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Photos of special interest for the development team.
Here are some photos that may be of interest to the development team and model makers.
Maybe we could keep this thread for posting photos of special interest that we feel the development team and Oleg ought to see, and for photos that we feel are essential in some way for the betterment of the game. It could also be a place to post scans of photos that aren't available on the internet. It might be an idea to limit content to photos of equipment and special/unusual aircraft features (no photos of fires, explosions, gun-cam, trees/hedges, clouds, or general aircraft photos please) so as not to get out of hand. These are from the BoB period: Special parachute for use only with the Defiant: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...G_3684ed01.jpg Larger version: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...684ed01Big.jpg Range finder and predictor in a Park at Primrose Hill, 4.5 inch gun in the background. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...G_3692ed01.jpg At the Royal Hospital Chelsea, London 17th April 1940: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...G_3689ed01.jpg Airbase - Armoured trucks at Wyton, Cambridgeshire. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...G_3685ed01.jpg Royal Observer Corps in Eltham South London (exact date unknown). http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...G_3680ed01.jpg |
Badge awarded to those who had used the GQ parachute (one sort of GQ parachute was used with the Defiant). They had to apply for a badge from the manufacturer if they wanted one:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...m%202/GQ01.jpg About the parachute and award: http://www.britain-at-war-magazine.c...tle-of-britain From Wikipedia: "The gunner's hatch was in the rear of the turret, which had to be rotated to a side to enable entry and exit. There was not enough room in the turret for the gunner to wear a seat-type or back pack parachute so gunners were provided with a special all-in-one garment nicknamed the "rhino suit". To quote Frederick "Gus" Platts, air gunner in 230, 282 and 208 squadrons, "The Rhino suit we had to wear on Defiants was a bear but I couldn't come up with an alternative, even though it killed dozens of us. I forget the details of it but we could not have sat on our chute or even keep it nearby as in other turrets, so you wore - all in one - an inner layer that fitted a little like a wetsuit of today. The chute fitted around this, and then the dinghy and the outer clothing. There was inner webbing and pockets that literally fell apart (I presume) when one bailed out"". |
I love you! That picture of the GQ Parasuit on the Defiant Gunner is awesome! Favourited straight away. I have some colour pictures of it. If interested, oleg, I can send it to you!
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Ouch...
I can't imagine how they felt about sitting in that turret... I thought that the (B17) ball turrets where a .Ich to sit in. Could there be enough time to get the.. out of there? |
Nice!
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I found another version of the defiant parachute photo, it shows the step that drops down from the wing:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...%202/def01.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...%202/def02.jpg |
Very, very nice.
This parasuit was later used by other bomber crew too; it wasn't just limited to the Defiant gunners ;) It's extremely rare though. Pictures of it are scarce, so these pictures you've posted are awesome :D |
Irvin or G.Q Harness Suit, smock overall.
Issued to RAF from 1939-41/2 as an all in one Parachute / Mae West http://www.irvingq.co.uk/index.asp http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos..._6484378_n.jpg Image From http://www.wwiireenacting.co.uk/foru...p?f=11&t=56028 |
Well found ;)
Actually, the suit you have posted is different though; it contains the so-called Mae West, but not the parachute. This harnessuit was made in much larger numbers and was made in a pilots version(which only had provision for a seat-pack parachute), an 'observer's version (which only had provision for the chest-type parachute) and then a version which combined both ;) It's hard to judge, but this looks like the pilot version ;) Both suits look quite similar. |
There is a good time team to watch for people who live in England, it's on 4OD.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/time-team/4od It's a dig on Shooters Hill in London and shows the typical defences that were used in the early years of the war when they thought that Germany would invade. It's quite a good one! |
A nice shot of the Parasuit from Hendon's collection:
http://navigator.rafmuseum.org/image...Q/940362ua.jpg Notice the d-ring for the parachute. More here http://navigator.rafmuseum.org/resul...ze=1&id=250443 http://navigator.rafmuseum.org/resul...ze=1&id=250443 |
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Sorry, you did. I was just making sure you weren't confusing the two ;)
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The Führer's Special Train (Führersonderzug in German) was a train which was frequently used by Hitler to travel between various headquarters throughout Europe[1]. It also served as headquarters itself; it was called FHQu Frühlingssturm (Spring Storm) when it was located at Mönichkirchen, Austria during the Balkans Campaign in the spring of 1941. The train was named Führersonderzug "Amerika" in 1940, and later, Führersonderzug "Brandenburg". After the Balkans Campaign the train was never again used as a Führer Headquarters, but Hitler used it throughout the war when he travelled between Berlin, Berchtesgaden, Munich and other headquarters. The exact components of the Führersonderzug are not known, but some details were revealed by the departure information "Bln 2009", when the train departed the Anhalter Bahnhof station in Berlin on 23 June 1941, arriving at Wolfsschanze on 24 June 1941; The individual 17 components (locomotives and cars) in order were[4]: Two locomotives in tandem, behind them were: a special Flakwagen (armoured anti-aircraft train flatbed car), armed with 2 anti-aircraft guns, most often a pair of Flakvierling cannon batteries, one at each end of the car a baggage car the Führerwagen, which Hitler personally used a Befehlswagen (Command car), including a conference room and a communications center a Begleitkommandowagen, for the accompanying Führer-Begleit-Kommando a dining car two cars for guests a Badewagen (Bathing car) another dining car two sleeping cars for personnel a Pressewagen (car for the press) another baggage car and finally, another Flakwagen Otto Dietrich indicates that the Flakwagen never had to be used when Hitler was travelling. The "Pressewagen" was not for journalists to come along, but to receive and release press reports.[12] There were other special trains (Sonderzug in German) as well, used by prominent German officials[5][6]; Ministerzug (Ministers' Train) was used by Joachim von Ribbentrop and Heinrich Himmler Sonderzug "Afrika" (also called ""Braunschweig"), used by the chief of the Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW)) Sonderzug "Asien" (also called "Pommern") was used by Hermann Göring Sonderzug "Atlantik" (also called "Auerhahn"), used by the supreme commander of the Navy (Kriegsmarine) Sonderzug "Atlas" (also called "Franken"), a command train used by the Armed Forces Operations Staff (Wehrmachtführungsstabes) Sonderzug "Enzian", a command train used by the chief of the Intelligence branch of the Luftwaffe (Nachrichtenwesens der Luftwaffe) Sonderzug "Ostpreußen" (also called "Sonderzug 4"), used by the Army General Staff (Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH)) Sonderzug "Robinson 1", used by the chief of the Command Staff of the Luftwaffe Sonderzug "Robinson 2", used by the chief of the General Staff of the Luftwaffe Sonderzug "Steiermark" (also called "Heinrich" and "Transport 44") was used by Heinrich Himmler Sonderzug "Westfalen", used by Joachim von Ribbentrop Sonderzug "Württemberg", used by the Army General Staff (Gen. St.d. H. - Generalstabs des Heeres) - wiki other shots = http://atlantikwall.superforum.fr/re...rzug-t7620.htm http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...agleNest45.jpg The Kehlsteinhaus ("Eagle's Nest") (top), and the tunnel leading to it. It was associated with the Berghof which became part of the Obersalzberg military complex near Berchtesgaden. Photographed in 1945, Berchtesgaden, Germany. |
Coastal defence. The text under the picture explains it:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...G_3741ed02.jpg |
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London, around 1949. Very large Kodachrome pictures!!!:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...field_edit.jpg http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/wp-...dachrome-2.jpg http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/wp-...dachrome-3.jpg http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/wp-...dachrome-4.jpg |
GREAT STUFF Major!
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How much we can see of the Defiant gunner from the rear:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rqH4fUbko2.../CH_000879.jpg |
Bloody hell,capt.Mainwaring on the lookout!
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more or less american airplanes/photos, but worth having a look...
captured stuka LIFE magazine and others archive |
google books archive of old Life Magazines are a joy. check out this 1951 issue about why the US feared it was losing the air war over korea with the arrival of the Mig-15. Beautiful hand drawn pics of US aircraft. starts about page 60.
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=...page&q&f=false |
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...back/ani28.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...back/ani29.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...back/ani30.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...back/ani31.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...back/ani32.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...back/ani33.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...back/ani34.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...back/ani35.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...back/ani36.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...back/ani37.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...back/ani38.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...back/ani39.jpg From http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/general...bile-guns.html http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/med...e/H_002570.jpg http://ww2armor.jexiste.fr/Files/All...oto-01.ww2.jpg I may post more in a while... |
Searchlight emplacements .
