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On This Day…January 26th

by david leigh-smith on January 26, 2019 · in News · 19 ≡

In 1927 HMS ‘M2’ became the first undersea aircraft carrier - a submarine carrying a small Parnal ‘Peto’ two-seater seaplane (below) in a watertight hangar. The seaplane, which had folding wings, was launched by catapult off a [...]

On This Day…January 25th

by david leigh-smith on January 25, 2019 · in News · 16 ≡

Vought F4U 1D Corsair ‘white 88’ of VMF 124 aboard USS Essex (CV-9) on 25th January, 1945. By the end of January, ‘45 the Essex had, in the last four months, survived Kamikaze hits and three typhoons; seen here gearing up for more [...]

On This Day…January 24th

by david leigh-smith on January 24, 2019 · in News · 15 ≡

TBF Avenger on Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, on January 24, 1944. Diorama bait... The sinking of the Blucher. The Battle of Dogger Bank was a naval battle fought near the Dogger Bank (a massive sand bank which in the last ice age was a [...]

On This Day…January 23rd

by david leigh-smith on January 23, 2019 · in News · 11 ≡

On 23 January 1951, 1st Lt. Jacob Kratt was flying as element leader of a flight of F-84E Thunderjets flying top cover for twenty-three F-84Es who were attacking the airfield at Sinuiju, Korea. Kratt spotted eight MiG-15’s moving to [...]

On This Day…January, 22nd

by david leigh-smith on January 22, 2019 · in News · 7 ≡

Lt. Samuel ‘Ted’ Hutchins of Port Charlotte, Florida, climbs out of his Chance-Vought Kingfisher as it is hauled back aboard the USS South Dakota (blow) on January 22nd, 1945. Hutchins rescued Ensign Stark (seen in the rear cockpit) [...]

On This Day…January 21st

by david leigh-smith on January 21, 2019 · in Uncategorized · 11 ≡

In the morning of 21 Jan 1945, Ticonderoga (CV-14) aircraft, along with others of Task Force 38, attacked airbases at Formosa in the South China Sea. During these raids, the Ticonderoga was hit twice by kamikaze pilots. Despite the heroic [...]

On This Day...20th January

by david leigh-smith on January 20, 2019 · in Uncategorized · 6 ≡

‘Totenkopf’ (Death’s Head) SS division during Operation “Konrad” near the Hungarian city of Szomor (West of Budapest), January 20, 1945. A welder from the 26th Infantry Division works on an M-36 Tank Destroyer at Esch-sur-Sûre [...]

On This Day…January 19th

by david leigh-smith on January 19, 2019 · in News · 2 ≡

19th January 1915: The Imperial Germany Navy airship ‘L3’, under command of Captain Hans Fritz and Leutnant zur See v. Lynckner, departed Hamburg, Germany, at 11:00 a.m., in company with two other Zeppelins (‘L4 and ‘L6’) on a [...]

On This Day…January 18th.

by david leigh-smith on January 18, 2019 · in News · 9 ≡

18th January, 1945. British Carrier-Borne F6F with deck crew on some sunbathing duties. Japanese Occupied Sumatra, Indonesia in the Pacific. This image was subject to restricted information but thought to be part of a strike force against [...]

On This Day…January 17th

by david leigh-smith on January 17, 2019 · in News · 15 ≡

On January 17th, the iconic battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) got stuck at the entrance to Maryland's Chesapeake Bay after running aground on the shoals, and was stuck for two weeks. The ship would finally be freed on the first of February, [...]