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[masraum]

Originally Posted by daepp

And they succeeded in securing the sub and the enigma machine etc inside. Some of my earliest memories are of my father's friend talking about the seamanship it took to get it to Lake Michigan and the engineering work he'd helped with to get it out of the lake and into the Chicago Museum of Science & Industry. I finally got to see it in 2017.














The Germans opened the valve (sea chest) above and came very close to sinking her so the Americans couldn't get her secrets. It turned out that there were a few first generation American of German decent in the US Navy at that time who could read some of the controls, and by towing U505 they were able to recharge her batteries by windmilling the prop, and then they could pump out all the water and get her to float properly.

Very, very cool. THanks for the additional info. My dad was in the Navy. 95% of his service had nothing to do with boats or ships, but to make rank, he put in some sea time and chose boats (submarines) because as he liked to say, there were targets and there were submarines. He only spent 4-8 weeks out at a time vs some of the more full time guys that spent months out.



He said that going through ^that^ maneuver when you were in the head was an experience.

[Skytrooper]

I read the book about U-505. Good read !

[Jolly Amaranto]

When I first saw the 505 in 1965, it was still outside.

My uncle in Milwaukee scratch built a 5 foot long model of it. My photography skills when I was in the 7th grade were pretty bad. My Kodak Brownie was no help either.

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by Jolly Amaranto

My uncle in Milwaukee scratch built a 5 foot long model of it. My photography skills when I was in the 7th grade were pretty bad. My Kodak Brownie was no help either.

Have you seen Byron's pics?

[A930Rocket]

Originally Posted by Por_sha911

Have you seen Byron's pics?

To be fair, he’s gotten much better.

[Steve Carlton]

[GH85Carrera]

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[masraum]

Originally Posted by Jolly Amaranto

My uncle in Milwaukee scratch built a 5 foot long model of it. My photography skills when I was in the 7th grade were pretty bad. My Kodak Brownie was no help either.

Originally Posted by Por_sha911

Have you seen Byron's pics?

LOL!

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

To be fair, he’s gotten much better.

True. My guess is that it was more due to a phone upgrade than anything that he was doing. Still, that's pretty funny.

[GH85Carrera]

Here is a photo from 1939 as Frank Catalano stood in front of his Hi-Way Tavern in Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois for this photograph while Route 66 was being repaved. You can clearly see the E. Vandalia St. sign. This may be the first photo we can remember with a Mail Pouch tobacco thermometer visible. We know that they are now very collectible. And there always have to be a few kids hanging out to watch the road construction and see the photographer. We can't make out the brand of beer they advertise in the window of his tavern.
The photo is courtesy of Lisa Ruble.

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[GH85Carrera]

Winchester Model 97 Trench Gun, part of the arsenal of US forces in World War 1. The weapon was so deadly that the German complained that it was “inhumane” — the same Germans that brought to the war poison gas and the flame thrower. Holding 6 rounds, each 2-3/4 inch round contained nine 00 (double-aught) buckshot pellets, each with a diameter of 8.4mm (.33 inch). Using “slamfire” — holding the trigger down so the shotgun fired with each pump — a trained soldier could pump out 54 buckshot in about 2 seconds, deadly out to 50 yards. The weapon became known as a trench broom or sweeper.
Due to the use of paper cartridges (which would swell in the damp conditions of the trenches and jam in the weapon) few, if any, Model 97s were actually used in combat. The American forces still had them in their arsenal, despite German protests and even a German declaration that any soldier found using one, or even carrying its ammunition, would be executed. The Americans countered that any German caught with a flamethrower or a sawtooth bayonet would be executed. There is no record of any German or American POWs executed for theses reasons.



USAAF Boeing B-17 Bomber 42-29993 “Carroll Jun” with the 369 Bomb Squadron / 306 Bomb Group ( The Reich Wreckers ) in flight sometime in 1943, note one prop is feathered
On January 11, 1944 42-29993 was shot down during a mission to Halberstadt Germany, crashing near Diepenveen Netherlands.
Nine of the Crew were KIA with one POW;
Pilot Don Tattershall, Co-pilot Bill Grisham, Navigator Jim Crabtree, Bombardier John Whittle, Flight engineer/top turret gunner Leroy Johnson, Ball turret gunner Carmel Melita, Waist gunner Elmer Sweitzer, Waist gunner Bob Hogg, and Tail gunner Bill Dodson were KIA.
Radio Operator Jim Hobbs was taken Prisoner.
LIFE Magazine Archives - David Scherman Photographer


1972-1975 VW Brazilian (only) Karmann Ghia TC (aka Type 145)
Wasn't exported outside of South America
Approximately 18,000 made
VW Brazil designed their own cars and had some unique sports cars.
Hat-Tip David Shawn Jarrell & Bill Jenner


Salina, Colorado peaked at around 350 residents, however the mines of Gold Run Gulch kept the town active for many decades. At least three stamp mills were built here. Located approximately 10 miles west of Boulder, the town still has a small population and intact historical structures.

