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Ended 07/03/19 10:15 PM GMT
Winner: rahto (See the full results)

1st place
B-24 Liberator by rahto

Vickid: Congratulations on your placing first in the historical contest, your image has a tremendous impact!

LynEve: Congratulations on your very well deserved first placement :)

Nikoneer: The Witchcraft was assigned to the 467th Bomb Group, 790 Bomb Squadron. The bomb graphics on the fuselage indicate the number of bombing runs this particular plane made during its career. Not being sure if the number 130 referred to the runs, I took the time to count them... yep, 130. In WWII, crews were allowed to rotate home (or to another duty) after 25 missions. That being said, Witchcraft obviously remained in operation for many crews and is currently the only Liberator still flying. During WWII, the U.S. lost 218 bombers in Europe, as opposed to 12,037 lost for Germany. This one definitely qualifies for the contest, Robert, particularly for an old war historian like me. Good luck with her.

-Nik

rahto received a 2 month membership in the Caedes Cadre.

2nd place
Nekromanteion by Vickid

corngrowth: Vicki, by reading your narrative, I like to say that, because of the difficult lighting conditions, to me you've achieved the best possible result, so there's nothing wrong with your photographic skills and camera!

Very interesting post (both image and narrative) and a good contender for the current contest as well.

If you would decide that this will be your entry, I wish you Good Luck with it.

PS: I'm still laughing by the first lines of John's hilarious comment above!

Vickid received a 1 month membership in the Caedes Cadre.

3rd place
The Old Smithy by LynEve

Flmngseabass: Way to go Lynn!! 3rd place is not too shabby!!:):) A wonderful representation for the contest:)

corngrowth: Lyn, congratulations for your 3rd place in the 'History' contest.
Well done!

Ramad: Congrats on your 3rd place Lyn

4th place
Window by Dunstickin

trixxie17: Excellent choice for the contest!

WTFlack: Many Congratulations on fourth place.

bfrank: Very inspiring and I can imagine how awesome it is with different angles of light beaming through. Great capture Bob.

mesmerized: Congratulations, Bob!...wonderful colors here.

5th place
Dewey Defeats Truman by 0930_23

mesmerized: Wow, what a gem you have here...a rare historical capture to see in our day and an entertaining view in terms of the political upset...excellent entry for the history contest.

GomekFlorida: THe SNAFU of the century!

corngrowth: ---Thomas E. Dewey, New York Governor, was heavily favored and Harry S. Truman's win was considered a major upset---

Owd Fella Tick (OFT), without giving any opinion from my side, the history has repeated itself actually in 2016,with the difference that the Republicans have won the 2016 election.

Good entry for the current History contest.
Wish you Good Luck with it!