“Preparing for the patrol” Ramitelli Airfield, Termoli, Italy - August 1944 (1 Viewer)

[sed410]

This is the 2nd image of the "Red Tails". I found the B&W photograph in the US National Archives and thought about what their airfield must have been like in Italy. The black ground crew that K&C made with the "Red Tail" series fit perfectly along with "Creamer's Dream". The white officer in command made for a more realistic feeling on the flight line. The courage and determination of these black pilots and ground crew of the 332nd FG showed that even in a segregated army, fighting for a country that treated them as second class citizens, good men were going to standup and be counted in the fight against Fascism.
Enjoy,
Steve

 

[mr colt 45]

What an excellent dio. Yes these men were very brave and did a great job. Correct Me if I am wrong, but some one told Me they never lost a bomber on escort duty. You should see the great movie that tells their story.:salute::

 

[PanzerAce1944]

Beautiful........Simply Beautiful work !!! {bravo}}

 

[wwiibuff]

Excellent Steve. Love the Red Tails. The story of these heroic men and the obstacles they overcame is tremendous.

 

[noli-poli]

:salute::Great Work!

 

[RPZ]

Another super dio and warbird.

 

[ChrisTay]

Hi Sed410,


Is this a dio or an image? Amazing either way.

Rgds,Chris

 

[sed410]

Chris,

This is a dio AND images. The plane, figures, jeep and ambulance are all K&C photographed individually. The background and foreground is a combination of ten different photographs merged together to make up one image. This complete image is 97 mgs, almost 1GB in size with 35 separate layers in Photoshop.

Steve

 

[TomNT]

Agreed with everything said here, excellent dio!

Tom