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This photo was taken shortly before the first kill was made by RNZAF P-40s against Japanese aircraft by these two Warhawks.
On 6 May 1943, 15 Squadron’s Commanding Officer, Battle of Britain ace Squadron Leader Michael Herrick, and his wingman, Flight Lieutenant Stanley Duncan, were escorting a lone Hudson of No. 3 Squadron, when the Hudson sighted a Japanese Nakajima E8N1 ‘Dave’ floatplane some three miles away. Herrick and Duncan initially did not see it, so the Hudson pilot took off in pursuit to lead them to it.
A heavy rainstorm caused the Japanese aircraft to slip out of view temporarily, but the two Kittyhawks eventually spotted it, jettisoned their belly tanks and dived in pursuit. The floatplane clearly did not see them, as it made no attempt to escape. In a textbook attack from behind and below, the Kittyhawks both fired and it burst into flames, crashing into the sea, leaving an oil slick to confirm the kill. Herrick and Duncan shared this first victory.
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On 6 May 1943, 15 Squadron’s Commanding Officer, Battle of Britain ace Squadron Leader Michael Herrick, and his wingman, Flight Lieutenant Stanley Duncan, were escorting a lone Hudson of No. 3 Squadron, when the Hudson sighted a Japanese Nakajima E8N1 ‘Dave’ floatplane some three miles away. Herrick and Duncan initially did not see it, so the Hudson pilot took off in pursuit to lead them to it.
A heavy rainstorm caused the Japanese aircraft to slip out of view temporarily, but the two Kittyhawks eventually spotted it, jettisoned their belly tanks and dived in pursuit. The floatplane clearly did not see them, as it made no attempt to escape. In a textbook attack from behind and below, the Kittyhawks both fired and it burst into flames, crashing into the sea, leaving an oil slick to confirm the kill. Herrick and Duncan shared this first victory.
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Simone Segouin, also known by her nom de guerre Nicole Minet is a former French Resistance fighter who served in the Francs-Tireurs et Partisans group during the Second World War.
Among her first acts of resistance was stealing a bicycle from a German female military messenger, which she then used to help carry messages between Resistance groups. Simone went on to take part in perilous missions, such as derailing German trains, blocking roads, blowing up bridges and helping to create a German-free path to help the Allied forces retake France from the inside. She was never caught.
Simone was present at the liberation of Chartres on 23rd August, 1944, and then the liberation of Paris two days later. She was promoted to lieutenant and awarded several medals, including the Croix de Guerre.
After the war, she studied medicine and became a paediatric nurse. Simone is now 95 years old.
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Among her first acts of resistance was stealing a bicycle from a German female military messenger, which she then used to help carry messages between Resistance groups. Simone went on to take part in perilous missions, such as derailing German trains, blocking roads, blowing up bridges and helping to create a German-free path to help the Allied forces retake France from the inside. She was never caught.
Simone was present at the liberation of Chartres on 23rd August, 1944, and then the liberation of Paris two days later. She was promoted to lieutenant and awarded several medals, including the Croix de Guerre.
After the war, she studied medicine and became a paediatric nurse. Simone is now 95 years old.
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Evan Jones was born Patrick Cosgrove in 1859 at Bedwelty, Ebbw Vale, Wales. He enlisted (under the pseudonym Evan Jones) on 20th July 1877 and fought at the Battle of Rorke's Drift with B Company during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.
He continued his service and earned medals for service in India and Burma. In 1898 he married Alice Evans, a widow with 4 children.
By the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, Jones was one of the few original Rorke's Drift survivors. Due to his age, when he was deployed to the Western Front, he became a regimental drummer (indicated by his white drum belt), but would regularly be called upon as a stretcher bearer and orderly.
The photo shows Jones in 1918 at the age of 59, having soldiered through World War 1 in the Welsh Fusiliers.
He died at Welshpool on 12th Aug 1931 and was buried with military honours.
He continued his service and earned medals for service in India and Burma. In 1898 he married Alice Evans, a widow with 4 children.
By the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, Jones was one of the few original Rorke's Drift survivors. Due to his age, when he was deployed to the Western Front, he became a regimental drummer (indicated by his white drum belt), but would regularly be called upon as a stretcher bearer and orderly.
The photo shows Jones in 1918 at the age of 59, having soldiered through World War 1 in the Welsh Fusiliers.
He died at Welshpool on 12th Aug 1931 and was buried with military honours.
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You're right @BCNTM ! I compared with the photos of Russian Pernov-type torpedo boat No.142 (1897) at the naval parade on the occasion of the summit of Emperors Nicholas II and Wilhelm II. Reval, 1902 (above) and thank You very much for bringing me the correct description.
