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The Luftwaffe Wasn't Alone
PIONEER JETS OF WORLD WAR II THE LUFTWAFFE WASN’T ALONE BY BARRETT TILLMAN he history of technology is replete with Heinkel, which absorbed some Junkers engineers. Each fac tory a concept called “multiple independent opted for axial compressors. Ohain and Whittle, however, discovery.” Examples are the incandes- independently pursued centrifugal designs, and both encoun- cent lightbulb by the American inventor tered problems, even though both were ultimately successful. Thomas Edison and the British inventor Ohain's design powered the Heinkel He 178, the world's first Joseph Swan in 1879, and the computer by jet airplane, flown in August 1939. Whittle, less successful in Briton Alan Turing and Polish-American finding industrial support, did not fly his own engine until Emil Post in 1936. May 1941, when it powered Britain's first jet airplane: the TDuring the 1930s, on opposite sides of the English Chan- Gloster E.28/39. Even so, he could not manufacture his sub- nel, two gifted aviation designers worked toward the same sequent designs, which the Air Ministry handed off to Rover, goal. Royal Air Force (RAF) Pilot Officer Frank Whittle, a a car company, and subsequently to another auto and piston 23-year-old prodigy, envisioned a gas-turbine engine that aero-engine manufacturer: Rolls-Royce. might surpass the most powerful piston designs, and patented Ohain’s work detoured in 1942 with a dead-end diagonal his idea in 1930. centrifugal compressor. As Dr. Hallion notes, however, “Whit- Slightly later, after flying gliders and tle’s designs greatly influenced American savoring their smooth, vibration-free “Axial-flow engines turbojet development—a General Electric– flight, German physicist Hans von Ohain— were more difficult built derivative of a Whittle design powered who had earned a doctorate in 1935— to perfect but America's first jet airplane, the Bell XP-59A became intrigued with a propeller-less gas- produced more Airacomet, in October 1942. -
86'- ' Its Departure for Overseas Duty in Great Britain
CHAa IV *I 'THE STORY OP VIII FIGHT CM " began The formation of a long-range fighter organization VIII Interceptor early in 1942 with the activation of the Fighter Comnand, at Coand, which later was renamed the VIII 1, 1942. The Comanding Selfridge Field, Michigan on February who had been in oamand Officer was Colonel Laurence P. Hiokey, VIII Interceptor of the Sixth Pursuit Wing, from which the to Charleston, South Command was developed. The Command moved to be close to the Carolina on the 11th of February in. order located at Savannah, headquarters of the 8th Air Force, then The 8th Air Georgia, where it was preparing for embarkation. be prepared to carry Force was organised in such a way aa to invasion of North Afrioa out the "Torch Plan' for the eventual General Frank O'D. which oame in November, 1942. Brigadier shortly before Hunter assumed oommand of the organisation Officer Richard The author is indebted to Chief Warrant (*1 - at VIII Fighter A. Bates of the A-2 Section (Intelligence) history of the Comnand. Comand for the facts about the early whn it _as activated in Febru- Mr. Bates was its lst Stergeant of the became Teohnical Sergeant ana Chief Olerk ary, 1942, hiatorian until July IntelligenCe Section and was its official data was not otherwise available. The Sta- 1943. Much of this later, has Control Office which was establiahed muoh tistical but these facts proided-invaluable data on later operations, from his own records, from his friends "'oaptured for posterity" are based on his and from a most retentive memory. -
The War Years
