WWII Color Pictures

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14 points·ArturSoler··8 comments

When I tell folks that my mother was a bomber ferry pilot, these are what she flew...too bad she wasn't declared a veteran until the Clinton administration.

Your mom kickes ass - if it wasn't for people like her, I would have spent my youth studying Das Kapital.

I can't even imagine what she went through.

Appears to be arranged from http://www.shorpy.com/search/node/aviation+color where, it seems, all the photos from leonardo.it have been posted individually. The original site has historical information on the subjects and locations.

Absolutely amazing. These pictures are stunning, not only from an historical standpoint, but also quality-wise.

And on a purely photographic regard, it confirms everything Ken Rockwell (and countless others) said on film vs. digital: digital may be cool but film is forever.

Ironically, my place of employment is constantly blasting us with Digital is Forever propaganda.

My grandparents worked in a converted car factory in Detroit, making fighters. My grandmother said they lived in old Ford company housing, and her and my grandfather would take turns staying up at night to fight off the bed bugs off of the other.

Neat!

Notice the American flag only has 48 stars.

Notice the total lack of safety gear.

I'm not allowed within 100yards of the production line without hard hard, steel toe boots, safety glasses,hi-vis vest and probably a fall arrestharness.

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