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MineFewer

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Some of these went to the USSR.  Too many pix to post, so here are the links and one sample.  Enjoy...

 

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MineFewer

MineFewer

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A few more samples.

 

 

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July 1942. Servicing an A-20 bomber at Langley Field, Virginia. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer.

 

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October 1942. Final assembly for a B-25 bomber at North American Aviation, Inglewood, Calif. Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer.

 

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P-51 "Mustang" fighter in flight near the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation. October 1942. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer.

 

Looks like caption is wrong.  Isn't it a A-36?

Rjel

Rjel

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I love a great B/W movie. Even sharp B/W photography really catches my eye but I've got to admit color photos like those make history seem so alive. Great find.

71st_AH_Hooves

71st_AH_Hooves

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This is great stuff!  it looks like the pics were taken yesterday.  absolutely brilliant quality

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ryanharrisryanha

ryanharrisryanha

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these are really amazing pictures, This  is an Absolutely beautiful pictures and in my favorite  I am always looking at other modelers work in this scale so I can be inspired.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inglewood CA Locksmith
 

Finkeren

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How come the photos chosen for print in WW2 books are seldom of this quality? Did noone think to bring a Kodachrome to the front?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtIA0BP-A7w

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J4SCrisZeri

J4SCrisZeri

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Amazing pictures, and site bookmarked, thank you.

Mastermariner

Mastermariner

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Truly amazing glimpses of the past.

I have always said that this is where things started to go awry for the US, this assembly line of war machines just couldn't stop, the money was just to good and the consequences to dire.

So it didn't.

Master

Rjel

Rjel

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Truly amazing glimpses of the past.

I have always said that this is where things started to go awry for the US, this assembly line of war machines just couldn't stop, the money was just to good and the consequences to dire.

So it didn't.

Master

Well don't worry about it. We're getting along just fine.

sallee

sallee

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Excellent find. Thanks. Those really are amazing images. I wish I could have shown them to my grandfather who was a photographer. It was fascinating listening to him pointing out the strengths and weaknesses of an image. He would have been impressed.

pilotpierre

pilotpierre

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Great phots, thanks for posting

ShamrockOneFive

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Truly amazing glimpses of the past.

I have always said that this is where things started to go awry for the US, this assembly line of war machines just couldn't stop, the money was just to good and the consequences to dire.

So it didn't.

Master

Agreed. One US president in particular pointed it out but no-one was listening.

 

As for the photos... I have questions. What kind of camera took those shots? They are in very high quality and in very good colour. Extremely impressive especially for the time. There were some colour cameras around but not many.

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