9th AF Thunderbolts over Germany 1945 ...

[Mark Allen M]

This first pic shows T-bolts heading over the Rhine River.


T-bolts banking unsure exactly where over Germany.


A big batch of T-bolts over an bombed out unknown German city.

[Mark Allen M]

In the last photo I count 30 P-47's.

[Xray]

Nice pics what a terrible eyeful those guys got, I only count 26

[Kyleb]

A big batch of T-bolts over an bombed out unknown German city.

Looks like Bombingham to me.

[RyanShort1]

Gotta love that one P-47 with the painted right wing.

[C VEICH]

Gotta love that one P-47 with the painted right wing.

I see at least three Jugs in that pic with replacement wings!

[VaBeachEd]

I never knew that some P-47s had a two-tone paint job! Very Snappy!

[Mark Allen M]

Yes, there are a few with odd wing finishes. I’m not sure it would be an advantage (more like a detractor) to have one wing natural metal finish and the other olive drab. Interesting though.

[Xray]

Can anyone id the church ?

Possibly St. Nicholas church Hamburg, not sure.
Also appears to be a river running the upper width of the pic, and a body of water to the right.

[eagle0025]

The city in the photo is Frankfurt as identified by the Frankfurt Cathedral (German: Frankfurter Dom), officially the Imperial Cathedral of Saint Bartholomew. The Main river is just on the right edge of the photo so the P-47s are heading eastward.

[Archer]

Definitively Frankfurt, the X at the bottom of the photo is approximately here: 50.11041984937567, 8.677784955464503 The round structure below the centre of the photo is the Paulskirche.

[Mark Allen M]

Here's a few more "fly-bys" ...


386th BG B-26's over London c 1944


An observation mission photograph taken on the 9 May 1945 shows a 487th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (2G-M, serial number 44-9312) by the Eiffel Tower

[Michel Lemieux]

Please help me find Waldo!

Worse thing is I am color blind. They should be obvious.

Mark...as always....thank you.

I can only count 25...ish....


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[Jim MacDonald]

One port wing is visible on the lower right side of the photo by the road & what looks like a white church. Upper left flight of three is actually four with the far left plane being OD. The single plane on the right is flying left wing with an OD & a NM planes flying ahead & to his right.

So do I win a pony or something? Anything?

Mac

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[mike furline]