USSR

Post subject: Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 07:27 PM

Beriev MBR-2, Lt. P.Marienkov

Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 07:46 AM

Il-2, Leningrad Front

Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 08:00 AM

PoorOldSpike wrote:

Tupolev TB-3's

Cool! Those stripes on the middle TB-3 are interesting.
I guessing the planes in the foreground are some variant of AMT green but the one furthest away, white? In summer? And the stripes are dark enough to be red. (or blue or green or black etc.) Training plane? Special Commemorative scheme?

Any idea on what is scrawled on Cpt. Buffons plane?

They promised me a cruise on the Baltic after my 25th victory. Some "cruise" eh?

Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 08:08 AM

Petlyakov Pe-2's over Karelian isthmus, Finnish Front

Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 08:23 AM

Beebop wrote:

Tupolev TB-3's

Cool! Those stripes on the middle TB-3 are interesting.
I guessing the planes in the foreground are some variant of AMT green but the one furthest away, white? In summer? And the stripes are dark enough to be red. (or blue or green or black etc.) Training plane? Special Commemorative scheme?

Any idea on what is scrawled on Cpt. Buffons plane?

Looks like some tosspot has scrawled in pencil or ink on the original photo of Bouffons sometime over the past 70 years, probably the photo catalogue number.

As for the TB-3's, the original caption was in Russian, here's what google translate churned out-
"Heavy bombers TB-3 and multipurpose aircraft F-6 (right) at the airport. The presence in the frame R-6 suggests that the picture was taken at the airport one of the air army special forces (AON), which began to form in 1937 In 1940, after the Soviet-Finnish War, AON were converted to long-range bombers. The plane in the foreground and the board "2" - modification of TB-3-4M-17, a light in the background - probably a TB-3-4M-34."

Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 09:40 AM

Petlyakov Pe-8

Pe-8

Tupolev ANT-6

Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 09:42 AM

Tupolev TB-3's

TB-3

Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 04:53 AM

PoorOldSpike wrote:

...Looks like some tosspot has scrawled in pencil or ink on the original photo of Bouffons sometime over the past 70 years, probably the photo catalogue number.

As for the TB-3's, the original caption was in Russian, here's what google translate churned out-
"Heavy bombers TB-3 and multipurpose aircraft F-6 (right) at the airport. The presence in the frame R-6 suggests that the picture was taken at the airport one of the air army special forces (AON), which began to form in 1937 In 1940, after the Soviet-Finnish War, AON were converted to long-range bombers. The plane in the foreground and the board "2" - modification of TB-3-4M-17, a light in the background - probably a TB-3-4M-34."

Thanks.

Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 09:05 AM

Lavochkin LaGG-3

LaGG-3, Leningrad Front

Post subject: Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 08:24 AM

Yak-7 pilot Lt.Peter Gryshchenko, 27 kills

Mig-3 pilot Alexander Pokryshkin

IL-2, northwest front

Post subject: Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 09:30 AM

PoorOldSpike wrote:

Lavochkin LaGG-3

ATTENTION MODDERS, TAKE NOTE SKI OPTION REQUESTED^^^^^

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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 03:20 AM

Swndlr wrote:

The pix quality is outstanding, it seems you have the direct access to archives of R.K.-K.A.

No, I just find pics on the net and wave my magic wand to computer- enhance them, I hope everybody's burning them all to disk to keep..:)
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La-5 pilots

La-5

Yak-9

Post subject: Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 06:33 AM

PoorOldSpike wrote:

Is that a Yak-6 in the background?

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