1941 - 1945 George Northsea: The War Years by Steven Northsea April 28, 2015 George Northsea - The War Years 1941-42 George is listed in the 1941 East High Yearbook as Class of 1941 and his picture and the "senior" comments about him are below: We do know that he was living with his parents at 1223 15th Ave in Rockford, Illinois in 1941. The Rockford, Illinois city directory for 1941 lists him there and his occupation as a laborer. The Rockford City Directory of 1942 lists George at the same address and his occupation is now "Electrician." George says in a journal written in 1990, "I completed high school in January of 1942 (actually 1941), but graduation ceremony wasn't until June. In the meantime I went to Los Angeles, California. I tried a couple of times getting a job as I was only 17 years old. I finally went to work for Van De Camp restaurant and drive-in as a bus boy. 6 days a week, $20.00 a week and two meals a day. The waitresses pitched in each week from their tips for the bus boys. That was another 3 or 4 dollars a week. I was fortunate to find a garage apartment a few blocks from work - $3 a week. I spent about $1.00 on laundry and $2.00 on cigarettes. I saved money." (italics mine) "The first part of May, I quit my job to go back to Rockford (Illinois) for graduation. I hitch hiked 2000 miles in 4 days. I arrived at my family's house at 4:00 AM one morning. -
Nachbrenner 2021
NACHBRENNER 2021 21.05.2021-10 Wissenswertes aus dem Bereich Militärluftfahrt und Luftkriegsführung Quelle: Ländercode: Schlüsselinformationen: Datum: Artikelname: 1 Inhaltsverzeichnis • 02 Sicherheitspolitik Schweiz und Air2030 • 07 Luft und Marineluftstreitkräfte sowie strategische und weitere luftgestützte Einsatzmittel • 16 Hubschrauber und Kipprotor-Flugzeuge • 18 Unbemannte Luftfahrzeuge (UAV) und Robotik • 21 Bewaffnung und weitere Nutzlasten • 23 Air Power • 39 Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance • 40 Cyber- und Electromagnetic Warfare • 42 Boden- und seegestützte Luftverteidigungssysteme • 44 Boden- und seegestützte Einsatzkräfte, Strategische Kampfmittel und Space Forces • 45 Geo- und Sicherheitspolitik, militärische Übungen • 48 Analysen, Studien, Reports, Fact Sheets, Infographics, Podcasts und Videos Sicherheitspolitik Schweiz und Air2030 www.proschweiz.ch Pro Schweiz Inhalt «Das Magazin für eine Das Land des Eigensinns 2 optimistische und Sicherheitspolitik – Wo stehen wir heute? 4 selbstsichere Schweiz» - Sicherheit gibt es nicht umsonst - Die Sichtweise zweier Luftwaffenoffizierinnen 10 Ausgabe Nr. 3 autonomiesuisse will Erfolgsmodell Schweiz sichern 16 Die Schweiz muss weder kuschen noch sich verstecken 18 Impressum 20 admin.ch Ernennung eines Der Bundesrat hat an seiner Sitzung vom 19. Mai 2021 Oberst i Gst Peter Bruns per 1. Juli 2021 zum 19.05.2021 Höheren Stabsoffiziers Kommandanten der Luftwaffenausbildungs- und Trainingsbrigade, unter gleichzeitiger Beförderung zum der Armee – Brigadier, ernannt. Er folgt auf Brigadier Peter Soller, den der Bundesrat am 12. März 2021 zum Kommandanten Br Peter Bruns Lehrverband Fliegerabwehr 33 ernannt hat. (Vollständige Medienmitteilung abrufbar unter: 2 https://www.admin.ch/gov/de/start/dokumentation/medienmitteilungen.msg-id-83579.html) latribune.fr Rafale, F-35, Eurofighter The Swiss Federal Council is expected to announce the choice of its future fighter aircraft by the end of June. -
Downloadable Content the Supermarine
AIRFRAME & MINIATURE No.12 The Supermarine Spitfire Part 1 (Merlin-powered) including the Seafire Downloadable Content v1.0 August 2018 II Airframe & Miniature No.12 Spitfire – Foreign Service Foreign Service Depot, where it was scrapped around 1968. One other Spitfire went to Argentina, that being PR Mk XI PL972, which was sold back to Vickers Argentina in March 1947, fitted with three F.24 cameras with The only official interest in the Spitfire from the 8in focal length lens, a 170Imp. Gal ventral tank Argentine Air Force (Fuerca Aerea Argentina) was and two wing tanks. In this form it was bought by an attempt to buy two-seat T Mk 9s in the 1950s, James and Jack Storey Aerial Photography Com- PR Mk XI, LV-NMZ with but in the end they went ahead and bought Fiat pany and taken by James Storey (an ex-RAF Flt Lt) a 170Imp. Gal. slipper G.55Bs instead. F Mk IXc BS116 was allocated to on the 15th April 1947. After being issued with tank installed, it also had the Fuerca Aerea Argentina, but this allocation was the CofA it was flown to Argentina via London, additional fuel in the cancelled and the airframe scrapped by the RAF Gibraltar, Dakar, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Montevi- wings and fuselage before it was ever sent. deo and finally Buenos Aires, arriving at Morón airport on the 7th May 1947 (the exhausts had burnt out en route and were replaced with those taken from JF275). Storey hoped to gain an aerial mapping contract from the Argentine Government but on arrival was told that his ‘contract’ was not recognised and that his services were not required. -
