WWII Pictoral Essay Slides...
Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:33 am
I have a box of slides that I rescued from the trash back in high school and I now have a way of scanning them...I have no captions for any of the slides...
A few..
A few..
Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:58 am
Ztex-
The last one, of the B-24 on the tarmac, (I think) is the first B-24 produced in Tulsa. That would make it B-24D 41-11754. That shot appears in a lot of Douglas-Tulsa literature from the war period, as it was our first.
kevin
The last one, of the B-24 on the tarmac, (I think) is the first B-24 produced in Tulsa. That would make it B-24D 41-11754. That shot appears in a lot of Douglas-Tulsa literature from the war period, as it was our first.
kevin
Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:23 am
My guess on he first one is Randolph.
Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:07 pm
Nice selection of images. As I know image of the razorback Thunderbolt is official USAF photo. Will try to see details if I find it in the chaos of my hard drive.
Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:21 pm
Pic 14, the B-24 dropping supplies, could well be participating in operation Chowhound, the American counterpart of the better known RAF operation Manna. In both operations food was dropped over the western part of The Netherlands in May 1945, which was still occupied by German forces then.
However, I'm not enterily sure. Photos and film footage of these droppings only show supplies dropped without parachutes, so it chances are that it is another support operation.
The landscape defenitely looks very much typical Dutch.
Tillerman.
However, I'm not enterily sure. Photos and film footage of these droppings only show supplies dropped without parachutes, so it chances are that it is another support operation.
The landscape defenitely looks very much typical Dutch.
Tillerman.