Photos Colour and Colourised Photos of WW2 & earlier conflicts

[uktabber]

WOW, those were some awesome photos from the WWII period, Thanks for posting Santana!! ?

 

[santana]

WOW, those were some awesome photos from the WWII period, Thanks for posting Santana!! ?

Any Time my Friend, Merry Christmas !!!

 

[Conhoon]

Sergeant John Opanowski (March 9, 1921) from Michigan, of the 10th Armoured Division, emerges from a dug-out built under snow in the Bastogne area. The 10th Armoured Division and the 101st Airborne Division were pinned down in the Bastogne area by General von Manteuffel's crack Panzer Divisions - the 2nd and the 116th.

John survived WW2 and passed away, January 6th, 2004
Colour by Doug
© IWM EA 49214

 

[Conhoon]

Royal Tank Regiment Matilda Mk III Infantry Tank Mk IIA* on display at the 'War Weapon Week' held at the Royal Pavilion 'India Gate' in Brighton, Sussex. March-April 1941.

The Matilda II was designed in 1937 to replace the much cheaper and earlier A11 Matilda, Infantry Tank Mk I. The first order of 140 Matilda II where placed in June 1938 at the Vulcan Foundry at Newton-le-Willows in Cheshire.
The Matilda Mk III Infantry Tank Mk IIA*carried a crew of four, with a driver situated in the hull, and a tank commander, gunner and loader who where inside the turret.
The Matilda Mk III Infantry Tank Mk IIA*was armed with a 2-pounder gun and had a secondary armament with a 7.92mm Besa machine gun in a coaxial mount. It was powered by two 7 litre Leyland diesel engines, giving it a top speed of 15 to 16mph.
Colour by Doug
(Source - Royal Pavilion & Museums Trust)

 

[santana]

The de Havilland DH.103 Hornet, developed by de Havilland, was a fighter aircraft driven by two piston engines.

It further exploited the wooden construction techniques that had been pioneered by the de Havilland Mosquito.

Development of the Hornet had started during the Second World War as a private venture.

The aircraft was to conduct long range fighter operations in the Pacific Theatre against the Empire of Japan but the war ended before the Hornet reached operational squadron status.

First flight was 1944.

 

[santana]

Lt. Henry Fonda (1905 - 1982) during his military service on board the USS Bearss, summer 1945.

 

[santana]

German soldiers of the 212nd Infantry Division are moving a fully loaded cargo wagon.
Volkhov, Summer 1942.

 

[santana]

German anti tank gun crew in North Africa manning a 5cm Pak 38. At that stage of the war, it was a very effective weapon vs. most Allied tanks.

 

[santana]

A Portrait of Lieutenant (JG) Gene Kelly (1912 - 1996) of the United States Naval Air Service, August 1945.

The photo was probably taken in Washington, DC.

 

[santana]

Portrait of Captain Don S. Gentile, one of the high scoring pilots in the European Theater of Operations, 1940s.

He flew 90 combat hours with the RAF, and was decorated by the King and Queen England.

 

[santana]

Pz.Kpfw tank. IV Ausf. D of the 3rd battalion of the 11th tank regiment of the 6th German tank division on the city street in Eastern Prussia, May 1941.

The original colour photograph is from Helmut Ritgen, who survived the war, wrote memoirs and died at 105.

 

[santana]

Canadian Tankmen on Manoeuvres Cook Outdoors, Beside their Ram Tanks.

The Tank, Cruiser, Ram was a cruiser tank designed and built by Canada in the Second World War, based on the U.S. M3 Medium tank chassis. Due to standardization on the American Sherman tank for frontline units, it was used exclusively for training purposes and was never used in combat as a gun tank. The chassis was used for several other combat roles however, such as a flamethrower tank, observation post, and armoured personnel carrier.

 

[santana]

The Hell's Point ammunition depot burns on the island of Guadalcanal, November 26, 1943.

 

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LTC David Schilling's P-47D Thunderbolt, nicknamed "Hairless Joe", lined up with another P-47 from the 56th Fighter Group's home a Boxtead Airfield, England. 1944 or 1945.

 

[santana]

R.W. Cunningham, a private from the US Marine Corps poses in his battle dress, holding an M-1 Garand rifle with bayonet, and with his full seabag laid out for inspection during World War II, United States.

 

[santana]

F6F-5 of VF-12 on CV-25 USS Randolph

 

[santana]

The Transportation Corps flag is an appropriate background for Corporal Beth Haddow and Pfc.

Dorothy Hamilton, WACs in the Transportation Corps at the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, Newport News, Virginia.

 

[santana]

A B-17 of the 381st Bomb Group pops red flares as it comes in for landing, indicating wounded on board. Ridgewell, Essex, 1944.

 

[uktabber]

Wow, GREAT photos mate, appreciate you sharing them with us......especially the Portraits of the famous chaps...and the not so famous!!

 

[Conhoon]

MPs of the Provost Company, British 3rd Division on a BSA M20, meet those of the US 2nd (Indianhead) Division on the N24, at the liberation of Tinchebray-Bocage, in Normandy on August 15, 1944.