When a young upstart by the name of Franklin D. Roosevelt came to the Navy Department in 1913 as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, he helped engineer one of the largest naval build-ups in world history. By the time the U.S. entered World War I officially in 1917, it may have been Mr...
Senior Flight Surgeon Wings. Chief Enlisted Air Crew Wings. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original […] Read More Aug 30 2021 WW2 Vietnam Era US Army Patch Lot Army Air forces / Infantry Divisions In vietnam . By admin . WW2 – Vietnam ...
Dawn Kolbet:I am one of the first few women in the United States Navy to get the opportunity to do search and rescue, and I also am a crash survivor. However, probably the most amazing moment for me was earning my air crew wings. Being able to fly for the US milita...
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Air Combat: Martin P4M Mercator, Jon Lake and Robert F. Dorr, Wings of Fame, Vol 19, 2000, Aerospace Publishing Ltd. E-mail from Thierry Van Pevenaeyqe E-mail from Ruud Deurenberg from South African National Archives, Pretoria, via Jason Hodgkiss. ...
The night fighters and their crews quickly became the black sheep of the air group, even to the other pilots. The size of the new Skyknight earned it the nickname “Willie the Whale”, with ‘Whale’ slowly overtaking Skyknight as the crew’s preferred moniker. (US Navy) Pilot’s ...
flight in general, a Type 3 Sperry vacuum-controlled, hydraulic autopilot was also to be added. A de-icing system was also added that pumped hot air over the wings and tail section. The planned modifications of the prototypes are interesting to note. The 2nd prototype (Bu.36934) differed ...
And who is answerable? One might almost shrink from the sound of his own voice, which had launched into the palpitating air words of order–do we call it?–fraught with such ruin. Was it God’s command that we heard, or His forgiveness that we must forever implore?”[41] ...
These were situated on the dorsal and ventral sections of the waist, with the ventral one just behind the wings and the dorsal one farther aft and closer to the tail. Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner on display at the National Air and Space Museum Udvar Hazy Center. This is the sole preserved...
it was under attack by dive bombers. I observed several direct bomb hits on the hangars, and fragments of planes, wings, etc., were thrown into the air. The planes attacking Hickam Field were smaller than the flack horizontal bombers and were a silver gray or aluminum color. I noted the...