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Posted: 5/23/2023 3:29:21 AM EDT
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I wonder how many second seaters were lost doing that - that's nuts.
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Posted: 5/23/2023 9:23:21 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Deere_John_16]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By armoredman: I wonder how many second seaters were lost doing that - that's nuts. I'm sure there were a few. It is also likely that many of these men for kids that grew up around much more dangerous things on the Family Farm and likely had a pretty good sense of self-preservation that was built into them from an early age. I see my dad do things today in his 70s, that make me and my 40s cringe a bit. He grew up the son of a World War II veteran on a farm in the 1950s and '60s, where they still did things a lot like my Grandpa probably did when he grew up on the farm in the 20s and 30s. My dad is perfectly fine Hanging Tree Stands without a harness, and rarely wears one when he's actually sitting in a tree stand. On the other hand, I rarely hunt anymore without harnessing and also will clip in my harness to the safety line just climbing the ladder There is no such thing as fall prevention harnesses climbing up and down the ladders to and from The Hayloft The Grainery. He learned how to scale a ladder and balance with a certain amount of dexterity and fearlessness, that most of us likely can't replicate. The farm accident rate was obviously a lot higher back then too, so it's not like people never fail or got hurt, it was just more of an accepted occupational hazard. |
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Posted: 5/24/2023 11:42:02 AM EDT
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Found some great video of a Kingfisher recovery
 Vought OS2U Kingfisher launch and recovery operations from USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) in mid 1943 Another, showing the radio man scrambling forward. In this one you can clearly see that the ship is turning so that the Kingfisher can land inside the relatively flat surface left in its wake, and there's a good shot of them catching the recovery mat.  Cruiser USS Chester recovers her OS2U Kingfisher Floatplane, while underway in th...HD Stock Footage  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 5/24/2023 12:08:12 PM EDT
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AMAZING
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Posted: 5/24/2023 12:15:00 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Utahshooting]
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Wonder how many crew got whacked in the head by the hook and ball as they tried to catch it and get it hooked to their plane. I used to recover Zodiak's onto boats with a HIAB sea crane, both as crane operator and sometimes guy in the boat. Being mindful of the hook and ball was lesson one. We wouldn't lower it till guy in boat acknowledged us and waved for it. If they got distracted and turned their head, we pulled the hook back up quickly till they were ready again.
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Posted: 5/24/2023 12:19:12 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Miami_JBT]
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Sugar rationing in the US during the war.
 War bond drive in Oregon.  Rubber and scrap paper collection drive.  Harlem area air raid wardens meet to plan their response in the event of an attack.  Schoolchildren deposit waste cooking fats collected from their neighbors.  Silent era movie star, Mary Pickford raises donations from Americans to donate to Finland during the Winter War.  Americans raise funds to help Poland in late 1939. The Commission for Polish Relief was run by Herbert Hoover.  Ad being reviewed for Soviet war relief event at Madison Square Garden in 1942.  Lord & Taylor in NYC using their storefront ad space to advertise war relief for the USSR.  Brooklyn Navy Yard workers donating collected funds for the Soviet war relief effort.  August 1943, Boy Scouts deposit scrap metal at a collection point from where it would be hauled to a smelter.  |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 11:21:51 AM EDT
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On a catapult cradle, light cruiser USS Pasadena. Small pill shaped pods replacing usual bomb shackles are miniature practice bomb dispensers
 Attached FilePhoto taken aboard the elderly battleship USS New York, Casco Bay, Maine, 16 June 1943. New York performed North Atlantic convoy escort, Operation Torch escort/shore bombardment, and was then semi-retired as a training ship. No way could they launch from these catapult positions, intent must be to crane them off and practice takeoffs from the water. I think the pod under the wing of the near Kingfisher is a larger version of the miniature practice bomb dispenser, using the standard bomb shackles  Attached FileDid the larger dispenser see use in combat, perhaps for marking targets? Photo is captioned USS Texas at the invasion of Iwo Jima  Attached FileHeavy cruiser USS Quincy in the Atlantic, Kingfishers warm up on catapults  Attached FileEngine maintenance scaffold  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:19:45 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Mal_means_bad]
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Miniature practice bomb dispenser being loaded. A ton of pictures of USN planes show these under the wings
 Attached File Attached FileThe MK-43 miniature practice bomb was made of lead-antimony, the MK-5 was zinc alloy, and the MK-23 was cast iron; all the same shape, the weight difference simulated the ballistics of different bombs. Five could be carried in the MK-43 dispenser and eight could be carried in the MK-47. The pilot could release them individually for multiple practice runs and they were spring loaded to fall clear of the plane. The reusable practice bombs were armed by a triple-length 10 ga. shell loaded with black powder and red phosphorous, with a paper or aluminum hull, which made a flash and colored smoke cloud for scoring which was visible up to 14,000 feet.  Attached File Attached File Attached FileArming and operation of the firing pin  US Mark 23 Practice Bomb From WWII Overview & How It Works |
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Posted: 6/2/2023 2:09:45 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Mal_means_bad]
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To increase range and speed B-29B night bombers, equipped with the previously mentioned APQ-7 Eagle bombing radar, had all turrets removed except the tail gun, since 60% of attacks were on the tail, which was "upgraded" with an APG-15 radar gunsight (the radome, resembling a beachball, is hanging off the center gun).
