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Fiat G.50 352-13 being refuelled in Belgium....

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Perfect Ivy City Lineup -- Bill Howes

Of all the times I've been to Ivy City, they never lined them up for me like this. For Bill, they did on April 9, 1972. What can I say?

The units are all E8As, from left to right: B&O 1439, SCL 593, RF&P 1013, SCL 576, SOU 6914, and SOU 6913 in new green colors.

This is at the engine terminal for Washington (DC) Union Station in the neighborhood called Ivy City.



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"Las Trece Rosas" (the Thirteen Roses) is the name given in Spain to a group of thirteen young women who were executed by a Francoist firing squad just after the conclusion of the Spanish Civil War. Their execution was part of a massive execution campaign known as the "saca de agosto", which included 43 young men (among them a fourteen-year-old).

The thirteen victims were: Carmen Barrero Aguado (age 24), Martina Barroso García (age 22), Blanca Brissac Vázquez (age 29), Pilar Bueno Ibáñez (age 27), Julia Conesa Conesa (age 19), Adelina García Casillas (age 19), Elena Gil Olaya (age 20), Virtudes González García (age 18), Ana López Gallego (age 21), Joaquina López Laffite (age 23), Dionisia Manzanero Salas (age 20), Victoria Muñoz García (age 19), and Luisa Rodríguez de la Fuente (age 18). Seven of the women were under age - in Francoist Spain the age of majority was 21.

Following the capitulation of Madrid to Franco's troops and the end of the Civil War, the Madrid Provincial Committee of the Unified Socialist Youth (JSU) (an organisation resulting from the merger of the Socialist Youth and the Communist Youth even though most pro-Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) members had abandoned the organisation) tried to reorganise under the leadership of 21-year-old José Peña Brea. He was betrayed, arrested, and tortured; under torture he revealed the names of his collaborators, which led to a wave of arrests of JSU members in Madrid. The Thirteen Roses were among the many JSU members captured and imprisoned by the police. During their detention in the Ventas prison they were repeatedly tortured and humiliated, and conditions in the prison were considered inhumane and overcrowded. They were ultimately executed by firing squad against the wall of the East Cemetery (now la Almudena) on 5 August 1939. Many of their comrades at the prison recall that while they were being driven away by lorry to their deaths, they sang the "Youthful Guardsmen" (JSU's anthem) so as to be heard by their comrades who remained in jail. The victims were accused of aiding a military rebellion and of assassinating a high-ranking political police officer, his 16-year-old daughter, and driver.

In 2005, a foundation (Fundación Trece Rosas) was created in Spain to keep their memory alive.

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Martin B-26A-1 Marauder 41-7413 to RAF in Africa as Marauder IA FK373 on the 8th of August, 1942. MIA on reconnaissance mission on the 26th of August 1943.

Missing from Recce Mission - shot down by Ju52
F/O EL Archer, F/Sgt AR Smith, F/O JF Kennedy, F/Sgt GA Linschau, Sgt JT Jones - all PoW; Sgt A Phethean killed.

Martin B-26B-35-MA Marauder 41-32013 (387 BG, 559th BS, 9th AF) shot down by Fw 190A-6 believed flown by Oblt Josef Wurmneller of JG 2/9, 20 km N of Knokke, Belgium off the coast of Holland on the 25th of February 1944. All 9 crew killed.

Martin B-26C-5-MO Marauder 41-34713 (454th BS, 323rd BG, 9th AF, "Stinkin Clinkin") hit by bomb dropped from above by another B-26 over Saint Omer airfield, France and crashed on the 23rd of November 1943. All 5 crew killed.

Douglas C-47A-20-DL 42-23513 (MSN 9375) to USAAF on the 15th of April 1943.
Oran, Algeria on the 21st of May 1943.
36th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, North Africa. Enfidaville, Tunisia on the 21st of June 1943.
Transported paratroopers of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division to a drop zone near Gela, Sicily on Mission 'Husky II' 11/12 of July 1943.
Battle damaged, one killed.

Douglas C-47A-30-DL 42-23713 (MSN 9575) to USAAF on the 21st of May, 1943.
Original aircraft of 13th AF 403rd TCG 66th TCS as 237 "Ghost of Billie L" on the 16th of July 1943 flown to Australia by them.
Dropped paratroops at Nadzab NG as part of A flight on the 05th if September 1943.
5th AF 403rd TCG 66th TCS on attachment from 13th AF as 237 09Nov43.
Crashed at Korigu Airstrip New Guinea on the 12th of February 1944.
Attempted to pull up landing on wrong strip at Korigu but could not and hit building, a/c destroyed Feb 12, 1944. Only minor injuries.- Condemned on the 15th of February after accident.

