Aviation historians might be interested in this site:
http://55bomber.wordpress.com/
It’s a collection of photos taken by an RAF fitter during his postings in 1930s Iraq and Germany in 1945.
There are photos of these types:
Handley Page HP42
Westland Wapiti
Ford Trimotor
Vickers Vincent
Hawker Tempest
Messerschmitt Bf 109
Focke-Wulf Fw190
P-47 Thunderbolt
By: loveair - 23rd October 2011 at 13:07
That’s one of the best pics of Bf109G-6 VX101 I’ve seen – I suspect the photo of that and the Fw190 are taken in the UK rather than Germany
You might be right, but these are from a collection belonging to a distant relative and I’ve no reason to suspect that they aren’t all from his posting in Fritzlar in 1945 (after the war was over).
By: DaveF68 - 23rd October 2011 at 12:24
That’s one of the best pics of Bf109G-6 VX101 I’ve seen – I suspect the photo of that and the Fw190 are taken in the UK rather than Germany
By: loveair - 22nd October 2011 at 16:39
Thanks. Glad you like them 🙂
The site has been up a few months and someone spotted their father among the personnel in Iraq so it was well worth the effort putting them online for posterity.
By: longshot - 22nd October 2011 at 15:47
Magic…thank you….I think G-AAUC Horsa (ex Hecate!!) is less commonly illustrated, and I like the Air France Fokker
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