$4,250; POP: about 15, plus another 12 still unassembled by the end of WW2, all of which were scrapped. Prototype [NC485E] had cowled 55hp Velie. (2-126) superseded by (235). Mercury CW-1 Junior CW-1 Junior 1925 = 2-3pOB; 160hp Curtiss C-6A; span: 32'10" length: 22'9...
Launched in 2020 to remember the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, NIAF is recognizing Italian Americans who sacrificed, served and defended peace, freedom and democracy during the war through the #IAWW2Heroes initiative. This entry is a special submission fromRichard Stangarone, in...
that continued until many women were encouraged to support the fighting men. This made way to the start of Chinese American women’s work in the defense industry. Zhou goes over the story of hardworking women who made their way into different sectors of the defense industry -- welders, shipy...
War Bonds would be magically turned into dresses, electric refrigerators, movie cameras and vacuum cleaners…in a few years from now. “…Beyond the war waits happiness. Engineers and scientists were busy devoting their toil and genius to the weapons of war,” manufacturers reminded us somberly,...
A Bren gun carrier appears in The Longest Day—the beachmaster (Kenneth More) pounds the vehicle into life with his shillelagh. German WW2 Vehicles Light Army Car Roughly equivalent to the U.S. Jeep among German variants of WW2 vehicles but not as versatile, the Kurbelwagen was developed fro...
entry into the war. Dunkirk Evacuation The evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk, France, in 1940, which allowed a significant number of troops to escape despite the German advance. U.S. problems before entering WW2 Great Depression What'd the US do at home rationed food...
Nevertheless, 164 ‘A’ models were built in 1937, and 74 O-47Bs, with more powerful engines and other minor improvements, were delivered in 1939. Most saw service with Air National Guard observation squadrons before the U.S. entry into the war. When the U.S. declared war on the Axis...
Scored the final aerial victory of WW2 by downing a 'Francis' bomber of 8/5/45 near the coast the Japan. GMC (Eastern) FM-1 (USN) FM-1 1942 = Four wing guns. POP: 1,060 [14992/15951, 46738/46837], of which 312 to England's RNAS as Martlet/Wildcat V. GMC (Eastern) FM-2 ...
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It explains everything why the Tsar and Hitler was anti-Semitic, why Communism in Russia until after WW2 was given a free pass and why these so called Neo-cons (really still communist at heart) are shaping a one world US foreign policy modelled on Trotskyite theory of perpetual war. And...