I second Clear the Bridge as well as O'Kane's Wahoo. Clay Blair's Silent Victory is the go-to reference for US submarine operations Silent Running...
H2X radar was used as a supplement to navigation in Europe also. The Radar Observer's Bombardment Information File is among the collection at the...
Anyone not familiar with the story of the USS Johnston should read "The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors".
The Tin Man [ATTACH] Jack Haley brought his USO show to Grottaglie, Italy on 13 August 1944. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Of greater interest to the...
[ATTACH] The afore-mentioned Jimmy Stewart receiving the Air Medal. He later received the Distinguished Flying Cross. Among his duties in the...
[ATTACH] Major Glenn Miller. Killed when the UC-64 Norseman he was in disappeared over the English Channel
[ATTACH] Captain Clark Gable with Lt. Col. Robert Burns after his fifth mission as combat photographer.
These days its sometimes the box office...
Aldrin was titled the Lunar Module Pilot because none of the alpha type astronauts wanted to be called a co-pilot, but in reality, that's what he...
[ATTACH] 42-28647, "Dragon Lady" crash landed after being hit by flak over Wiener-Neustadt. John Olson crew aided by Partisans evaded and...
I spoke with a co-pilot who described a shell passing through the fuselage without exploding. His comment: "that one frayed my pucker string".
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[ATTACH] Consolidated XPB2Y-1 Coronado, San Diego, Spring 1938. Originally flew with a single vertical stabilizer, it exhibited stability issues...
Richard Barrett flew 33 missions between 8 FEB 45 and 25 APR 45, most as part of the Charles Murch crew. Murch Crew | 449th Bomb Group
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Blue Streak, original HALPRO ship 41-11613, 376th BG, 514th BS, originally named FLORENE JU JU, the TEGGIE ANN, then BLUE STREAK
Gunners would tie crew chutes to the waist gun mounts and manually eject and open them on hydraulic failures. [ATTACH]
The top aircraft is Thunder Mug 42-40246. All 4 aircraft were survivors of the August 1,1943 Operation TIDAL WAVE mission to Ploesti. Joisey...
Since you said produced my vote is the F8F Bearcat (as long as we keep the kerosene burners out of it). [ATTACH]
I did not find an aircraft accident report for 24 October 1944 that would apply. To find the cause of death you should order his Individual...
[ATTACH] CR-42 in slightly worse condition, 1943.
