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• Aug 26, 2020

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• Aug 26, 2020

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Syscom? In post 17,589 and post 17,606 you have the same photo but a different caption for each. Looking at photos, I would tend to believe the former. But I may be wrong.

 

• Aug 27, 2020

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• Aug 27, 2020

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syscom3 said:

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-18) showing her damage received during a typhoon off Japan on 26 August 1945.

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And still ticking... typhoons... pfft!

 

• Aug 27, 2020

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A-20J 43-21745 "Irene" code 8U-S of the 410th Bomb Group, 646th BS

 

• Aug 27, 2020

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Japanese naval officers go over charts of Sagami and Tokyo Bays during a piloting conference with Admiral William F. Halsey's Third Fleet staff, aboard his flagship, U.S. Navy Iowa-class battleship USS Missouri (BB-63), 27 August 1945, as preparations were being made for the entrance of U.S. Third Fleet and British Pacific Fleet ships into Japanese waters. At left, in baseball cap, is Rear Admiral Robert B. Carney, Third Fleet Chief of Staff. At right is Japanese language officer Commander Gilven M. Slonim. The State of Missouri Seal is on the bulkhead in the upper left corner.

 

• Aug 27, 2020

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27 August 1945. Japanese harbor pilot boards the USS Missouri (BB-63) with charts for sailing into Sagami Bay.

 

• Aug 27, 2020

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Royal Navy battleship HMS Duke of York entering Sagami-wan on her way to Tokyo Bay, 27 August 1945. In the distance are USS Iowa (BB-61) and USS Missouri (BB-63).

 

• Aug 27, 2020

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Captain Yoshihiko Wakasaki of Yokosuka Naval Base aboard USS Missouri (BB-63) for conference with William Halsey, 27 August 1945.

 

• Aug 27, 2020

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Sunset over the Allied Fleet in Sagami Bay, near Mount Fuji, Japan, August 27, 1945.

 

• Aug 27, 2020

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US and British warships in Sagami Bay, Japan, 27 August 1945; note Mount Fuji with setting sun behind it in background; photo taken from USS South Dakota (BB-57).

 

• Aug 27, 2020

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• Aug 27, 2020

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Aaron Brooks Wolters said:

Syscom? In post 17,589 and post 17,606 you have the same photo but a different caption for each. Looking at photos, I would tend to believe the former. But I may be wrong.

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I messed up. Like I said before, when I make an error, its a beaut!

 

• Aug 28, 2020

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I messed up. Like I said before, when I make an error, its a beaut!

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We all make mistakes but then our imperfection is what makes us so wonderful.

 

• Aug 28, 2020

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• Aug 28, 2020

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We all make mistakes but then our imperfection is what makes us so wonderful.

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What nonsense. There is nothing more expensive what foolishness.

 

• Aug 28, 2020

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Navy TBM Avengers and SB2C Helldivers on a raid over Hokadate, Japan in July of 1945.

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Any one knows if the joint strike pack TBF/SB2C got along in a successful way or they had to have different TO times to achive the same TOT?

 

• Aug 28, 2020

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The prototype YB-29-BW with a temporary armament fit consisting of a Erco ball turret in the nose, twin .50 package guns below the cockpit, and a standard tail turret.

 

• Aug 28, 2020

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Escuadrilla Azul said:

Any one knows if the joint strike pack TBF/SB2C got along in a successful way or they had to have different TO times to achive the same TOT?

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The takeoff sequence was dictated by the weight of the planes. Fighters first because they didnt need so much room. Next were the dive bombers. Last were the torpedo bombers.