birdspotter

This is a blog about the the visual expression of the relation between pilots and their airplanes. It is an archive with everything I stumble upon in my investigation about warbird graphics. This involves camouflage, personal emblems, code letters and the stories surrounding them.

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Swiss Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 of Fliegertruppe J 345 01 about 1940.

Swiss Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 of Fliegertruppe J 345 01 about 1940.

Oscar

Oscar

Tiger on the side of a Ki15-1 ‘babs’

Tiger on the side of a Ki15-1 ‘babs’

Tiger on the tail of a Ki46-11

Tiger on the tail of a Ki46-11

Ki61-1 ‘Otsu’ with the salvaged rudder of another airplane.

Ki61-1 ‘Otsu’ with the salvaged rudder of another airplane.

Ki100

Ki100

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Consolidated B-24 Liberator Aircraft illustration

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Consolidated B-24 Liberator Aircraft illustration

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Consolidated B-24 Liberator Aircraft illustration

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Consolidated B-24 Liberator Aircraft illustration

donotdestroy:

Consolidated B-24 Liberator Aircraft illustration

donotdestroy:

Consolidated B-24 Liberator Aircraft illustration

donotdestroy:

Consolidated B-24 Liberator Aircraft illustration

donotdestroy:

Consolidated B-24 Liberator Aircraft illustration

donotdestroy:

Consolidated B-24 Liberator Aircraft illustration

donotdestroy:

Consolidated B-24 Liberator Aircraft illustration

Consolidated B-24 Liberator Aircraft illustration

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