July 13, 2008 - FredC took a series of snapshots as the car was removed from the historic
July 13, 2008 - FredC took a series of snapshots as the car was removed from the historic barn in Leesburg, VA. The
pictures include views of its loading onto a Jerr Dan and off-loading into an enclosed transporter for the trip to Burkittsville, MD when restoration will take place
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July 13, 2008 1927 Chrysler Beach Wagon (Series 60) removed from historic barn in Leesburg
July 13, 2008 1927 Chrysler Beach Wagon (Series 60) removed from historic barn in Leesburg, VA. (Note-I mis-spoke during intro and said 2007 vice 2008. Oops !) Ms TecklaC describes the provenance of the auto - a one of a kind important prototype. StanleyC tells of parking cars while bellhopping at Leesburg Inn ca 1938. During WWII StanleyC was 8th USAAF radio operator on the famous Five Grand ... the 5,000th B-17 Flying Fortress built by Boeing. After loading the artifact was transported to Burkittsville, MD for restoration.
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July 13 - 21, 1921 ... Army crews from the First Provisional Air Brigade at Langley Field,
July 13 - 21, 1921 ... Army crews from the First Provisional Air Brigade at Langley Field, Va., flying Martin MB-2 bombers, sink three ships, off the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, including the captured German battleship Ostfriesland, demonstrating the vulnerability of naval craft to aerial attack. *** Virginia (BB 13) and her sister ship USS New Jersey(BB 16) were taken to a point three miles off the Diamond Shoals lightship, off Cape Hatteras, N.C., and anchored there on 5 September 1923. The "attacks" made by Army Air Service Martin bombers began shortly before 0900. On the third attack, seven Martins, flying at 3,000 feet, each dropped two 1,100-pound bombs on Virginia, only one of them hit. That single bomb, however, "completely demolished the ship as such." An observer later wrote: "Both masts, the bridge, all three smokestacks, and the upper-works disappeared with the explosion and there remained, after the smoke cleared away, nothing but the bare hull, decks blown off, and covered with a mass of tangled debris from stem to stern consisting of stacks, ventilators, cage masts, and bridges."
Within one-half hour of the cataclysmic blast that wrecked the ship, her battered hulk sank beneath the waves. Her sister ship ultimately joined her shortly thereafter. Virginia's end, and New Jersey's, provided far-sighted naval officers with a dramatic demonstration of air power and impressed upon them the "urgent need of developing naval aviation with the fleet." As such, the service performed by the old pre-dreadnoughts may have been their most valuable. (VIDEO-National Archives ... Text-Various Internet)
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Sept. 17, 1935. The TC-14 airship makes its maiden flight from Scott Field, Ill. Assembled
Sept. 17, 1935. The TC-14 airship makes its maiden flight from Scott Field, Ill. Assembled at Scott Field, the TC-14 was then the largest non-rigid airship in the world and the largest ever constructed in the US.
In 1932 the Army contracted for two blimps significantly more capable than any in service, these were the TC-13 and TC-14. When Army Airship operations were terminated in 1937 a number of Army blimps were conveyed to the USN. Only TC-13 and 14 were operated by the Navy. (Video: National Archives)
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Colonel Dean Hess, a Minister and combat fighter pilot devoted much of his time and money
Colonel Dean Hess, a Minister and combat fighter pilot devoted much of his time and money toward establishing an orphanage in Korea. Many of the children seen in this 1956 clip have gone on and lived productive lives in this new democracy. Many other units established orphanages throughout Korea during and following the conflict. My unit ... the Airways and Air Communications Service (AACS) established and supported an orphanage in Seoul ... I'd sure like to know how that one ended up ... I am told the kids grew up and left. I wonder if it was closed or continues. All AACS units throughout Korea supported the orphanage with donations of money, clothes, etc.
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F-86 Sabre Jets practice gunnery and bombing on range in Bavaria (Seigenberg). (National
F-86 Sabre Jets practice gunnery and bombing on range in Bavaria (Seigenberg). (National Archives)
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Tampa, FL ... Each year, Prates "invade" the city -sailing into Hillsborough Bay by ship w
Tampa, FL ... Each year, Prates "invade" the city -sailing into Hillsborough Bay by ship with an escort of hundreds of pleasure craft and vessels of all sizes. The entire city comes out to celebrate a street festival that includes one of the largest art shows in the southeast, street music and entertainment, fireworks and plenty of food. The "landing" parade is free to the public. Roy Rogers may be glimpsed.
(Source: National Archives)
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More than 15,000 were killed in over 6,000 fatal USAAF aircraft accidents in the 48 States
More than 15,000 were killed in over 6,000 fatal USAAF aircraft accidents in the 48 States from 1941 to 1945. Those killed included ground personnel, crewmembers and pilots. These figures do not include accidents and deaths in the other military services. The Air Training Command was a very dangerous place to be during WWII. According to General Curtis E. Lemay it was even more dangerous than flying many combat
missions. Some of the new pilot graduates shown in these clips probably did not survive the war. Most went on to fly their missions and prevail over the Axis. Others rose to high command in the independent USAF (Established in 1947) or in the U. S. Army. Many went on to serve in the air wars over Korean and Vietnam. They also flew the dangerous and complex missions throughout the Cold War including the Berlin Airlift. A few rose to be recognized icons in the Army, the USAF and the Department of Defense. Some left the service and flew for the airlines or corporate aviation. Many continued to fly just for pleasure and some others left flying forever. (Source: The National Archives)
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V-1 launch site 18 days after D-Day ... Little was know or understood about Hitler's venge
V-1 launch site 18 days after D-Day ... Little was know or understood about Hitler's vengence weapons until these sites were uncovered. The London Blitz was a time of incredible hardship for those Britons who endured it. But few today realize there was a second Blitz, the "Baby Blitz" during the latter days of the war. This blitz was not carried out by waves of Heinkel, Junker and Stuka bombers, but by mindless robots, the Vergeltungswaffen -- vengeance weapons. (Sources video-National Archives, photo.text-Internet)
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