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9 January 1918
An RAMC officer, attached to the 12th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment (92nd Brigade, 31st Division), bandaging the face wound of a man of his battalion in the line in the Arleux sector, near Roclincourt.
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An RAMC officer, attached to the 12th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment (92nd Brigade, 31st Division), bandaging the face wound of a man of his battalion in the line in the Arleux sector, near Roclincourt.
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1942 Russian front.
The gash - almost certainly produced by an anti-aircraft grenade - in the wing of an Italian "Saetta" Macchi 200 of the "21st Aut. Caccia Terrestre"
The Macchi M.C.200 "Saetta" was a low-wing single-engine fighter aircraft developed by the Italian aeronautical company Aeronautica Macchi and entered the line in 1939. The Macchi M.C.200 had no particular defects and was endowed with excellent capabilities for close combat. In fact, its handling was excellent and its stability in high speed dives was exceptional.
In contrast to the good flight characteristics, however, there were the underpowered engine, resulting in a low maximum speed in levelled flight, an inadequate armament of only two 12.7 mm machine guns in the fuselage (synchronized for shooting through the propeller).
The cockpit was open without heating, the lack of armor to protect the pilot (except in a limited number of specimens), the absolute impossibility of performing inverted flight maneuvers due to both the carburetor power supply and, above all, the disengagement of the pumps oil and petrol that such a maneuver would have caused with consequent destruction of the engine, an extremely expensive structure to build.
With the insignia of the Regia Aeronautica, it operated on almost all fronts of the Second World War, from the Mediterranean Sea, to Africa, to the Balkans and Russia.
Macchi Mc 200 of the 369th Squadron of the 22nd Autonomous Fighter Group on the Russian front at Krivoj-Rog September 1941.
The gash - almost certainly produced by an anti-aircraft grenade - in the wing of an Italian "Saetta" Macchi 200 of the "21st Aut. Caccia Terrestre"
The Macchi M.C.200 "Saetta" was a low-wing single-engine fighter aircraft developed by the Italian aeronautical company Aeronautica Macchi and entered the line in 1939. The Macchi M.C.200 had no particular defects and was endowed with excellent capabilities for close combat. In fact, its handling was excellent and its stability in high speed dives was exceptional.
In contrast to the good flight characteristics, however, there were the underpowered engine, resulting in a low maximum speed in levelled flight, an inadequate armament of only two 12.7 mm machine guns in the fuselage (synchronized for shooting through the propeller).
The cockpit was open without heating, the lack of armor to protect the pilot (except in a limited number of specimens), the absolute impossibility of performing inverted flight maneuvers due to both the carburetor power supply and, above all, the disengagement of the pumps oil and petrol that such a maneuver would have caused with consequent destruction of the engine, an extremely expensive structure to build.
With the insignia of the Regia Aeronautica, it operated on almost all fronts of the Second World War, from the Mediterranean Sea, to Africa, to the Balkans and Russia.
Macchi Mc 200 of the 369th Squadron of the 22nd Autonomous Fighter Group on the Russian front at Krivoj-Rog September 1941.
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January/February 1944 The crew of a tank hunter Nashorn sits in front of their vehicle with other German soldiers on the Eastern Front. (Bundesarchiv)
Sd.Kfz. 164 Nashorn (German "rhinoceros") initially known as Hornisse (German "hornet"), was a German tank destroyer of World War II. It was developed as an interim solution in 1942 by equipping a light turretless chassis with the Pak 43 heavy anti-tank gun. Though only lightly armoured and displaying a high profile, it could frontally penetrate any Allied tank at long range, and its relatively low cost and superior mobility to heavier vehicles ensured it remained in production until the war's end.
Sd.Kfz. 164 Nashorn (German "rhinoceros") initially known as Hornisse (German "hornet"), was a German tank destroyer of World War II. It was developed as an interim solution in 1942 by equipping a light turretless chassis with the Pak 43 heavy anti-tank gun. Though only lightly armoured and displaying a high profile, it could frontally penetrate any Allied tank at long range, and its relatively low cost and superior mobility to heavier vehicles ensured it remained in production until the war's end.
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10th January 1945: P-51D 44-14673 (coded LH-I) of the 350th Ftr Sq, 353rd FG gets a check over from her crew chief, in freezing snow at Raydon. The aircraft was later painted with nicknamed "Galloping Ghost" on the right side of the nose, and later still "Mad Irishman", when finally flown by 2 Lt. Gerald P. Devine.
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RNZAF Flying Officer Geoffrey Fisken DFC of No 14 Fighter Squadron and his P-40M Kittyhawk "Wairarapa Wildcat".
