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05-26-2014, 05:08 PM | #1 |
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Interesting Historical Photos
Although not all of these photos are related to military action, most are, I thought they were interesting, hope you do too.
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Some interesting pics...I liked Rommel pushing his car...
The WW I submarine control room was mind-boggling... The pic of the V-1 stirred my memory...Years ago, one of my supervisors at Kimberly-Clark was raised in London during WW II. He told me that the V-1 was called [by Londoners] - a 'London Taxi'...I was puzzled by that, but he had an old clipping [almanac page?] showing that - In the first four years of war British casualties (including P.O.W.'s and missing) were 387,996. The number killed and injured in traffic accidents was 588,742. Droll people, the British...
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Great pic of the B 32 assembly line. It was a back up to the B 29. The US Navy used them as long range maritime patrol aircraft in the Pacific. Mike
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Is that the Vega plant??? In Dallas???
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No, it's Consolidated's Fort Worth Plant. My bad, the B 32 was only operated by the AAF. I beleive they also built the B 36's there post war.
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