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Ironclad "Aquidabã" off the US coast, [c] irootoko_jr
Aquidabã (Portuguese: [akidaˈbɐ̃]), anglicized as Aquidaban, was a Brazilian ironclad battleship built in the mid-1880s. The ship participated in two naval revolts; during the second she was sunk by a government torpedo boat. After being refloated, Aquidabã was sent to (Germany) for repairs and modernisation. During a routine cruise in 1906, the ship's ammunition magazines exploded, which caused the vessel to sink rapidly with a great loss of life.
Ironclad "Aquidabã" off the US coast, [c] irootoko_jr
Aquidabã (Portuguese: [akidaˈbɐ̃]), anglicized as Aquidaban, was a Brazilian ironclad battleship built in the mid-1880s. The ship participated in two naval revolts; during the second she was sunk by a government torpedo boat. After being refloated, Aquidabã was sent to (Germany) for repairs and modernisation. During a routine cruise in 1906, the ship's ammunition magazines exploded, which caused the vessel to sink rapidly with a great loss of life.
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Lewis Powell, 21, in a cell onboard a U.S. Navy ship in Washington, D.C. after his arrest on April 17, 1865 for the attempted murder of Secretary of State William H. Seward.
In a coordinated conspiracy to assassinate Pres. Abraham Lincoln, Vice-Pres. Andrew Johnson, and Sec. Seward, only Lincoln's assassination — at the hands of co-conspirator John Wilkes Booth — was successful.Alexander Gardner/Library of Congress
Lewis Powell, 21, onboard a ship in the Potomac river after his arrest on April 17, 1865. Powell, along with three other co-conspirators, was convicted and hanged on July 7, 1865.
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30 December 1944
A group of refugees make their way through the war torn city of Bastogne, Belgium where elements of the 101st Airborne Division remain.
The town square was later to be named after General Anthony McAuliffe (Place Général McAuliffe) commander of the 101st Airborne who defended the town and when confronted with a written request from German General Luttwitz for the surrender of Bastogne, his reply was one word: "NUTS!"
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A group of refugees make their way through the war torn city of Bastogne, Belgium where elements of the 101st Airborne Division remain.
The town square was later to be named after General Anthony McAuliffe (Place Général McAuliffe) commander of the 101st Airborne who defended the town and when confronted with a written request from German General Luttwitz for the surrender of Bastogne, his reply was one word: "NUTS!"
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The Second Boer War. (Anglo-Boer War 11 October 1899 - 31 May 1902)
Troops of the British Mounted Regiments watering their horses while on patrol.
They are Probably servicemen of the Lothians and Berwickshire Yeomanry.
After Various set-backs and a series of disasters that became known as "Black Week"
in December 1899, it became obvious that more mounted Infantry were needed in large numbers to counter the fast moving,hard hitting Boers, and on 13 December 1899, the War Office allowed contingents of volunteers to serve overseas.
6th (Scottish) Battalion.
17th (Ayreshire and Lanarkshire).
18th (Queens Own Glasgow) and lower Ward of Lanark.
19th (Lothians and Berwickshire)
20th ( Fife and Forfar Light Horse)
107th (Lanarkshire)
108th ( Royal Glasgow)
Photosource-© IWM ( Q 72165)
Creator- Skeoch Cumming, William
(Telfer-Dunbar J Collection.
Date ( 1901-1902)
Troops of the British Mounted Regiments watering their horses while on patrol.
They are Probably servicemen of the Lothians and Berwickshire Yeomanry.
After Various set-backs and a series of disasters that became known as "Black Week"
in December 1899, it became obvious that more mounted Infantry were needed in large numbers to counter the fast moving,hard hitting Boers, and on 13 December 1899, the War Office allowed contingents of volunteers to serve overseas.
6th (Scottish) Battalion.
17th (Ayreshire and Lanarkshire).
18th (Queens Own Glasgow) and lower Ward of Lanark.
19th (Lothians and Berwickshire)
20th ( Fife and Forfar Light Horse)
107th (Lanarkshire)
108th ( Royal Glasgow)
Photosource-© IWM ( Q 72165)
Creator- Skeoch Cumming, William
(Telfer-Dunbar J Collection.
Date ( 1901-1902)
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Happy New Year for tomorrow everybody!
Soldiers of the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 15th Scottish Division in the hutments at Henencourt on New Year's Day. 1917
Photo taken by Brooke, John Warwick (Lieutenant)
(Photo Source - IWM Q 4636)
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Soldiers of the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 15th Scottish Division in the hutments at Henencourt on New Year's Day. 1917
Photo taken by Brooke, John Warwick (Lieutenant)
(Photo Source - IWM Q 4636)
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9 January 1918
A Royal Artillery signal rocket rack in a trench in the Arleux sector, near Roclincourt, held by the 12th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, 92nd Brigade, 31st Division
(Photo source - © IWM Q 10616)
Aitken, Thomas Keith (Second Lieutenant) (Photographer)
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A Royal Artillery signal rocket rack in a trench in the Arleux sector, near Roclincourt, held by the 12th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, 92nd Brigade, 31st Division
(Photo source - © IWM Q 10616)
Aitken, Thomas Keith (Second Lieutenant) (Photographer)
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Destroyer Ouragan, 1940
OF Ouragan was the first French ship to be taken over by the Polish Navy after France fell in 1940. They remained France's property and didn't bear the title "ORP" but "OF" - "Okręt Francuski" ("French Ship" in English). Most of Ouragan's crew were transferred from Polish destroyer ORP Grom, which had been sunk on 4 May 1940, during the Norwegian Campaign.
