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Title: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: Shuffler on November 17, 2009, 09:24:12 AM: For some reason this picture caught my eye. The terrors of war .... at peace.

(http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/15651700.jpg)
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: lowZX14 on November 17, 2009, 09:34:50 AM: That looks an awful lot like one I saw on Tinian Island there Shuff. I'll see if I can dig the pic up and get it on here.
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: SEraider on November 17, 2009, 11:28:31 AM: I wonder if it is an A6M.
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: Shuffler on November 17, 2009, 01:38:53 PM: Quote from: lowZX14 on November 17, 2009, 09:34:50 AM
That looks an awful lot like one I saw on Tinian Island there Shuff. I'll see if I can dig the pic up and get it on here.

It is.....
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: DREDger on November 17, 2009, 01:42:04 PM: Any idea what make of plane it is?
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: Shuffler on November 17, 2009, 02:01:00 PM: Quote from: DREDger on November 17, 2009, 01:42:04 PM
Any idea what make of plane it is?

Can't find reference to it on that site...

http://boingboing.net/2009/04/12/rotting-wwii-junk-in.html (http://boingboing.net/2009/04/12/rotting-wwii-junk-in.html)
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: Motherland on November 17, 2009, 03:31:40 PM: It's a zero judging by the canopy framing.
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: Serenity on November 17, 2009, 03:50:35 PM: Quote from: Motherland on November 17, 2009, 03:31:40 PM
It's a zero judging by the canopy framing.

Thats the first thing that popped into my head.
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: Unit791 on November 17, 2009, 04:10:37 PM: Heres some good pictures of Dutch troops in WW2-

(http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/tt330/Mauser95/DZW-Fm_204_1_.jpg)

(http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/tt330/Mauser95/LEGER019.jpg)

(http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/tt330/Mauser95/dutchcarriers_.jpg)
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: Simba on November 18, 2009, 01:10:32 PM: It's a Mitsubishi A6M Zero, Allied codename 'Zeke'; late-model A6M5 Type 52 by the look of it, as it has multiple exhaust pipes and the cowling louvres for the over-the-engine machine guns.

:cool:
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: SEraider on November 18, 2009, 01:13:18 PM: Quote from: Simba on November 18, 2009, 01:10:32 PM
It's a Mitsubishi A6M Zero, Allied codename 'Zeke'; late-model A6M5 Type 52 by the look of it, as it has multiple exhaust pipes and the cowling louvres for the over-the-engine machine guns.

:cool:

Wow, I just felt like I watched a car commercial. :D

Nice job.
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: Lye-El on November 18, 2009, 06:04:05 PM: Cool picture. Just made it my desktop background. :aok
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: jay on November 18, 2009, 06:48:56 PM: is the picture recent? (a year or 2?)
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: bravoa8 on November 18, 2009, 06:55:11 PM: Cool picture looks like a Zero to me.
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: AirFlyer on November 18, 2009, 08:50:45 PM: Having trouble telling since the entire cowling is ripped apart. Looks like someone stripped it of the cowling guns, ammunition magazines, and the aux. tank. The wings are all pretty indistinguishable and can't tell if it has the old Type 99 Mark I short-barrel 20mm or the newer Mark II model.
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: AirFlyer on November 18, 2009, 09:05:25 PM: Been looking at this and I just remembered where I saw it, it reminds me of the Zero found on Pagan Island.

(http://www.j-aircraft.com/walk/other/zeropa1.jpg)

(http://www.j-aircraft.com/relics/dudley_foster/paganzero.jpg)

(http://www.j-aircraft.com/relics/dudley_foster/Zero_front.jpg)

(http://www.j-aircraft.com/relics/dudley_foster/Zero_starboard.jpg)
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: lowZX14 on November 19, 2009, 07:55:06 AM: Pagan Island, that's it, not Tinian like I thought. Hey give me a break it was over 6 years ago. If I remember I'll get you some pics of it when I get home tonight since I don't have them at work. Between there and Iwo, we saw tons of stuff that others will never get an opportunity to see.
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: Shuffler on November 19, 2009, 03:02:38 PM: I believe the text said this one was from Tinean. Lots of little sandy islands out there.
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: Simaril on November 19, 2009, 04:13:08 PM: (http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/tt330/Mauser95/dutchcarriers_.jpg)

So did the poor Dutch soldiers need to pedal those things, or what? Looks like a Little Tykes version of an APC!
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: Fencer51 on November 19, 2009, 04:50:38 PM: Quote from: Shuffler on November 17, 2009, 09:24:12 AM
For some reason this picture caught my eye. The terrors of war .... at peace.

