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re: History in Pictures is a great twitter feed. Here is one just posted.
Posted on 7/8/14 at 3:45 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
Posted on 7/8/14 at 3:45 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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Honestly, it looks like an American design
It is. The country that one belonged to was Finland. They used the swastika as their insignia on their aircraft in the 30's & 40's...
British made Blenheim bomber in the Finnish Air force
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But I haven't a clue as to what it really is.
It's a Brewster F2A Buffalo
LINK
This post was edited on 7/8/14 at 3:48 pm
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Posted on 7/8/14 at 3:45 pm to Darth_Vader
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It looks virtually swept clean.
The valley amplified the effect - despite the modest yield, the physical destruction by Fat Man was, as you've illustrated, very, very complete for such an early weapon design.
Posted on 7/8/14 at 3:54 pm to Ace Midnight
1. Name that carrier
Bonus: What's up with the paint?
Posted on 7/8/14 at 3:55 pm to Darth_Vader
Please tell me my OT stalker just took the time and effort to go back 20+ pages to down vote every single one of my posts in this thread.
Posted on 7/8/14 at 3:56 pm to Darth_Vader
Dunno about the carrier, but that's razzle dazzle camo.
Posted on 7/8/14 at 3:57 pm to SSpaniel
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Dunno about the carrier
I'll wait about revealing it's name and country of origin so Ace has his chance at it.
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but that's razzle dazzle camo
And what was it's purpose?
Posted on 7/8/14 at 3:58 pm to SSpaniel
The camo pattern was to make it difficult to judge the distance of the ship on the horizon
Posted on 7/8/14 at 3:59 pm to Purple Spoon
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The camo pattern was to make it difficult to judge the distance of the ship on the horizon
Yep as well as direction that it was going. It was meant to throw off German U-boats.
Now what about that carrier?
Posted on 7/8/14 at 3:59 pm to GeauxColonels
ANSWER: Italian Air Force bombing of Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War
Posted on 7/8/14 at 4:00 pm to Darth_Vader
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1. Name that carrier
HMS Argus
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Bonus: What's up with the paint?
"Dazzle Camo" - was supposed to give enemy gunners seizures or something. I think that was during the impressionist painting period.
Posted on 7/8/14 at 4:02 pm to GeauxColonels
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Italian Air Force bombing of Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War
Hmmm. What told you this? Barcelona is a port city but there were scores of port cities bombed during from the mid 30's through 1945.
Bonus: Do you know the primary Italian Bomber from both the Spanish civil War & WWII?
Posted on 7/8/14 at 4:03 pm to Ace Midnight
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Ace Midnight
Good work as usual.
Posted on 7/8/14 at 4:07 pm to Darth_Vader
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Barcelona is a port city but there were scores of port cities bombed during from the mid 30's through 1945.
Looks legit - the whole port/marina is kind of distinctive - now that I look at a map of Barcelona.
Posted on 7/8/14 at 4:11 pm to Ace Midnight
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Looks legit - the whole port/marina is kind of distinctive - now that I look at a map of Barcelona.
Looks like that's the case.
As for the Italian bomber that's taking the picture, it's got to be the venerable Savoia-Marchetti SM.79.
Posted on 7/8/14 at 4:15 pm to prplhze2000
Brazil in about an hour
Posted on 7/8/14 at 4:26 pm to GCTiger11
What's this?
Posted on 7/8/14 at 4:34 pm to Darth_Vader
Ball Turret of a B-17
Posted on 7/8/14 at 4:35 pm to Darth_Vader
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Hmmm. What told you this? Barcelona is a port city but there were scores of port cities bombed during from the mid 30's through 1945.
Wikipedia. But you can look at Barcelona on Google maps and easily match it up.
Posted on 7/8/14 at 4:39 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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Ball Turret of a B-17
Bingo. I can't imagine what they went through. I was a tanker and it was crammed as shite in our tanks, especially when I was a driver....
But at least I was not 35,000' up in the air!
Posted on 7/8/14 at 4:52 pm to Darth_Vader
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