OF Ouragan was the first French ship to be taken over by the Polish Navy after France fell in 1940. They remained France's property and didn't bear the title "ORP" but "OF" - "Okręt Francuski" ("French Ship" in English). Most of Ouragan's crew were transferred from Polish destroyer ORP Grom, which had been sunk on 4 May 1940, during the Norwegian Campaign.
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A Northrop N3P-B of No. 330 (Norwegian) Squadron RAF, is taxied out on the water at Akureyri, Iceland, for a patrol.
A mechanic stands on one of the floats to check the running of the engine.
A mechanic stands on one of the floats to check the running of the engine.
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Leska-Daab, Anna (Pilots RAF)
Flight lieutenant of the British Royal Air Force (RAF); ferry pilot of the British Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA); commander of a women’s squadron; and the sole ATA pilot to receive the Royal Medal.
At eighteen years old, Anna Leska-Daab qualified as a Category A and B glider pilot and as a balloon pilot at the Warsaw (Poland) Flying Club, which eventually granted her a sports pilot’s license. When the Warsaw Flying Club maintained that she had too few points to be admitted to flight training, she implied that the club discriminated against women. Early in 1939 she began to fly at Poland’s Pomeranian Flying Club. In June 1939 she qualified as a pilot of the RWD-8. Following Germany’s invasion of Poland in September 1939, she was assigned to the Polish Air Force headquarters squadron to fly liaison missions. She also delivered an RWD-13 to an indicated airfield, even though she then had only a few hours of solo flying to her credit. She subsequently flew sixteen wartime missions aboard this type of aircraft.
After her arrival in Great Britain via Romania and France, she initially worked at the headquarters of the RAF and subsequently at the British Air Ministry. Having passed a flying test intended for those with 250 hours of flying, she was immediately recruited by the ATA, even though she had but one-tenth of the flight-time requirement. Along with Jadwiga Pilsudska and Barbara Wojtulanis, Leska-Daab was one of three Polish women to fly with the ATA, which was subordinated to the Ministry of Aircraft Production. Leska-Daab started ferrying ATA aircraft on February 10, 1941, and served until October 31, 1945, longer than the other Poles, delivering the largest number of aircraft.
Stationed at Hatfield and Hamble, Leska-Daab ferried a total of 1,295 aircraft including 557 Supermarine Spitfires. She flew 93 types of aircraft, including flying boats, and was airborne 1,241 hours (Malinowski 1981, 12). When picking up an aircraft at a plant, she had to check its operation both on the ground and in the air and comment in writing on its performance during the flight for the benefit of the destination wing. After landing a multi-engine combat aircraft, such as the Wellington, it took some effort on her part to persuade the male pilots receiving the aircraft that she was, in fact, the pilot. Among her subordinates, whom she instructed and assisted, were five British women and one each from the United States, Chile, and Argentina.
Leska-Daab received many Polish and British decorations, including the Polish Military Pilot Badge and the Royal Medal.
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Flight lieutenant of the British Royal Air Force (RAF); ferry pilot of the British Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA); commander of a women’s squadron; and the sole ATA pilot to receive the Royal Medal.
At eighteen years old, Anna Leska-Daab qualified as a Category A and B glider pilot and as a balloon pilot at the Warsaw (Poland) Flying Club, which eventually granted her a sports pilot’s license. When the Warsaw Flying Club maintained that she had too few points to be admitted to flight training, she implied that the club discriminated against women. Early in 1939 she began to fly at Poland’s Pomeranian Flying Club. In June 1939 she qualified as a pilot of the RWD-8. Following Germany’s invasion of Poland in September 1939, she was assigned to the Polish Air Force headquarters squadron to fly liaison missions. She also delivered an RWD-13 to an indicated airfield, even though she then had only a few hours of solo flying to her credit. She subsequently flew sixteen wartime missions aboard this type of aircraft.
After her arrival in Great Britain via Romania and France, she initially worked at the headquarters of the RAF and subsequently at the British Air Ministry. Having passed a flying test intended for those with 250 hours of flying, she was immediately recruited by the ATA, even though she had but one-tenth of the flight-time requirement. Along with Jadwiga Pilsudska and Barbara Wojtulanis, Leska-Daab was one of three Polish women to fly with the ATA, which was subordinated to the Ministry of Aircraft Production. Leska-Daab started ferrying ATA aircraft on February 10, 1941, and served until October 31, 1945, longer than the other Poles, delivering the largest number of aircraft.
Stationed at Hatfield and Hamble, Leska-Daab ferried a total of 1,295 aircraft including 557 Supermarine Spitfires. She flew 93 types of aircraft, including flying boats, and was airborne 1,241 hours (Malinowski 1981, 12). When picking up an aircraft at a plant, she had to check its operation both on the ground and in the air and comment in writing on its performance during the flight for the benefit of the destination wing. After landing a multi-engine combat aircraft, such as the Wellington, it took some effort on her part to persuade the male pilots receiving the aircraft that she was, in fact, the pilot. Among her subordinates, whom she instructed and assisted, were five British women and one each from the United States, Chile, and Argentina.
Leska-Daab received many Polish and British decorations, including the Polish Military Pilot Badge and the Royal Medal.
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US Marines of the Second Battalion, Twenty-Seventh Regiment, wait to move inland on Iwo Jima, soon after going ashore on 19 February 1945. An LVT(A)-5 amphibious tractor is in the background. Red Beach One.
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