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Four Wrens move a torpedo to be loaded into a submarine at the submarine base (HMS Dolphin) at Portsmouth/Gosport, England 1943 the net
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Lumber Jills" of the Women's Timber Corps the net
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Koolhoven FK58 1938 the net
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Junkers A 50ce Junior flown from Tokyo with Junkers G38 1930 the net
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Marines of the Marine Corps Women's Reserve undergo gas mask training at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Late 1943 / Early 1944 the net
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The little plane flew FROM Tokyo? How did it get to Tokyo? How often did it have to refuel. Inquiring minds want to know "the rest of the story."
Check Marga von Etzdorf in the www. She flew the plane in 11 days between 18 August and 29 August 1931.
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Buffalo Line Up the net
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MD 315 Flamant Prototype the net
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Death Valley Flyers BW photo 8 the net
with color The Death Valley Flyers 1943 photot 5 TIMELIFE
with color The Death Valley Flyers 1943 photot 5 TIMELIFE
All photos from this collection are interesting - I already wrote about some of them, looking for a Meyers Aircraft & Co. plane. The longer title of the collection is " Civil air patrol student pilots at Silver Lake airfield near Baker California 1944".
My personal favourite (colorized with AI):
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More Missing Details: Ghosts of the Battlefield is proud to announce our newest exhibit, The Death Valley Flyers, celebrating the remarkable women of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program during World War II.
In 1943, LIFE magazine photographer John Forea accompanied a group of prospective WASP pilots on a camping and flying excursion into California's Death Valley. His photographs captured these young aviators against the dramatic desert landscape, preserving moments of friendship, confidence, and adventure before many of them would go on to serve their nation during wartime.
The women of the WASP program ferried military aircraft, towed aerial gunnery targets, tested repaired airplanes, and instructed pilots, freeing thousands of male aviators for combat duty overseas. Although they flew military aircraft under dangerous conditions, their service would not receive full recognition for decades. Thirty-eight WASPs lost their lives while serving their country.
The images featured in our exhibit were originally photographed by John Forea for LIFE magazine in 1943. The photographs displayed have been professionally restored and colorized by Ghosts of the Battlefield. Through this restoration process, these historic images have been brought back to life, allowing modern audiences to experience the beauty, confidence, and determination of these pioneering women as never before, and are displayed as part of our ongoing efforts to preserve and interpret military history for future generations.
These women were more than beautiful faces in the desert sun. They were pilots, pioneers, and patriots whose courage helped change American aviation forever.
... and to us an expression of the day, Hubba, Hubbah!!Are you part of that group on Instagram? I checked the colorized photos and the originals of John Forea in the LIFE collection. I believe these photos have been made in May, 1944, not in 1943. This is at least the LIFE-information.
This is John Florea BTW:
