Snautzer01
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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.
Picture of the day. (35 Viewers)
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Its just you are so generous in sharing one might have thought this wasnt in your intrest sphere.
Silly me.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Welcome to my world.
MiTasol
Major
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.
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syscom3
Pacific Historian
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
Warming up the engines on a P-61 before flight, Ladd Field, Alaska, February 1944
Greg Boeser
1st Lieutenant
Ladd Field was a cold weather testing facility.
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syscom3
Pacific Historian
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.
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syscom3
Pacific Historian
Reflection of a Riveter: February 1943.
Working on a "Vengeance" dive-bomber at Vultee-Nashville.
Working on a "Vengeance" dive-bomber at Vultee-Nashville.
MiTasol
Major
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
GREAT photo though
Snautzer01
Marshal
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Caption original photo is electric hand drill.
Good shots!
Elvis
1st Sergeant
Nice lookin' Mosin he's got slung over his shoulder.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.
Elvis
1st Sergeant
So she's a driller, not a riveter?
Greg Boeser
1st Lieutenant
Desdemona the Driller?
Elvis
1st Sergeant
WINNER
This rifle is a locally made Hanyang Arsenal Type 88, cal. 7.92 X 57, a chinese copy of the Mauser M1888.
Elvis
1st Sergeant
I stand corrected!
Is that the standard mounting?
MiTasol
Major
Good question
I am sure we will get some good detail from some members.
I am sure we will get some good detail from some members.
For the very early, shark tailed, waist blistered YB versions at least.
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syscom3
Pacific Historian
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.