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Winchester Model 97 Trench Gun, part of the arsenal of US forces in World War 1. The weapon was so deadly that the German complained that it was “inhumane” — the same Germans that brought to the war poison gas and the flame thrower. Holding 6 rounds, each 2-3/4 inch round contained nine 00 (double-aught) buckshot pellets, each with a diameter of 8.4mm (.33 inch). Using “slamfire” — holding the trigger down so the shotgun fired with each pump — a trained soldier could pump out 54 buckshot in about 2 seconds, deadly out to 50 yards. The weapon became known as a trench broom or sweeper.
Due to the use of paper cartridges (which would swell in the damp conditions of the trenches and jam in the weapon) few, if any, Model 97s were actually used in combat. The American forces still had them in their arsenal, despite German protests and even a German declaration that any soldier found using one, or even carrying its ammunition, would be executed. The Americans countered that any German caught with a flamethrower or a sawtooth bayonet would be executed. There is no record of any German or American POWs executed for theses reasons.

Yup. Shotguns have been a vital part of war weapons for a long time.

[Racerbvd]

Edited. Pic removed.

[GH85Carrera]

Before the fictional Top Gun movie about a wild maverick pilot there was the real rebel a WWII hero known as the, "Ace of Aces" Dick Bong.
Perhaps no American fighter pilot in all of World War II was as deadly as Major Dick Bong. In over 200 missions, this American daredevil took down a whopping 40 enemy planes on his way to earning the Medal of Honor — and he did it in his one-of-a-kind brazen style.
This rebellious rule-breaker was repeatedly grounded for stunts like doing loops around the Golden Gate Bridge and flying so low over houses that he'd blow people's laundry right off their clotheslines. But in the end, Bong's superiors always had to recall him to service because he was just too good to keep on the ground.
The Giant Killer book & page honors these incredible war heroes making sure their stories of valor and sacrifice are never forgotten.


Once on the land farmers had to build a shelter for the family family, usually a tent made of sheets and blankets. Because of the howling wind it was better to dig a hole or a cave in the side of a hill until he was able to build a sod house. These were dank, dark and often overrun with bugs and snakes.


The sight we may not see for too long!!..
It is ironic that while the B-1B fleet is the second oldest, it makes might be the first of the current three bomber fleets to go off service completely. The B-52Hs are getting new engines and the B-2s are younger but the B-1Bs have the most issues. Apparently Afghan and Iraqi loitering missions took a toll on the jets' airframes making them maintenance intensive and costly to fly

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Before the fictional Top Gun movie about a wild maverick pilot there was the real rebel a WWII hero known as the, "Ace of Aces" Dick Bong.
Perhaps no American fighter pilot in all of World War II was as deadly as Major Dick Bong. In over 200 missions, this American daredevil took down a whopping 40 enemy planes on his way to earning the Medal of Honor — and he did it in his one-of-a-kind brazen style.
This rebellious rule-breaker was repeatedly grounded for stunts like doing loops around the Golden Gate Bridge and flying so low over houses that he'd blow people's laundry right off their clotheslines. But in the end, Bong's superiors always had to recall him to service because he was just too good to keep on the ground.
The Giant Killer book & page honors these incredible war heroes making sure their stories of valor and sacrifice are never forgotten.

When your name is Dick Bong, I think you've gotta be a badass.

[GH85Carrera]

February 28th 1947 – U. S. Army Air Forces Captain Robert E. Thacker (pilot) and Lieutenant John M. Ard (co-pilot) took to the skies in the North American P-82 B Twin Mustang fighter Betty Jo on a single flight breaking records for both the longest nonstop flight without aerial refuelling by a fighter aircraft, approximately 4,968 statute miles from Hickam Field in Hawaii to La Guardia Field in New York City, and the fastest flight between Hawaii and New York City up to that time, 14 hours 31 min 50 seconds at an average speed of 342 mph. The record remains unbroken as both the longest non-stop flight by a piston-engined fighter and the fastest Hawaii-to-New York City flight by a piston-engined aircraft in history.


For sale. No low ball offers, I know what I got, ran when parked!


The Carrera marble quarry. For a scale look for the humans.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

https://www.wired.com/2013/01/physics-of-a-fake-broken-swing-image/


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