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[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Nbfzg VI on its way to Norway, April 1940. No photo credit available.

 

[Torch]

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US soldiers of the 41st Armored Infantry Battalion, working with the 82nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Armored Division, study a captured German map, during Operation Cobra. July 1944. No photo credit available.

Marine camo???

 

[Snautzer01]

Original WWII AAF Bomb Strike Photo - 98th Bomb Group, Moosbierbaum Oil | eBay

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Dortmund, Hoesch Benzin GMHB

GREAT GROUPING OF FIVE WWII BOMBER TARGET PHOTOS SEE! | eBay

 

[Snautzer01]

WW2 Picture Photo Curious image of a boy eating seated on a dangerous mine 1233 | eBay

 

[Dana Bell]

Marine camo???

Hi Torch,

No, it was a little-used Army camouflage. The story goes that American troops in the ETO had come to associate any camouflaged clothing with the Germans, leading to several blue-on-blue incidents.

The cammies did show up with several Army units in the Pacific. The only other major use was Sgt Saunders' helmet in TV's Combat!

Cheers,



Dana

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[syscom3]

A P-40 of the 23rd FG, Kunming, China 1944

 

[syscom3]

B-17G Flying Fortress "Wee-Willie" of the 322nd Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomber Group losing a wing from flak fire over Stendal, Germany, 8 April 1945; 8 were killed; the pilot and 1 crewman survived.

 

[syscom3]

An abandoned Messerschmitt Bf 109G and a pair of Ju 88G night-fighters in a hangar at Wunstorf airfield in Germany, captured by 6th Airborne Division, 8 April 1945.

 

[syscom3]

A British soldier examines a row of partially complete Messerschmitt Me 109G fuselages in a hangar at Wunstorf airfield, captured by the 5th Parachute Brigade, 6th Airborne Division, 8 April 1945.

 

[Hardlydank]

Prototype Skytrain floatplane

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Marine camo???

Torch, that is the info on the photo, correct or not, it is all I have, I am sorry. Wish I had more, but I know very little of WWII camo.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Hi Torch,

No, it was a little-used Army camouflage. The story goes that American troops in the ETO had come to associate any camouflaged clothing with the Germans, leading to several blue-on-blue incidents.

The cammies did show up with several Army units in the Pacific. The only other major use was Sgt Saunders' helmet in TV's Combat!

Cheers,



Dana

Thank you Dana for the sharing this.

 

[Snautzer01]

1944 Press Photo US airmen in England, SSgt Wolf,Sgt Tonner,SSgt Linnemann | eBay

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[syscom3]

P-51s and P-47s at Lingayen, Philipppines

 

[Wurger]

 

[Hardlydank]

Macchi MC.205 of the Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force

 

[syscom3]

A pathfinder USAAF Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8781) of the 96th Bomb Group in flight, 9 April 1945.

 

[syscom3]

A flight of B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 384th Bomb Group in formation over Furstenfeldbruck, Germany, 9 April 1945.