Davide Calzolari Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 hi, have u guys pix of pic of u.s. c-47 WW II with OD camo ruined/lived as in certain pix is shown?color preferred, altough not simple to find out salute to the forum and the audience,u r always the best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 This one ? 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davide Calzolari Posted November 25, 2022 Author Share Posted November 25, 2022 thnx, this one is truly useful, thnx so much! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix44 Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Is that colourised? Looks a bit suspicious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davide Calzolari Posted November 26, 2022 Author Share Posted November 26, 2022 seems to be asbolutely not colorized , look the (homogenous )sky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix44 Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 1 minute ago, Davide Calzolari said: seems to be asbolutely not colorized , look the (homogenous )sky Why does that make it not colourised? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davide Calzolari Posted November 26, 2022 Author Share Posted November 26, 2022 (edited) 10 hours ago, Phoenix44 said: Why does that make it not colourised? more often in the colorized ones the sky appears having a wave of light signs of brush in the background-not thus above and the legendary capability of fading of od the in this pic is truly nice cought Edited November 26, 2022 by Davide Calzolari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 The contrast between the fuselage and the wings is clearly seen in other, black and white, pictures, including other areas of contrast including the fin and fabric-covered parts of the aircraft. The lack of consistency in OD in this period (note the 1942 serial) is also commented on in several sources, and other colour photos exist showing much the same colours. For these reasons the photo is highly credible. I have read a wartime or just post-war British modelling reference describing C-47s as being painted in Dark Earth. Long time ago... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 I think I have this photo or another similar one in an old National Geographic magazine. I'll look later. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Bell Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 It's not colorized - I've seen the original. Cheers, Dana 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix44 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 On 27/11/2022 at 01:17, Dana Bell said: It's not colorized - I've seen the original. Cheers, Is it a Kodachrome slide? The colour looks poor and it's the wrong size/ratio? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Bell Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Hi Phoenix, Yes, it was a slide. We were going through a batch of several hundred slides, including about a dozen that were from this series. I don't recall the film type - it was more than 25 years ago - but I like this one enough to get a first generation dupe. Cheers, Dana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Sergeant Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Here's a higher resolution image. LINK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck1945 Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 1 hour ago, The Good Sergeant said: Here's a higher resolution image. LINK Wow, I’ve seen the photo before, but never paid particular attention to it beyond noting the well faded camouflage. The linked photo attributes it to the 313 TCG, I was assigned with its successor, the 313 TAW that was flying C-130Es 1972-73 when it was disbanded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SafetyDad Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 A bit late to this party, but I found this film Scroll on to 9:19 and after for colour film of C-47s (I think!). The range of differing ODs on the aircraft in line is impressive! SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 On 25/11/2022 at 10:17, spitfire said: This one ? Colors of this one are real and this particular plane ended up crashing into the Dutch Waddenzee with 36 pob near Texel in 1996 and this aircraft was the aircraft of Dick Winters and his Easy compagny during D-day. It was assigned a different code (the N3) as part of the Market garden operation as in this picture. Other pictures are that I have seen made on different occasions gave it the sam appearance… Seen this one flying a lot in the Netherlands and I am stil a member of the organization who fly’s another one with a D-day connection on st Mere Eglize dropzone O. cheers, Jan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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