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

[MrT]

Sherman do you know where the B-25 factory shot were taken? My wifes Grand Mother work in a B-25 plant.

Terry B)

 

[Sherman 18]

Sorry Terry I do not know. I found the photos at Jalopy Journal site.

 

[MrT]

Thanks anyway!

Terry B)

 

[Sharkmouth]

I know no one asked me but a visible serial number in the background, 41-13184 , refers to a B-25C-1-NA which means it was built at the Inglewood, California plant.

Yes, TMI.

Regards,

 

[MrT]

Thanks Saul!

Terry B)

 

[Sherman 18]

ALRIGHT SHARKMOUTH!!!!!!!!!!

Is all this info in your brain? I have trouble remembering what I had for lunch.

Thanks for the info!

And thanks to Moon Puppy I learned something new - how to use the preview!!!!!!!!!!!! B)

 

[Sharkmouth]

Is all this info in your brain?

Thank Goodness not! I simply have a huge 3000+ entry library which happens to include serial numbers and production blocks for many vehicles.

Regards,

 

[moon puppy]

Good info Saul!

Aren't those A36 Apaches?

 

[Sharkmouth]

Aren't those A36 Apaches?

Sorry for the delay in responding, this thing called sleep swept me away.

No, they are Mustang I A (British designation for the NA-51 built with cannon) and part of a batch, Lend Lease Req. BSC 282 of April 1941, with a serial range of FD418 - FD567 built at North American's Inglewood, CA plant. One book mentions that a part of the 150 in this batch (FD418-FD437, FD450-FD464, FD466-FD469, and FD510-FD527) were retained by the USAAF for home defense after Pearl Harbor. In the case of these, the name A-36 Apache did apply for a brief period. Note that FD553 was not one of those retained. Makes for a wild scheme in British colors, fin flash and US insignia! Actually, there are P-400 in that scheme as well.

Regards,

 

[Sherman 18]

 

[Sharkmouth]

A search in the US Library of Congress site will result in many High Resolution photographs of this include color.
US Library of Congress

Regards,

 

[moon puppy]

That's a cool shot Jeff.

Saul, so those are Mustang I's, the one out front has a different looking flaring on the canon ports, looks like it's sealed off and there's a good bit of exhaust stain. Maybe that was a test aircraft parked out in front of the final assembly area?

I'm going to attempt to gather all these shots and get them in a slide show.

 

[Sharkmouth]

... the one out front has a different looking flaring on the canon ports, looks like it's sealed off and there's a good bit of exhaust stain.

The one in the foreground also has a radio, the exhaust stains are actually quite light. The engine exhaust on these being very hot so flight testing would probably result in what you see. The caps are simply there for aerodynamics. Aircraft sent for Lend Lease were armed at the destination. Last, note the shape of the scoop nuder the fuselage.

The OD aircraft in the center is interesting in that it doesn't have a radio mast, is receiving armament, and is also being fitted with wheels. note the oleo at full extension and the central doors which had a physical lock. This means that they are intentionally opened for maintenance.

Regards,

 

[tomwes]

Here is some Bf-109 pic's in no particular order:

This is black and white but needs to be included

SHARKMOUTH!!!!!!

 

[Sharkmouth]

You know I love the sharkmouths.

Some points, several of the photos (mostly the Finnish ones) are post-war. They are still great to see.

Regards,

 

[moon puppy]

OK, someone needs to throw me a bone on this one. What's up with that Yellow 65?

 

[Sharkmouth]

Yellow 65 is a Romanian Emil and this is indeed a WWII color Photo.

By the way, there are six different Bf-109 family sharkmouths that I am aware of and here are my plans to add them to my collection:
[ol]
[li]Bf-109C (Classic Airframes 48)[/li]
[li]Bf-109E-1 with lips (Hasegawa 48 with Cutting Edge decals)[/li]
[li]Bf-109E-3 Swiss (modified Hasegawa 48, Cutting Edge decals)[/li]
[li]Bf-109G-6 Finnish (Hasegawa 32 with pantograph inScale decals)[/li]
[li]Bf-109G-6 Tall Tail Swiss maybe G-14 (modified Hasegawa 32 with pantograph Hobbycraft decals)[/li]
[li]HA-1112 (Hobbycraft 48) [/li]
[/ol]

Regards,

 

[moon puppy]

AH...don't know why I didn't think about them. Didn't one point late in the war the Romanian 109s start giving escorts to Allied bombers on those relay missions?


This looks like Col Klink prior to his desk job..

 

[tomwes]

AH...don't know why I didn't think about them. Didn't one point late in the war the Romanian 109s start giving escorts to Allied bombers on those relay missions?


This looks like Col Klink prior to his desk job..

That's funny! I wish there were descriptions that came with these photo's, sorry for the post war photo's. I kinda like the Swiss 109's though.

 

[Sharkmouth]

I am not sorry you posted them! My only concern was this one of the Smithsonian's Bf-109G6/R3:

as the sheds look very familiar (Silver Springs, MD) and the overhead wires is something not tolerated over active tarmacs, taxiways, and runways at airfields.

Here is another shot within the National Air & Space Museum in Washington, District of Columbia:

Regards,