The War Illustrated - a selection of photos

Peter Gillson

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Hi Guys!

i started flicking through the set of The War Illustrated which I acquired recently and thought I would post a few of the more interesting/unusual ones:

How about this for a boxed diorama?

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The next two are not photos as such, but I found them interesting ...

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Another boxed diorama?
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Interesting technical details ...
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I had never thought albout 'bailing out' training, a dio perhaps for anybody who bought one of the Lancaster nose models?

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Years ago I made a 1/72 scale Udet bouy:
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There are quite a few photos from Germany, aquired via the USA, like this one on manouvers:
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who knew RAF pilots sat around with dark galsses? Seems sensible:

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Peter
 
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They are fascinating Peter. Love that idea to train bomb aimers.
 

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There are quite a few photos from Germany, aquired via the USA, like this one on manouvers:
Read the caption under it carefully and then compare it to the photo :smiling3:
the difficulty of hauling even a machine-gun up a few feet of rocky cliff.
About 330 kg of “machine gun” :smiling3:
 
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