I have a set of pictures taken in the Far East during WW2. They are all taken in the air, some air to air some air to ground.
Aircraft shown include, Hurricane BM969, Unknown Bristol Beaufighter VI, Liberator EV834, unknown Vultee Vengeance. There are also aerial shots of an unknown airfield with many B29s and Liberators.
All are printed on Air Ministry Paper and some are duplicated and marked Left and Right, for stereo viewing.
I hope to post some of these pictures and wonder if anyone can add further information.
Thanks in advance.
This is captioned Crashed Army 99 at north end of Maida Vale landing ground.
Information on aircraft type and/or Maida Vale would be appeciated.
John.
By: bargioni - 1st September 2004 at 13:22
One of my favourates
By: crazymainer - 1st September 2004 at 13:03
B-29s
Hi All,
The B-29 field would be the one in China, this was the first place that the 29 operated out of.
As for the OD paint on the 29 the first 30 or so were painted with OD these all came from the Witchata plant.
Also this is the same field that the two 29 ended up in Russia came from.
Cheers Crazymainer
By: Arabella-Cox - 1st September 2004 at 12:54
Yes, they’re B29’s. Interesting to see one or two appear to be camouflaged; I’ve seen images of the sole B29 which visited Britain in 1944 and that was in olive green, but I didn’t think the USAAF had ever bothered painting the Pacific B29’s?
By: bargioni - 1st September 2004 at 12:52
Mike, Flood, Robbo, thanks for the info this is the one of the airfield that shows B29s I think?
Cheers.
John.
By: Flood - 1st September 2004 at 12:37
‘Maida Vale’ was the code name of a landing ground in Burma with the local name of Magwe. It appears to have been used until the Japanese forced its evacuation in 1942, then retaken in 1945 when the code name was applied.
Flood
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