B-29

B-29's in flight & above clouds on bombing mission over the Marianas during WW II.

Location: Northern Mariana Islands

Date taken: 1945

Photographer: Loomis Dean

Size: 1280 x 1064 pixels (17.8 x 14.8 inches)

Last edited by west-front on Thu Jan 08, 2009 11:02 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[A2C]

That's a nice photo, but incorrect caption.

[tom d. friedman]

classic shot of a ki 45 toryu nick. the japanese were really hard pressed against the b-29 high altitude onslaught.

That's a nice photo, but incorrect caption.

Thanks

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[tom d. friedman]

i recall that shot was taken over japan, & the nick fighter was attempting to ram the b-29.

[Holedigger]

It looks like he came VERY close. A lot of their AC had big trouble with the speed and altitude that the B-29s came in at, making them very hard to control. Most of their aircraft couldn't even reach altitude in time once alarms had been sounded.

[old iron]

Didn't we have a thread a while back on this photo being faked (the Nick and B-29 dimensions where not correct?)

And how can you miss a B-29? If the photo is true, the Nick would I think have been firing on the B-29 and then dived in front of it. Would the Nick have been firing at the cockpit or engines?

Kevin

[Holedigger]

Hmmm, the Nick does indeed look to be about 30% too small against the B-29. There are some ghostie bits around the edges of the B-29 that could indicate a clever "darkroom manipulation"

Tell me it ain't so...Life Magazine Cheating on the truth! Journalistic integrity, right up there with military intelligence!

[Edward Sheetmetalhands]

It is probably a 7/10ths Nick, like the 7/10ths Mustangs and Stuka that are out there. Probably has a Lycoming or Continental in it.

[Kyleb]

It is probably a 7/10ths Nick, like the 7/10ths Mustangs and Stuka that are out there. Probably has a Lycoming or Continental in it.

I hope it has 2.