buffnut453
Captain
Pilot Officer Scruggs and his trusty navigator ready for another mission.
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johnbr
2nd Lieutenant
A badly smashed Australian Army jeep under the starboard engine of A9-557, a Bristol Beaufort bomber operated by No 100 Squadron RAAF. Tadji, New Guinea.
johnbr
2nd Lieutenant
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Old Wizard
2nd Lieutenant
michaelmaltby
Colonel
Poland, 1939
michaelmaltby
Colonel
I'm not sure the pic was taken in Poland. The year 1939 in the pic caption , doesn't mean it was taken there. I would say it's very likely somewhere in the former Czechoslovakia.
Robert Porter
Senior Master Sergeant
Pretty sure it was Poland. In the Bundesarchiv here is the link to that picture: Bundesarchiv - Picture database: Simple search
The caption reads:
Short title:
Polen, Zivilisten, Soldat auf Krad
Dating:
September 1939
This is a propaganda shot. The original title of the pic is "Volksdeutsche reichen ihren Befreiern einen frischen trunk "Fr" OKW". The translation is... The Volksdeutschers offering a fresh beverage to heir liberator". Because it is a propaganda pic it could have been taken everywhere in 1939. The close area to the German/Polish frontier is possible Judging by the landscape it could be the South borderline. Additionaly , none of Poles here in Poland would give anything a Nazi German during the September Campaign 1939. Unless it would be a bullet.
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Robert Porter
Senior Master Sergeant
Yes I am sure it is a propaganda shot, however every reference I can find for it mentions Poland as the location. So in short there is no reason to doubt the location. The veracity of the sentiment expressed in the picture is indeed somewhat in doubt however there was a large german speaking population in Poland some of whom certainly welcomed the invasion.
In the same archive and from the same period is another photo which is labeled as "German women living in Poland giving bread to German troops."
In the same archive and from the same period is another photo which is labeled as "German women living in Poland giving bread to German troops."
And now it is more possible. German living in Poland.. sounds OK. But judging of the landscape and quality of the road in the background, also by the fence, still having doubts. The appearance of the polish land in that time was really a little bit different I would say.. However the title is the title.
fubar57
General
RAF rescue craft on the Nile Delta
michaelmaltby
Colonel
michaelmaltby
Colonel
Kursk ....
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