Picture of the day

[Donny Fenn1]

These guys look even more miserable:

cast from the movie/show Pacific? Thin Red Line? 3 or 4 faces look familiar

 

[Cdn303]

The faces and the names are always the same.

 

[MarkCNP]

Apparently they are actual Marine Raiders gathered in front of a Japanese dugout on Bougainville.

 

[MarkCNP]

 

[Donny Fenn1]

Apparently they are actual Marine Raiders gathered in front of a Japanese dugout on Bougainville.

Thanks, I couldn't get anything from properties.

 

[jibjedi]

I like the mixtures of Springfields and Garands there.

Hey don't forget the little guys. Couple of carbines in there too

 

[fat tony]

The guys with the M1903's probably did not like the mix.

There should be at least one Winchester 1897 or 12 as they are apparently dressed for duck hunting *jokes*.

The Americans found out HBT camouflage was inferior both in the Pacific & Europe.

 

[Recce21]

Still here......

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

Here's a Mustang unlike the usual ones:

A26 Apache. Name the differences...

 

[woodchopper]

MG under the engine and bomb racks seem to jump out at me.

 

[sidvicious]

Looks like the older style canopy...would it predate the Rolls Royce engine?

 

[bearhunter]

Here's a Mustang unlike the usual ones:

A26 Apache. Name the differences...

Thanks for that pic DAD. What is really impressive to me is there are over 100 bomb/raid markings on the nose. The pilot must have had four leaf clovers and a horse shoe permanently embedded somewhere.

I think you have the designation wrong though. I think it should be A36.

I know these were all originally delivered with Allison engines. Not sure whether it was one of these or a later P51 that the Brits installed a Rolls Royce engine into for better high altitude performance.

 

[Sharps '63]

To my mind, this was the best looking of the Mustang dynasty. The Allison engine may have lacked high altitude performance, but the Brits soon solved that problem and convinced the US that was the way to go.

I've read that the silhouette of the P-51B (and the ground attack version) was so similar to that of the ME109 that it attracted many incidents of 'friendly fire' from trigger happy AA gunners.

 

[fat tony]

The Apache did not have a turbocharged engine?

 

[fat tony]

Related:

I happened upon this website put out by a blogger. In Denmark they must have very strong free speech laws. According to this blogger, Mr. Hassel was never in the German Army but spent the entire war in Denmark as a collaborator (HIPO corps,) and involved in the torture and execution of Danish resistance fighters. This man also says some unflattering things about Mr. Hassels wife.

Strangely enough, Mr. Hassel is well known to have suffered from a serious bout with something called Caucasian relapsing fever around 1957, probably not something you would encounter living in a relatively clean and advanced Western European nation.

More info on this particular arcane affliction:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relapsing_fever

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

I think you have the designation wrong though. I think it should be A36.

100% correct, mate - I was typing too fast and thinking too slow...

 

[Ganderite]

Tough looking crew. Note all the Jerry cans (jeep got poor mileage) and the knife.

 

[Cocked&Locked]

The Apache did not have a turbocharged engine?

before the americans entered the war, the superchargers and turbo's where considered a bottleneck to production of aero engines and the goverment wouldn't let them export aircraft fitted with them as they wanted all that where being manufactured to be used for domestic production for the war they knew was coming.

 

[J996]

Tough looking crew. Note all the Jerry cans (jeep got poor mileage) and the knife.

Very cool pic of the SAS in North africa, love the twin Vickers setup.

 

[silverfoxdj]

Tough looking crew. Note all the Jerry cans (jeep got poor mileage) and the knife.

Great looking photo what force were they?