 | Can someone help me identify this aircraft?| Aircraft Pictures Discuss Can someone help me identify this aircraft? in the World War II - Aviation forums; I recently found a bunch of old picture negative that were taken by my Grandfather during WWII. Now that I'... |
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02-23-2007, 01:34 PM
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I recently found a bunch of old picture negative that were taken by my Grandfather during WWII. Now that I've gotten them developed I want to know "what" is in the pictures. I've attached a picture I need help with, any help would be greatly appreciated.
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02-23-2007, 01:37 PM
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02-23-2007, 01:41 PM
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02-23-2007, 01:44 PM
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02-23-2007, 01:45 PM
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02-23-2007, 02:07 PM
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02-23-2007, 02:14 PM
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Country: | That's what I was trying to figure out. I even downloaded the picture and enlarged it but that didn't help. It wasn’t listed on the "Best B-24 Site." The folks there may be able to help as well as they specialize in the B-24.
Hope this helps, good luck!
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02-23-2007, 02:15 PM
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02-23-2007, 02:16 PM
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02-23-2007, 02:23 PM
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02-23-2007, 04:30 PM
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Sky Skowt or Sky Skow I or Sky Skow II - Some sort of play on words with the type of boat/schooner referred to as a scow?
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02-24-2007, 09:15 AM
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Ironically my wife's grandfather was in the 30th BG - 819th BS.
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02-24-2007, 10:01 AM
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03-01-2007, 01:09 AM
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Country: | Thanks for all of the information I'm new to this but it is truly fascinating, I'm digging out old photo albums to find additional pictures of the aircraft. Hopefully I can find a picture that will show additional areas, in which the plane can be identified.
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03-01-2007, 06:26 AM
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Originally Posted by BlackWolf3945  Groovy, was he aircrew? If so, do you know which ship(s) he flew in?
Fade to Black... | He flew Out of this World and was the Pilot - he got in about a dozen missions before the war ended. I've posted this before but here's his plane. He's in the back row second from left. His son (my father in law) went on to become a B-1 test pilot during its production days.
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