On Nov 11, 2010, at 6:09 PM, Bob W wrote: > it's extremely interesting. What's the story behind it? Was it taken by an > automatic camera? I'd be interested in why the airman is out of focus and > the planes in the background are not. It's very dramatic and brings the > experience very close, unlike most other photos of that type of experience. > I'm glad I've never had to do anything like that.
It's on a site devoted to the bombardiers of WWII. No details are provided about how it was made or what the situation was, just the title. From it I judge that it's at the moment immediately after the bombs were dropped. An important one, because there would have been a period prior to that, I think of a couple minutes or so, during which the plane was under the control of the bombardier and the bomb sight, and evasive action could not be taken. My mind jumps to the possibility that the plane came under attack, or had been under attack, during the final run up to the target. That might explain the look on the guy's face. Pure speculation, but it is "*After* bombs away," not just "Bombs away." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
