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Snautzer01 · Dec 28, 2023

MiTasol said:
No I do not but it would be a nice one to have. Maybe I should post some of my civil defense booklets when I get home.

Or news items that were temporary wartime changes that lasted over 50 years

Uhmm i was joking... Boy that back fired.
Its just you are so generous in sharing one might have thought this wasnt in your intrest sphere.

Silly me.

SaparotRob · Dec 28, 2023

Snautzer01 said:
Uhmm i was joking... Boy that back fired.

Welcome to my world.

MiTasol · Dec 29, 2023

Snautzer01 said:
Uhmm i was joking... Boy that back fired.
Its just you are so generous in sharing one might have thought this wasnt in your intrest sphere.

Silly me.

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you are right, is not my interest area at all in most cases but I hate seeing such data disappear into a private collection as many such collections end up in the dump as soon as the collector dies and that is why I am posting so much of mine. A friend had a massive collection that went to the tip before his funeral. In revenge I told his !"£$%^ son I would have paid a thousand bucks for one particular manual.

Most of my small civil defense collection started at a market where I was talking to the wife of a guy who was selling it for a small fortune and found out he was going to bin what he did not sell. I told her I would take all the leftovers for $5. at the end of the day ans she said sold and gave me the lot. One manual is for a pressure cooker that was made by a major aircraft manufacturer post war.

Most of the rest of the civil defense stuff came from research into a specific 1942 plane crash and was in the newspapers I was reviewing.

syscom3 · Dec 30, 2023

The caption mentioned that this is in Alaska. I don't know why they would have P61's up there in 1944. I think this was in the lower states, probably the upper midwest.
Warming up the engines on a P-61 before flight, Ladd Field, Alaska, February 1944

Greg Boeser · Dec 30, 2023

syscom3 said:
The caption mentioned that this is in Alaska. I don't know why they would have P61's up there in 1944. I think this was in the lower states, probably the upper midwest.
Warming up the engines on a P-61 before flight, Ladd Field, Alaska, February 1944

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Ladd Field was a cold weather testing facility.

syscom3 · Jan 1, 2024

Staff Sergeant Richard R. Boot, a left gunner on a B-29, and an unidentified Chinese guard warm themselves over a small oil fire before take-off for a mission, China, December 1944.

syscom3 · Jan 2, 2024

Reflection of a Riveter: February 1943.
Working on a "Vengeance" dive-bomber at Vultee-Nashville.

MiTasol · Jan 2, 2024

That is not a rivet gun but an electric drill so the lady was probably countersinking holes in preparation for riveting. Her hand would be covering the integral countersink attachment.

GREAT photo though

Snautzer01 · Jan 2, 2024

Caption original photo is electric hand drill.

Gnomey · Jan 2, 2024

Good shots!

Elvis · Jan 3, 2024

syscom3 said:
Staff Sergeant Richard R. Boot, a left gunner on a B-29, and an unidentified Chinese guard warm themselves over a small oil fire before take-off for a mission, China, December 1944.

Nice lookin' Mosin he's got slung over his shoulder.

Elvis · Jan 3, 2024

MiTasol said:
That is not a rivet gun but an electric drill so the lady was probably countersinking holes in preparation for riveting. Her hand would be covering the integral countersink attachment.

GREAT photo though

So she's a driller, not a riveter?

Greg Boeser · Jan 3, 2024

Elvis said:
So she's a driller, not a riveter?

Desdemona the Driller?

Elvis · Jan 3, 2024

Greg Boeser said:
Desdemona the Driller?

WINNER

Frog · Jan 4, 2024

Elvis said:
Nice lookin' Mosin he's got slung over his shoulder.

This rifle is a locally made Hanyang Arsenal Type 88, cal. 7.92 X 57, a chinese copy of the Mauser M1888.

Elvis · Jan 4, 2024

Frog said:
This rifle is a locally made Hanyang Arsenal Type 88, cal. 7.92 X 57, a chinese copy of the Mauser M1888.

I stand corrected!

sfg · Jan 5, 2024

Aaron Brooks Wolters said:
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American airmen posing with the side machine gun of a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, May 1942. War History Online

Is that the standard mounting?

MiTasol · Jan 5, 2024

Good question

I am sure we will get some good detail from some members.

Capt. Vick · Jan 5, 2024

For the very early, shark tailed, waist blistered YB versions at least.

syscom3 · Jan 7, 2024

The new German battleship Scharnhorst was ceremoniously commissioned at Wilhelmshaven, Germany, on January 7, 1939. This is the first German warship to be placed into service since the inauguration of the naval program. A view of the Scharnhorst during the commissioning ceremony at Wilhelmshaven, Germany.

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