Some More Color Stuff

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:39 pm

490th BG 8th AF Eye, England

B-17G 91st BG 1945

LT Oscar Chenoweth in F2A

P-51B L/C Tex Hill CO 23rd FG

2Lt Don Wilson VMF-122 Pelilu 1945

F-80C 51st FIW Korea

Ondongo, New Georgia home of VF-17

P-38H 9th FS 49th FG 1943

Munda Airstrip, New Georgia 8-43

Loading wounded into C-47 Normandy June 1944

B-29A in China 1944

B-17Gs 381st BG

P-40K 15th FG Hawaii 1943

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Mudge · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2007 3:08 pm

Thanks, Jack. You never disappoint. :drink3:

Mudge the impressed

Richard W. · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2007 5:41 pm

Very nice- Thank you.

I never knew there were windows in the back of the chin turrets of B-17G's (first picture).

What were they for?

Obergrafeter · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2007 8:02 pm

You can never say Tex Hill didn't get all the "GOODIE" out of his airplanes!

Mark V · **Posted:** Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:30 am

Some stunning artwork in the first few shots - thanks for posting these wonderful images Jack.

bomberflight · **Posted:** Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:57 am

Wow ~ I love the first shot ! I can't remember seeing a picture of this nose art before

You've just givne me an idea for a new thread ~ thanks Jack !

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:59 am

That's the artwork Mike Smith was going to put on the
EVG B-17 before he died. My pleas to carry out Mike's
wishes fell on deaf ears.

Robbie Stuart · **Posted:** Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:14 am

As always Jack, those are outstanding! Thanks for keeping us entertained.

Robbie

Dave Homewood · **Posted:** Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:36 am

Very interesting photos and really neat, thanks Jack.

I am building up a section on my website covering the histories of the many stations and depots, etc used by the RNZAF in WWII. As our fighter squadrons used both Ondonga and Munda as operational bases, would you mind please if I used those two photos of on my site when I get the Pacific Stations page up and running? I've never come across coloured shots of those bases before. I'd really appreciate it, and of course you'd get a creditation.

Do you know when they were taken?

ww2John · **Posted:** Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:22 pm

Question: Can anyone tell me anything about the type of helmet seen in the 2nd picture. Never seen that type before.

Question: Judging from the (at least) two motion picture cameras on the right side of the picture of the B29A in China, was this the initial arrival of B29's in China or an "event" related to the first B29 combat sortie, or...?

Thanks in advance for your answers.

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:57 pm

Quote:

Can anyone tell me anything about the type of helmet seen in the 2nd picture

looks like a flak helmet

Quote:

I've never come across coloured shots of those bases before. I'd really appreciate it, and of course you'd get a creditation.
Do you know when they were taken?

These slides were taken by a Engineering Officer on a tour of the Pacific Airfields. I have his set of 188 slides of Central
and south Pacific airfields. Aircraft, dispersals reventments construction ect.
The bottom p-40K shot is part of the series

bax101 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 27, 2007 10:01 pm

how did you get these photos? did you buy them or did someone give them to you? im just curious b/c i always look for stuff like that

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Mon Aug 27, 2007 10:28 pm

Garage sale for $5.00 about 20 years ago.
I've been offered a bit of $$$ for them but have hung on to them.
There about the only originals left after our fire.

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