Finding a high-resolution/print quality version of a WW2 image

September 28, 2014 11:14 AM

I would like to find a high-resolution or a print-quality version of the image in this article to give as a gift to a friend. The image seems to depict a Berlin raid by allied forces. A Google Image search didn't help me much and I wasn't able to find who owns the rights to the image. Any ideas?
posted by gertzedek to Media & Arts (4 answers total)

Best answer: From this page:

B-17G Fortress “Miss Donna Mae II” drifted under another bomber on a bomb run over Berlin, 19 May 1944. A 1,000 lb bomb from above tore off the left stabilizer and sent the plane into an uncontrollable spin. All 11 were killed.

That page also has a "full resolution" version of 3205 by 2626 pixels.
posted by bjrn at 11:31 AM on September 28, 2014 [2 favorites]

Per wikimedia, it is public domain.


posted by Esteemed Offendi at 11:32 AM on September 28, 2014

i seem to recall that photo from here. Maybe there is more narrative available. These guys(warning: super-loud annoying autoplay audion) have access to pretty cool knowledge bases - real vets.
posted by j_curiouser at 11:48 AM on September 28, 2014

Best answer: It looks like bjrn found the image above. Just in general, though, tineye is your friend in situations like this. It finds other images online matching your given image. Here is the tineye search for that image.
posted by flug at 7:08 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]