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On This Day…March 26th.

by david leigh-smith on March 26, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 13 ≡

Crewmen hoisting one of USS Miami's paravanes while in the Pacific Ocean, 26th March, 1945. It was only while building my 1/350 model of the Enterprise that I even heard of ‘paravanes’ and I had to ask iModelers what the weird drone [...]

On This Day…March 25th.

by david leigh-smith on March 25, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 7 ≡

Dramatic photo of the USS New Jersey (BB-62) bombarding enemy positions near Tuyho, off South Vietnam, March 25th, 1969. Officially decommissioned on 21st August, 1957, ten years later, the Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara green [...]

On This Day…March 24th.

by david leigh-smith on March 24, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 15 ≡

On march 24th 1943, a German pilot named Günther Seraphim of the JG 5, suddenly experienced engine failure on his Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-2 “Yellow 3”. The circumstances forced him to make an emergency landing in the water near the [...]

On This Day…March 23rd

by david leigh-smith on March 23, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 12 ≡

The whole nine yards...Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIF of No. 96 Squadron, RAF being re-armed at Honily, Warwickshire, 23 March 1943. Vought F4U 1 Corsairs of VF-12 practising aerial maneuvers - 23rd Mar 1943. VF-12 lost seven pilots in the [...]

On This Day…March 22nd.

by david leigh-smith on March 22, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 10 ≡

In the 1960’s, recently retired Thomas W Kendall, a millionaire (air conditioning) businessman, bought a PBY-5A from the USN and fitted her out as a luxury ‘flying yacht’. In the spring of 1960 Mr Kendall took a pleasure trip around [...]

On This Day…March 21st

by david leigh-smith on March 21, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 5 ≡

40mm Bofors gunnery drills aboard USS Makin Island (CVE-93) on 21st March 1945, in preparation for the Okinawa Campaign. Of the eleven US carriers lost in World War II, five were Casablanca Class Escort Carriers like the Makin [...]

On This Day…March 20th.

by david leigh-smith on March 20, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 9 ≡

This P51 was assigned to 504 Fighter Squadron (339 Fighter Group, 8th Air Force). She ‘Failed to Return’ (FTR) after a sortie to Bremen strafing Kaltenkirchen aerodrome. Pilot (1st Lt ) Jerome J. Ballard bailed from his Mustang (and [...]

On This Day…March 19th

by david leigh-smith on March 19, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 6 ≡

The savaging and ultimate survival of the USS Franklin (CV-13) is a story of Naval infamy and legend. Legendary insofar as her crew performed miracles to keep the ‘Big Ben’ afloat, and infamous that they did so despite their Captain, [...]

On This Day…March 18th

by david leigh-smith on March 18, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 6 ≡

Wing Commander Douglas Bader receives some help dismounting from his personal Mk V Spitfire 'Lord Lloyd 1'. Photo taken on March 18th, 1941 after Bader returned to Tangmere, England, following an offensive sweep into Northern [...]

On This Day…March 17th

by david leigh-smith on March 17, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 11 ≡

B-25s are pictured on 17th March, 1944 flying over Mount Vesuvius in Italy as lava and ash pour from the top of the volcano. This remains the last eruption of the famous volcano, which killed 57 people, destroying the nearby villages of [...]