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[syscom3]

Charles A. Wambier was born on 1921. He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II as a Flight Officer in the
358th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group.

Wambier was Killed in Action on December 30, 1943 at around 1445 while piloting P-47D #42-75425 YF-U, lost near Reims
in combat with two Me 109s.

He is now buried in Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados,
Basse-Normandie, France.

 

[Frog]

I always liked the look of the Coronado - an impressive-looking aircraft. Apparently not a great success though

A sort of B-24 turned floaplane.

 

[andy1967]

18th May 1944. Polish Flag raised at Monte Cassino Abbey. Source:The Net.

 

[SaparotRob]

I always liked the look of the Coronado - an impressive-looking aircraft. Apparently not a great success though

That could've been due to the amount of airfields built throughout the Pacific. It is a cool plane for sure.

 

[captain Frey]

Curtiss P-40F on USS Ranger January 1943 the net
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Look like Operation Torch, November 8 1942, (Algeria and Morocco).

 

[Frog]

Field Marshall Sir Bernard Law Montgomery inspecting the French Occupation Forces in Germany, in this case a Chasseur à Pieds battalion (French light infantry) during a precision training session firing with the .22 lr MAS 45.

He is wearing the honorary Chasseur à Pieds corporal stripes.

 

[Bretoal2]

Field Marshall Sir Bernard Law Montgomery inspecting the French Forces Occupation Forces in Germany, in this case a Chasseur à Pieds battalion (French light infantry) during a precision training session firing with the .22 lr MAS 45.

He is wearing the honorary Chasseur à Pieds corporal stripes.


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Seems a colorized B&W pic ....

 

[Viking1066]

Three Consolidated PBY-5A Catalinas of patrol squadron VP-52 in the south-west Pacific in December 1943. VP-52 was based at Port Moresby, New Guinea the net

 

[Viking1066]

USAAF 41 13426 Curtiss P-40B Warhawk Iceland 1942 the net

 

[Viking1066]

USN Brewster Buffaloes over NAS Miami the net

 

[Viking1066]

Westland Lysander Mark IIs of No. 225 Squadron RAF based at Tilshead, Wiltshire, on a training flight in 1940 the net

 

[Elvis]

Three Consolidated PBY-5A Catalinas of patrol squadron VP-52 in the south-west Pacific in December 1943. VP-52 was based at Port Moresby, New Guinea the net
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Black Cats?

 

[Frog]

Seems a colorized B&W pic ....

Probably.

This being, the photoshopper knew his job as from 1946, the Chasseurs readopted a blue dress uniform.

 

[Bretoal2]

Probably.

This being, the photoshopper knew his job as from 1946, the Chasseurs readopted a blue dress uniform.

I don't think it's Photoshop; rather, it looks like gouache or watercolor applied directly to the photograph.

It is a very old technique, which explains why the artist was so well-versed in the uniform colors and thier evolutions. He was a contemporary !

 

[Frog]

I don't think it's Photoshop; rather, it looks like gouache or watercolor applied directly to the photograph.

It is a very old technique, which explains why the artist was so well-versed in the uniform colors and thier evolutions. He was a contemporary !

Yep, my father used to do that up to the early 70s on B & W pictures.

 

[Viking1066]

USS Texas Kingfisher comes alongside the net

 

[Viking1066]

View from a ball turret on a B-17 the net

 

[Viking1066]

Vought OS2U Kingfisher being catapulted from the battleship USS South Dakota (BB-57) at Scapa Flow, Scotland (UK) while operating with elements of the British Home Fleet the net

 

[Viking1066]

USS San Jacinto underway off Virginia 23 Jan 1944 note SNJ training plane on flight deck the net

 

[Viking1066]

USN Devastators and SOC Seagull at a British NAS 1942 the net