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Author:  Fogmeister [ Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:41 pm ]
Post subject:  America in colour 1930s-1940s
http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/20 ... c.facebook

Some amazing reproductions from colour slides taken in the late thirties and early forties.
Author:  paulzolo [ Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:18 am ]
Post subject:  Re: America in colour 1930s-1940s
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
Author:  ProfessorF [ Tue Apr 16, 2013 6:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: America in colour 1930s-1940s
Let's have a look at Stanley Kubrick's work from the 40s too shall we?
http://pinterest.com/mubiturkiye/stanley-kubrick-photographs-for-look-magazine-1940/
Author:  l3v1ck [ Tue Apr 16, 2013 7:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: America in colour 1930s-1940s
The early P51's looked crap compared to the later ones.
Image
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Apr 16, 2013 8:43 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: America in colour 1930s-1940s
l3v1ck wrote:
The early P51's looked crap compared to the later ones.

Interestingly it was the changes that the Brits made that made it the aircraft that changed the war.
Author:  HeatherKay [ Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:42 am ]
Post subject:  Re: America in colour 1930s-1940s
Amnesia10 wrote:
l3v1ck wrote:
The early P51's looked crap compared to the later ones.

Interestingly it was the changes that the Brits made that made it the aircraft that changed the war.


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. :)
Author:  oceanicitl [ Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:06 am ]
Post subject:  Re: America in colour 1930s-1940s
HeatherKay wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
l3v1ck wrote:
The early P51's looked crap compared to the later ones.

Interestingly it was the changes that the Brits made that made it the aircraft that changed the war.


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. :)


That told them then
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:00 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: America in colour 1930s-1940s
HeatherKay wrote:
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. :)

I think that it was responsible for more aircraft being shot down in Western Europe than any other.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: America in colour 1930s-1940s
Range was a major feature. It could escort bombers all the way into central Germany.
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