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A Martlet (Wildcat) fighter taking off on HMS Formidable 1942 DEST
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Officers inspecting the starboard engine of another Yellow Wings PBY the net
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OL-8 amphibian, appropriately nicknamed "Seward" after the secretary of state who purchased the territory, being hoisted out of the water at Cordova, Alaska, in 1932 the net
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An F4F-3 Wildcat undergoing maintenance in USS Enterprise's hangar deck, 28 October 1941.
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General Władysław Sikorski, the C-in-C of the Polish Armed Forces, addressing pilots and ground
crew of No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron after decorating them with Crosses of Valour at RAF Northolt,
28 October 1941.
crew of No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron after decorating them with Crosses of Valour at RAF Northolt,
28 October 1941.
They used to come into Prestwick crewed by BOAC
Markings are pre-June 1942
The IJN light cruiser Sendai.
Amusing to see the editing out of the Sanskrit svastika (su meaning "good" or "well" and asti meaning "to be"), translating to "conducive to well-being," "good fortune," or "luck" in this non-Nazi application. The symbol abounds in Indo Asian, Buddhist, and Navajo cultures meaning fortune and prosperity. Finnish culture abounds with uplifting symbolisms, words, sayings and lore ... one of the world's least aggressive societies.
Yes it was very popular symbol at the time...wonder why. How did Latvian AF adopt the symbol...and why Adolf in Germany for his party ?
A lot of cultures naturally gravitated toward variations of the cross as their identifying symbols, often with a religious tie, but also linked to the spread eagle human form. Note the wide variety of crosses and squares in nature, construction, art layout and architecture. Even the Polish symbol has swastika elements.
Himmler was obsessed with mysticism, and influenced Adolph in adopting favorable legends, lore and symbolism to create a legend for Nazism, ranging from Nordic to Oriental.
