Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous

[Shinpachi]

Breaking news from the U.S. in May, 1937.

Source: Press Rengo Photo News (May 1937)

 

[Shinpachi]

A picture from San Francisco in May, 1937.
U,S. Army Air Force bombers preparing for the coming massive exercise in the west coast.

Source: Press Rengo Photo News (May 1937)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Peter Gunn]

A picture from San Francisco in May, 1937.
U,S. Army Air Force bombers preparing for the coming massive exercise in the west coast.

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Source: Press Rengo Photo News (May 1937)

Not to be argumentative but those are P-26 fighters.

 

[Peter Gunn]

SEYA Yokohama Japan 1945

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I'm here to tell ya, lately the wife has been giving me a bad case of "Woman Disease".

 

[stug3]

The candy store didn't carry EC comics. I had to read about Super Duper Man and Melvin of the Jungle at my cousin's house.
Mom wouldn't let me near Tales of the Crypt.

EDIT: It might be Tales FROM the Crypt.

Super Duper Man and Melvin of the Jungle were from a Mad Magazine parody of EC and other Pre-Code comics. EC and Mad were owned by the same publishing company. Im pretty sure I still have it somewhere.

 

[manta22]

MAD #4

 

[SaparotRob]

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Blast from the Past. Do you have the Blackhawk parody?

 

[manta22]

Blast from the Past. Do you have the Blackhawk parody?

MAD #5

 

[SaparotRob]

That's the issue which introduced me to expression "how much is that in real money?" at the tender age of 7 (or so).

 

[Peter Gunn]

SaparotRob said:
The candy store didn't carry EC comics. I had to read about Super Duper Man and Melvin of the Jungle at my cousin's house.
Mom wouldn't let me near Tales of the Crypt.

EDIT: It might be Tales FROM the Crypt.

That's where an older brother came in handy for me

 

[Shinpachi]

Not to be argumentative but those are P-26 fighters.

Thanks for your advice, Peter.
I don't know why I did not pay more attention to this aircraft.
This is a very elegant plane.

 

[Wurger]

 

[SaparotRob]

Thanks for your advice, Peter.
I don't know why I did not pay more attention to this aircraft.
This is a very elegant plane.

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You should see these planes in color pictures!

BTW great 3-D images.

 

[michaelmaltby]

... didn't some face the IJAF at the opening stage of WW2 around Clarke Field ..?

 

[manta22]

That's where an older brother came in handy for me

The old MAD- when it was published in comic book format_ had really great artwork and very clever satire. You had to look carefully at the drawings; there was always something going on in the background that merely skimming over a story would miss.

 

[SaparotRob]

"Shazoom? Vas ist das Shazoom?"

 

[Capt. Vick]

... didn't some face the IJAF at the opening stage of WW2 around Clarke Field ..?

I believe you are correct. IIRC one pilot had the enemy dead to rights, but couldn't find the gun charger. Also the Philippines AF had some from the US Army and one is reported to have scored a kill.

 

[cammerjeff]

didn't some face the IJAF at the opening stage of WW2 around Clarke Field ..?

Yes

and they also flew for the Chinese Nationalist AF vs Japan in the late 1930's.

 

[Shinpachi]

At the Japanese side, there were few informations about the Boeing P-26 in the 1940s but in the 1930s.
It would not have been unusual model any longer for the Japanese researchers when the Pacific War began.