Weymouth, south coast of England: http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~rw...guest/casl.jpg http://www.google.se/imgres?imgurl=h...69FsTrOeHw2cEM http://www.pillboxes-somerset.com/P7240017x.JPG another, from Devon (not on the SoW:BoB map): http://www.pillboxes-somerset.com/ax...ton%20018x.JPG http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/gall...military01.jpg Searchligh emplacement in France, showing a map of the location: http://www.atlantikwall.co.uk/atlant...tml/page05.htm http://www.google.se/imgres?imgurl=h...69FsTrOeHw2cEM http://www.atlantikwall.co.uk/atlant...ics/main03.jpg unknown location: http://lh3.ggpht.com/_apmUkGByloc/SB...0/DSC00167.JPG http://lh3.ggpht.com/_apmUkGByloc/SB...from+cave2.jpg WW2 Gun emplacement: Portland near Weymouth, map location is on the link: http://www.panoramio.com/photos/original/11750730.jpg http://www.google.se/imgres?imgurl=h...7oOoyhOoLDiM8M |
Links to (small) PDF files showing forts/defences around the British coast, with brief histories and equipment (guns) used.
http://www.palmerstonforts.org.uk/rese.htm http://www.google.se/imgres?imgurl=h...-8EoWbOvS_9dgM See Upton Battery Portland for an example. http://www.palmerstonforts.org.uk/pdf/Upton.pdf ..another: http://www.palmerstonforts.org.uk/pdf/pland.pdf |
Mobile canteens etc.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...pilots1024.jpg 1939 Womens Volunteer Service van: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...eerService.jpg YMCA mobile canteen at Horsted Keynes station: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...es-station.jpg --- Austin K2 mobile canteen maybe...You have already modelled a K2 ambulance I think!!! Note: I'm not at all sure that they are all the same vehicle type, they are very possibly not. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...tback/1881.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...tback/1882.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...9668e4c5_b.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...f5cc2d50_b.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ilecanteen.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ce5aa8e0_z.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ens800x800.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...k/DSCF2093.jpg http://miliblog.co.uk/wp-content/gal...en-gxh-355.jpg --- http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...naafilarge.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...8a1bba17_z.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ae33584a_z.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...nknowndate.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...knowndate2.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...AAFI-wagon.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...naafivan01.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...FI_wagon_5.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...aafiChina2.jpg NAAFI 1940: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...aafi194003.jpg NAAFI 1940 http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12.../naafi1940.jpg --- http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ctober1940.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...NAAFIWagon.jpg Salvation Army: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...nsally_ann.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...vationArmy.jpg --- Church Army: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...C_H_Hull-1.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...le_Canteen.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ers_at_Van.jpg |
Austin 10 mobile canteen
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...nteen_Unit.jpg -- http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...YMCAteacar.jpg This one maybe later in the war: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...Van__Plane.jpg |
Austin K2 again, this time as a Fire Engine:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12.../naafi_van.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...eenginejpg.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...er-glc-891.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...eg_GXH_864.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...stinK21941.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...austin1376.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ustin23740.jpg --- Model with low back: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ustin24592.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ustin24593.jpg |
Fordson Fire engine:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...on19408401.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ry19408400.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ordson1940.jpg ----- Fordson Tangye Fire engine (I think...not sure...it is according to the site): http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...60811ecf_b.jpg Bigger http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...d06a8_oBIG.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...32114893_b.jpg Bigger http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...049a7_oBIG.jpg |
Crossley Fire Tender 1940:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...Fire_front.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...DFire_side.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...DFire_dash.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...nggshowphp.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...lm13492sa9.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...nggshowphp.jpg Bigger http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...nder1940-1.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...tender1940.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...nggshowphp.jpg Bigger http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...nder1940-3.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...foamtender.jpg I think these are from the film 633 Squadron: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...rossley379.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...etender767.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ossleyfire.jpg |
Dover from above:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12..._1940s__TN.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...hoct310004.jpg canteen (1942) Woodvale: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...anteen1942.jpg Womens Auxiliary Ambulance Service 1939 Fulham London: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...lhamLondon.jpg |
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...arch131940.jpg
BoB period: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...bservers-1.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...back/BoB01.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...genessKent.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...hoto-01ww2.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...genessKent.jpg Garage/petrol station 1930: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...reyltd1930.jpg Invasion barges France: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...nbarges002.jpg |