(http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/15651700.jpg)

Looks like the weathering is all wrong on it, not enough wear and tear for a submittal for a skin.
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: AirFlyer on November 19, 2009, 07:05:20 PM: Quote from: lowZX14 on November 19, 2009, 07:55:06 AM
Pagan Island, that's it, not Tinian like I thought. Hey give me a break it was over 6 years ago. If I remember I'll get you some pics of it when I get home tonight since I don't have them at work. Between there and Iwo, we saw tons of stuff that others will never get an opportunity to see.

Looking forward to seeing them. Any idea what model of A6M it is? Something about it has me saying one of the A6M5 series but for the life of me I can't really tell...
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: Stalwart on November 20, 2009, 08:11:59 AM: Looks like the zeke was left to rot, not crashed, or maybe ditched. The prop is not bent.
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: Furball on November 20, 2009, 08:35:11 AM: Quote from: Simaril on November 19, 2009, 04:13:08 PM
(http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/tt330/Mauser95/dutchcarriers_.jpg)

So did the poor Dutch soldiers need to pedal those things, or what? Looks like a Little Tykes version of an APC!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Carrier

Quote
With some 113,000 built in the United Kingdom and abroad, it was the most numerous armoured fighting vehicle in history.

Doesn't say anything about pedals!
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: Shuffler on November 20, 2009, 10:57:52 AM: Quote from: Fencer51 on November 19, 2009, 04:50:38 PM
Looks like the weathering is all wrong on it, not enough wear and tear for a submittal for a skin.
:rofl
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: Karnak on November 20, 2009, 04:51:24 PM: Quote from: AirFlyer on November 19, 2009, 07:05:20 PM
Looking forward to seeing them. Any idea what model of A6M it is? Something about it has me saying one of the A6M5 series but for the life of me I can't really tell...
A6M5 or later. It has the ejector stacks which are still identifiable despite all the other damage.
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: Simba on November 20, 2009, 05:07:19 PM: Airflyer doesn't read the earlier messages in a thread.

;)
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: Plawranc on November 21, 2009, 04:33:34 AM: (http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/albums/black_and_white/5_Tobruk.jpg)

These Aussies are taking cover behind a Panzer III they just blew up :D
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: cpxxx on November 21, 2009, 02:52:30 PM: Fascinating picture of the Zeke. Probably destroyed by the bomb that make the crater beside it.

The last picture of of the Aussie troops behind the Panzer III is posed. I think it's part of the well known propaganda newsreel featuring the Aussies.

As for the Dutch, 'Universal Carrier' actually it's a Carden Loyd tankette which predates the Bren gun Carrier.
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: Jack16 on November 22, 2009, 04:20:09 PM: Here are a few of my grandfather's war pictures.

Grandfather is on right.
(http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x311/archywood/Emil1.jpg)

(http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x311/archywood/Emil2.jpg)

(http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x311/archywood/Emil3.jpg)

(http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x311/archywood/emil264.jpg)

(http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x311/archywood/Emil13.jpg)

(http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x311/archywood/Emil24.jpg)

I have more if you'd like me to share.
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: Simba on November 22, 2009, 05:25:34 PM: Thanks for the pics, Jack. More, more!

:aok
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: Jack16 on November 22, 2009, 08:58:19 PM: Here's a couple more of my grandfathers pics.Still have more :)

(http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x311/archywood/Emil14.jpg)

(http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x311/archywood/Emil16.jpg)

(http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x311/archywood/Emil20.jpg)

(http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x311/archywood/emil263.jpg)
Title: Re: Interesting WWII pics
Post by: Vulcan on November 22, 2009, 09:19:22 PM: Quote from: Plawranc on November 21, 2009, 04:33:34 AM
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/albums/black_and_white/5_Tobruk.jpg)

These Aussies are taking cover behind a Panzer III they just blew up :D

Actually they're stealing the wheels. Never trust aussies.