 Attached FileThe tail gun was also up-armed by adding a 20mm  Attached File Attached FileFirst mission June 26, 1945. Nearly half of the APG-15's failed completely, leaving the bomber undefended, and most of the rest lost their zero, making fire inaccurate. These results were repeated on several following missions, until the Air Force determined the APG-15 was unsatisfactory and discontinued installation in new bombers on July 18, 1945. GE AN/APG-3 radar gunsight; I don't know how common these were, I can't find any other pictures of a B-29 equipped with one. A descendent later aimed the B-36B tail gun  Attached File Attached FileThe date for "filing" is apparently not the same as the date it was photographed, B-29 42-6357 is listed as destroyed after crashing into a British barracks in Karachi Pakistan, April 20th 1944, half the crew KIA https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/98392 |
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Posted: 6/5/2023 4:15:11 PM EDT
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Bomber crew life rafts with sails
 Attached FileUSAAF fighter life raft C-2, Anderson Rubber Company, copy of the RAF type K. Super sketchy. Imagine bobbing around in the North Sea in winter in that  Attached FileInflated plastic solar stills converting salt water to drinking water alongside life raft, 1945. Didn't know these were invented that early.  Attached FilePBY crew collects a wounded pilot  Attached FileMariner rescues downed pilot, downed crew  A pilot comes aboard PBM Mariner during air sea rescue work in the Pacific Ocean ...HD Stock Footage |
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Posted: 6/5/2023 7:00:45 PM EDT
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World War 2 channel (timeghost) is starting their 24 hour D-Day coverage
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Posted: 6/6/2023 9:14:17 AM EDT
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Minesweeper USS Osprey
 Attached File"At about 1700 on 5 June, minesweeper USS Osprey hit a mine that blew a large hole in the forward engine room. Fires broke out and at 1815 the ship had to be abandoned. Osprey sank soon after with the loss of six men." These were the first casualties of the D-Day invasion. RN MGB makes smoke to cover the stricken Osprey  Attached FileLight Vessels were mobile lighthouses used wherever a permanent one was needed but impractical to build, before light buoys could be left unattended for long periods. Temporarily marked for its duty station, LV72 guides ships to Juno beach through a minefield  Attached File Attached FileLV72 was built 1903, 115' long. The lamp was kerosene fueled at Juno, refit to electric powered in 1948. Today LV72 lies abandoned on a riverbank in Wales  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 6/6/2023 9:45:55 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/6/2023 10:16:37 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Lancelot]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: On a catapult cradle, light cruiser USS Pasadena. Small pill shaped pods replacing usual bomb shackles are miniature practice bomb dispensers https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/kingfisher-WRG-0022228_jpg-2834352.JPG Photo taken aboard the elderly battleship USS New York, Casco Bay, Maine, 16 June 1943. New York performed North Atlantic convoy escort, Operation Torch escort/shore bombardment, and was then semi-retired as a training ship. No way could they launch from these catapult positions, intent must be to crane them off and practice takeoffs from the water. I think the pod under the wing of the near Kingfisher is a larger version of the miniature practice bomb dispenser, using the standard bomb shackles https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/os2unewyorkbb34_jpg-2834384.JPG Did the larger dispenser see use in combat, perhaps for marking targets? Photo is captioned USS Texas at the invasion of Iwo Jima https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/USS_Texas_Iwo_Jima_Kingfisher_jpg-2834456.JPG Heavy cruiser USS Quincy in the Atlantic, Kingfishers warm up on catapults https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Baltimore-class_heavy_cruiser_USS_Quincy-2834346.JPG Engine maintenance scaffold https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Kingfisher_maintenance_scaffold_jpg-2834347.JPG My father was a Navy pilot in the Atlantic. He hunted U-Boats in both the North and South Atlantic. He started in Kingfishers, then went to the Dauntless and then to the Ventura. The Kingfisher on floats was similar in appearance to the Arado. On at least one occasion he was fired on by US vessels because they thought he as an Arado scouting for a German warship. On one occasion he was fired on by the North Carolina that was part of Division Six. He lived to fly another day, but he no longer had a desire to fly a floated Kingfisher in contested airspace. An Arado 196V3  A later model 196  German seaplanes are fascinating.  Arado Ar 196 Seaplane |
