WWII Short Shetland reconnaissance flying boat - photo

WWII Short Shetland long range reconnaissance flying boat. Only two were built, the war ended before the aircraft could enter production.

Fullsize image: https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/h..._transport.jpg
https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/h...t_shetland.jpg


Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...704#post178566
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...555#post174069
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...052#post160678
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...182#post157720
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...043#post140938

The shape and paintwork on the tail make this look like a poorly-done Photoshop job, so I looked up other angles. The white tail blends in with the farmland grid below, but if you look carefully you can see the bottom edge of the tail boom just aft of the S-shaped paintwork.

Neil

I think it was done in microsoft paint. or picture, no one can do that poor a job in photoshop

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Originally Posted by Frank S

I think it was done in microsoft paint. or picture, no one can do that poor a job in photoshop

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It's a real photo.

Neil

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Originally Posted by sossol

It's a real photo.

Neil

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Nope, it's a poor photoshop job on the original photo. The lower tail is half missing, as you can see in this photo. Not sure why they decided to change it, maybe copyright reasons?
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Originally Posted by jackhoying

Nope, it's a poor photoshop job on the original photo. The lower tail is half missing, as you can see in this photo. Not sure why they decided to change it, maybe copyright reasons?
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I can see the entire tail in the over-ground photo - even the white portion. You may need to zoom in, but it's all there. And they're different photos. The one you show has a slightly different angle, showing more of the tail boom, and the lighting is coming from low starboard ahead in the over-ground photo and high aft in the over-sea photo.

Neil