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Title: We need some of these...
Post by: hblair on November 30, 2001, 09:24:00 AM

(http://history.acusd.edu/cdr2/PATCH/NA/ww270.jpg)

...to go with these...

 (http://history.acusd.edu/cdr2/PATCH/NA/ww272.jpg)

Cool photos huh?
 :)

Title: We need some of these...
Post by: Chaos68 on November 30, 2001, 09:27:00 AM

gOOD BUT FRICKIN HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!

Title: We need some of these...
Post by: hblair on November 30, 2001, 09:27:00 AM

er, at second glance that's a hellcat, thought it was an F4F for a minute. Anyway, ya get the idea.  :)

Title: We need some of these...
Post by: hblair on November 30, 2001, 09:32:00 AM

Wow, check this one out...
 http://history.acusd.edu/cdr2/PATCH/NA/ww275.jpg (http://history.acusd.edu/cdr2/PATCH/NA/ww275.jpg)

I've stumbled upon WWII picture heaven.  :)

Title: We need some of these...
Post by: Am0n on November 30, 2001, 09:33:00 AM

Quote

Originally posted by hblair:
Anyway, ya get the idea.   :)

hurmm, no i dont  :)

We got um both already dont we? hellcats and TBMs

maybe a 20mm cannon on the back of the TBM would be something we need  :D

Title: We need some of these...
Post by: hblair on November 30, 2001, 09:35:00 AM

Quote

Originally posted by hblair:
thought it was an F4F for a minute.

Title: We need some of these...
Post by: BOOT on November 30, 2001, 09:41:00 AM

Quote

hblair wrote:  Wow, check this one out... http://history.acusd.edu/cdr2/PATCH/NA/ww275.jpg (http://history.acusd.edu/cdr2/PATCH/NA/ww275.jpg)  
I've stumbled upon WWII picture heaven.

   

Thanks loads...  Man I had this picture as my wallpaper for about 2 years... I lost the pic when my HD crashed...
Now it graces my screen once more...
Thats my favorite WW2 Photo...

BOOT

Title: We need some of these...
Post by: llbm_MOL on November 30, 2001, 09:42:00 AM

How bout an SBD Dauntless.

LLB OUT!!!!

Title: We need some of these...
Post by: hblair on November 30, 2001, 09:48:00 AM

Man, just keep changing the numbers on the end of the URL. Look at this Gem...
 http://history.acusd.edu/cdr2/PATCH/NA/ww268.jpg (http://history.acusd.edu/cdr2/PATCH/NA/ww268.jpg)

We gotta have some of those!  :)

Title: We need some of these...
Post by: LLv34_Snefens on November 30, 2001, 10:20:00 AM

And going back through the pages even more pages with pics get revealed.
 http://history.acusd.edu/cdr2/ (http://history.acusd.edu/cdr2/)

Enough work for many evenings.

Title: We need some of these...
Post by: Wotan on November 30, 2001, 10:32:00 AM

oops see snefens post  :) I posted samething

[ 11-30-2001: Message edited by: Wotan ]

Title: We need some of these...
Post by: Wotan on November 30, 2001, 11:08:00 AM

(http://history.acusd.edu/cdr2/PATCH/NA/ww2157.jpg)

heres one fer you vmf boyz

Title: We need some of these...
Post by: Wotan on November 30, 2001, 11:19:00 AM

(http://history.acusd.edu/cdr2/PATCH/GIF/02DDAY.GIF)

something fer ya ackstars

Title: We need some of these...
Post by: Dead Man Flying on November 30, 2001, 11:28:00 AM

My grandfather was a TBF Avenger upper turret gunner based out of Iwo Jima.  He "obtained" the gun camera from a scrapped B-29 and took some pictures while in flight.  Here are a couple that I scanned up:

 (http://www.mcnoldy.com/f4u.jpg)

 (http://www.mcnoldy.com/escort.jpg)

Title: We need some of these...
Post by: pbirmingham on November 30, 2001, 01:23:00 PM

Quote

Originally posted by hblair:
er, at second glance that's a hellcat, thought it was an F4F for a minute. Anyway, ya get the idea.    :)

Yeah we need an F4F.  And a P-40.  And a Val.  And a Kate.  And a PBY.  And a map of Oahu.

By next November, so we can get some practice in before Dec 7.

Pleeeeeease?

[ 11-30-2001: Message edited by: Runny ]

Title: We need some of these...
Post by: Am0n on November 30, 2001, 01:38:00 PM

Levaithan

that picture of those hellcats is great.. thanks  :)

Title: We need some of these...
Post by: sling322 on November 30, 2001, 02:31:00 PM

Quote

Originally posted by Wotan:
(http://history.acusd.edu/cdr2/PATCH/GIF/02DDAY.GIF)  

something fer ya ackstars

Heh....and people complain about our[/i] fleet ack?!?!?

Title: We need some of these...
Post by: Kratzer on November 30, 2001, 02:43:00 PM

Keeping in mind that is a timed exposure, that didn't all go up at once  :)

Title: We need some of these...
Post by: Wotan on December 04, 2001, 06:47:00 AM

punt