*Air War* A thread dedicated to the pilots of both World Wars.

Stealth Hunter · 08-21-07, 12:04 AM

All I ask:

1: Post a picture that stays on the topic.
2: Post an appropriate picture. That means no bomber gals (sorry guys

) that are naked.
3: Post ACTUAL pictures (no screenshots of games... for the people who couldn't understand that...)

To start:

Chock · 08-21-07, 04:00 PM

I don't really want to see shots like that personally, it seems a bit like 'rubber necking' at a car crash.

PS, several of those pictures, such as the one from Jane's Fighting Aircraft of WW1 with the Albatross, are not actual photographs, but photo-montages. Genuine WW1 aerial action shots are extremely rare and usually very blurred, owing to the shutter and film speeds being too long and slow.

Chock

Biggles · 08-21-07, 04:10 PM

Wounded, but she made it....so did her crew....

Sailor Steve · 08-21-07, 04:25 PM

That's a great one Biggles. Unlike the B-17 cut in half in Memphis Belle, and everybody dying, that shot shows what happened when one was really rammed by a Bf-109.

Dowly · 08-21-07, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

That's a great one Biggles. Unlike the B-17 cut in half in Memphis Belle, and everybody dying, that shot shows what happened when one was really rammed by a Bf-109.

Here's more:
http://www.daveswarbirds.com/b-17/contents.htm

Stealth Hunter · 08-21-07, 09:28 PM

LOL. Thank god no one was hurt.

HunterICX · 08-22-07, 03:49 AM

the B17

in some cases it can be beaten up so badly and still bring you back home.
damn I'll be the crew and pilots could kiss the plane when they where safe home on the ground.

I think if you would award the Safest bomber in WW2
I guess the B17 will be the number 1

08-21-07, 12:04 AM	#1
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Air War A thread dedicated to the pilots of both World Wars. All I ask: 1: Post a picture that stays on the topic. 2: Post an appropriate picture. That means no bomber gals (sorry guys ) that are naked. 3: Post ACTUAL pictures (no screenshots of games... for the people who couldn't understand that...) To start:

08-21-07, 04:00 PM	#2
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I don't really want to see shots like that personally, it seems a bit like 'rubber necking' at a car crash. PS, several of those pictures, such as the one from Jane's Fighting Aircraft of WW1 with the Albatross, are not actual photographs, but photo-montages. Genuine WW1 aerial action shots are extremely rare and usually very blurred, owing to the shutter and film speeds being too long and slow. Chock __________________

08-21-07, 04:10 PM	#3
Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,529 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Wounded, but she made it....so did her crew.... __________________

08-21-07, 04:25 PM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	That's a great one Biggles. Unlike the B-17 cut in half in Memphis Belle, and everybody dying, that shot shows what happened when one was really rammed by a Bf-109. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-22-07, 03:49 AM	#7
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	the B17 in some cases it can be beaten up so badly and still bring you back home. damn I'll be the crew and pilots could kiss the plane when they where safe home on the ground. I think if you would award the Safest bomber in WW2 I guess the B17 will be the number 1 __________________

08-21-07, 09:28 PM	#6
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	LOL. Thank god no one was hurt.