322Nd EXPEDITIONARY RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON
322nd EXPEDITIONARY RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON MISSION LINEAGE 322nd Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) constituted, 28 Jan 1942 Activated, 15 Apr 1942 Redesignated 322nd Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, 20 Aug 1943 Inactivated, 7 Nov 1945 Redesignated 322nd Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Medium, 23 May 1950 Activated, 6 Jul 1950 Inactivated, 8 Nov 1957 Redesignated 322nd Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, 15 Nov 1962 Activated 15 Nov 1962 Organized, 1 Feb 1963 Discontinued and inactivated, 25 Jun 1968 Redesignated 322nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, and converted to provisional status, 22 Jul 2010 Activated, 11 Feb 2011 STATIONS Harding Field, LA, 15 Apr 1942 MacDill Field, FL, 13 May 1942 Walla Walla, WA, 22 Jun-24 Aug 1942 Kimbolton, England, 13 Sep 1942 Bassingbourn, England, 14 Oct 1942-22 Jun 1945 Drew Field, FL, 3 Jul-7 Nov 1945 Barksdale AFB, LA, 6 Jul 1950 Lockbourne AFB, OH, 11 Sep 1951-8 Nov 1957 Glasgow AFB, MT, 1 Feb 1963-25 Jun 1968 Bagram AB, Afghanistan, 11 Feb 2011 ASSIGNMENTS 91st Bombardment Group, 15 Apr 1942-7 Nov 1945 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Group, 6 Jul 1950 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, 28 May 1952-8 Nov 1957 Strategic Air Command, 15 Nov 1962 91st Bombardment Wing, 1 Feb 1963-25 Jun 1968 Air Combat Command to activate or inactivate at any time on or after 22 Jul 2010 WEAPON SYSTEMS B-17, 1942-1945 B/RB-29, 1950 B/RB-45, 1950-1953 RB-47, 1953-1957 B-52, 1963-1968 B-52D B-52C B-45A COMMANDERS Maj Victor S. Zienowicz, 15 May 1942 Maj Paul L. Fishborne, 24 Nov 1942 Cpt Robert B. -
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AN AMERICAN SON OF SUFFOLK My uncle, Richard Daines, was born 23 August 1919 in Hyde Park, Utah, USA to Joseph Benjamin Daines and Martha Elenora Hansen. The family later moved a few miles away to Logan, Utah. Richard was my mother's brother and the 13th of 16 children - he often joked that he was the unlucky one! My Mom was a bit of a tom-boy and she and Richard were pals when they were growing up. His paternal grandparents were both born in Suffolk, England: Robert Daines in 1829 at South Elmham and Jemima Seamons in 1838, also in South Elmham. These grandparents had been great examples of faith, loyalty, unselfishness, service and hard work - and Richard made these qualities his own. Having chosen to serve a two-year mission to Missouri, USA for his church, Richard returned home to Utah on 7th December 1941 – the day of the Japanese attack on the American base at Pearl Harbour. He was soon in the military. Robert Daines b. South Elham 1829 Richard was sent to several army bases with (above) and (below) various assignments before later being transferred Jemima Seamons b. S.Elham 1838 to the U.S. Army Air Corps and trained as a pilot. After his flying training, Richard sailed on the Queen Elizabeth to England where he was assigned to the 495th Fighter Training Group at RAF Atcham, near Shrewsbury and flew P-47 Republic Thunderbolt fighter-bomber aircraft. Richard was very aware of his Suffolk roots when, just weeks later, he was posted to the 352nd Fighter Squadron that was part of the 353rd fighter group based in Suffolk. -
United States Air Force and Its Antecedents Published and Printed Unit Histories
