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On This Day…November 27th.

by david leigh-smith on November 27, 2018 · in Photo Collections · 7 ≡

Seventy five years ago today, the exhausted crew of the legendary USS Lexington take a (very well earned) rest. The Lady Lex earned eleven battlestars and a Presidential citation; the men earned a legacy. A Martin PM 4 Mercator [...]

On This Day…November 26th.

by david leigh-smith on November 26, 2018 · in News · 21 ≡

P51 D Mustang assigned to 2SF, 8th Air Force which crash landed at RAF Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire on 26th November, 1944. Pilot Lt Marvin H Castleberry survived the hard landing. Any landing you walk away from... A Bf 109 E from JG [...]

On This Day…November 25th

by david leigh-smith on November 25, 2018 · in News · 6 ≡

The prototype Martin B-26 Marauder (M40-1361) took off today on its maiden flight on 25 November 1940. The results of two Kamikaze attacks on 25th November, 1944 on the USS Intrepid (CV-11). The attacks killed 66 men and the second photo [...]

On This Day…November 24th.

by david leigh-smith on November 24, 2018 · in News · 14 ≡

Alfred Magee Jr returns to the light carrier USS Cowpens (CVL 25) unaware that he has a catastrophic fuel leak on 24th November, 1943 during the Gilberts raids. Despite taking hits in his Hellcat and being on fire, Magee landed the [...]

On This Day…November 23rd.

by david leigh-smith on November 23, 2018 · in News · 5 ≡

Boone Guyton was a prolific test pilot, flying over 100 different types and marks of aircraft. This photo is him flying the V-173 (Flying Pancake) on 23rd November, 1942. He flew for Vought as a test pilot for over ten years and died at [...]

On This Day...November 22nd.

by david leigh-smith on November 22, 2018 · in News · 15 ≡

The incomparable Colonel Lewis 'Chesty' Puller, Commanding Officer, 1st Marines. Taken 22 November 1950 at Chigyong. Some quotes from 'Chesty'; "Great. Now we can shoot at those bastards from every direction." (On being [...]

On This Day…November 21st.

by david leigh-smith on November 21, 2018 · in News · 7 ≡

Three Avro 504's in Belfort, France, preparing before a raid on the Zeppelin sheds at Friedrichshaven, South Germany. This was the first strategic air raid in history. The three pilots took off carrying four 20lb bombs each, none of them [...]

On This Day …November 20th.

by david leigh-smith on November 20, 2018 · in News · 19 ≡

B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-28853) of the 465th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force explodes in mid-air over Blechammer (Chemical forced labor plant in South Poland) as a result of two direct AAA hits. 20 November 1944. Quite unbelievably six [...]

On This Day…November 19th.

by david leigh-smith on November 19, 2018 · in News · 6 ≡

(link) On November 19th, 1952 Captain J. Slade Nash breaks the world speed record in his F-86 D Sabre 'Dog' by travelling across the Salton Sea (California) course at 698.50 mph. Only 36 years before, on Nov 19th, 1916, 19 November 1916, [...]

On This Day…November 18th.

by david leigh-smith on November 18, 2018 · in News · 4 ≡

Recovery of a crashed aircraft in Billington, Huron County, Ontario on 18th November 1943. There are few details of this event, my own thoughts are it’s the remains of an early Siskin of the Royal Canadian Air Force; be very pleased to [...]