HISTORIC PICTURES HIDDEN FROM MANKIND FOR 69 YEARS
Some
say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of
romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as
there is a wrong left unredressed on earth."
Charles
Kingsley,
Vol., II, Ch
28:
"A good
conscience is a continual Christmas"
Benjamin Franklin
For you history and photography
buffs, you will be fascinated by the following incredible and rare
photos. This editor especially appreciates the photos of Kwajalein
as one of the original founders of the Academy built the first spy
listening posts there. Although not in the military, because he
would have to live with the Military, he would opine the most hilarious
stories of high ranking personal who would yell at him to get in with
the soldiers for exercise and he would look and simply say "no".
Of course he could only pull this stuff off for a while as they would
report him to Langley where he would get ordered to cooperate. And
he would opine cooperate in my middle name! In any event, another
of the founders of the Academy albeit retired from any work, head of
investigations sent this article in. And what he found is so
amazing that this editor is sure you will be fascinated by this Journals
scoop.
Now you may ask "Where have
these very rare and unusual WWII Photographs been hiding for the past 69
years?" Well, take a look at a few and this editor will reveal the
facts as you enjoy these real life war experiences of our men and women
of the US Armed Forces and their support agencies.
Japanese Kawanishi H8K seaplane after strafing Kwajalein.
Squad
of Rufe's at Bougainville. These planes were very nimble even with
pontoons.
The
A6M2-N float plane version of the Zero did extremely well, suffering
only a small loss in its legendary maneuverability. Top speed was
not affected, however, the aircraft's relatively light armament was a
detriment.
Snow on
deck. USS Philippine Sea North Pacific 1945.
HARVS on the way in shot by a P-47. This is a rare photograph.
Deck crew climbing up to get the pilot out. He did. That's a
fuel tank his foot is on. Empty?
Marines disembark LST at Tinian Island.
Bougainville.
Guam.
Outside Bastogne.
German 280 mm K5 firing.
U.S. munitions ship goes up during the invasion of
Sicily.
V1
Spitfire "tipping-off" a V1. If you've never heard of this insane
tactic.....At first V1's were shot down by gunfire. Optimum range
was inside 200 yds, which was marginal for survival. Many planes
were damaged and quite a few pilots killed. Basically at such high
speed and low altitude a plane had to fly through the explosion and
hope.
With the high risk of being
blown up some of the best pilots started tipping the V1's wing because
of damage to wing tips they later developed a tactic of disrupting the
airflow by placing their wing very close to the V1's wing, causing it to
topple.
Not every pilot did this.
At night this was not possible, the flame from the V1 blinded the pilot
to everything else, though some Mossie pilots flew past closely in front
of the V1, again causing it to topple. The thought of doing this
at 450 mph, 4,000 feet above the ground, at night and being blinded
gives me the willies.
Panzerkampfwagen VI "E Tiger".
Ju 88 loading a torpedo. This is one HUGE
bomber...and it's on pontoons!
German
"KARL" mortars. Sebastopol.
Reloading a KARL.
BOOM!
Macchi 202v.
Italian
303 Bombers over North Africa.
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