28 October 2011

Big bird


Here's a B-25J Mitchell for you. I rather like it in black and white, but I think the color version is worth seeing too. 


Apparently the pilots liked to personalize their planes. I think it's a neat idea. Photo taken in June 2011. For more monochrome shots, take a look at the Weekend in Black and White.

10 comments:

  1. I prefer the b7w because it reflects the plane's age. However, I'm glad you showed it in colour too!

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  2. I like 'em both. And yes, pilots were notorious for decorating their planes and taunting the "enemy." Our big bombers flying over Europe from England in WWII often had a variety of pictures painted on them.\

    But you knew that!

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  3. @Lowell - I only knew that from visiting this air museum. It was really fascinating. And they also had some vets who knew a thing or two about the planes and would explain things to you. That's real passion!

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  4. What an impressive plane decoration

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  5. Love both, whether in b&w or colours.

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  6. There is a San Francisco Bay Area angle to the B-25.

    B-25 bombers were used in the audacious Doolittle Raid over Tokyo in April, 1942. The planes were loaded onto the flight deck of the carrier U.S.S. Hornet, CV8 at the Alameda Naval Air Station in the San Francisco East Bay.

    CV8 was lost in October, 1942 in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. CV12, slated to be named Kearsarge was being built. With the loss of CV8, and since the Navy has had a Hornet since the late 1700s, CV12 was quickly re-named Hornet. CV12, which picked up two of the Apollo space capsules, is now a floating museum at the old NAS Pier 3 in Alameda, the very pier where CV8 took on the B-25s for the Doolittle Raid.

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  7. this is really cool....like the idea that the pilots decorated their planes. that is really neat. I cannot say which I like better the black and white or the color. They are both super. genie

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  8. Excellent in black and white! That is truly a big bird.

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