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re: I know we have ww2 buffs here. Are these common pictures?
Posted on 5/18/22 at 12:52 pm to Ace Midnight
Posted on 5/18/22 at 12:52 pm to Ace Midnight
Any fighter that pointed it's nose at a bomber was going to get shot at.
Period.
Period.
Posted on 5/18/22 at 12:56 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
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Paging WWIIcollector
Wow, I feel like somebody put up the Bat signal over Gothem City.... lol
Love researching this stuff...
While I have never ran across these. The first thing is that they are NOT CARDS... They are posters. They measure approximately 14" X 20". If you scroll down to the bottom you get this.
Identification POSTER (Sil) silhouette. No. 512 (Poster Number) 7/42 (the Date of Printing)
D.I.T. - A.A.F. Identification Unit
Dept Information T? (Most likely Training)
Army Air Forces
of course ID unit.
Obviously printing by and in the USA and the government.
Now the second set is totally different... SO most likely those were printing by another company and most likely British from earlier than '42 as the USA had not entered the War by the time the Germans were bombing Britian. Or it simply could have been contracted by someone other than the government as they are not as detailed..
Like I said. In all the guns shows and militaria shows I have never seen posters before. But that doesn't mean anything... But here is one on ebay going for $40...
LINK
Since they are not cards of Recognition Manuals, although they are highly detailed. The most common uses were by Instrutor going over the layouts and details of the planes to students in the classroms...
and then these posters adorned the walls of British Spotter Corps, Barracks of Pilots and gunners and anti aircraft crews. Anybody in uniform that would have needed to spot planes and Identidfy.. They probably were posted everywhere from Sleeping quarters, mess halls and ships.
Just because you guys got me started...
Then you had the more specilized training of the Aircraft Spotter Manual. They did this for ships too. It Looked just like it. This thing is highly informative really.
Now as to the cards....
Coca Cola printing millions of them and gave them to the troops and government.. It was advertising for the boys... But this is a real deck from the war.
But of course.. The US playing card company was not going to be undone..
There are tons of cards and playing cards for training purposes... I'll do more another time... gotta run...
This post was edited on 5/18/22 at 1:18 pm
Posted on 5/18/22 at 2:08 pm to WWII Collector
I have a couple of packs of these, including a NATO version.
Posted on 5/18/22 at 2:37 pm to WWII Collector
I appreciate the information and I like the one with all the aircraft on a single page.
Posted on 5/18/22 at 3:28 pm to Bbobalou
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I appreciate the information and I like the one with all the aircraft on a single page.
You are so welcome... I enjoy it. I wish that I could figure how to make a living researching and documenting this stuff and people.
Posted on 5/18/22 at 3:35 pm to Bbobalou
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Are these common pictures?
yes as in they were given to all soldiers on air watch duties to ID planes
as far as being worth anything, i dont know how many survived the war or whats a copy or an original, but im sure they have some collector value
Posted on 5/31/22 at 10:02 pm to Bbobalou
Just so you know OP... I was watching "The Longest Day" yesterday and I saw your posters on the wall.
It was the scene in the Beginning where Eddie Arnold and Robert Mitchum were talking about Ike calling off the Mission. (My apologies to any true wwii buffs that know the Generals names without looking it up)...
Anyways they were talking in a Quonset hut on a raining day and the posters were in hut. It seemed the Generals office and it was the clerks area.
Around 0:12:00 I guess... I am trying to get a photo but can't get one.. Even a DTV recording.. Booo dtv... After I paid for recording it...
It was the scene in the Beginning where Eddie Arnold and Robert Mitchum were talking about Ike calling off the Mission. (My apologies to any true wwii buffs that know the Generals names without looking it up)...
Anyways they were talking in a Quonset hut on a raining day and the posters were in hut. It seemed the Generals office and it was the clerks area.
Around 0:12:00 I guess... I am trying to get a photo but can't get one.. Even a DTV recording.. Booo dtv... After I paid for recording it...
This post was edited on 5/31/22 at 10:15 pm
Posted on 5/31/22 at 10:15 pm to Bbobalou
Allied memorabilia is fairly easy to come by.
Posted on 5/31/22 at 10:20 pm to Bbobalou
We're coming to Gainesville this fall for the LSU arse-whipping on your Gators.
I'll definitely check it out.
I'll definitely check it out.
Posted on 5/31/22 at 10:35 pm to mikelbr
You should. Some of the best sandwiches in town if you ask me.
Tell them Bobby sent you in. They'll charge you extra. If you do stop in I'll buy you a cold one if I'm there.
Don't cry if you lose tho.
Tell them Bobby sent you in. They'll charge you extra. If you do stop in I'll buy you a cold one if I'm there.
Don't cry if you lose tho.
Posted on 5/31/22 at 10:38 pm to Bbobalou
It’s called a bar. You’re going to a bar.
Posted on 5/31/22 at 11:48 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
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It’s called a bar. You’re going to a bar.
again?
Bettys!
This post was edited on 5/31/22 at 11:53 pm
Posted on 6/2/22 at 10:21 pm to WWII Collector
I’ll try to keep my eye out on it. Interesting how sometimes we talk about something and then we start seeing it everywhere. Thanks for the heads up.
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