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Posted: 6/6/2023 10:24:57 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Lancelot]
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One of my favorite German float planes. The Heinkel HE 115.
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Posted: 6/7/2023 5:14:53 PM EDT
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Attack Transport USS Joseph T. Dickman receives wounded off of Normandy France, June 6, 1944
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Posted: 6/7/2023 5:15:45 PM EDT
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Normandy wounded are treated in Joseph T. Dickman's sick bay, on tables, and in dentist's chair
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Posted: 6/7/2023 5:16:13 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/8/2023 6:10:35 PM EDT
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Sainte-Mere-Eglise, June 7th
 Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached FileThis is a photo of an American KIA in Sainte-Mere-Eglise under a blanket, not graphic Click To View Spoiler |
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Posted: 6/8/2023 9:26:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: Sainte-Mere-Eglise, June 7th https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Sainte-Mere-Eglise_Normandy_France_-_Jun-2844369.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Sainte-Mere-Eglise_Normandy_France_-_Jun-2844370.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Sainte-Mere-Eglise_Normandy_France_-_Jun-2844371.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Sainte-Mere-Eglise_Normandy_France_-_Jun-2844375.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Sainte-Mere-Eglise_Normandy_France_-_Jun-2844376.JPG This is a photo of an American KIA in Sainte-Mere-Eglise under a blanket, not graphic Click To View Spoiler  |
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Posted: 6/11/2023 8:22:40 PM EDT
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ha ha... you don't really think about it but they were just as dirty back then as we are today.
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Posted: 6/13/2023 1:33:59 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/13/2023 3:53:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BikerNut: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/163640/Underwood_M1_Ad_jpg-2850150.JPG Emily Mallia Obituary MALLIA, Emily "Millie" A. (Piotrowski) Emily "Millie" A. (Piotrowski) Mallia, 86, of Hartford, the widow of Michael Mallia, passed away Thursday (April 15, 2004). |
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Posted: 6/13/2023 5:46:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BikerNut: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/163640/Underwood_M1_Ad_jpg-2850150.JPG Underwood, third place in M1 Carbine production. Most parts made in house. |
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Posted: 6/13/2023 5:55:20 PM EDT
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"Two women show off a new uniform - including a plastic bra - designed to help prevent occupational accidents among female war workers in Los Angeles in 1943"
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Posted: 6/13/2023 6:18:33 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By BikerNut: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/163640/Underwood_M1_Ad_jpg-2850150.JPG Originally Posted By Lancelot: Emily Mallia Obituary MALLIA, Emily "Millie" A. (Piotrowski) Emily "Millie" A. (Piotrowski) Mallia, 86, of Hartford, the widow of Michael Mallia, passed away Thursday (April 15, 2004). Mike is not listed in her obituary |
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Posted: 6/15/2023 3:13:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By whiskerz: Mike is not listed in her obituary Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By whiskerz: Originally Posted By BikerNut: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/163640/Underwood_M1_Ad_jpg-2850150.JPG Originally Posted By Lancelot: Emily Mallia Obituary MALLIA, Emily "Millie" A. (Piotrowski) Emily "Millie" A. (Piotrowski) Mallia, 86, of Hartford, the widow of Michael Mallia, passed away Thursday (April 15, 2004). Mike is not listed in her obituary Rocket targets for anti-aircraft training, Camp Davis NC 1944  Attached File Attached File Attached FileLong exposure photo to show rocket trails, faint lines may be tracers originating from the right side tracking the rockets as they pass  Attached File |
