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Caption | BV 141 aircraft in flight, circa late 1930s ww2dbase | ||||
Date | 1939 | ||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||
Photo Size | 600 x 217 pixels |
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Bill says:
16 Mar 2011 04:12:32 PM
Photo is heavily retouched for propaganda
many wartime photographs were retouched to mislead allied intelligence, even the cockpit is misleading, with oversize underwing markings.
This procedure is still done today, I have 1960s NATO identification photos and retouched drawings of Soviet and Warsaw Pact equipment.

16 Mar 2011 04:12:32 PM
Photo is heavily retouched for propaganda
many wartime photographs were retouched to mislead allied intelligence, even the cockpit is misleading, with oversize underwing markings.
This procedure is still done today, I have 1960s NATO identification photos and retouched drawings of Soviet and Warsaw Pact equipment.
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Info above photo: Blohm und Voss BV 141B-1 Aircraft is the prototype of the B series, which flew in January 1941.