High quality wartime colour aircraft photos.

[major_setback]

Hi all,
I recently found some high quality colour aircraft photos. I have a passion for wartime colour photos, but hadn't seen these before (from the Getty image collection).
I'll post more later, but to start with here are some Sunderland photos. I hope you like them.

Sunderland:
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And also one Flying Fortress:
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Cheers, Setback

[BOO]

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"Nope. There's nothing in the Chuck Owl guide about wheels......"

Great photos Setback - thanks for sharing

Regards

BOO

[ATAG_Vampire]

Yes thanks for sharing Setback.

I think most of them are of No.10 Sqn RAAF which was based mostly at RAF Mount Batten, Plymouth.

As a matter of interest my Father worked on the Coastal Command Sunderlands (and the Catalina/PBY) during the war. I remember him telling me when standing in the bottom of the hull and looking up it was looking up in the knave of a church because the aircraft was so big for that time.

He spent much of the war in the Shetland Islands at a place called Sullom Voe. There is a large North Sea oil terminal there these days.

Cheers

:cheers:

~S~ :salute:

[ATAG_Ezzie]

Thanks Setback - great to see RAAF dark blue in colour.

A link to one story re 10 Squadron's time flying Sunderlands for anyone interested

http://aircrewremembered.com/hodgkinson-victor.html

Ezzie

[major_setback]

Thanks Setback - great to see RAAF dark blue in colour.

A link to one story re 10 Squadron's time flying Sunderlands for anyone interested

http://aircrewremembered.com/hodgkinson-victor.html

Ezzie

Thanks! I'll have a look at that.

Here are some more photos:

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Dambuster's crew:
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Cheers, setback

[major_setback]

Some more:

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Cheers, Setback

[Nephilim]

good quality...Thanks

[ATAG_Jerry]

Great pics. Thanks for posting:thumbsup:

[major_setback]

A mixed batch this time, mainly following a US theme:


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Cheers, Setback

[major_setback]

...some more:

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Cheers, Setback

[69th_Zeb]

So good!

[♣_Spiritus_♣]

These are all great photos. I really like the one with the SBD over all that lush South Pacific vegetation and deep blue sea.