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS PUBLISHED AND PRINTED UNIT HISTORIES A BIBLIOGRAPHY EXPANDED & REVISED EDITION compiled by James T. Controvich January 2001 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTERS User's Guide................................................................................................................................1 I. Named Commands .......................................................................................................................4 II. Numbered Air Forces ................................................................................................................ 20 III. Numbered Commands .............................................................................................................. 41 IV. Air Divisions ............................................................................................................................. 45 V. Wings ........................................................................................................................................ 49 VI. Groups ..................................................................................................................................... 69 VII. Squadrons..............................................................................................................................122 VIII. Aviation Engineers................................................................................................................ 179 IX. Womens Army Corps............................................................................................................ -
521St AIR MOBILITY OPERATIONS WING
521st AIR MOBILITY OPERATIONS WING MISSION LINEAGE 555th Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion (Separate) established, 28 Feb 1942 Activated, 4 Jul 1942 Redesignated 555th Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion, 11 Mar 1943 Redesignated 501st Tactical Control Group, 31 Dec 1945 Inactivated, 25 Sep 1947 Redesignated 501st Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 18 May 1949 Activated, 10 Jun 1949 Redesignated 501st Tactical Control Group, 16 Mar 1952 Redesignated 501st Tactical Control Wing, 18 Dec 1957 Disestablished and inactivated, 18 Nov 1960 Redesignated 521st Tactical Control Wing, 31 Jul 1985 Redesignated 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing, 18 Aug 2008 Activated, 4 Sep 2008 STATIONS Drew Fld, FL, 4 Jul 1942 Camp Myles Standish, MA, 20 Nov-28 Dec 1943 Popham, England, 7 Jan 1944 Boxted, England, 2 Feb 1944 Ibsley, England, 18 Apr 1944 Plymouth, England, 19 May-6 Jun 1944 Vierville-sur-Mer, France, 7 Jun 1944 Cricqueville, France, 2 Jul 1944 Villedieu, France, 5 Aug 1944 Le Teilleuie, France, 14 Aug 1944 Aillieres, France, 23 Aug 1944 Les Loges-an-Josas, France, 31 Aug 1944 Paris, France, 4 Sep 1944 Ham-sur-Huere, Belgium, 16 Sep 1944 Verviers, Belgium, 26 Sep 1944 Gosselies, Belgium, 18 Dec 1944 Verviers, Belgium, 7 Jan 1945 Bruhl, Germany, 23 Mar 1945 Bad Wildungen, Germany, 11 Apr 1945 Gottingen, Germany, 12 Apr 1945 Nohra, Germany, 26 Apr 1945 Fritzlar, Germany, 25 Jun 1945 Furstenfeldbruck, Germany, 19 Jul 1945 Bad Kissengen, Germany, 3 Feb 1946 Wiesbaden, Germany, 5 Jul-25 Sep 1947 Zwingenberg, Germany, 10 Jun 1949 Landsberg, Germany, 17 -
1 17A Stealth Fighter Organizations
HISTORY AND LINEAGE OF THE F- 1 17A STEALTH FIGHTER ORGANIZATIONS DECEMBER 1991 SPECIAL STUDY HO-91-2 OFFICE OF HIST RY HEADQUARTERS, 37TH FPGHTER WING TWELFTH AIR FORCE TACTICAL AIR COMMAND INTRODUCTION In 1978, the Air Force awarded a full-scale development contract for the F-117A Stealth Fighter to Lockheed Corporation's Advanced Development Projects (the famous Skunk Works). Thirty- one months later, on 18 June 1981, the F-117A made its first flight. Meanwhile, the Tactical Air Command (TAC) decided to set up a group-level organization to guide the F-117A to an initial operating capability. That organization became the 4450th Tactical Group (TG), which officially activated on 15 October 1979 at Nellis AFB, Nevada. The 4450 TG began flying operations in 1981 from the Tonopah Test Range Airfield, located approximately 130 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. Lockheed test pilots put the Stealth Fighter through its early paces. The 4450 TG also operated the A-7D as a surrogate