There is a restored one in Langley, Vancouver BC. I think I will make that a post-COVID visit next month.
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There is a restored one in Langley, Vancouver BC. I think I will make that a post-COVID visit next month.
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Never been, but feel like I should.
That Hampden is three separate birds, plus some other bits: http://www.canadianflight.org/content/handley-page-hampden
They were a good looking plane, at least to my eye. Almost everything you need, nothing you don't...
there were several ‘types’ of cameras purportedly used by the Luftwaffe; here is one https://interestingengineering.com/wwii-fighter-plane-gun-camera-pops-up-on-ebay-for-7000
the other type that was said to be used in fighter aircraft was the ‘Luftwaffe’ Robot camera …. I owned one for a while and they were interesting cameras with a long (high) spring drive housing that advanced the film between two special cassettes and fired a rotary shutter … used 35mm film but made a square image.
I am unsure how this camera might be synchronized with the aircraft guns though. Mine had the military style short telephoto lense. Frankly the optical quality wasn’t too impressive and I sold it. There were also versions of the Leica IIIc called the ‘K’ version which had ball bearing in the shutter mechanism to permit use in extreme cold which were intended for Luftwaffe use…. But AFAIK not for use as a ‘gun camera’
You have to have been through the contrasts to understand how different they were and how much that difference affected tactics.
Algures no leste de Angola, 1969. Esquadrilha de T6 do AB4
Somewhere in eastern Angola, 1969. AB4 T6 flight.
O 1771 foi destruído num acidente, pilotado pelo cap. Neto Portugal, no AM43-Cazombo, em 23/5/1968.
1771 was destroyed in an accident, piloted by cap. Neto Portugal, on the AM43-Cazombo, on 5/23/1968.
O 1789 foi destruído num acidente no Chiúme leste de Angola, em 19/7/1969.
1789 was destroyed in an accident in Chiúme east of Angola, on 7/19/1969.
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Luis Sousa Pereira
Probably the photo is in Portugal or Guinea, and it will be before 23-05-1968...
In the foreground, we see the wing of the Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard Mk IV s / n CCF-4-522, with FAP registration 1771
It was received from the Luftwaffe in 1964 where it had the license plate AA+ 670, having been placed in Guinea at the 121 ′′ Roncos ′′ of BA12 - Bissalanca.
In 23-05-1968 he had an accident and was destroyed without repair.
In the background, it's from the same lot, the Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard Mk IV s / n CCF4- 418 with FAP license plate 1789
It had originally registered 53-4632 USAF, having been received from the Luftwaffe in 1964, where it had license plate AA+ 607, having been placed in Guinea, at the 121 ′′ Roncos ′′ of BA12 - Bissalanca.
Can't see the rest of them license plates...
Somewhere in eastern Angola, 1969. AB4 T6 flight.
O 1771 foi destruído num acidente, pilotado pelo cap. Neto Portugal, no AM43-Cazombo, em 23/5/1968.
1771 was destroyed in an accident, piloted by cap. Neto Portugal, on the AM43-Cazombo, on 5/23/1968.
O 1789 foi destruído num acidente no Chiúme leste de Angola, em 19/7/1969.
1789 was destroyed in an accident in Chiúme east of Angola, on 7/19/1969.
Translated posted comments:
Luis Sousa Pereira
Probably the photo is in Portugal or Guinea, and it will be before 23-05-1968...
In the foreground, we see the wing of the Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard Mk IV s / n CCF-4-522, with FAP registration 1771
It was received from the Luftwaffe in 1964 where it had the license plate AA+ 670, having been placed in Guinea at the 121 ′′ Roncos ′′ of BA12 - Bissalanca.
In 23-05-1968 he had an accident and was destroyed without repair.
In the background, it's from the same lot, the Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard Mk IV s / n CCF4- 418 with FAP license plate 1789
It had originally registered 53-4632 USAF, having been received from the Luftwaffe in 1964, where it had license plate AA+ 607, having been placed in Guinea, at the 121 ′′ Roncos ′′ of BA12 - Bissalanca.
Can't see the rest of them license plates...
Never been, but feel like I should.
That Hampden is three separate birds, plus some other bits: http://www.canadianflight.org/content/handley-page-hampden
They were a good looking plane, at least to my eye. Almost everything you need, nothing you don't...
The flying Fry Pan.
Grizz
Heres an example with the aircraft actuator … my ‘Luftwaffe Robot’ was similar to this but all black … and lacked the electrical actuator…Ganderite;[URL="tel:18084888" said:
at this discussion link
https://www.photo.net/discuss/threads/robot-luftwaffen-eigentum-camera.5498682/
SS soldiers smoke captured cigarettes from an abandoned American M8 Greyhound armored car on the road outside the Belgian village of Poteau.
Early in the morning of December 18, 1944, the German Kampfgruppe Hansen ambushed the American 14th Cavalry Group and was completely destroyed.
Early in the morning of December 18, 1944, the German Kampfgruppe Hansen ambushed the American 14th Cavalry Group and was completely destroyed.
^^^ https://michtoy-from-the-front.########.com/2016/05/a-somewhat-daily-dose-of-useless.html
"This is the complete frame of one of the most famous stills from the German side in World War II. It is one of several taken (along with newsreel film) on December 18, 1944 near Poteau, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge. The men are smoking captured American cigarettes, and they are part of the 1st SS Panzer Division, Kampfgruppe Hansen. Hans Tragarsky on the left is holding an FN High Power pistol, and is draped in a 7.92mm MG42 ammunition belt."
"This is the complete frame of one of the most famous stills from the German side in World War II. It is one of several taken (along with newsreel film) on December 18, 1944 near Poteau, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge. The men are smoking captured American cigarettes, and they are part of the 1st SS Panzer Division, Kampfgruppe Hansen. Hans Tragarsky on the left is holding an FN High Power pistol, and is draped in a 7.92mm MG42 ammunition belt."
or the first picture here as a link:
https://www.google.com/search?q=fam...BAgYEAE&biw=1920&bih=890#imgrc=kFjVDnUfjZu80M
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