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On This Day...February 25th

by david leigh-smith on February 25, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 24 ≡

US. Ensign Ardon Rector Ives personifies grace under pressure as he appears calm and focused unbuckling himself from an inferno engulfing his (appropriatey enough) Hellcat. of VF-9 fighter carrier group. Ardon Ives was KIA in a dogfight [...]

On This Day...February 24th

by david leigh-smith on February 24, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 6 ≡

These first three photos were taken in an English scrapyard, full of Luftwaffe wrecks, on February 24th, 1942. Valentine Mk III tank of ‘A’ Division (17/21st Lancers) which was captured during Operation Torch in November 1942 and [...]

On This Day...23rd February

by david leigh-smith on February 23, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 3 ≡

I was minded to post just this one image today with no narrative. Joe Rosenthal’s iconic and Pulitzer Prize winning image has few peers. Far from being staged (it wasn’t), Rosenthal almost missed the moment and was not even looking [...]

On This Day...February 22nd

by david leigh-smith on February 22, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 5 ≡

RAF Air Transport Auxilliary ferry pilot, Veronica, sits in her Spitfire, February 22nd, 1943. Four caskets containing 22nd Marines, Parry Island, Eniwetok, February 22nd, 1944. 22nd February 1944. A TBM Avenger flies over Tinian [...]

On This Day...February 21st

by david leigh-smith on February 21, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 11 ≡

In the town of Rath, during Operation ‘Grenade’, the plan for the 9th Army to cross the Roer in Rhineland, Germany. The Ninth Army was finally able to cross the river on 23 February, by which time other Allied forces were also close [...]

On This Day...February 20th

by david leigh-smith on February 20, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 10 ≡

On February 20, 1942, Lt. Edward O’Hare took off from the aircraft carrier USS Lexington in a raid against the Japanese at Rabaul and landed as America’s first flying ‘ace’. Rabaul, a small town at the very Northern tip of New [...]

On This Day...February 19th

by david leigh-smith on February 19, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 14 ≡

A very clear theme running through the series today, especially with the colourised photos, which need no captions. Private first class Rez P. Hester (sadly, we don’t know the dog’s name) finds time to close his eyes for a moment [...]

On This Day...February 18th

by david leigh-smith on February 18, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 19 ≡

Grumman Avenger (VT-82, the ‘Devil’s Diplomats’) shows its mettle as she struggles to return to her carrier, USS Bennington, CV-20. The Avenger collided with another TBM in raids against picket shipping around Chichi Jima (pic 3, [...]

On This Day...February 17th

by david leigh-smith on February 17, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 12 ≡

Today, February the 17th in 1956 as saw the YF-104 make it’s first flight from Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert, US. To me, and many others, there just isn’t a more beautiful aircraft ever made. On this first flight, [...]

On This Day...February 16th

by david leigh-smith on February 16, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 13 ≡

B-17E ‘BOOMERANG ‘ from 92nd Bomb Group at Bovingdon, England. The Boomerang was shot down by Luftwaffe fighters after a raid bombing U-Boat pens in St-Nazaire harbour in France. 16th February, 1943. Her 11-man crew’s fates are [...]