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  • Peter Gillson
    SMF Supporters
    • Apr 2018
    • 2594

    #1

    The War Illustrated - a selection of photos

    Hi Guys!

    i started flicking through the set of The War Illustrated which I acquired recently and thought I would post a few of the more interesting/unusual ones:

    How about this for a boxed diorama?

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    The next two are not photos as such, but I found them interesting ...

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    Another boxed diorama?
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    Interesting technical details ...
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    I had never thought albout 'bailing out' training, a dio perhaps for anybody who bought one of the Lancaster nose models?

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    Years ago I made a 1/72 scale Udet bouy:
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    There are quite a few photos from Germany, aquired via the USA, like this one on manouvers:
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    who knew RAF pilots sat around with dark galsses? Seems sensible:

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    Peter
  • Jim R
    SMF Supporters
    • Apr 2018
    • 15604
    • Jim
    • Shropshire

    #2
    They are fascinating Peter. Love that idea to train bomb aimers.

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      #3
      Originally posted by Peter Gillson
      There are quite a few photos from Germany, aquired via the USA, like this one on manouvers:
      Read the caption under it carefully and then compare it to the photo
      the difficulty of hauling even a machine-gun up a few feet of rocky cliff.
      About 330 kg of “machine gun”

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