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All right. Here we have two of the most authentic warbirds in the world. Question for you is where and what kind...



















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So, you're saying they survived their military service and were in civilian service?

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Heckle and Jeckle-one of them smoked a ceegar :o
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Randy Haskin wrote:
So, you're saying they survived their military service and were in civilian service?

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Nice! No. You know exactly what I was saying!

Any guesses for the caption?

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That they were both named 'Smith?' I see they are wearing black, non descript suits-

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sorry, the color of the beak is wrong, someone needs to do more reasearch.
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It's a B-24.... :roll:

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Actually, he is married but the negative was printed backwards.

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They are B-one-are-dee's!

The have a Navy cousin, GU-11's are used at sea.

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my dad tamed a pet crow on morotai as in infantryman. they called him piss call charlie, after the japanese pilots who bombed & strafed them at night to deprive them from sleep.

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Not even a guess on what type of bird and where the photo was shot?

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