If you were there 70 + years ago ...

[Mark Allen M]

... it would look something like this.

Mustang just needs just a bit of wear and dirt and you'd never know the difference.


Photo credit and date unknown, but I believe this was at a show in the UK.

[Pat Carry]

[Mark Allen M]

missing I guess if one wanted to really 'disect' it. Probably a cuffed prop and MNF would be even more convincing. Looks to be a woman sitting there as well, but that could have happened back then.

[p51]

Wow, really good photo, I'm impressed!

Looks to be a woman sitting there as well, but that could have happened back then.

Yeah, one with the Red Cross or a War Correspondent could have fit into that scene, looking like that. I agree that this appears to be a woman there.

[John Dupre]

No armor plate, pilot headrest or radio stack behind the armor plate or antenna behind the canopy. Dead giveaway as a modern photo.

[Firebird]

Wow, really good photo, I'm impressed!

Looks to be a woman sitting there as well, but that could have happened back then.

Yeah, one with the Red Cross or a War Correspondent could have fit into that scene, looking like that. I agree that this appears to be a woman there.

Not easy to see from distance, but I would say she's also wearing a male issue garrison hat by the looks of it rather than the correct female version which has a more pronounced and lower profile 'banana' shape.

There's a few other issues uniform wise that show the photo up as being taken in modern times..........

But, that's all nitpicking, and it's still a cool photo

[sandiego89]

And we haven't even gotten into the invasion stripes and gear bay color debates yet!

[Mark Allen M]

Hence the "Something like this" statement I posted. Is it spot on? h*ll no!, but it's relatively close minus to obvious stuff you perfectionists catch. It's a neat photo never-the-less.

[p51]

Not easy to see from distance, but I would say she's also wearing a male issue garrison hat by the looks of it rather than the correct female version which has a more pronounced and lower profile 'banana' shape.

Actually for a female war correspondent, there are period photos that clearly support they wore plenty of male stuff for the simple logistics of obtained uniform parts in a male-dominated ETO...

[Mark Allen M]

Just a bit of dirt and grime .... could have a winner here. Nice shot.

[JFS61]

Just a bit of dirt and grime .... could have a winner here. Nice shot.

The power lines, plus the fact that a number of the men in the photo are much too old for their billets, gives it away as a modern reenactment.

[maxum96]

Just a bit of dirt and grime .... could have a winner here. Nice shot.

The power lines, plus the fact that a number of the men in the photo are much too old for their billets, gives it away as a modern reenactment.

Yeah, and the wheel well color is wrong.

[Mark Allen M]

Tough crowd .... close your eyes and then reopen in a squint ... try to make it a bit blurry

[JFS61]

Tough crowd .... close your eyes and then reopen in a squint ... try to make it a bit blurry

Sorry, but I can't squint hard enough to turn a couple of 60 year old men into 20 year old fighter jocks in the ETO.

[Mark Allen M]

Your correct and I get it! ... those poor reenactors once again get no breaks lol

How about the grass, is it the right color green for ya? ...