Tape on windows:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ck/3134545.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ck/3314086.jpg Siren: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ck/3315054.jpg Shelter: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ck/3375462.jpg Shelter damage: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...amsgateARP.jpg Workmans fire (light proof): http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...k/81002529.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...-w400-h302.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...gust1940-1.jpg Probably a photo taken recently: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...a9fb3e_b-1.jpg |
Buckingham palace sept 1940:
http://www.westendatwar.org.uk/image...7-18Sept40.jpg http://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/images/arch...2_F1_47big.jpg From: http://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/archives/ga...H_12_F1_47.php "Churchill with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth inspecting the damage caused by bombs which hit Buckingham Palace at the beginning of the Blitz, in September 1940. The King later described to Churchill how the bombs blew out the windows of the room opposite where they were sitting, made two great craters in the palace quadrangle, bursting a water main, and wrecked the chapel, while the Queen is said to have remarked to a policeman on the day after the bombing that she was glad they'd been bombed, as she could now look the East End in the face." http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/featu...qmbomb2pop.jpg http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/m...b_1483620c.jpg http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/4...07942431-2.jpg I know the palace can't/won't be damged in the game. But outside of it will be ok.:-) http://www.westendatwar.org.uk/image...ssage_form.jpg Palace 1930s http://postcard-heaven.co.uk/images/...ide%20l202.jpg 1930: from LIFE images:http://images.google.com/hosted/life...5e7baca1fdad92 (unsure of date, was searched for 1930s): http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/52def70fc9ff3d35_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/8935e8fb28aec197_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/a16683b35ad17d88_large |
Tents: From that LIFE link above:
http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/160f910a31f52a4c_large From LIFE: http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/8ba1e4fb6e60d5a7_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/2c6e4306b02d7f41_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/c5b1f7087992b542_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/dbe9e151c14ee46a_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/e026a8118435f285_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/6a27eecd3f9e83e4_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/7094938ca058b9ae_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/ce52a1e10d84624a_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/ca063af7fe628b1d_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/27ded12986503759_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/72b09419007b22d8_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/49cf475d9d3a7f0e_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/19fb1eb983c506de_large Targets for gun calibration: http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/08e1c28ec4e98cbb_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/a1d931fb0334fbe9_large Barbed wire rolls: http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/db2c275742699be2_large Fire fighting 1940: http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/10e307a761f18c87_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/b7401b9ca2ac0ac5_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/4fe778b496034658_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/09cb41af0be6bc74_large I have seen several street objects painted with white lines. I imagine it might be done to avoid hitting them in the dark - for both pedestrians and vehicles. http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/801eef0843a227e1_large |
In color suddely it comes very close!
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Railway arches, raised lines.
Damage to railway arch London 1940: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...002Kilburn.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ck/13-08-1.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...tback/1938.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ck/3310588.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ck/9854492.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...k/81001000.jpg Four views of the same bridge; first 1845 http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...AALQ001845.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...aulsoldnew.jpg 1940: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...tback/1940.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...tation_rd6.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12.../arch-1905.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ack/arches.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ge_1940-49.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...sBuildings.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ation2_lge.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ck/L436292.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...rrow-97168.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...head-97318.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ell2arches.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ordviaduct.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...steps01-04.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...8017711797.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...9_6d658781.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...6_8443c2d7.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1_50b6131a.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1_3c8b6525.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...back/1940b.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...etback/106.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...trafficjam.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...londonrail.jpg |
Railway damage:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...borough002.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ndstation2.jpg Terraced houses, city houses: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...b80e_large.jpg Terraced houses: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...14c0_large.jpg The Thames 1940: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...Thames1940.jpg Chemical factory at Billingham, camouflaged. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...billingham.jpg Prisoner of war 1940: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...erca194001.jpg Just a nice photo:-) http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ottm1930-1.jpg |
This would be nice...
