Now we know, how he looks!

[Olham]

For Hasse Wind, our honorable reconnaisanz and bomber pilot,

who iss fyink one mission after zee ozzer, indefatigably, for ze Kaiser and ze Fazzerland!

 

 

 

[Hasse Wind]

Excellent pics, Olham. Good DFW photos seem to be very rare, especially when you consider that it was a great 2-seater, popular with the pilots and the most produced German aircraft of the war. And it's a pleasure to fly in OFF, too, and if you stay high, no Allied fighter will ever get you. Bomben los!

[Morris]

Those Pictures are saved on my HD.

 

Thanx Olham.

 

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[Rickitycrate]

Very good pics. I will need to get myself a cockpit pooch too.

[RAF_Louvert]

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Great pics Olham, I've never seen either of these before. And notice that very high gloss finish on the wings in the second picture, almost like a mirror.

 

Thanks for sharing Sir.

 

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[Olham]

Yes, that glossy finish could just be clear varnish. After cleaning the surfaces a lot,

or after surface damage, they may have overpainted them with a new coat?

[ConradB]

Also, the lacquer paint used by Germany in WWI and WWII had a "sheen" to it until it weathered a bit in the elements. Lacquer paint also likes to shine when rubbed down, especially with rubbing compound. My old 1965 Mustang was painted with lacquer, and it oxidized and dulled. A little rubbing compound and elbow grease, and it looked like it did right out of the booth.

[UK_Widowmaker]

Great pics...just looking at those guys, makes you stop and think what experiences they are/were having at the time of the Photo Shoot!...were they taken before a mission?..or after?.....if before, did they ever get back alive?....ooo..sends shivers up ya spine so it does!

[Hasse Wind]

Exactly, Widowmaker. And notice that cross somebody has drawn above the observer in the lower picture? I wonder what it means.

[Olham]

Yep - it could mean: this is me, the one with the cross. Or: this observer is dead...