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#4516589 - 04/15/20 10:43 PM WW I aviation photos  
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I thought I had seen pretty much every photo, but there were many that I had never seen before.



https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/04/world-war-i-in-photos-aerial-warfare/507326/



In the seventh picture, I can’t figure out what is on the top of his helmet.


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#4516594 - 04/15/20 11:12 PM Re: WW I aviation photos [Re: oldgrognard]  
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Very fine set of pictures OG thanks for posting the link


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Thanks OG great stuff, i wonder if the folks over on the WOFF forum have seen these.


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#4516608 - 04/16/20 12:04 AM Re: WW I aviation photos [Re: oldgrognard]  
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Originally Posted by oldgrognard
I thought I had seen pretty much every photo, but there were many that I had never seen before.

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/04/world-war-i-in-photos-aerial-warfare/507326/

In the seventh picture, I can’t figure out what is on the top of his helmet.


An early GoPro. wave2

Quite a few new photos, thanks OG.:

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There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB.
The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed.
There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
#4516620 - 04/16/20 02:25 AM Re: WW I aviation photos [Re: oldgrognard]  
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I'd never heard of a Pfalz Dr.I


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#4516625 - 04/16/20 04:39 AM Re: WW I aviation photos [Re: oldgrognard]  
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Great photos, thanks for the link!


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#4516637 - 04/16/20 08:55 AM Re: WW I aviation photos [Re: oldgrognard]  
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Most interesting.
Glad you posted this as I have some photos taken by wife's grandfather on his return to the Western Front post-armistice when he was tasked with materiel retrieval and removal via the light railway system he administered during the conflict from Base Establishment.
One location I couldn't identify was revealed to be the Ypres Barracks as seen in image 43.
thanks for the link OG!



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It is most interesting, seeing the pictures of Ieper from back then and how it is today rebuilt wow. You can see the Cloth Hall in the upper left of the picture now totally rebuilt.

BD-123 there are a couple of guys making part of the light railway system for Train Simulator, some in standard gauge and some of it in narrow gauge along with period rolling stock to fit in the theme


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Some good pics in there... thanks!

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Originally Posted by F4UDash4
I'd never heard of a Pfalz Dr.I



Most likely an editorial mistake. smile


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Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
Originally Posted by F4UDash4
I'd never heard of a Pfalz Dr.I



Most likely an editorial mistake. smile



No, I looked it up. There was both a Pfalz and a Fokker Dr.I


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#4516648 - 04/16/20 11:01 AM Re: WW I aviation photos [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Originally Posted by F4UDash4



No, I looked it up. There was both a Pfalz and a Fokker Dr.I



Interesting because from the pic the plane looks exactly the same as a Fokker Dr.1. I guess the plane was the same but the manufacturer was different so hence the name change.,


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#4516654 - 04/16/20 11:34 AM Re: WW I aviation photos [Re: oldgrognard]  
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There is visible differences between the two Dreideckers.

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Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
Originally Posted by F4UDash4



No, I looked it up. There was both a Pfalz and a Fokker Dr.I



Interesting because from the pic the plane looks exactly the same as a Fokker Dr.1. I guess the plane was the same but the manufacturer was different so hence the name change.,



The cowling is what made me look it up, that part at least didn't look like a Fokker Dr.I at all to me


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#4516664 - 04/16/20 12:09 PM Re: WW I aviation photos [Re: oldgrognard]  
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The Pfalz also has a rounded fuselage, while the Fokker is more angular.


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#4516666 - 04/16/20 12:11 PM Re: WW I aviation photos [Re: oldgrognard]  
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Photo #14 is quite harrowing to see to say the least.


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Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
Photo #14 is quite harrowing to see to say the least.



As is #29


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#4516688 - 04/16/20 02:33 PM Re: WW I aviation photos [Re: oldgrognard]  
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About that Pfalz DR1, they only made the one prototype and although it wasn’t considered good enough to put into production, that one was sent to a squadron for use. What a different attitude back then. Fly whatever is available.


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Windsock Datafiles is a large series of A size booklets of around 36 pages.
https://www.windsockdatafilespecials.co.uk/windsock-datafiles-10-c.asp


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