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[Lucky13]

I'm not sure that I've seen this photo before....

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The U.S. Navy minelayer USS Shawmut (CM-4) operating in the Caribbean in April 1924. To avoid verbal confusion with USS Chaumont (AP-5), it was renamed Oglala in January 1928.

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The U.S. Navy minelayer USS Shawmut (CM-4) operating in the Caribbean in April 1924. To avoid verbal confusion with USS Chaumont (AP-5), it was renamed Oglala in January 1928.

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Source: Wikipedia

That's informative too!

 

[Lucky13]

Photo: Anders Nylén
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[SaparotRob]

Interesting paper. Isolationist?

 

[Glider]

Interesting paper. Isolationist?

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[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[Lucky13]

Rather nicely done....

 

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A Hawker Hurricane Mk I of No. 85 Squadron taxiing by the light of a flare at Debden, before taking off to intercept night
raiders, 14 March 1941. A Hawker Hurricane Mark I night fighter of No. 85 Squadron RAF taxiing by the light of a flare at
Debden, Essex, before taking off to intercept night raiders. Note the navigation lights on the wing tips.

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Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. Squadron Leader James Wheeler, a Flight Commander of No. 85 Squadron
RAF, gets into the cockpit of a Hawker Hurricane Mark I night fighter, 'VY-X', at Debden, Essex, for a sortie while taking
advantage of the clear moonlit nights during the period of the full moon from 10-16 March 1941.

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Royal Air Force Operations in Malta, Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, 1940-1945. A Hawker Hurricane Mark I of No. 213
Squadron RAF based at Famagusta, banks away from the photographer's aircraft over the mountains of Cyprus.
Note the undersurface paint scheme used - with considerable variation - to identify operational RAF fighters in the early
years of the Second World War. In this case the aircraft's azure-blue undersurface has been augmented by painting the
port wing matt black.

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[Wurger]

A nice shot ... however I'm not sure if the undersides were of the azure-blue colour. IMHO it is of the Sky. The way of painting of the port wing undersides with the black was introduced on 27.11.1940 and was used to 22.04.1940. Earlier on 6.06.1940 the Sky became the colour for all bottom surfaces. IMHO the Hurricane is wearing the standard RAF temperate land scheme.

 

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[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[Lucky13]

Alsace, Hawker Hurricane: N2623 V7770 W9295 W9309 Z4105 Z4106 Z4185 Z4186 Z4189 Z4230 Z4242 Z4355 Z4391 Z4425 Z4434 Z4492 Z4535 Z4603 Z4615 Z4619 Z4643 Z4645 Z4648 Z4708 Z4714 Z4718 Z4761 Z4797 Z4856 Z4948 Z4955 Z5306 Z5314 Z5316 Z5330 Z5336 Z5617 Z6996 BD700 BG707 BG877 BG884 BG960 BG974 BH131 BM968 BN279 BN353 BP661

EC.2/3, Hawker Hurricane: HL781 HV408 HW167 HW197 HW243 HW424 HW572 HW750 HW876 KX831 KZ344 KZ355 KZ457 KZ464 KZ502 KZ547 KZ774 KZ898 LB621 LB662 LB665 LB897

EC.3/3, Hawker Hurricane: HV511 HV740 HW188 HW572 HW750 HW848 HW876 KW878 KW958 KX923 KX927 KX952 KZ129 KZ502 KZ547 LD106

EC.3/7, Hawker Hurricane: HV311

 

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