Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Funny thing about memories. My mother's is quite different about those flights. As a little girl she was sent to Belgrade during the war. It was an open city, with a marginal German occupation garrison. Apparently children were sent there from neighboring cities, and the surrounding country side, for safety during the war. Apparently in the autumn of 1944, on the flights back from Ploesti, the American air force would drop bombs on the city of Belgrade. Since the American air force did everything by the clock, the city was bombed on a regular basis at the same time of the day. My mother said, before the arrival of the bombers, they would be taken across the river, and watch from a distance the bombing of the city. After the Americans had left, they would be taken back to the city. All with the hope that the homes of the families that they were staying with weren't destroyed in the bombing. s.d. On Oct 18, 2007, at 5:22 AM, Walt Johnson wrote: > Jim > > Somewhere around here I've an image of my dad's B-24. The plane was > shot down over Hungary while returning from the fun and games at > Ploesti .He and his crew spent the rest of the was as guest of the > Germans. > > Walt > > Douglas Sharp wrote: >> Jim, >> I always did like the Liberator (Mitchell on steroids) - one of my >> favourite Airfix kits when I was quite a bit younger - what the >> Flying Fortress was to the Lancaster was the Liberator to the >> Halifax. You can still see a lot of its flying boat origins too. >> Cheers >> Douglas >> BTW, if you're working in Windows, try the trial version of DCE >> Tools from Mediachance - it sometimes works wonders on older >> shots. Try DCEnhance or ColorCastCorrection they've often done a >> lot (and saved a lot of time) correcting some of my old slide >> scans and even newer stuff. >> >> Jim Nichols wrote: >>> While working with negatives from 1995, I discovered some photos >>> of visiting WWII bombers that were in town in the Fall of 1995. >>> They were a B-17, probably a G or H model, and a B-24. These >>> airplanes had several points of interest for me. >>> >>> As shown in take-off, the thick wing airfoil of the B-17 allows a >>> fairly steep climb angle, especially when compared to the B-24 >>> which made use of a NACA laminar-flow airfoil designed to achieve >>> higher speeds. Even with partial flaps on take-off, the B-24 >>> climbs at a more conservative angle. >>> >>> The turrets on the B-24 are impressive. The nose turret lets the >>> gunner feel that he is a part of the crew, whereas the >>> retractable belly turret leaves the gunner on his own for much of >>> the mission. I worked for many years with an engineer who, as a >>> very young airman, flew missions over Europe in the B-24 belly >>> turret. >>> >>> Taken twelve years ago, the quality of the in-flight images leave >>> a lot to be desired, especially when compared to the images that >>> Douglas recently posted from England. However, these old birds >>> are disappearing, so I post them in remembrance of what they >>> represented during WWII. >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cigar+Box/B-17+Seen+in >>> +1995.jpg.html >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cigar+Box/B-24+Seen+in >>> +1995.jpg.html >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cigar+Box/B-24+Nose >>> +Turret+1995.jpg.html >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cigar+Box/B-24+Belly >>> +Turret+1995.jpg.html >>> >>> Comments and critiques are welcomed and appreciated. >>> >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information