Vintage shots from days gone by!

Widcats, Burma/Malaya

 

Hellcat, USS Saratoga 1943

 

Kids today have no idea what hard times are. Most have had everything dropped in their lap so have no idea of what it takes to survive. But they are going to find out bye and bye.

 

B-24 crew

 

This is the footage I mentioned earlier with the USS Enterprise under attack.

Link:
http://youtu.be/kFXcnUtMT4A

 

Pretty sure the guy in the center pulling on his boot is Jimmy Stewart.

 

Chute packer

 

B-17

 

B-24

 

Hellcat on Yorktown 1943

 

Dauntless

 

Oh man does this bring back a lot of memories! When I was on the staff at the Parachute Training School, there was a lot of down time between courses. I would go and hang out with the Riggers, a great bunch of guy's, they even let me use the sewing machines to make my own combat equipment!

Doc.

 

B-29

 

Mappers



Maps oh Hamburg, second largest city of Germany, I was born here in a British Military Hospital, Dad was a paratrooper after the war.

 

Here's some more vintage shots.

 

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Kingfisher

 

Dauntless

 

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P-40's, Nth Africa

 

P-38, UK 1942

 

I wish I could reach out and shake yer hand sir . You sound like someone I'd really like to know !!!!!!!!!!!! scrubba

 

Anything damn thing he wants.

 

P-40, Nth Africa

 

Mustang pilots

 

True Blue tail = These are from USS Enterprise CV-6 (also verified by the "6-T-*" on each aircraft), so the
caption for the photo could be: "Douglas TBD Devastators from Torpedo Squadron 6, USS Enterprise off Hawaii" 1941

 

xx2

 

Are they dropping off, or is the Tall Man picking up??????