My Favorite WWII Aircraft Wallpapers, by lesofprimus.....

[evangilder]

It certainly would have been an adventure! "Hey Bill, why is the rudder so easy to control...Oh SHIT!"

 

[evangilder]

BTW, Les, the new Avatar is cool. Looks like the "war face".

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

hehe love it........

nice pics to.................

 

[cheddar cheese]

Oh, a smart one now, are we?

Too damn right I am!

 

[Pisis]

Sorry, my bad. Yes, the B-29 was big in it's day, but today doesn't seem so large.

No, sorry, my fault - it wasn't that obvious.

 

[HealzDevo]

Ok, here we go some more images for your enjoyment. I hope you enjoy these B-36 Peacemaker pictures, one of the biggest Prop engine bombers that never really dropped a bomb in anger.

 

[Nonskimmer]

Great pics! Love the first one! 8)

 

[evangilder]

Yeah! Great pics! I love the formation shot.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Lovely pics! 8) Im a huge fan of the B-36 (Excuse pun)

 

[PhoenixDelta]

Evangilder, I don't know if it was the same one but I have a little story to tell about the B-36. I was stationed at the SAC base at Ellsworth AFB back in 1955, flying F-86D's with the Air Defense Command. One day I was startled to see a B-36 on final approach with no rudder. It created quite a buzz in our outfit but since we weren't in SAC we were out of the loop for the buzz about what actually happened. Since there is nothing I could find about the incident on the internet, your picture is probably of that bird.

 

[RabidAlien]

Looks like Hillzdevo's last pic is the missing rudder!

Couple of pics I've used as backgrounds on and off (the last pic is my current desktop pic. First and third were Internet finds, the rest I took):

 

[Lucky13]

Some of mine.....

 

[backtothewind]

Here's my contribution

Now maybe you can help me out.

I'm looking for a high res picture of RAAF SBD's in formation, similar in many ways to the one above. I have seen it as a signature on another forum but haven't had any reply

Does anyone know of this picture?

 

[lesofprimus]

Dont know anything about RAAF Dautless', but that pic u posted up above just went into my Best WP Folder...

Top notch shot...

 

[Wildcat]

The RAAF never had SBD's. I believe you're thinking of RNZAF birds. Great pics BTW

 

[<simon>]

I'm happy to see my display picture feature in the first instalment...!
Great pictures!

 

[backtothewind]

Don't you just love the state of the cowling on No 5.

Wildcat they could have been RNZAF. Do you have any link to the photo?

Roger

 

[Wildcat]

Is this the pic Rog? scroll down a little.
Wings Over Cambridge - Last Stand in Singapore - by Graham Clayton

 

[backtothewind]

That's the one and that's the forum I tried to contact ............... now I just need to source the full size image.

Thanks Wildcat

 

[Catch22]

That's NOT originally a RNZAF bird. The roundels have been super-imposed over top of the US roundels.

The big clue is the fact that there are USN birds in the background. Also, the white is too white, and the angle of the inner circle on the wing is slightly off as well.