Milne Bay in colour!

[Wildcat]

Came across this on youtube. Check out the ultra rare shots of RAAF P40E's, Hudson's, Beauforts and USAAF P39's - in colour Note the RAAF aircraft still have the red dot in the roundel, this was phased out in late '42.

 

[ozhawk40]

???? Don't tease - where is it?

 

[Wildcat]

Whoops!! Sorry Pete


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXmbhkcpfqA

 

[Heinz]

Sh1t hot Andy! Thanks mate 8)

 

[vikingBerserker]

Very cool, thanks for posting.

 

[RabidAlien]

Great post!

 

[pbfoot]

really good I'll watch the rest

 

[ozhawk40]

Cheers - thats flick has got some great footage.

Peter

 

[GrauGeist]

That's some great footage, thanks for the link!

 

[wheelsup_cavu]

Great link Wildcat.


Wheels

 

[Gnomey]

Great footage!

 

[renrich]

Very good stuff but, "for the first time in the Pacific war a Japanese invasion force had been turned back." ????? How about Coral Sea and Midway, well before Milne Bay? Just goes to show that the media seldom gets things right.

 

[Wildcat]

I believe they are referring to the fact that Milne Bay was the first land defeat suffered by Japanese forces.

 

[Heinz]

Thats how I saw it as well.

 

[renrich]

Youall are probably right.

 

[ppopsie]

Thanks. Our formidable enemy. I haven't seen Beaufighters in motion pictures before. A Ballanitine series book about the Kittyhawks at Milne Bay airstrip was translated and published in Japan early in the 70s and I read it, but this is for the first time I see what it was like. Very nice.