WW2 history and locating warbirds with Google Earth

[Mark Allen M]

I use Google Earth for my business and just recently have been wasting a lot of time searching WW2 locations, current museums, airplane crash sites etc. Anyone do this as well and what have you found interesting? I've noticed there are many sunken WW2 ships that are located on Google Earth, especially in the South Pacific, wonder how accurate those coordinates are? I believe if you have the free downloaded version of Google Earth your looking at imagery about 3 to 4 years old. Some of my completed projects are still in the construction phase when I Google them.

There's an historical imagery feature in Google Earth. That can compare WW2 images directly to images from the present day. Very cool feature.

To access all the imagery for yourself, and compare to the present day cityscape, click the clock icon in the top-level toolbar to activate a time-line in the Google Earth display. Move back in forth in time by dragging the time slider from left to right or by clicking the back/forwards arrows.

Take a look at airplane boneyards just after the war for an idea of just how many airplanes were sitting waiting to be scrapped

Be ready to spend hours and hours

[The Inspector]

If you look in the lower left side margin, it will tell you the time and date the picture was taken, usually on about a 24 month schedule.

[Mark Allen M]

Yep! usually 2 years or so. Seems to be a better update lately which is good. Check out the Tempelhof airport in Berlin and use the timeline feature. Cool!

[Versatile]

I have an old small pocket Atlas form iirrc dated 1924 and will have Pacific Island names that were changed after the war. I will look at some Islands for a researcher. I don't want to sell it.

[old chuck]

We use Google earth to locate old airfields out here
in the south west.One down south east of Marfa,out
by Demming,lots of old airfields out here.Come out and
we will show you around.There be snakes out here..
old chuck..