| Tango01 | 19 May 2014 12:04 p.m. PST |
…fighter pilot in action found in shoebox at British car boot sale. "Extremely rare photographs of World War I German fighter pilot The Red Baron have been found in a shoebox at a car boot sale.
The photographs of Manfred von Richthofen flying his triplane in Germany almost 100 years ago were discovered completely by accident by a keen eyed photographer who stumbled across them while looking to buy garden tools. Barry Pickthall, 65, said he felt like he had 'hit the jackpot' when he saw what they were…"
Full article and more pics here.
link Amicalement
Armand |
| nazrat | 19 May 2014 12:47 p.m. PST |
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| Abwehrschlacht | 19 May 2014 1:14 p.m. PST |
Nice, but I hate clicking through for the Daily Fail… |
| Who asked this joker | 19 May 2014 1:27 p.m. PST |
That's awesome. Pretty sad though. The "Baron" was only 25. We think of him as being larger than life yet he was killed in his prime…really before he got to live life to the fullest. |
| Tin hat | 19 May 2014 1:52 p.m. PST |
Those aren't particularly rare though, in fact some of them are extremely well known. |
| Onomarchos | 19 May 2014 2:37 p.m. PST |
link Yep, cut down in the prime of life … along with about 18 million others. Mark |
| Who asked this joker | 19 May 2014 3:27 p.m. PST |
Yep, cut down in the prime of life … along with about 18 million others. And your point? |
| Great War Ace | 19 May 2014 5:25 p.m. PST |
I haven't seen the top one before, the rest I've seen. They aren't rare at all, but cool nonetheless… |
| kallman | 19 May 2014 5:34 p.m. PST |
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| Camcleod | 19 May 2014 6:21 p.m. PST |
Considering that the Imperial War Museum has that top photo – NOT all that rare. link Maybe if there was a chunk of the Baron's Triplane in the box. |
| MacrossMartin | 19 May 2014 8:18 p.m. PST |
Its a nice find, but they don't seem rare at all. I've seen pretty much every one of the shots in the article in various publications. :( |
| Tango01 | 20 May 2014 12:38 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed them my friend whitemanticore! (smile). Amicalement
Armand |
| Poniatowski | 17 Jun 2014 4:24 a.m. PST |
OK, what is being missed here is the main issue…. were the photograps originals? If so, it doesn't matter where else they are displayed… especially if he has negatives to help verify them as the originals. They could really be a "find". |
| Great War Ace | 17 Jun 2014 7:44 a.m. PST |
I hadn't thought of that angle. Of course, any original picture from the period itself would be a find, regardless of how many copies of the same picture had showed up much later…. |
| Tango01 | 28 Jun 2014 9:30 p.m. PST |
Agree with you my friend. Amicalement
Armand |
adds an infantry platoon to his WWI Brits.
