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re: History in Pictures is a great twitter feed. Here is one just posted.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 11:20 am to GeauxxxTigers23
Posted on 7/23/14 at 11:20 am to GeauxxxTigers23
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What's going in this pic?
Bunch of photoshopping for one thing.
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Posted on 7/23/14 at 11:21 am to MountainTiger
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Bunch of photoshopping for one thing.
Explain please
Posted on 7/23/14 at 11:27 am to GeauxxxTigers23
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Explain please
Look at the stains on the terra cotta tiles in the foreground. They're all identical. Also there are no shadows anywhere.
This post was edited on 7/23/14 at 11:29 am
Posted on 7/23/14 at 11:29 am to Ace Midnight
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Gentile or Godfrey - no way I can tell which with that picture.
I'll guess Gentile by the hair?
"Unique?" Goering hated them, personally. Not sure what you're looking for here.
Correct. It is a poor pic of Gentile in his famous P-51B, the Shangri-La. Him and Godfrey were called the "two man airforce" due to their teamwork and efficiency at destroying enemy a/c. At one point, Gentile was in the running for top ace of the ETO. He was grounded after a bit of showing off after a mission and flew his P-51 to low and bent the prop and subsequently crashing in a field. He did a tour selling war bonds and flying in to show off a P-51D under the same name of Shangri-La. Ironically, he was killed in a crash while testing the T-33.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 11:30 am to Spaceman Spiff
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This is one half of the "two man airforce."
Don Gentile (pictured) and Johnny Godfrey. Both high scoring pilots who regularly flew as a section/pair. One wartime article called them the 'Damon and Pythias" of the air war.
ETA, Dammit, you just beat my response!
This post was edited on 7/23/14 at 11:34 am
Posted on 7/23/14 at 11:31 am to Ace Midnight
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"Unique?" Goering hated them, personally. Not sure what you're looking for here.
It wasn't unique to just them, but both started the war in RCAF Eagle squadrons.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 11:32 am to MountainTiger
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Look at the stains on the terra cotta tiles in the foreground. They're all identical. Also there are no shadows anywhere.
Good eye. Looks like that to me...
Posted on 7/23/14 at 11:34 am to Spaceman Spiff
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Good eye. Looks like that to me...
I just think they processed the trophy shot to bring the light out and faces up. I've seen other versions of that picture, plus this from the series:
I think it is a legitimate source photograph that has been "over" processed.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 11:40 am to Ace Midnight
Here is another one that doesn't look so doctored:
Posted on 7/23/14 at 11:48 am to Ace Midnight
Here is a little something for our resident ground expert. Name/army.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 11:55 am to Spaceman Spiff
Didn't we already do this series of vehicles?
AB40, Italian.
AB40, Italian.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 11:59 am to Ace Midnight
We may have, good sir. Will look for something much, much harder..
Posted on 7/23/14 at 12:03 pm to Spaceman Spiff
Speaking of past posts, I just realized nobody got this airplane:
They're Italian Fiat Br.20 medium bombers. The ones in the photo were used by the Japanese Army Air Force in both their war against China and their brief 1939 war with the Soviet Union.
They're Italian Fiat Br.20 medium bombers. The ones in the photo were used by the Japanese Army Air Force in both their war against China and their brief 1939 war with the Soviet Union.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 12:04 pm to JustGetItRight
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They're Italian Fiat Br.20 medium bombers. The ones in the photo were used by the Japanese Army Air Force in both their war against China and their brief 1939 war with the Soviet Union.
I meant to asking about that damn thing...it bugged me for a while...
Posted on 7/23/14 at 12:09 pm to Spaceman Spiff
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I meant to asking about that damn thing...it bugged me for a while.
I'm sure you've noticed that I've been trying to up the challenge by posting aircraft & ships being used by forces other than those with whom they're normally associated.
I figured the Japanese script would throw people off. The Br-20 was very widely used by the Italian Air Force in WW2, but not many people know it was also used by the Japanese.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 12:12 pm to JustGetItRight
It threw me for a loop, thats for sure. I was wondering about that damn thing! Keep it up - am a huge military aviation fan. 
Posted on 7/23/14 at 12:13 pm to JustGetItRight
OK, resetting and making it a little more difficult. Name this ship/era. There are no pics of actual, so had to use a model.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 12:14 pm to Spaceman Spiff
That's the CSS Alabama from the civil war.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 12:15 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
Shite. I forgot about the nameplate! 
Posted on 7/23/14 at 12:16 pm to Spaceman Spiff
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