WW 2 Axis Color !

[beaupower32]

 

[piet]

 

[piet]

1) Wow, nice pictures.

2) That gentleman's work is truly magnificent....

Great Photo,the two girls dont look verry happy

 

[v2]

Narvik

 

[gepp]

few mixed some have been coloured
and sorry about the American coloured pics

 

[gepp]

and a few more

 

[drgondog]

Gepp - which airfield location for the Fw 190D w/Mustangs in background?

 

[phas3e]

Gepp - which airfield location for the Fw 190D w/Mustangs in background?

Its Furth-Atzenhoff near Nurnberg. W.Nr500570 "Blue 12' of 8./Jg6 Surrendered to the US 10th PRG there

 

[gepp]

phase ya beat me to it i had just finished typing scrolled down abit and there it was lol
oh well ill add i think they are p-47's in the background.

 

[drgondog]

the one on the left is a 51. on the right may be a 47 - it does look like a radial.

 

[proton45]

Great Photo,the two girls dont look verry happy

lol, actually a couple of those guys don't look so happy ether...

 

[Erich]

might be very wise guys to list your book sources for the colour pics many seen in periodicals over many years

 

[phas3e]

Oh and the JV44 Doras photo of Reds 13 and 4 is a model diorama

 

[gepp]

oh sorry my bad i thought they were real

 

[beaupower32]

A Schwarm of yellow nosed Bf-109Es from JG2 fly north along the coast of France near Cap Gris-Nez.

Armourers re-loading the fuselage-mounted MG 17 machine-guns on a Messerschmitt Bf-109E of JG27. Although unquestionably taken in the Western Desert, this photograph clearly shows the grey and green camouflage and conspicuous yellow tactical nose markings previously employed in Europe.

The interrogation reports of several pilots from JG53 shed some interesting light on the history of the Geschwader's markings. According to these reports, when first formed, the personnel of JG53 adopted as their badge the Ace of Spades, or card of death, and are believed to have worn uniforms with a distinctive cut to show they belonged to an elite unit (in much the same way as RAF fighter pilots denoted their status by leaving the top button of their tunics unfastened). However, in the Summer of 1940, Reichsmarschall Goring ordered that the special uniforms and the Ace of Spades badge were to be dropped and the Geschwader became known as the Red Ring Geschwader on account of the red circle which was then painted round the engine cowling. Neither the reasons for Goring's order, nor the particular significance of the red ring, are yet fully understood but it was probably intended as a punishment and may also have had some ideological relevance. Throughout September and October, JG53 was very active, two or more sorties per day being the rule rather than the exception and rest days were only taken when bad weather prevented flying. Whether this hard work had any bearing on the original order suppressing the Geschwader emblem being later rescinded is not known

 

[Shinpachi]

Colored monochrome film "Pearl Harbor"

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSmmG0zOxUY

Colored monochrome film "To the Midway"

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnnTZe8B4Lg

Attached screenshot shows the captured Doolittle's crew in China taken from "To the Midway".
I believe this is a rare film, at least for me.

The other is a ditching IJN aircraft with fuel runout in Midway.

 

[racerguy00]

Sorry bout size and if repost.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Great pics!

 

[v2]

SM79 JR

 

[Maximowitz]

The interrogation reports of several pilots from JG53 shed some interesting light on the history of the Geschwader's markings. According to these reports, when first formed, the personnel of JG53 adopted as their badge the Ace of Spades, or card of death, and are believed to have worn uniforms with a distinctive cut to show they belonged to an elite unit (in much the same way as RAF fighter pilots denoted their status by leaving the top button of their tunics unfastened). However, in the Summer of 1940, Reichsmarschall Goring ordered that the special uniforms and the Ace of Spades badge were to be dropped and the Geschwader became known as the Red Ring Geschwader on account of the red circle which was then painted round the engine cowling. Neither the reasons for Goring's order, nor the particular significance of the red ring, are yet fully understood but it was probably intended as a punishment and may also have had some ideological relevance.

Nice story but untrue. See Prien's History of JG 53 for details. The removal of the Ace of Spades insignia and subsequent wearing of the red ring is also detailed in John Weal's "Jagdgeschwader 53" published by Osprey.

A somewhat cheaper option than Prien's three volume set.