Have to agree with you on that!
SBD Dauntless In Color
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Have to agree with you on that!
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GrumpyBadger
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I have found some amazing pics to share with y'all of the dauntless and her crew. However, they do appear to be "watermarked" and out of respect, I'll just post a link up here:
WWII in Color ? Color Kodachrome Slides ? 1944 SBD Dauntless Marine Dive Bombers VMSB-332 w/ Aircraft | Portraits of War
it seems to be the USMC Squadron VMSB-332. Amazing photos, and again, the quality of them is unreal.
WWII in Color ? Color Kodachrome Slides ? 1944 SBD Dauntless Marine Dive Bombers VMSB-332 w/ Aircraft | Portraits of War
it seems to be the USMC Squadron VMSB-332. Amazing photos, and again, the quality of them is unreal.
Wildcat
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Awesome!
Great shots Chris!
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A few new ones - some are part of earlier series....
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Good shots Chris!
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Isn't that last shot cool??!! Open canopy, seat high up so you don't get a feeling of being totally enclosed. Kinda like riding a motorcycle in the clouds!
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Excellent!! Thanks for posting!!
Wildcat
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Great shots!
Excellent shots!
wheelsup_cavu
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Cool shots. 
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Lucky13
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Awesome!
Magnificent images, guys. This thread inspired me to search for colour images (I couldn't find any in color 
) of RNZAF Dauntlesses on the net, but all I came across, apart from colour profiles and models was this one, which even then is a rather amateurish attempt at photoshopping (damned thieving Kiwis) and incidentally I found it on this site!
Look familiar? The real picture, seen earlier in this thread.
As a degree of thievery was carried out to modify the lower image to produce an RNZAF Dauntless, this is essentially how the Kiwi ones were painted on arrival in New Zealand. Most arrived in New Zealand in American markings, some of them in a somewhat weary state and the Kiwi markings were simply painted over the American ones exactly like the picture above. I've seen images of RNZAF Dauntlesses at the aircraft dump at Rukuhia, near Hamilton in the 1960s with their US markings plainly visible from sitting outdoors since the end of the war.
) of RNZAF Dauntlesses on the net, but all I came across, apart from colour profiles and models was this one, which even then is a rather amateurish attempt at photoshopping (damned thieving Kiwis) and incidentally I found it on this site!Look familiar? The real picture, seen earlier in this thread.
As a degree of thievery was carried out to modify the lower image to produce an RNZAF Dauntless, this is essentially how the Kiwi ones were painted on arrival in New Zealand. Most arrived in New Zealand in American markings, some of them in a somewhat weary state and the Kiwi markings were simply painted over the American ones exactly like the picture above. I've seen images of RNZAF Dauntlesses at the aircraft dump at Rukuhia, near Hamilton in the 1960s with their US markings plainly visible from sitting outdoors since the end of the war.
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vikingBerserker
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Nice
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Not too many colour pics but found a few more...
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