Ioaea
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« on: July 02, 2006, 01:48:43 PM » |
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So we have a monumentally loud thunderstorm going on overhead, so being properly awake (a rare occurence) this time of day, I presnt you with a review for this sub-forum (not knowing where to put it otherwise).
Gentlemen, I introduce to you a book of yon olden days: The Red Air Force by John Stroud (1943 Pilot's Press, England) --The history of Soviet aviation and a survey of the aircraft at present in service.
Now, I still have yet to purchase a scanner, but I will do so sooner or later providing an update, until then a lengthy list of photos will be mentioned in text only. The book itself is rather a find, has loads of pretty reasonable content for such a time-frame and so on and so forth, thusly. No grossly ridiculous information, the author had access to reasonable data apparently. A good read. Now, to the...
Photos:
1. Su-2s in formation. 2. DB-3F bombers in the Arctic 3. Bombs gone! 4. Bomber crew 5.Arming an Il-2 assault bomber 6. Northern Fleet MBR-2 7. The rear gunner (thereof) 8. TB-7 Heavy bomber.
(Flips pages.)
1. Massimo's favourite...a Bf 109G-18/Trop on skis... No, no, a Mig-3 hidden amidst some white birches. Nice trees are white birches, and highly recommended for your garden flanked by russian Olives. Don't forget a non-herbicidal organic garden is a HAPPY garden, folks. 2.Yak 1's on a production line. Methinks they are Yak -7s actually, forsooth! 3. Soviet pilot Nikolai Musinsky (with dog and Pe-2) and Polina Sedova (Po-2 air ambulance pilot with no dog). 4. Nice...a Polikarpov R-1 -a very clear shot. 5. Passing out at a training school, a lineup of camo'd UT-2s 6. An ANT-9 (URSS-D308) on skis. (Former passenger service from Moscow to Berlin) 7. ANT-20 Maksim Gorki -again a very good shot. 8. An excellent shot of a Po R-5 (CCCP-L1449) (which helped rescue the crew of the Chelyuskin. My favourite photo in the book, and a future project. 9. A pair of shots of...*deep sigh* the beloved ANT-25. (Both URSS NO25 and URSS NO251) 10. Paras and a trio of TB-3s 11. A larger formation of TB-3s 12. Formation of I-16s. 13. Soviet National Aviation Day (1941, 42, 43?) Large image, all TB-3s. 14. Field maintenance of a Yak -1, nice engine reference. 15. Pe-2s on the northern front. The plane at top right has a nice tiger-stripe distemper finish on close inspection. 16. Phew.
17. Night Bomber Ops on the Northern Front. Six excellent shots of an SB-2 (bis) and Il-4 crews, briefings and whatnot. 18. Pe-8. Again the one at Dundee Airport. 19. A Lendlease Hurricane in RAF markings. 20. Four snowy shots of the Pe-2 (setting out to attack a nazi airodrome) 21 to 23. Hurricanes still in RAF markings, landing, taxiing. 24. A grounded Hurricane with an SB-2 flying over head. (My, isn't the SB-2 a small airplane?)
25. Has a coffee-break.
26. THE Mig -3 shot (02 with either green or red outer wing sections and line-up.) 27. A Yak 1 (bubbletop) 28. The 'Latest Known Soviet Fighter' -a Lagg 3 (yellow or white 80) 29. A nice page of the I-15, I-152 and I-153. I-16 in propaganda mode (silver or white fuselage stars) 30. Argh...the dreaded I-17. Bane of my life. Tell you another time. 31. A trio of Il-2s taking off. 32. Interesting sideshot of a Su-2 (yellow or white 38) 33. Pe-2, fairly nondescript. 34. Stretches legs.
35. Good grief, a really nice shot of a Yak -4. No markings at all. 36. DB-3 in flight. No squadron markings. 37. An Il-4 (DB-3F) 38 to 40. SB-2 bis trio. 41. An AR-2 (white or yellow 3) (black outlined stars) and a spindly undercarriage. 42. Really nice shot of a Pe-8 with attendent aircrew (the Dundee one again) 43. Close-up of a TB-3 with paras descending. 44. Ha. Author quotes this as being an 'L-760'. It's an Aeroflot ANT-20 (I think) -- (CCCP -L760) with wheel spats. Very nice. 45. Tired little fingers...
46. PS-35. Aeroflot (URSS-M134) really interesting shot. 47. PS-84 in half-shadow. 48. An U-2. (CCCP-C3044) Flying with a chap standing on the left wing surface at great height. Another great photo. This U-2 has spoked wheels and a dark glossy finish. 49 -51. Okayish shots of: The GST, MBR-2 and a better one of the ARK-3.
So, there we go. When I gets me scanner, if anyone should have a request for any of these above, by all means PM me -I'll do my best.
PS Thunderstorm's getting worse. Apocalypse now! We're all doomed.
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