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...een_mary-1.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ryTop-70-1.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...blenheim-1.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...udan1942-1.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...yrecovery9.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...yrecovery3.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ary1309371.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...tback/3281.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...mary_lge-1.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...k/DSCF1880.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...k/DSCF1882.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...k/DSCF1883.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...k/DSCF1919.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...enMarycab1.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ryTrailer1.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...rytrailer2.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...nMary202-1.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...enMary04-1.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...London_105.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...enMary1940.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...London_103.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...London_107.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...London_105.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ueenMary-2.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ueenMary-3.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...P7170455-1.jpg |
Links for more photos and info on the Queen Mary transporter/trailer:
http://www.google.se/imgres?imgurl=h...26tbs%3Disch:1 http://www.google.se/imgres?imgurl=h...26tbs%3Disch:1 |
London July 1944 with barrage balloons
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/...aef78e94_o.jpg Lower Regent Street London 1945 http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2493/...c9e56a4c_o.jpg Oxford Street London 1944 http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2760/...52d7b2c4_o.jpg Picadilly Circus 1945 http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2781/...9125c5e0_b.jpg |
Late '40s or early '50s
http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/wp-...09/Kotun-2.jpg http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/wp-...09/Kotun-3.jpg http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/wp-...09/Kotun-4.jpg http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/wp-...09/Kotun-5.jpg http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/wp-...09/Kotun-6.jpg http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/wp-...09/Kotun-7.jpg http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/wp-...09/Kotun-8.jpg |
Very Interesting pics
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Front and back views of terraced houses, Newtown:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...n-3-7-1967.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...n-3-7-1967.jpg - London bridges 1933 http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ridges1933.jpg - http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...2/HU033629.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...2/HU046645.jpg - |
Mercedes-Benz Krankenwagen
Last summer I went to Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz museum were I took the following pictures of a 1937 Mercedes-Benz Emergency Van (W142):
http://fooblog.mexxoft.com/wp-conten...6874-92x92.jpghttp://fooblog.mexxoft.com/wp-conten...6875-92x92.jpghttp://fooblog.mexxoft.com/wp-conten...6876-92x92.jpghttp://fooblog.mexxoft.com/wp-conten...6877-92x92.jpghttp://fooblog.mexxoft.com/wp-conten...6878-92x92.jpghttp://fooblog.mexxoft.com/wp-conten...6879-92x92.jpghttp://fooblog.mexxoft.com/wp-conten...6880-92x92.jpghttp://fooblog.mexxoft.com/wp-conten...6881-92x92.jpghttp://fooblog.mexxoft.com/wp-conten...6882-92x92.jpghttp://fooblog.mexxoft.com/wp-conten...6883-92x92.jpghttp://fooblog.mexxoft.com/wp-conten...6884-92x92.jpghttp://fooblog.mexxoft.com/wp-conten...6885-92x92.jpghttp://fooblog.mexxoft.com/wp-conten...6886-92x92.jpghttp://fooblog.mexxoft.com/wp-conten...6887-92x92.jpghttp://fooblog.mexxoft.com/wp-conten...6888-92x92.jpghttp://fooblog.mexxoft.com/wp-conten...6889-92x92.jpghttp://fooblog.mexxoft.com/wp-conten...6890-92x92.jpg |
Ford E83W Emergency food canteen van around 1941, Essex area http://www.e83w.co.uk/e83w_canteen.htm:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...k/canteen9.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...k/canteen3.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...k/canteen2.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1Essexarea.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...k/canteen4.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...k/canteen5.jpg http://www.e83w.co.uk/images/canteen9.jpg http://www.e83w.co.uk/images/canteen8.jpg http://www.e83w.co.uk/images/canteen7.jpg "A Ford emergency food van, Bethnal Green, London, c1940-c1941. Distributing food to the residents of Bethnal Green during the Blitz." http://images.imagestate.com/Watermark/1193224.jpg - http://www.enfostuff.com/fordsonssto...canteen-01.jpg - Restored: http://www.enfostuff.com/fordsonsstory/index.html http://www.enfostuff.com/fordsonssto...n_restored.jpg Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO5O1VIZuQM |
London Piccadilly 1930
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...circa_1930.jpg Wartime damage Kings Cross St Pancras station http://api2.corbis.com/wscorbisone/f...2k34Rs9VLD0%3d St Pancras station http://api2.corbis.com/wscorbisone/f...FZPu%2f8e4k%3d St Pancras station http://api2.corbis.com/wscorbisone/f...0W9mnUvyyfw%3d http://www.gutenberg.org/files/26037...ges/fig022.png http://www.wayfaring.info/wp-content...09/pancras.jpg http://www.catmorley.com/wp-content/.../stpancras.jpg http://www.e-architect.co.uk/images/...gmad230609.jpg . . .http://www.hughpearman.com/2006/illu...nFacade_01.jpg Old and new parts of the building: http://static.urbarama.com/photos/original/23028.jpg --- Details of rails (map/drawing) Kings cross St. Pancras (Big) http://d240vprofozpi.cloudfront.net/...sx_map1874.png --- http://www.artisans-lane.com/OldNewL...intPancras.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BnOP43Mv_P...St+Pancras.jpg http://www.e-architect.co.uk/images/...93_%20il01.jpg http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/med...as-station.jpg http://www.londonist.com/attachments...ve/pancras.jpg http://carbonquilt.org/images/about/...an-daily-2.jpg http://carbonquilt.org/images/about/...dian-daily.jpg http://media.lonelyplanet.com/lpimg/...-5/preview.jpg http://api2.corbis.com/wscorbisone/f...f%2fFrDX7n8%3d http://api2.corbis.com/wscorbisone/f...5eb%2fH6jlQ%3d |
These are some really great photos. Thanks for sharing.
