Author Topic: Some Colorized WW2 Images (Read 1773 times)

Ben · « **on:** May 12, 2015, 11:33:19 AM »

A few repeats, but most are new (old) images:

http://www.vintag.es/2015/05/50-breathtaking-wwii-photos-look-like.html

vaskidmark · « **Reply #1 on:** May 12, 2015, 11:59:40 AM »

Thanks. Love them.

I can hear the Sherman crew - "Well, sarge, it was like this...."

stay safe.

230RN · « **Reply #2 on:** May 12, 2015, 04:06:38 PM »

Loved the one with the kid chasing after his daddy.

Jocassee · « **Reply #3 on:** May 12, 2015, 08:45:53 PM »

I can't work out the physics of a Sherms rolling over like that.

Also, I didn't know they came equipped with PTO drives.

Hutch · « **Reply #4 on:** May 12, 2015, 08:48:57 PM »

Didn't realize the USAAF ever deployed Spitfires. First pic.

Boomhauer · « **Reply #5 on:** May 12, 2015, 09:00:39 PM »

The B-29 "Dauntless Dotty" was flown by Major Robert Morgan, the aircraft commander of the famous B-17 "Memphis Belle"

Ben · « **Reply #6 on:** May 12, 2015, 09:01:11 PM »

The one that interested me was the image of the female Soviet Air Force officers. I had no idea they had women flying combat missions in WW2. Though the caption says "famed Night Witches", so I guess I should have known. :)

vaskidmark · « **Reply #7 on:** May 12, 2015, 11:13:13 PM »

Quote from: Ben on May 12, 2015, 09:01:11 PM

The one that interested me was the image of the female Soviet Air Force officers. I had no idea they had women flying combat missions in WW2. Though the caption says "famed Night Witches", so I guess I should have known. :)

Women night fighter pilots. Women snipers. Women tank corps. Women artillery. Total mobilization was total. (Well, except I can't find evidence of a separate women infantry unit.)

stay safe.

vaskidmark · « **Reply #8 on:** May 12, 2015, 11:19:17 PM »

Quote from: Jocassee on May 12, 2015, 08:45:53 PM

I can't work out the physics of a Sherms rolling over like that.

Also, I didn't know they came equipped with PTO drives.

They are Royal Tanks Corps with a visiting Yank. RTC drivers can do things Americans can't do. Like slide off an elevated road down the side of a ditch and turn turtle. Comes from messing with the speed and selection of which tread is turning faster.

No ideas on the PTO, or even it it is a PTO rather than some sort of hitch bar for something to be trailered behind.

stay safe.

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #9 on:** May 12, 2015, 11:46:34 PM »

Two of my uncles(dad's brother inlaws) served in WWII. One served in China as a mechanic with Chenault's group after our entry into the war. He had some good stories to tell.
My other uncle was Coast Guard, he was costal patrol in VA and NC. He rode horses up and down the beaches watching for the enemy for most of the war.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #10 on:** May 13, 2015, 12:06:22 AM »

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7XeK-j67foE/VU4vLp5J8KI/AAAAAAABflI/JWcFk11n-RY/s1600/WWII%2Bcolorized%2B(18).jpg

They don't build Englishman like that, these days.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #11 on:** May 13, 2015, 12:09:15 AM »

Quote from: Ben on May 12, 2015, 09:01:11 PM

The one that interested me was the image of the female Soviet Air Force officers. I had no idea they had women flying combat missions in WW2. Though the caption says "famed Night Witches", so I guess I should have known. :)

I was more impressed by Ms. Bren Gun.

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #12 on:** May 13, 2015, 01:40:48 AM »

Quote from: fistful on May 13, 2015, 12:06:22 AM

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7XeK-j67foE/VU4vLp5J8KI/AAAAAAABflI/JWcFk11n-RY/s1600/WWII%2Bcolorized%2B(18).jpg

They don't build Englishman like that, these days.

I really think the brit gene pool was irrevocably depleted by two major wars so close together that killed way too many of their good men.

