Old Scrapbook scans

[petadel]

My other half cannot believe I have spent the day scanning, reducing and enhancing my father's old scrap books from WW2.
I have uploaded them for you enjoy and naturally help with with some identification.
They are the best I can enhance they are mostly newsprint with the occasional photo strewn about.

Wellington

Hampdens

Halifax

Mitchell

Loadstar

 

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The Liberator series

 

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Beaufighter Alley !!

 

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Next the spitfires - once a favourite always a favourite (esp from the Allied newsclippings of the era).

 

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Spitties continue

 

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Some colour fo a change

From Yank Down under Magazine 1942

"Veteren primary trainer in the Navy is the N3N-3, designed an built by the Naval Aircraft Factory"

 

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B29 Superfortresses enter service !

"How the new Boeing B29 Superfortress, a number of which bombed Japan last week, dwarfs its predecessor the B17 Flying Fortress, is shown in this diagrammatic picture of the two lethal machines in flight."

 

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A miscellaneous set. Labels from the scrap books as best I can tell:

P38's

Black Widow

Curtiss Seagull

Vultee Vangaurd

Grumman Martlet

 

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Mosquito

RAAF Mosquito

 

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A splash more colour for the day

Again 1942 Yank Downunder magazine

"slated by Navy for future development is experimental twin engine Grumman 'Skyrocket" (XF5F-1)"

"One of the most rugged scout bombers is the Navy SBC-4, soon to be replaced by later models"

 

[Crunch]

Wow, they're fantastic!

 

[evangilder]

Neat stuff!

 

[ccheese]

Good Pic's..... especially like the Skyrocket. Shame it never went anywhere.

Charles

 

[Wayne Little]

More great pics, thanks mate!

 

[Bucksnort101]

Very nice. I've got some WW11 era American Rifleman magazines that have some aircraft in them. I should borrow a scanner and do this as well.

 

[Wurger]

Nice stuff here. THX for uploading.

 

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Some random scans - identification from scrapbook

BV 139

Autogiro

Beechcraft B18

The GEORGE lancaster arrival Australia

Martin Baltimore (?)

 

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More miscellaneous

Blenheim

Bi planes - not good with these identification (?)

Fairey Barracuda

Wildcats on carrier

SBD divebomer - note with ARMY markings

 

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Almost all transporters of the era (except one !)

DC 2

Flying Flea

Gliders

 

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Obviously some experimental of the times

Bristol High Altitude Record

Miles M-35

Schematic of V1 - circ 1944

Hiller copter

Douglas Corp DC-4