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Not photos but an excellent aircraft manual for the C.R. 32 with lots of drawings of the structure and the systems (fuel/oil). Just in case Oleg goes Med next.
http://cockpitinstrumente.de/archiv/...C%20R%2032.pdf |
Trafalgar Square and National Gallery
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...nalGallery.jpg Suffolk 1945 http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...uffolk1945.jpg Suffolk 1944 http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...uffolk1944.jpg Stratford upon Avon 1944 http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...onAvon1944.jpg Stratford upon Avon 1944 http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...onAvon1944.jpg Stansted 1941 http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...nstead1941.jpg Royston Station 1944 http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...tation1944.jpg Moreton in the Marsh 1944 http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...eMarsh1944.jpg Marlow, Buckinghamshire 1944 http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...mshire1944.jpg |
Luton1944
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12.../Luton1944.jpg London1944b http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ondon1944b.jpg London 1944 http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...London1944.jpg London 1941 damage to bell tower http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ondon1941f.jpg London 1941 http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ondon1941e.jpg London 1941 http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ondon1941d.jpg London 1941 air raid shelter http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ondon1941c.jpg London '41 http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ondon1941b.jpg London '41 http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...London1941.jpg Kent '45 http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...2/Kent1945.jpg Hyde Park London '44 http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...dePark1944.jpg Henley on Thames '44 http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ames1944-1.jpg Henley on Thames 1944 http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...Thames1944.jpg Hembledon 1944 http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...bledon1944.jpg German prisoners of war, Fordson tractor. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...onersofwar.jpg Essex '44 http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12.../Essex1944.jpg |
Dover '45
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12.../Dover1945.jpg Dover '44 http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12.../Dover1944.jpg Colchester 1942 http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...hester1942.jpg Cambridge Trinity st. 1941 http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1Trinityst.jpg Buckingham Palace barrage balloon http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...44wBalloon.jpg '44 http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...%202/1944b.jpg '44 http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...m%202/1944.jpg |
Moved here from an older thread. Barrage balloons on boats:
"A barrage balloon tethered to a drifter as part of British coastal defences, circa 1943. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)" http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xc/331...D40A26B3E28636 http://cache1.asset-cache.net/xc/331...143FD4AE7FC81B --- "April 1940: A barrage balloon attached to a drifter, part of coastal defences in WW II. (Photo by A. Cook/London Express/Getty Images)" http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xc/337...AA0CF64F13FC89 1943: http://doversociety.homestead.com/Ba...e_1943__TN.jpg |
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Interesting information on the Hurricane landing light:
"Walking clockwise around the aircraft, there is nothing remarkable about preflight of the wing, until arriving at the landing light. The first time I saw it, I thought the mounting was broken, but upon closer inspection, I realized it moves! Some designer went to a lot of trouble with this item. In the original airplane, the landing lights were used one at a time, controlled by a three-position switch. A "dipping lever" adjusted the aim, and a knurled knob locked the lever in place. Loosening the knob would allow the spring-loaded lever to move to the up position." http://www.warmkessel.com/jr/flying/...ght_detail.jpg From: http://www.warmkessel.com/jr/flying/td/jd/73.jsp . |
Wow Major Setback. Those are some great photos. Really enjoyed your posts thank you for finding and posting.
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setback, great ww2 historical photo's !
thx for posting them, they give a real feel for the times :) |
Norwich 1939:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1939-04-16.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1939-04-13.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1939-04-12.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1939-04-12.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1939-04-16.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1936-05-16.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1936-05-16.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1936-05-16.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1939-04-12.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1935-09-14.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1935-08-21.jpg Castle: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1939-04-16.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1935-09-14.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1939-04-13.jpg Site link showing other Photos of Norwich from varying years (Black and White): http://www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Megapics/dateindex.htm http://www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Megapics/index.htm . |
Spent a good part of the morning catching up on this thread (slow season). Really, really great stuff! It really brings home why they call the place I live 'New England', especially when you visit the older towns and the small villages. Nice for setting the mood.
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