It's only $500, honey. PLLLEASE? (via Ultimates Captain America on Motorcycle Statue | GeekAlerts)
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History attack!
Storming Iwo – Loaded with battle-wise Marines of the Fifth Amphibious Corps, LSM (Landing Ship Medium) dash for the beach at Iwo Jima shortly after H-hour in the invasion of that enemy bastion, 660 miles from the Japanese homeland. Shrouded by the smoke of the naval bombardment, Mount Suribachi, miniature volcano at the southern tip of the island, appears in the background. OFFICIAL U.S. MARINE CORPS PHOTO
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Follow the link to read an article about a B-17 crew in England around 1944-1945.
I'd like to share with you what would be considered in the car world to be a "barn find" — something of great value you didn't know was there, assumed to be gone forever. This is the story of my grandfather's B-17 crew, based on a journal and photos found in his attic after his passing away.
On June 25th 1944, ten brave young men began training together at Ardmore, Oklahoma. Two months later, they picked up a Boeing B-17-G in Lincoln, Nebraska, with orders to deliver it to Burtonwood Air Depot at Cheshire, England. The pilots, Bill Whitehead (back row, 1st on the left) and Sully Sullivan (back row, 2nd from left) had a combined total of 250 hours in the cockpit. My grandfather, Gene "Hack" Hackney (back row, 3rd from left) was the Navigator. From Lincoln, they refueled in Grenier Field, New Hampshire, Goose Bay in Labrador, and Reykjavik. Hack's crew was part of the Eighth Air Force, 385th Bomber Group and stationed at a base called Great Ashfield, at Elmswell, England.
http://flightclub.jalopnik.com/the-tale-of-the-b-17-blind-date-crew-1561993381/1563881866/+matthardigree
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Saipan. *shudder*
June 1944 - U.S. Marines dig in on the beach at Saipan in preparation for the attack on Japanese positions inland. In the background, one of the amphibious tractors used by the first wave of assault troops, burns furiously, the result of a direct hit by Japanese artillery. Photo by Sergeant James L. Burns OFFICIAL U.S. MARINE CORPS PHOTO (via Photo: All Ashore)
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This is the XB-36 next to the B-29. I’d never realized the scale difference before. it’s pretty amazing!
The Air Force's newest superbomber, the XB-36, compared with veteran B-29. The Air Force's huge six-engine bomber, the Convair XB-36, parked alongside a battle tested Boeing B-29, has a wingspan of 230 feet and the B-29, a wingspan of 141 feet. The length of the XB-36 is 163 feet; the B-29, 99 feet. The range of the XB-36 with a bomb load is 10,000 miles; the B-29 with a bomb load, approximately 4,100 miles. Though the Boeing B-29 Superfortress was the latest of the very heavy bombers, the improvements and the new developments incorporated in the Convair XB-36 show the remarkable technological advancement of the AF in the brief time that has elapsed since the end of the war. The XB-36 flew for the first time on 8 August 1946.
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And thus completes the link between reality and Robotech.
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This is the French Navy cruiser Gloire. Launched in 1935 and scrapped in 1958. I love the old naval camoflague schmes; they are so bonkers. Click through for more.
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