That's a fascinating set, very interesting indeed. The bases are very flat, so they're probably in the East of England - Norfolk, Lincolnshire or Cambridgeshire. There are probably fewer than half a dozen candidates.
B On 28 Jun 2013, at 00:35, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/49024304@N00/sets/72157608125792619/ > > This is a set of over 300 35mm, black and white negatives found in a basement > of an “antique” mall in Wichita Falls, Texas. > > Strips of 3 to 6 are in glassine sleeves bound in two books designed for the > purpose of preserving negatives. Contact prints are taped to each sleeve > designating the contents. The labels here are as shown in these notes. > > The first three pages of each book is an index with identification of each > strip of negative, most with notations of f-stop and shutter speed, filters > and light conditions. > > They were apparently taken in England. > > Many of the shots are of military aircraft, some crashed. There are a few > shots of London Sights and a few shots of personnel. > > Though the camera man took careful notes on subject, lighting f-stop and > shutter speed, there are no dates. There are a few shots of London mixed with > shots of the base so it can be guessed that the photographer was stationed in > the south of England. > > Some air experts will recognize the planes and serial numbers and the base > will eventually be identified, I’m sure. > > To review all of these in a slightly faster method, there is a double slide > show on the LOST GALLERY page. > > I have added the three actual index pages as entered by the photographer in > case I missed something. > > All photographs are the property of Lost Gallery. Any of the photographs can > be used on other web sites but a link back to the original here must be > included > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
