PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 5 days agoColorized photo of a German pilot in an electrically-heated flight suit on the Western Front, WW1, 1917media.piefed.socialimagemessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down10
arrow-up149arrow-down1imageColorized photo of a German pilot in an electrically-heated flight suit on the Western Front, WW1, 1917media.piefed.socialPugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square11linkfedilink
minus-squareSemisimian@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 days agoThe plane looks the most like a Fokker D.VI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_D.VI. There were only 60 made, so that makes this a rare photo. I like the different colored flares, likely for communication to the ground. Can anyone who knows guns give some more info in the side-mounted piece?
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoI think it might be a flare gun.
minus-squareSemisimian@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoThat big mofo on the opposite side of the pilot?
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoSorry, thought you meant the one hanging off the edge nearest the pilot. XD I think the one in back is an MG14, but I’m no expert.
The plane looks the most like a Fokker D.VI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_D.VI.
There were only 60 made, so that makes this a rare photo. I like the different colored flares, likely for communication to the ground. Can anyone who knows guns give some more info in the side-mounted piece?
I think it might be a flare gun.
That big mofo on the opposite side of the pilot?
Sorry, thought you meant the one hanging off the edge nearest the pilot. XD
I think the one in back is an MG14, but I’m no expert.
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