trainer for the F-l17A, and these operations continued until 15 October 1982 under the guise of an avionics test mis- sion. October 15th is important to the program because on that date Maj Alton C. Whitley, Jr. became the first 4450 TG pilot to fly the F-117A. The 4450 TG then achieved an initial operating capability with the F-117A in October 1983. The 4450 TG's mission continued to evolve under a cloak of secrecy--all Tonopah training flights conducted at night under the cover of darkness--until late 1988. On 10 November 1988, the Air Force brought the F-117A from behind a "black veil" by publicly acknowledging its existence. -
Wimpole Park Hospital
1 How did the United States Military Hospital at Wimpole Hall develop and how did it link to the evacuation of injured from the 2 European Theatre of operations (1944-5)? A Report by George Duncan ([email protected]) 3 Contents Page Title page –page 1 Contents page- 2 Introduction to Interest- 3 Source Analysis-3 Introduction to project- 3 Wimpole Hall Prior to Hospital Formation- 4 The United States Army Medical Department and Diferent Types of Military Hospitals- 4 Brief overview of Normandy Beach Landings in 1944 and the Second World War-5 American Hospitals Overseas in WWII- 6 Beginnings of hospital at Wimpole Hall- 6 Arrival, setting-up and layout- 8 Evacuation Route for Injured-11 Life and Work in the Hospital- 12 POW camp- 14 Recreation- 15 The Closing of the Hospital- 15 The Site after Closure- 16 Why is it not remembered?- 18 Bibliography- 19 Title Page Pictures- 19 Appendix 1: Wiley’s Report- 19 Appendix 2: Tree Carvings at Wimpole Hall- 24 Appendix 3: Notice Board at Wimpole Park- 25 4 Appendix 4: Captain Bambridge’s Telegram- 26 Appendix 5: Pictures of site prior to Demolition- 26 Appendix 6: Email Correspondence with English Heritage- 27 Appendix 7: Email received from US Army Military Institute- 28 5 Introduction to interest My research on the Military Hospital at Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire originally stemmed from an interest in the operating of WWII Hospital Trains in my own village of Meldreth, something I discovered from talking to members of the Meldreth Local History Group. Finding out more about the hospital trains, I was intrigued to learn that the injured men taken of at Meldreth Station were in fact Americans operating overseas and were transported to a hospital set within the grounds of Wimpole Estate, next to the village of Arrington. -
There Is a Map of Sawston Is HERE to Assist with Locations Mentioned.)
(A Streetfull of Sad Sacks has been published on this site, without the authority of the author or publisher, after extensive enquiry to discover their identity and permission. Searches have been made in the USA, to seek this authority, via the Air Force Historical Research Agency http://www.afhra.af.mil/ and the Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center without any trace. ) (There is a map of Sawston is HERE to assist with locations mentioned.) (Examine this location in Google Street View.) DURING THE SUMMER OF 1943 UNITS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND ITS EIGHTH AIR FORCE MOVED INTO SAWSTON, WHEN THEY LEFT IN OCTOBER 1945, LIFE IN THE VILLAGE WAS NEVER QUITE THE SAME AGAIN Page 1 of 75 www.family.nigellane.com The Sad Sack An embodiment of the Army's lowest-rated born loser, George Baker's cartoon character made his name in World War Two as the hapless draftee who lost out in every conceivable military situation. Sergeant Baker's comic strip in the service magazine Yank, published on Sundays price 3d, depicted the Sack's confrontations with the perils and perplexities of wartime service life. In all his dealings - with fellow soldiers, top brass, foreign nationals, prostitutes and the rest of the world in general - the little private always came off second best. But he remained the Army's hero, a trusting soul whose own little world of dreamy optimism was constantly devastated by unforeseen disaster. His name derived from the drill sergeant’s parade-square name for all new doughboys. To that redoubtable NCO all recruits were "sad