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WWII Kodachrome warbird photos

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  1. F1tommy

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    Those are great pictures, my family used to have every life magazine from WW2, as a kid I remember going through them, the war pics and articles were very compelling...
     
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    This is such a great thread. And I agree about the Republic Rainbow. Beautiful aircraft in much the same way the Concorde is classically beautiful--just clean.

    I also have a soft spot for the XB-70 too. :)
     
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    More color....The war ending aircraft are on the second photo from the bottom. The last picture is what the US government does best. Waist money destroying almost new B29's rather than fix and fly home. Boeing was happy since they could then sell more B50's to the USAF. Needs a new engine??? W/O :)
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    Interesting bunch of pictures. If I may add, many shots were pre-war and some planes carried old or interim markings. Red and white tail stripes,etc. but those with the large white or grey numerals on the nose would be stateside training aircraft. Good stuff to look at.
     
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    OMG, Tommy, brings back so many recollections of my childhood during WWII; first the Northrup P-61 Black Widow night fighter that I'm not sure ever saw combat. Several photos of the SBD Dauntless dive bombers that my close cousin, Col Jonathan deSola Mendes USMC, flew in combat in the South Pacific. He was recalled for Korea, was CO of a squadron there before returning to Pensacola as a combat flight instructor to check out Ted Williams and Jerry Coleman in jets. Over a decade ago Jon became the oldest runner ever to finish the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington DC and four years ago finished the New York City Marathon three days after his 90th birthday. Happily, the tough old jarhead is still with us as spunky as ever.
     
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    A few more including the Betty Bomber JP surrender aircraft. I think they are trying to still win the war, this time with one sided trade agreements that our government is dumb enough to sign. Several photos are pre U.S. arrival into WW II, but the war was still going on in Europe and the Pacific since Germany and Japan had invaded all it's neighbors. I always loved the B26. Hard to land and hard to maintain, it still looks great.
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    Yippee was the 5000th P-38 built and went on bond tours in the US.
     
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    This is a great thread. Awesome pictures posted. The flickr account linked above was great to look through. It took some time but it was definitely worth it.
     
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    I saw that airplane flying over Lake Washington in the 50's and wondered why it was up here and what it was going to do. never heard a word from any source and the airplane never appeared again. The red paint had typically weathered to a dull reddish gray and it wasn't too pretty. In the sir, the P-38 has a its own distinctive appearance and sound.
     
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    Taken a couple years after WWII was over... the Air Force was born in 47.
     
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    Classic aircraft have a special place in my heart. There are very few planes left unclaimed by the USAF and I hope at some point in my life that I can bring one back from the dead (Walter Soplata's YB-36 would be very nice).
     
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    I actually saw many of those in my day, most at NACA at Langley Field in 1945. Didn't see the oddball Martin, Caproni, or the ME 110, but all the rest, I think. The most impressive of all was the FW-190, the ultimate fighter.
     
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    More photos....I am covering WWII including all fronts on this thread. The war started in 1939 and ended in 1945. I threw in a few 1946 photos also since those aircraft were under development during the war. The FW-190 was not a very good aircraft until it had many modifications and engine upgrades. I think on the American side everything was driven by politics and trying to do the least amount of training with the fastest production when possible. More quantity as opposed to quality, but the American made some great world class aircraft during WWII(atleast a few of the best).
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    Nice picture of Bockscar in the wild. It was the plane that dropped the bomb on Nagasaki. I remember seeing it indoors at the museum in Dayton, next to mock ups of the original atomic bombs.
     
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    Some nice photos. Amazing how much color film was used by the military in WWII. Most of the the US high quality stuff is large format Kodachrome with was not cheap. Not sure what the Germans were using, maybe Kodachrome and AGFA?
     
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    These are incredible!
     
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