Republic P-47D-21-RE Thunderbolt 42-25513 (MSN 1090) 361st FS (QI-R), 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; HQ Squadron, 356th FG, 8th AF; "Kay barb J" (named after the pilot's wife Kay, daughter Barbara, and son Jim).
Damaged by small arms fire while strafing an airfield at Haguenau, France and crash landed at Walbourg, France on the 23rd of April 1944. MACR 4323. The pilot was Colonel Einar A. Malmstrom, Commanding Officer of the 356th FG; he was captured and taken POW, becoming the Senior Allied Officer in the South Compound of Stalag Luft I from April 1944 through to the 15 of May 1945. He was killed in a jet fighter crash on on the 21st of August 1954 near Great Falls AFB Montana; Malmstrom AF Base near Great Falls, Montana is named after him.

Republic P-47D-25-RE Thunderbolt 42-26413 (MSN 1990) War Bond aircraft; "Oregon's Britannia"; 63rd FS (UN-Z), 56th FG, 8th AF, RAF Boxted, Essex, UK Station 150; "Happy Warrior"; In May 1944 the aircraft was one of a few which were subjected to a severe weight reduction program to operate special top cover to counter high-altitude Bf 109s.
The armor plating, some hydraulic components, four of the guns and other equipment saved approximately one ton. The undersides were painted sky blue. High octane fuel was carried internally and in two external drop tanks. Used for an occasional 'Purple Flight' at 38,000 feet.
Had an accident on the 26th of September 1944 when landing at Boxted; Crashed on the 30th of December 1944 after the engine failed on approach to land at Boxted. The engine had been rebuilt and the aircraft taken for a local test flight.
The landing gear was extended for the landing when the engine failed, the aircraft crashed in a field at Wick Farm, turned over and caught fire. The pilot was killed.

Consolidated B-24D-45-CO Liberator 42-40313 (98th BG, 343rd BS, "Boots") shot down by AAA on the 1st of August 1943 on the Ploesti raid. 8 KIA, 2 POW.

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Lt. Lawrence E Murphy and crew were leading the 3rd wave attacking White IV, Ploesti, A/C took a direct AA hit in the bomb bay and crashed in refinery grounds. Only two escaped this target-area flaming wreck, gunners Yost and McGrath.

1st/Lt. Lawrence E. Murphy Pilot KIA,
2nd/Lt. Gilbert H. Kyer Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Joseph T. Rotundo Navigator KIA,
2nd/Lt.William Scott Havens Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Donald P. Sowers Engineer KIA,
T/Sgt. William L. Popham Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt.Edward Amand Gunner KIA,
T/Sgt. John B. Delaloire, Jr KIA

Lucky13 said:

Republic P-47D-25-RE Thunderbolt 42-26413 (MSN 1990) War Bond aircraft; "Oregon's Britannia"; 63rd FS (UN-Z), 56th FG, 8th AF, RAF Boxted, Essex, UK Station 150; "Happy Warrior"; In May 1944 the aircraft was one of a few which were subjected to a severe weight reduction program to operate special top cover to counter high-altitude Bf 109s.
The armor plating, some hydraulic components, four of the guns and other equipment saved approximately one ton. The undersides were painted sky blue. High octane fuel was carried internally and in two external drop tanks. Used for an occasional 'Purple Flight' at 38,000 feet.
Had an accident on the 26th of September 1944 when landing at Boxted; Crashed on the 30th of December 1944 after the engine failed on approach to land at Boxted. The engine had been rebuilt and the aircraft taken for a local test flight.
The landing gear was extended for the landing when the engine failed, the aircraft crashed in a field at Wick Farm, turned over and caught fire. The pilot was killed.

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Been informed that 42-26413 wasn't one of these Super Thunderbolts, but....P-47D-10-RE 42-75213 'LM-L' was!

Consolidated B-24D-80-CO Liberator 42-40613 (93rd BG, 330th BS, 8th AF, "Pudgy") made forced landing at Ogrezeni, Rumania after being damaged by German fighters during Ploesti raid on the 1st of August 1943. 6 crew killed, 5 bailed out and became POW.

Consolidated B-24D-125-CO Liberator 42-41013 lost on the 7th of January 1944, over France. 566th Bombardment Squadron 389th Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Hethel Airfield) Station USAAF-114 Norfolk England. Shot down by gunfire from a Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-6 and crashed northeast of Orleans France, while on a Mission on The I. G. Farbenindustrie Chemical Plant at Ludwigshafen Germany. Fw 190A-6 flown by Major Egon Mayer of JG 2/Stab.
10 crew killed, 1 Crewman bailed out and was captured and became a POW.