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On This Day…December 7th, 1941.

by david leigh-smith on December 7, 2018 · in News · 18 ≡

There can only be one subject on December 7th, a “day that will live in infamy”. USS Arizona. USS Shaw (two photos, below) USS West Virginia USS California USS Nevada USS Pennsylvania (with USS Downes and USS Cassin in the [...]

On This Day…December 6th.

by david leigh-smith on December 6, 2018 · in News · 5 ≡

Although there have been a few images that have been difficult to post on this series, today’s is especially so. Many of the photos have shown crews just before their deaths, people before and after their execution, or before performing [...]

On This Day...December 5th.

by david leigh-smith on December 5, 2018 · in News · 36 ≡

On 5th of December, 1945 'Flight 19' disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle. This flight was the designation of a wing of five Grumman TBM Avenger torpedo bombers that disappeared after losing contact during a United States Navy overwater [...]

On This Day…December 4th.

by david leigh-smith on December 4, 2018 · in News · 30 ≡

A ‘Kate’ B6N2 torpedo bomber explodes in mid-air after direct hit from carrier USS Yorktown, off Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, 4 Dec 1943. Photo taken from the aft flight deck of the Yorktown by Photographer’s Mate Alfred N. [...]

On This Day…December 3rd.

by david leigh-smith on December 3, 2018 · in News · 3 ≡

This is a British Matilda that was captured by the German forces (note the Balkencreuz) and subsequently recaptured by New Zealand troops (3 December 1941) during the battle to open the corridor to Tobruk in Operation [...]

On This Day…December 2nd.

by david leigh-smith on December 2, 2018 · in News · 7 ≡

Russian T-26 light tanks and T-20 Komsomolets armored tractors advance into Finland during the Winter War, 2 Dec 1939 K-class airship with Blimp Squadron ZP-14 on a stop-over in Oran, Algeria, 2 Dec 1944. Martin B-26G Marauder that [...]

On This Day…December 1st.

by david leigh-smith on December 1, 2018 · in News · 1 ≡

Beautifully shot image of a P-38 Lightning P-38 at rest on an airstrip in Chico, California, United States, 1 December, 1944 Anton Dostler was executed today in 1945. This is a photo of him just before being shot dead by a US Army firing [...]

On This Day…November 30th.

by david leigh-smith on November 30, 2018 · in News · 5 ≡

The Japanese carrier ‘Hosho’ running full power trials in Tateyama Bay, Japan, 30 Nov 1922. The Hosho, translated as ‘the Phoenix flying’ was the world's first commissioned ship that was designed and built as an aircraft carrier. [...]

On This Day…November 29th.

by david leigh-smith on November 29, 2018 · in News · 7 ≡

F6F Hellcat of VF-1 lands at Tarawa Atoll (Betio) on November 29, 1943. 18 year old Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya is led to her death on November 29, 1941 for her crimes as a Russian partisan. She was tortured before her hanging and her body [...]

On This Day…November 28th.

by david leigh-smith on November 28, 2018 · in News · 14 ≡

On 28 November 1940, Wing Commander (he was the youngest flyer in the Luftwaffe to hold this rank) Helmut Wick of JG 2 went missing south off the coast of the Isle of Wight, South England. His body was never recovered and remains listed as [...]