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| '''Paul Bellamy''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/Paul Bellamy.jpg' /></div><br/>7/3/2009 1:20:42 PM 
| I've been looking for a hi-res copy of this particular photo for a while, and finally found it on Footnote (70148AC):<br/> <br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k227/ramc181/IW-AShuttle.jpg' /><br/> <br/> All the best,<br/> Paul <br/><br/>Paul Bellamy<br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/resource1.png' /><br/> 
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| '''win-win''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/NoAvatar.gif' /></div><br/>7/5/2009 1:34:01 PM 
| Hi Paul:<br/> Great find - and interesting (curious) photo to boot. <br/> - - From its ID number, although a very high one, I assume it's in the U.S. National Archives' Still Picture Collection;<br/> - - It's a curious proportion - most are 4x5, and this one's almost square, <br/> and<br/> - - Pictured with her WWII sister 'workhorses', a C-47 and B-24, I'd love to know the date/place/caption for it.<br/> Any clues?<br/> Win <br/><br/><br/> 
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| '''EDanaII''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/EDanaII.jpg' /></div><br/>7/5/2009 11:08:43 PM 
| I'm not so sure it's a "square" photo, Win. Looks like a display issue... Looks like I should investigate.<br/> <br/> Good find, Paul. Now if you could only find a photo of the Hard Seventeen, then you'd be my hero.  &#10071; (Muahahahahha!!!) <br/><br/><a href='/p2769.ashx'><img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/wmSig401st150p.gif' /></a><br/> <br/> 
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| '''Paul Bellamy''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/Paul Bellamy.jpg' /></div><br/>7/6/2009 6:07:31 AM 
| Hi Win,<br/> <br/> It's from the Air Force Historical Research Agency's duplicate WWII US Air Force Photographs Collection held at NARA, as are all the ones freely available via Footnote.com.<br/> The unusual number on this photo is likely due to it being in the "Theaters - Russia" section rather than the "Theaters - Europe - England" that the majority of the 401st photos are filed in.<br/> <br/> The original caption on the back reads:<br/> <br/> <blockquote>A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress", a Consolidated B-24 "Liberator" and a Douglas C-47 are parked at Poltava Airbase, one of the shuttle mission bases in Russia. 11 April 1945.</blockquote><br/> <br/> Something I have noticed about the NARA collection on Footnote is that the photograph on the index card is a slightly cropped version of those supplied directly by NARA, such as those that were/are in the NARA Gallery pages of the 401st Website. <br/> <br/> Ed,<br/> <br/> I'm still chugging through the miscellaneous and uncaptioned photos, IF there's a new photo of Hard Seventeen out there I'll find it one day. As it is, I only have the hi-res copy of the nose art + crew photo.<br/> <br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k227/ramc181/H17crop1.jpg' /><br/> <br/> All the best,<br/> Paul<br/> <br/> PS, the first photo, and the one above, are 800x600ish and 800x650ish respectively, so if they are coming out square there's something not right. &#x1f609; <br/><br/>Paul Bellamy<br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/resource1.png' /><br/> 
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| '''EDanaII''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/EDanaII.jpg' /></div><br/>7/6/2009 7:17:06 PM 
| Damn, Paul! &#x1f642; Where was that photo (the high res one) when I was working on my scale model of the H17? It looks like my original guess was correct: the BJ hand WAS a Jack and a Seven. The original photo you gave me the 7 was so hard to read that I assumed it was a Jack and an Ace. Looks like I gotta go back to the drawing board! &#x1f609;<br/> <br/> BTW, I was kidding about a photo of the H17: I was just doing my usual schtick about the H17 being the only 401st plane that mattered.<br/> <br/> (So many prejudices, so little time.) &#x1f603;<br/> <br/> Ed. <br/><br/><a href='/p2769.ashx'><img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/wmSig401st150p.gif' /></a><br/> <br/> 
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| '''win-win''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/NoAvatar.gif' /></div><br/>7/6/2009 11:47:21 PM 
| Paul & Ed:<br/> <br/> Answers:  Wow! ...and then sone - thanks.<br/> Square photo / not:   Maybe it's my glasses...or what's behind them...or worse...<br/> Hunting:  44-31081 'IN-C (Son of A Blitz) - definitely (my) most valuable 613Sq A/C.  (What we don't understand is how could an original 401st B-17 escape a camera for almost a year....Deenethorpe's not THAT big....).<br/> <br/> Ditto Ed:  Another great 'find', Paul...and all the good info that goes with it.<br/> <br/> Win <br/><br/><br/> 
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| '''Phoenix''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/NoAvatar.gif' /></div><br/>7/7/2009 2:18:31 AM 
| Paul,<br/> <br/> You seem to be finding all this research far too easy &#x1f636;  so time for a challenge :twisted: see if you can locate the dispersal used for the 'Mary Alice' so I can go photograph it &#x1f602; <br/> <br/> ps:- see you Friday <br/><br/>improvise, adapt, overcome<br/> 
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