Color WWII photos ...............

[Kreighshoer]

without looking in the book all i can say is somewhere in the soviet union!

i'll check it out later and let you know! if a specific place is mentioned!

 

[Kreighshoer]

saúl - neither exact date nor the exact location is mentioned in the book! it's "operation barbarossa in photographs" by paul carell ... the pic can be found on page 394 in chapter 9, the chapter about retreat, deaths and graves but that gives no hint about time and location since deaths and graves were merged with the retreat pictures in that book!

lots of photos and (in my issue) 77 color photos (not colorized!)

-> http://www.amazon.com/Operation-Barbarossa-Photographs-Schiffer-Military/dp/0887402801

 

[Sharkmouth]

Thanks, I don't have that book so I will add it to my wishlist (fulfilled three times a year).

Regards,

 

[tomwes]

Glenn, thanks for posting these, just amazing images.

Tom

 

[PMH]

Beautiful color photos, most of which I do not know!.

 

[panzerace007]

Hey Everybody,

CHEYENNE - Thanx for sharing th color pix. WoW ! Very cool to see. There are some that I don't have.

LAURA- Ouch that looks like it hurt ! I have seen this picture before & used to have it until My hard drive crashed. I'm glad that you referenced th Book. It's on th LIST !

I wonder how that guy got ran over ? Was He already dead ? Are th Bikers coming to recover th body ? I hope it wasn't a case of "friendly fire"


Here are a few color shotz that I have ! Enjoy !

Check out th primer red stowage box on th back !!

Here's a shot of a Lorraine that was recently found during th Iraqi war ....

Check out th alternate Fuel source on that Civi car ..... IIRC this is a pic. from Germany.

:woohoo: I think this would make a really cool Dio !!

The one thing I like about this Photo is the Variation of Shade on the Uniforms. The Shades of Field Grey. Then there is the Leather Jacket !

That's all for now. Hope you like 'em.

ERIK

 

[PMH]

Excellent color photos including one of the tractor RSO (picture LIFE ), or there is a headphone French mechanized units (tanks) on the roof of the car :woohoo: , probably a photo taken in 1945

 

[panzerace007]

LAURENT,

I think these pix came from Italy(IIRC) here are some more from that set.

Here are some unrelated to that Photo shoot.

STUG III F/8 in Greece.

ERIK

 

[Cheyenne]

Eric's right , ....... I have that whole set and the LIFE captions read Italy 44 I believe .

 

[Sherman 18]

I found these the other day, not really sure where all of them were taken.

Iwo

Iwo

Saipan

 

[Sharkmouth]

Thank you Sherman 18! I love captured stuff and I built the old HO scale Airfix Japanese tank eons ago based on a color profile. Now I can build it again with real reference photos! This means getting another kit of course.


Regards,

 

[Sherman 18]

found some more

Your welcome Sharkmouth! I just gave away that kit to a club member two months ago.

 

[Sherman 18]

 

[Sherman 18]

 

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[Sherman 18]

Last ones for awhile.

 

[moon puppy]

Great stuff Jeff, I really like that Green Widow.

Wiki has a very high resolution version of that image.



This is a great example of how OD looked back then, it surely was not monotoned.

 

[Sharkmouth]

Ah, The Spook... one of three sharkmouthed (OK , this has a funny face) Black Widows I want in my collection. I got the Dragon kits, the Eduard PE, but no one makes the decals in 72nd scale!

Here is a larger sized scan and a huge black and white scan of the aircraft after it crashed in the fog:

548th Night Fighter Squadron

P-61B-1 (42-39403) ''The Spook''
Pilot: Lt. Melvin Bode
Radar Observer: Lt Avery J Miller

Then...

Now...
Gunner: SSgt John Hope
(Destroyed in crash landing at Iwo Jima in fog, 4/20/45)

A mystery... 42-39405 "Model/Anonymous III" which was also named " Mississippi Night Mare" also wears the funny face at one point. I wonder if the nose was swapped?

The others are P-61A Black Widows of which one is in OD:

 

[Sherman 18]

Great info Sharkmouth!

some more

 

[Sherman 18]