The Stukists, The Stuka Units, 'Grupul 3 & 6 Picaj'

color photos with stukas

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Adj. av. Stănescu Mircea from Grupul 6 Picaj in a romanian Ju-87 D-3 cokpit

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Fratello, because you are new here, I do not know if you understood the guidelines:

So please mention the sources for all your photographs.

Ok Victor. I don't want to pass over the rolls of this forum.
The color photos are from Edbad WWII aviation in colors and the photo with Adj. av. Stănescu Mircea is from pilot's collection a friend of mine.

Thank you. Is mr. Stanescu still alive?

Nein Alex! It's Agfa Color film, it was better then Kodak for it's day and easier to use. Kodak color film technology that was easy to transport became available only towards the end of the war. Germans developed color film much much earlier, way before the war, and the clarity of some of the images is impressive.

But - !! ... A Russian developed color photography, .way before world war 1.

I have images in color from 1905 that are maybe 5 times as better and clearer then those Stuka photos.. would you believe it?

And speaking about color film and aviation... Here are photos shot with Agfachrome 35mm in 1939-1940 in Finnland.




This post has been edited by Der Maresal on January 25, 2005 04:26 am

The original photos from the Mircea Gh. Stanescu (Gr. 6 picaj) estate were auctioneered recently and went to the USA.

Gen. Dénes

Indeed Maresal are of outstanding quality , thanks you for posting....would appreciate if you can post more colour photos of the military WWII planes eventually under a new topic ,because it will gather more resources from othre sources too

Thnaks again

Al

This post has been edited by alexkdl on January 25, 2005 09:39 am

What plane could be the one in photo with the cockpit pilot with wheel stick.
It looks like an inline twin engines plane ( a capture russian ??)
Indeed nice AGFA color pictures.

This post has been edited by Cantacuzino on January 25, 2005 12:02 pm

Its seems to me like an early CB-2 or an early PE-2 Cockpit but I may be wrong........
Al

This post has been edited by alexkdl on January 25, 2005 11:04 pm

Here's an interesting photo of a JU-87 of ARR already with the new FAA markings at the Slovakian front on backgroud with an American Lend / Lease B-25 Mitchell of the Russian Air Force....quite of a contrast ...isn't it ? From Aviatia Romana of WWII

Alex

This post has been edited by alexkdl on January 27, 2005 02:06 pm

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I little known episode, which actually I learned it from Victor when he answered to me (once upon a time) to one of my posts in Feldgrau.net, was the support offered by Romanian Stukas to the Romanian troops fighting at Paulis (south of Transylvania) against Hungarian and German troops, after August 23, 1944.

Color photography was invented in the XIXth century.
The first method for Fax transmittal was also patented in the XIXth century.
The method of electro-plating (creating a layer of metal, on the surface of a metal object, using the flow of Ions in a liquid) was invented 2700 years ago.
The methods of Mathematic Analysis, which we learned in school that were created by Euler in the XVIIIth century, were developed for the first time by Archimede, in the 3rd Century BC.

Smart people were always around... The only problem is how fast they can persuade the other people to use their inventions, and how soon the other people will forget the invention after the death of the inventor.

This post has been edited by Florin on February 02, 2005 12:54 am

What number did Stănescu's plane have, how was it painted/coloured and what (if any) special insigna (slogans/ drawings) did it have?

Below is a 1/72 scale model of the romanian Ju-87 D-3 with nr. 7 model. This model is from my collection and was made by Ungureanu Călin, a friend of mine.
You can see also the name "Boanţă" (perhaps this was after the name of Gh Boancă from Group 6) painted on the nose of this romanian Stuka.



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