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Offline G0ALY

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Historical hi-def photographs.
« on: December 08, 2008, 05:50:57 PM »
Here is an interesting website for you history buffs. It’s 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


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

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


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Offline Steel

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Re: Historical hi-def photographs.
« Reply #1 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.

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Offline Airscrew

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Re: Historical hi-def photographs.
« Reply #2 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
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Offline Curlew

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Re: Historical hi-def photographs.
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2008, 06:41:19 PM »
The b 17 assembly is my new background
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Offline Motherland

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Re: Historical hi-def photographs.
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2008, 06:47:47 PM »
Those are P51's, not P51A's. The P51A was never produced with 4 20mm cannons.
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Offline G0ALY

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Re: Historical hi-def photographs.
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2008, 06:58:16 PM »
A good picture of B24 factory.

http://www.shorpy.com/node/852?size=_original
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Offline Rich46yo

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Re: Historical hi-def photographs.
« Reply #6 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

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

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Re: Historical hi-def photographs.
« Reply #7 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
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Offline Airscrew

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« Reply #8 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
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Offline DREDIOCK

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Re: Historical hi-def photographs.
« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2008, 10:28:31 PM »
I kinda liked this one

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« Reply #10 on: December 09, 2008, 03:39:14 AM »
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Offline Grayeagle

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Re: Historical hi-def photographs.
« Reply #11 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.


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