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The magnificent flying machines of WWII and their deadly payloads: Colourised images
Daily Mail ^
| 5 December 2017
| Kelly Mclaughlin
Posted on 12/07/2017 7:03:42 AM PST by mairdie
Striking images of fighter planes and bombs used during the Second World War have been brought into the twenty-first century after being expertly colourised.
The vivid colour images show crashed aircraft engulfed in flames, captured Nazi prototype planes, and military troops working to get jets and bombs into working condition.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: navalplanes; snipers; worldwarii
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posted on
12/07/2017 7:03:42 AM PST
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mairdie
To: mairdie
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posted on
12/07/2017 7:06:11 AM PST
by
robroys woman
(So you're not confused, I'm male.)
To: mairdie
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posted on
12/07/2017 7:07:03 AM PST
by
mairdie
To: mairdie
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posted on
12/07/2017 7:13:02 AM PST
by
mairdie
To: kunsanhistorian; xzins; 2ndDivisionVet; SandRat; zot; HarleyLady27; BlackFemaleArmyCaptain; ...
Not my normal Army/Armor ping, but great pictures of WWII aircraft at the Daily Mail site. Thank you Mairdie for posting this.
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posted on
12/07/2017 7:13:25 AM PST
by
GreyFriar
(Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
To: GreyFriar
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posted on
12/07/2017 7:15:04 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
To: mairdie
Great pics, I use them for my screen backgrounds.
To: mairdie
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posted on
12/07/2017 7:18:39 AM PST
by
mairdie
To: ImJustAnotherOkie; GreyFriar
Just added some colorized Russian female snipers you might enjoy, too. I am colorized green with envy over the skill of these photo fixers.
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posted on
12/07/2017 7:22:01 AM PST
by
mairdie
To: mairdie
I love those colorized pictures!
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posted on
12/07/2017 7:24:17 AM PST
by
Flick Lives
(The FBI is a corrupt partisan organization)
To: Flick Lives
I’m building a photography ping list if you’d like to be on it.
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posted on
12/07/2017 7:26:01 AM PST
by
mairdie
To: mairdie
Add me to that ping list, please!!
Thanks
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posted on
12/07/2017 7:27:11 AM PST
by
QualityMan
(The Adults are back in town)
To: mairdie
Much of WWII film was color, but was printed in black and white for cost. Those photos definitely look like original color exposures.
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posted on
12/07/2017 7:28:27 AM PST
by
Axenolith
(Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
To: QualityMan
Done. What’s your opinion of art which attempts to recreate photographs?
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posted on
12/07/2017 7:29:32 AM PST
by
mairdie
To: mairdie
I don’t see how they hit anything with those cheesey little scopes. My eyes these days wouldn’t work.
To: mairdie
Hmmmm....we have a silk map of the Phillipines...where my FIL ended up.
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posted on
12/07/2017 7:35:11 AM PST
by
goodnesswins
(There were 1.41 MILLION NON Profit orgs in 2013 with $1.73 TRILLION in REVENUE)
To: mairdie
E&E (Escape & Evasion) Maps. Thanks to my line of work, I have seen quite a few of those.
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posted on
12/07/2017 7:38:48 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: mairdie
Great photos, but the person writing the captions sounds like an elementary school drop-out.
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posted on
12/07/2017 7:47:43 AM PST
by
adaven
(www.red-dawn.net)
To: mairdie
This was one tough bird ...
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posted on
12/07/2017 7:52:25 AM PST
by
al_c
(LIBERAL - Laughable Iconsiderate Blaming Entitled Ranting Anti-christian Loudmouth)
To: mairdie
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posted on
12/07/2017 7:54:52 AM PST
by
Big Red Badger
(UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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