F-4B of VF-161 aboard USS MIDWAY (CVA-41) the 22nd May 1972. The day after, the CAG bird in foreground (F-4B BuAer 153020 / NF 100) shot down two MiG-17 in the hands of LCdr Ronald Mc Keown and Lt Jack Ensch.
Here we have a Denver & Rio Grande Western , 2-8-0, No.1036, (9), Nos.1031-1039 , Schenectady 1906-10, ex D&SL Nos.111-113 , 118-123, , at Roper Utah, 1948.
R.D.Patton collection.
SLP library photo.
TBT...Guilford train symbol UB52B (unit coal train) with CP M636 4713 and GATX SD40-2's 2002, 7360 and 7366 with 102 loads at the PSNH generating station at Bow,NH on 08/27/1992. The six axle MLW was extremely rare.
Date: 29th of January 1943
Time:
Type: Consolidated B-24
Owner/operator: 511 Squadron Royal Air Force (511 Sqn RAF)
Registration: AM913
C/n:
Msn:
Fatalities: 11
Occupants: 19
Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: RAF Talbenny, PEMBROKESHIRE UK
Phase: Approach
Nature: Military
Departure airport: Unknown
Destination airport: RAF Talbenny
Narrative:
On final approach the pilot lost control of the aircraft as the result of an engine's explosion. Aircraft came down in a field few miles from the runway threshold. Quickly on the spot, rescue teams were able to evacuate eight occupants seriously injured, while eleven others were found dead.
According to the Royal Air Force an engine exploded on approach and broke off, putting the aircraft in a situation that the pilot was unable to control.
The pilot F/O K.C.R Maskell (114382) & Brigadiers G.M Stewart & V. Dykes were among those killed.
Hawker Tempest EJ713, W2-K, of No. 80 Squadron, about to lift off from Volkel early in October '44. F/L J. M. Weston scored 80 Squadron second Tempest victory, a Bf 109, in this aircraft on 8 December '44....