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KiwiBiggles · Mar 4, 2018

Interesting get-up the pilot's in: khaki battledress, including webbing, the mandatory silk scarf and what look suspiciously like tennis shoes.

I imagine the serious modellers here are taking very careful note of the weathering, especially on the spinner.

pbehn · Mar 4, 2018

Who is that woman smoking a cigarette next to an armed fighter?

Airframes · Mar 4, 2018

Many 2 TAF pilots (possibly all) were issued with khaki battledress in Normandy. It was thought that the RAF 'blue' could be mistaken for German uniform, if they were shot down and belly landed or parachuted, the idea being to help prevent 'friendly fire' incidents, and also, of course, to aid in concealment in the event of evasion.
The black on the Typhoon spinner, another 'trademark' of 2TAF, looks to have been painted over the original 'Sky'.

Wurger · Mar 4, 2018

pbehn said:
Who is that woman smoking a cigarette next to an armed fighter?

Perhaps, young Jan...

Aaron Brooks Wolters · Mar 4, 2018

She'd have a beer also wouldn't she Wurger?

v2 · Mar 5, 2018

michaelmaltby · Mar 5, 2018

SS tattoo blood type

michaelmaltby · Mar 5, 2018

The pan-Euro Waffen SS

Capt. Vick · Mar 5, 2018

I just never understood joining your conqeurer. Guess I had to be there.

michaelmaltby · Mar 5, 2018

"... Guess I had to be there."
Would that have helped ...?

Graeme · Mar 5, 2018

Wurger · Mar 5, 2018

Hansie Bloeckmann · Mar 5, 2018

Graeme said:
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A "Tinker-Toy" tank? USN Sea-Bees???

michaelmaltby said:
Superb demolition
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buffnut453 · Mar 5, 2018

Wurger said:
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Great photo of a MkI fighter Blenheim. Note the blast plate under the nose to protect the lower fuselage from muzzle flash. Also note the Light Series Carrier under the fuselage, visible between the prop blade and the chap in the trench coat. It's likely this was the configuration flown by the 27 Sqn Blenheims on 8 Dec 41 when they flew their first operations trying to interdict the Japanese landings on the Malayan coastline.

Hansie Bloeckmann · Mar 5, 2018

Aaron Brooks Wolters said:
I may be wrong, but it looks like he only has three fingers on that hand also.

Looks to me like he has all his left hand fingers- but his thumb is bandaged..

Graeme · Mar 5, 2018

Hansie Bloeckmann said:
A "Tinker-Toy" tank? USN Sea-Bees???

Normandy. US Navy men with Goliath (Beetle?)...

D-Day: June 6 1944 In 39 Unforgettable Photos - Flashbak

Greg Boeser · Mar 5, 2018

Capt. Vick said:
I just never understood joining your conqeurer. Guess I had to be there.

Plenty of folks want to be on the "right side of history". German propaganda was very convincing, until about 1943...

michaelmaltby · Mar 6, 2018

michaelmaltby · Mar 6, 2018

Nazi instruction on poisoned racial purity "science"

Capt. Vick · Mar 6, 2018

michaelmaltby said:
"... Guess I had to be there."
Would that have helped ...?

For me to understand, perhaps. For me to stop it, certainly not. For me to join, no. Clear things up.

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