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Posted: 6/15/2023 9:11:48 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/16/2023 9:37:38 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Gopher: Those wacky Brits. P.12 Delanne Lysander. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/1670/p12_lysander_jpg-2852874.JPG Handley Page Manx, tailless flight research test plane, 1943  Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached FileThe plane as built was a shoddy piece of shit that partially self-disassembled during every test, only flown 17 hours before being retired. |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 12:41:21 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: Miniature practice bomb dispenser being loaded. A ton of pictures of USN planes show these under the wings https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/sbc4_rudyarnold_09_practice_bombs_and_pr-2834559.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Mk_47_bomb_dispensers_from_the_front_jpg-2834561.JPG The MK-43 miniature practice bomb was made of lead-antimony, the MK-5 was zinc alloy, and the MK-23 was cast iron; all the same shape, the weight difference simulated the ballistics of different bombs. Five could be carried in the MK-43 dispenser and eight could be carried in the MK-47. The pilot could release them individually for multiple practice runs and they were spring loaded to fall clear of the plane. The reusable practice bombs were armed by a triple-length 10 ga. shell loaded with black powder and red phosphorous, with a paper or aluminum hull, which made a flash and colored smoke cloud for scoring which was visible up to 14,000 feet. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/b1dff20a353bab91be13868e9d63137d1a10eb3b-2834573.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/anmk23-7_jpg-2834571.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Practice_Bombs_jpg-2834572.JPG Arming and operation of the firing pin  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1TOM441e_0I have one of these practice bombs made into a lamp [trench art] |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 2:08:38 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Brundoggie]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gwitness: I have one of these practice bombs made into a lamp [trench art] Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gwitness: Originally Posted By Mal_means_bad: Miniature practice bomb dispenser being loaded. A ton of pictures of USN planes show these under the wings https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/sbc4_rudyarnold_09_practice_bombs_and_pr-2834559.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Mk_47_bomb_dispensers_from_the_front_jpg-2834561.JPG The MK-43 miniature practice bomb was made of lead-antimony, the MK-5 was zinc alloy, and the MK-23 was cast iron; all the same shape, the weight difference simulated the ballistics of different bombs. Five could be carried in the MK-43 dispenser and eight could be carried in the MK-47. The pilot could release them individually for multiple practice runs and they were spring loaded to fall clear of the plane. The reusable practice bombs were armed by a triple-length 10 ga. shell loaded with black powder and red phosphorous, with a paper or aluminum hull, which made a flash and colored smoke cloud for scoring which was visible up to 14,000 feet. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/b1dff20a353bab91be13868e9d63137d1a10eb3b-2834573.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/anmk23-7_jpg-2834571.JPG I have picked up so many of those things it isn't even funny. I have picked up so many of them I hope I never see another one. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Practice_Bombs_jpg-2834572.JPG Arming and operation of the firing pin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1TOM441e_0I have one of these practice bombs made into a lamp [trench art] |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 12:57:55 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Gopher]
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Nevermind
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Posted: 6/21/2023 8:57:13 AM EDT
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Practice bombing hulk
 Attached FileRAF Hellcats practice attack run on escort carrier HMS Ameer (American Bogue class originally launched as USS Baffins)  Attached File |
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Posted: 6/22/2023 10:03:30 AM EDT
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14,677 acres of the small farming town of Baileytown NJ and surroundings was purchased by the US Army Air Force in 1942, various mock ground targets were laid out and the area was used as a strafing and dive bombing range for the First Air Force
 Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached FileMillville Army Air Field trained 1500 pilots at Baileytown, mostly in Thunderbolts  Attached FileBaileytown is now part of the Edward G Bevan Fish and Wildlife Management Area, ruins of the town and range are publicly accessible. Range observation bunker found lost in the woods  Attached File |
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Posted: 7/2/2023 6:10:12 AM EDT
