of you gents have more examples of kill boards from WWII?  Preferably USN.

<< :salute >>
Title: Re: I’m looking for WWII Kill Board photo’s…
Post by: Motherland on June 02, 2009, 09:03:09 PM
Sorry, don't have any USN kill boards. If you're interested here are some interesting ones I've run across.

Theodor Weissenburger of 7./JG5, Bf 109G, really cool.
(http://www.pilotenbunker.de/Jagdflieger/Luftwaffe/Ehrler_Heinrich/ehrler7.jpg)

Heinz Knoke of 5./JG11, Bf 109G
(http://heinzknokewebsite.com/Images/Photo11_50.jpg)

Werner Moelders of JG53, Bf 109F
(http://fighteracesonline.com/molders3.jpg)

Guenther Specht, with Kurt Tank (pointing at the board), of II/JG11, Bf 109G
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-676-7975A-28%2C_Wunstorf%2C_Major_G%C3%BCnther_Specht_und_Prof._Kurt_Tank.jpg)


Ilmari Juutilainen with his Brewster Buffalo
(http://www.militaryimages.net/photopost/data/611/Eino_Ilmari_Juutilainen.jpg)
Title: Re: I’m looking for WWII Kill Board photo’s…
Post by: Treize69 on June 02, 2009, 09:08:15 PM
I'm partial to this one.

(http://www.elknet.pl/acestory/foto1/cantacuzino1.jpg)

(http://www.elknet.pl/acestory/foto1/cantacuzino2.jpg)
Title: Re: I’m looking for WWII Kill Board photo’s…
Post by: Rino on June 02, 2009, 10:08:15 PM
     I have better pictures on my other comp..but here's one.
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s199/guppy35/HH.jpg)
Title: Re: I’m looking for WWII Kill Board photo’s…
Post by: RATTFINK on June 02, 2009, 11:03:37 PM
Sorry Motherland & Treize69, I should have been more explanatory.

Kill Boards with emphases on "Boards". 

Here is an example of what I am looking for; but it is not exactly the one I had in mind.  I know there are vast differences between the USN kill boards, I would like to see em. :)

(http://home.windstream.net/hensons/VF17/Images/bouganville.jpg)
Title: Re: I’m looking for WWII Kill Board photo’s…
Post by: Delirium on June 03, 2009, 12:21:15 AM
edit: Rino beat me to it!
Title: Re: I’m looking for WWII Kill Board photo’s…
Post by: AWwrgwy on June 03, 2009, 12:24:57 AM
U.S.S. Lexington currently.  Repro? 


(http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5290/lextoday.jpg)


wrongway
Title: Re: I’m looking for WWII Kill Board photo’s…
Post by: FTJR on June 03, 2009, 12:47:08 AM
Whats the bird represent?
Title: Re: I’m looking for WWII Kill Board photo’s…
Post by: Tordon22 on June 03, 2009, 01:37:36 AM
I was thinking the same thing FTJR. Maybe planes destroyed on the ground? Sitting ducks? :)

-Zap
Title: Re: I’m looking for WWII Kill Board photo’s…
Post by: Angus on June 03, 2009, 03:49:10 AM
I have a very good one from the RAF, and if you drop me an email I'll send it to you.
Title: Re: I’m looking for WWII Kill Board photo’s…
Post by: Wolfie on June 03, 2009, 07:55:16 AM
Email sent Rattfink.

 :salute
Title: Re: I’m looking for WWII Kill Board photo’s…
Post by: SunBat on June 03, 2009, 12:14:37 PM
Whats the bird represent?

Somebody's mother.
Title: Re: I’m looking for WWII Kill Board photo’s…
Post by: Reschke on June 03, 2009, 01:02:41 PM
I have some around here on a USB drive that I still need to locate for the VF-17 guys.
Title: Re: I’m looking for WWII Kill Board photo’s…
Post by: AWwrgwy on June 03, 2009, 06:26:48 PM
Whats the bird represent?

I would guess "decoy"?  I've seen a duck used for decoy on B-24's before where they flew missions over the North Sea to show up on enemy radar and then RTB.

More:

Another one on the Island in the background

(http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g420000/g428152.jpg)


On a Destroyer.  (OK, not A2A)

(http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h59000/h59854.jpg)


Kiwis

(http://www.nzetc.org/etexts/WH2-1Epi/WH2-1Epi-d012a(h280).jpg)


Part of the 4th Fighter Group's scoreboard

(http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/gallery/4g/scoreboard.jpg)



wrongway
Title: Re: I’m looking for WWII Kill Board photo’s…
Post by: Treize69 on June 03, 2009, 06:31:31 PM
Heres a nice one from VMF-312.

(http://www.f4ucorsair.com/vmf312/kills.jpg)
Title: Re: I’m looking for WWII Kill Board photo’s…
Post by: Tec on June 03, 2009, 07:05:45 PM
Whats the bird represent?

Or the one kill marker that's black?
Title: Re: I’m looking for WWII Kill Board photo’s…
Post by: Guppy35 on June 04, 2009, 12:12:46 AM
Found this one of VF-9 in one of my books
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s199/guppy35/VF9.jpg)
Title: Re: I’m looking for WWII Kill Board photo’s…
Post by: Scherf on June 04, 2009, 05:46:21 AM
The duck kill marks are clearly for "kills of moot".

In any case, my dear boy, kill boards are something for Church:

(http://www.users.bigpond.com/MSN/mhuxtable/Easter2006046.jpg)


*ahem*

"And a-did those feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet
in anc-i-e-hent tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiime
walk upon Engl-land's
moun-tains greeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeen?"


(With thanks to Martin Bull and his shots of St. Andrew's Church, Little Snoring.)