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Fogmeister
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http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/20 ... c.facebookSome amazing reproductions from colour slides taken in the late thirties and early forties.
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paulzolo
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Some good photos there. You may want to look up Albert Khan who took colour photographs even earlier. http://www.albertkahn.co.uk/photos.html
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ProfessorF
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l3v1ck
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The early P51's looked crap compared to the later ones. 
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Amnesia10
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Interestingly it was the changes that the Brits made that made it the aircraft that changed the war. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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HeatherKay
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Let's get this straight. The P51 was designed to match a British Air Ministry specification. In fact, it's first operational service was with the RAF. It wasn't until Packard started licence-building the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine that the Mustang changed from being an okay aircraft to being the superb one of legend, allowing it to attain a higher performance at greater altitude. Whether the P51 changed the war is debatable. That claim could be made for many other aircraft, such as the Lancaster for example, or even the humble Hurricane - which was pressed into many offensive and defensive roles it was never originally designed for. Perhaps this is a debate we could have in another thread.  _________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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oceanicitl
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_________________Still the official cheeky one 
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Amnesia10
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I think that it was responsible for more aircraft being shot down in Western Europe than any other. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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l3v1ck
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Range was a major feature. It could escort bombers all the way into central Germany.
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