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  An experimental ramjet engine mounted to an Opel Blitz truck at the Raketenversuchsanstalt Trauen (rocket testing facility Trauen) in 1940. The engines performed well but the truck was too slow and testing was continued with planes. |
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Posted: 7/2/2023 12:01:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryThat's some Wile E. Coyote stuff right there! |
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Posted: 7/10/2023 3:49:43 PM EDT
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Tech Sergeant Meredith Rogers with the 2nd Infantry Division in Normandy showing bullet holes in his helmet - July 1944
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Posted: 7/10/2023 6:01:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: Tech Sergeant Meredith Rogers with the 2nd Infantry Division in Normandy showing bullet holes in his helmet - July 1944 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Tech_Sergeant_Meredith_Rogers_with_the_2-2880998.JPG Semi-related: suspicious quotation marks, Korea https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Tet_Hue_not_actually_jpg-2880999.JPG Second pic is from Vietnam. |
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Posted: 7/10/2023 6:31:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: [/url] Photo taken aboard the elderly battleship USS New York, Casco Bay, Maine, 16 June 1943. New York performed North Atlantic convoy escort, Operation Torch escort/shore bombardment, and was then semi-retired as a training ship. No way could they launch from these catapult positions, intent must be to crane them off and practice takeoffs from the water. I think the pod under the wing of the near Kingfisher is a larger version of the miniature practice bomb dispenser, using the standard bomb shackles My grandfather served on the New York from when it left the East Coast and went to the Pacific. He was at Iwo Jima and Okinawa as a gun captain. I think it was turret two. He told me about the Kamikaze hit she took. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_New_York_(BB-34) "Late in the war, she moved to the Pacific, and provided naval gunfire support for the invasion of Iwo Jima and later the invasion of Okinawa. Returning to Pearl Harbor for repairs until the end of the war, she was classified obsolete and was chosen to take part in the Operation Crossroads nuclear weapon tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946. She survived both explosions, and the effects of radiation on the ship were studied for two years. She was eventually sunk as a target in 1948. She received three battle stars for her service." |
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Posted: 7/10/2023 6:52:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By UtahShotgunner: Second pic is from Vietnam. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By UtahShotgunner: Originally Posted By Mal_means_bad: Tech Sergeant Meredith Rogers with the 2nd Infantry Division in Normandy showing bullet holes in his helmet - July 1944 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Tech_Sergeant_Meredith_Rogers_with_the_2-2880998.JPG Semi-related: suspicious quotation marks, Korea https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Tet_Hue_not_actually_jpg-2880999.JPG Second pic is from Vietnam. Doesn't the top of the sign say "3-25-52"? |
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Posted: 7/10/2023 6:59:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By UtahShotgunner: Second pic is from Vietnam. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By UtahShotgunner: Originally Posted By Mal_means_bad: Tech Sergeant Meredith Rogers with the 2nd Infantry Division in Normandy showing bullet holes in his helmet - July 1944 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Tech_Sergeant_Meredith_Rogers_with_the_2-2880998.JPG Semi-related: suspicious quotation marks, Korea https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Tet_Hue_not_actually_jpg-2880999.JPG Second pic is from Vietnam. No it's from Korea. |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 10:24:33 AM EDT
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Barakoma beach airstrip, Vella LaVella, Solomon Islands. Temporary home of many squadrons including VMF-214, the Black Sheep
