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[GH85Carrera]

Hell's Belles.
The first 8th AF B-17 to complete 25 missions was of course…. ‘Hell’s Angels’
So why does the credit lie with her considerably more famous sister ship the ‘Memphis Belle’?
The answer is bureaucratic in nature - the aircraft’s moniker was not seen as wholesome enough by many promoting a righteous struggle, and despite ‘Hell’s Angels’ having achieved the feat first, and without her crew flying a spare for several of the 25 sorties, the honour fell to her well-known counterpart who matched the achievement that month.
‘Hell’s Angels’ would go on to complete a remarkable 48 missions without any incidences of a crewman being injured.
Truly she had a guardian watching over her somewhere!

[john70t]

[oldE]

The other day, someone posted this:


It is a small maple syrup evaporator. The fan set into the wall is there to draw off the steam. Slightly more professional set ups use a hood and stack arrangement to carry the steam outside. My neighbor Rob is boiling this morning.



Pardon the zoomed in cel phone pic, but his sugar shack is two miles away.

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Les

[GH85Carrera]

St. Agatha, Maine. October, 1940.
"Young, French-Canadian, wife of poor potato farmer. She is eighteen years old. Fixing up her children to have their picture taken."
Image and caption courtesy of U.S. Farm Security Administration, Library of Congress.




The side of Earth you never see in maps of photos.

[VINMAN]

[GH85Carrera]

The Narrows, Texas Hill Country on the Hays.

[GH85Carrera]

Thrust vectoring on the $100million F22 Raptor!






Found a guy to do it cheaper!

[911 Rod]

Originally Posted by Zeke

So much of this stuff is fake it's not fun anymore. That and repetitions. Too bad as this is my go to thread.

I agree unfortunately. Getting tired of the fake toilet shots.

[GH85Carrera]

A U.S. Navy submarine leaves Midway Atoll on a war patrol in May 1945. Note other submarines at the docks.






We have all heard tall tales of people walking miles in the snow all uphill to and from school. No exaggeration and no lack of true determination and toughness is illustrated in this photograph.
Title: Mrs. Bartheloma dipping water from irrigation ditch for home use. Hauls drinking water from town four miles over rough road. Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon.
Creator(s): Lange, Dorothea, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1939 Oct.
Medium: 1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller.
Reproduction Number: LC-USF34-021303-E (b&w film nitrate neg.) LC-DIG-fsa-8b35144 (digital file from original neg.)
Rights Advisory: No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs.

[GH85Carrera]

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

The missus and I tried to watch Titanic years ago. We stopped after the first tape.

[GH85Carrera]

US 7th Army M35 Prime Mover towing an M1 8” / 203mm gun with the 575th Field Artillery Battalion through Mommenheim France on the way to the front - February 26, 1945
The M35 was turretless M10 Tank Destroyer used as an artillery tractor
Signal Corps - SC 201671


In Oklahoma. It is somehow really satisfying cruising past a State Trooper running radar while rolling along at 80. I certainly remember the bad old days of 55 MPH national speed limit. Going 80 was get handcuffed and go to jail speeds back then.

[rcooled]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

It is somehow really satisfying cruising past a State Trooper running radar while rolling along at 80.

Same in southern Utah...

[GH85Carrera]

[Steve Carlton]

[Brian 162]

In Oklahoma. It is somehow really satisfying cruising past a State Trooper running radar while rolling along at 80. I certainly remember the bad old days of 55 MPH national speed limit. Going 80 was get handcuffed and go to jail speeds back then.[/QUOTE]

I drove I-40 through Oklahoma heading to Arizona in late December. When I saw 80 mph it was like wow I can legally go this fast?

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