LadySmith · « **Reply #13 on:** May 13, 2015, 03:59:32 AM »

The soldier on the left in photo #29 looks just like Sean Penn.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PwybS4jnlFI/VU4vZ-mI2rI/AAAAAAABfmw/15nzZLneVPI/s640/WWII%2Bcolorized%2B(29).jpg

Photo #42 shows that photobombs existed even then.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VyD4tjHUvis/VU4voR-5lFI/AAAAAAABfo0/d8_P1PDp02M/s640/WWII%2Bcolorized%2B(42).jpg

And of course, I loved all the pics with dogs.

vaskidmark · « **Reply #14 on:** May 13, 2015, 08:21:48 AM »

Strange how it is only in the last few years that once again we are seeing folks like this British flying officer serving. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_VWK4XD0AYs/VU4vzzZNl9I/AAAAAAABfqM/sBd91z6CgLY/s1600/WWII%2Bcolorized%2B(9).jpg

My failing eyes can't be certain but it looks like his left hand has been fitted for the Hawker Hurricane's controls.

"It's just a flesh wound." http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_VWK4XD0AYs/VU4vzzZNl9I/AAAAAAABfqM/sBd91z6CgLY/s1600/WWII%2Bcolorized%2B(9).jpg

stay safe.

French G. · « **Reply #15 on:** May 13, 2015, 01:50:41 PM »

Nacht Hexen http://www.seizethesky.com/nwitches/nitewtch.html

Ben · « **Reply #16 on:** May 13, 2015, 02:51:31 PM »

Quote from: French G. on May 13, 2015, 01:50:41 PM

Nacht Hexen http://www.seizethesky.com/nwitches/nitewtch.html

Interesting story, thanks!

T.O.M. · « **Reply #17 on:** May 13, 2015, 02:57:34 PM »

Quote from: fistful on May 13, 2015, 12:09:15 AM

I was more impressed by Ms. Bren Gun.

I found that photo compelling, having listened to my grandmother tell stories about working in the plant while my grandfather was off in the pacific. here's a fun video of Ronnie the Bren Gun Girl.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E0KvWve-9g

roo_ster · « **Reply #18 on:** May 13, 2015, 05:04:11 PM »

Quote from: vaskidmark on May 13, 2015, 08:21:48 AM

Strange how it is only in the last few years that once again we are seeing folks like this British flying officer serving. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_VWK4XD0AYs/VU4vzzZNl9I/AAAAAAABfqM/sBd91z6CgLY/s1600/WWII%2Bcolorized%2B(9).jpg

My failing eyes can't be certain but it looks like his left hand has been fitted for the Hawker Hurricane's controls.

"It's just a flesh wound." http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_VWK4XD0AYs/VU4vzzZNl9I/AAAAAAABfqM/sBd91z6CgLY/s1600/WWII%2Bcolorized%2B(9).jpg

stay safe.

Can't keep a tough Brit out of the cockpit. Missing arms, legs, whatever:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Bader

Quote

Bader joined the RAF in 1928, and was commissioned in 1930. In December 1931, while attempting some aerobatics, he crashed and lost both his legs. Having been on the brink of death, he recovered, retook flight training, passed his check flights and then requested reactivation as a pilot. Although there were no regulations applicable to his situation, he was retired against his will on medical grounds.[3] After the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, however, Bader returned to the RAF and was accepted as a pilot. He scored his first victories over Dunkirk during the Battle of France in 1940. He then took part in the Battle of Britain and became a friend and supporter of Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory and his "Big Wing" experiments.
In August 1941, Bader bailed out over German-occupied France and was captured...

German forces treated Bader with great respect. When he bailed out, Bader's right prosthetic leg became trapped in the aircraft, and he escaped only when the leg's retaining straps snapped after he pulled the ripcord on his parachute.[124] General Adolf Galland, a German flying ace, notified the British of his damaged leg and offered them safe passage to drop off a replacement. Hermann GÃ¶ring himself gave the green light for the operation. The British responded on 19 August 1941 with the "Leg Operation"—a RAF bomber was allowed to drop a new prosthetic leg by parachute to St Omer, a Luftwaffe base in occupied France, as part of Circus 81 involving six Bristol Blenheims and a sizeable fighter escort...

Bader escaped from the hospital where he was recovering by tying together a number of sheets...

He made so many attempts at escape that the Germans threatened to take away his legs...

The bred some tough folk on that island.

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Author Topic: Some Colorized WW2 Images (Read 1773 times)