Possibly taken at Kukum Field, Guadalcanal, 1943
Fisken was the British Commonwealth’s leading air ace in the Pacific theatre. He is credited with shooting down 11 Japanese aircraft.Colour by Daniel
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Possibly taken at Kukum Field, Guadalcanal, 1943
Fisken was the British Commonwealth’s leading air ace in the Pacific theatre. He is credited with shooting down 11 Japanese aircraft.Colour by Daniel
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That's a later production one as it has a barrel travel clamp/holder - the early production ones don't have that - not a photo I had seen before - thanks
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January 1916
The "Kolossal" German prisoner was captured in the eastern trenches where life was miserable for him, as he always had to walk stooped to avoid French bullets.
its passage in the villages of the back has excited a lively curiosity .
The photograph as it appeared on the front page of issue 1880 of Excelsior : Journal Illustré Quotidien on 8 January 1916.
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The "Kolossal" German prisoner was captured in the eastern trenches where life was miserable for him, as he always had to walk stooped to avoid French bullets.
its passage in the villages of the back has excited a lively curiosity .
The photograph as it appeared on the front page of issue 1880 of Excelsior : Journal Illustré Quotidien on 8 January 1916.
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4 Jun 1942. U.S. Navy LCdr Maxwell F. Leslie, commanding officer of Bombing Squadron 3 (VB-3), ditches his Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless next to the heavy cruiser USS Astoria (CA-34) after successfully attacking the Japanese carrier Soryu during the Battle of Midway, 13:48 hrs, 4 June 1942.
Leslie and his wingman Lt(jg) P.A. Holmberg ditched near Astoria due to fuel exhaustion, after their parent carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) was under attack by Japanese planes when they returned. Leslie, Holmberg, and their gunners were rescued by one of the cruiser's whaleboats. Note one of the cruiser's Curtiss SOC Seagull floatplanes on the catapult.
Leslie and his wingman Lt(jg) P.A. Holmberg ditched near Astoria due to fuel exhaustion, after their parent carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) was under attack by Japanese planes when they returned. Leslie, Holmberg, and their gunners were rescued by one of the cruiser's whaleboats. Note one of the cruiser's Curtiss SOC Seagull floatplanes on the catapult.
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Gunner Signaller Ernest Buckley, 33 Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, Waziristan Campaign, North West Frontier 1919-20.
Born Holywell Green 1891-1963
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A US C-46 aircraft of the 5th Air Force is conducting an aerial evacuation of wounded American troops from Manila, the capital of the Philippines, shortly after US forces retook the city after intense fighting with the Japanese.
Thirty Medical Air Evacuation Transport Squadrons served in World War II in every combat theater. In all, 1,172,000 patients were transported by air. About half were ambulatory patients (the “walking wounded”) and half were litter patients. Only 46 patients died in flight, although several hundred did perish in crashes. By 1944, 18 percent of all Army casualties were evacuated by air.
The Douglas C-47 Skytrain was the workhorse of air evacuation. A C-47 carried 18-24 patients, depending on how many were on litters.
For transoceanic flights, the four-engine Douglas C-54 Skymaster was used. These flights carried patients from the combat theater stateside when the patient required 90-180 days of recovery or was eligible for medical discharge.
The Curtiss C-46 Commando was used less frequently. Although it could carry 33 patients, the cargo door made loading difficult, and the plane had an unsavory habit of exploding when the cabin heater was used.
Manila was officially liberated, albeit completely destroyed with large areas levelled by American bombing. The battle left 1,010 U.S. soldiers dead and 5,565 wounded. An estimated 100,000 to 240,000 Filipinos civilians were killed, both deliberately by the Japanese in the Manila massacre and from artillery and aerial bombardment by U.S. and Japanese forces.
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Thirty Medical Air Evacuation Transport Squadrons served in World War II in every combat theater. In all, 1,172,000 patients were transported by air. About half were ambulatory patients (the “walking wounded”) and half were litter patients. Only 46 patients died in flight, although several hundred did perish in crashes. By 1944, 18 percent of all Army casualties were evacuated by air.
The Douglas C-47 Skytrain was the workhorse of air evacuation. A C-47 carried 18-24 patients, depending on how many were on litters.
For transoceanic flights, the four-engine Douglas C-54 Skymaster was used. These flights carried patients from the combat theater stateside when the patient required 90-180 days of recovery or was eligible for medical discharge.
The Curtiss C-46 Commando was used less frequently. Although it could carry 33 patients, the cargo door made loading difficult, and the plane had an unsavory habit of exploding when the cabin heater was used.
Manila was officially liberated, albeit completely destroyed with large areas levelled by American bombing. The battle left 1,010 U.S. soldiers dead and 5,565 wounded. An estimated 100,000 to 240,000 Filipinos civilians were killed, both deliberately by the Japanese in the Manila massacre and from artillery and aerial bombardment by U.S. and Japanese forces.
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