 Attached File Attached FileSinkhole or drainage ditch catches a Hellcat, note the raingear  Attached FileWreckage from a Japanese bombing raid; this grounded Corsair's pilot must have been pissed  Attached FileWreckage from the midair collision of two Corsairs burns  Attached FileA USN caption says the men gathered around a jeep near the center have recovered one of the pilots, who parachuted. The other pilot, 1st Lieutenant Martin Smith Jr. of VMF-222, was killed.  Attached File Attached FileFirefighting in nothing but shorts. At 1:33 everybody dives for cover, probably ammo cooking off  Aftermath Of 2 F4U's Midair Crash, Vella Lavella Field, New Georgia Island 1943 (full) |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 11:15:33 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: Miniature practice bomb dispenser being loaded. A ton of pictures of USN planes show these under the wings https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/sbc4_rudyarnold_09_practice_bombs_and_pr-2834559.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Mk_47_bomb_dispensers_from_the_front_jpg-2834561.JPG The MK-43 miniature practice bomb was made of lead-antimony, the MK-5 was zinc alloy, and the MK-23 was cast iron; all the same shape, the weight difference simulated the ballistics of different bombs. Five could be carried in the MK-43 dispenser and eight could be carried in the MK-47. The pilot could release them individually for multiple practice runs and they were spring loaded to fall clear of the plane. The reusable practice bombs were armed by a triple-length 10 ga. shell loaded with black powder and red phosphorous, with a paper or aluminum hull, which made a flash and colored smoke cloud for scoring which was visible up to 14,000 feet. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/b1dff20a353bab91be13868e9d63137d1a10eb3b-2834573.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/anmk23-7_jpg-2834571.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Practice_Bombs_jpg-2834572.JPG Arming and operation of the firing pin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1TOM441e_0Interesting. I've seen a couple of those bombs in the desert near Navy bombing ranges. I've also picked up a few .50 cal cases dated from the mid 40s that had obviously been laying where I found them for a long time. |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 11:21:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: Barakoma beach airstrip, Vella LaVella, Solomon Islands. Temporary home of many squadrons including VMF-214, the Black Sheep https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Barakoma_airfield_Vella_LaVella_jpg-2882925.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Vella_Lavella_airfield_full_jpg-2882928.JPG Sinkhole or drainage ditch catches a Hellcat, note the raingear https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Vella_LaVella_crater_jpg-2882933.JPG Wreckage from a Japanese bombing raid; this grounded Corsair's pilot must have been pissed https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Vought-F4U-1-Corsair-VMF-225-White-435-B-2882961.JPG Wreckage from the midair collision of two Corsairs burns https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Two_F4D_s_burning_after_crash_in_mid-air-2882941.JPG A USN caption says the men gathered around a jeep near the center have recovered one of the pilots, who parachuted. The other pilot, 1st Lieutenant Martin Smith Jr. of VMF-222, was killed. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/vella_lavella_crash_jpg-2882953.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Two_F4D_s_burning_after_crash_in_mid-air-2882948.JPG Firefighting in nothing but shorts. At 1:33 everybody dives for cover, probably ammo cooking off https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEJuaRBzXCM |
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Posted: 7/15/2023 3:57:04 PM EDT
[#45]
From Reddit.
Sailor Peter Grabnickas reading The Stray Lamb (1929) by Thorne Smith in his pinup-decorated bunk aboard USS Capelin (SS-289) at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut. Navy  Attached File |
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Posted: 7/16/2023 1:35:23 PM EDT
[#46]
Have a Coke and learn your aircraft.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ChATtsQ99vtXgGRRf0fcTJIlwz3uLVSg/view?pli=1 |
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Posted: 7/16/2023 5:21:36 PM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gopher: Have a Coke and learn your aircraft. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ChATtsQ99vtXgGRRf0fcTJIlwz3uLVSg/view?pli=1 C-69 Connies dropping paratroops with 1943 red outline stars and bars. |
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Posted: 7/26/2023 6:50:34 PM EDT
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Small arms locker, destroyer USS Doran, 1942
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Posted: 7/27/2023 2:13:46 AM EDT
[#49]
The Armory on my ship was a LOT smaller, only two racks, locked up. But I have a pretty damn god idea how those old Gunner's Mates felt!
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Posted: 7/27/2023 1:11:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By distrflman: C-69 Connies dropping paratroops with 1943 red outline stars and bars. I'll take "Things not happening in WWII combat" for $300 Alex. Guess just flying long distances over big hostile oceans carrying VIPS & highest priority cargo was just too boring. |
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