That's okay, Larry, I have a system that seems to work alright. Also allows me to double check names and SNs of those I already have listed. Just...
No, I have a PDF . . . courtesy of Hyperwar of course.
Don't know if you'd call it "reading." 1949 USNR Register of Officers Line by line, plucking out naval aviators examining service numbers, rank,...
Cost of the B-29 project was 3,000,000,000 by the end of the war; that's about $53,796,306,818 today. So, to develop and field the planes that...
I have two daughters, thankfully now all grown up, I'm not scared of anything. and FWTW I was the Y2K go to guy for the systems and equipment...
I hate to be a killjoy but with regard to WWII personal items donated to a museum . . . donations usually require signing off on absolute...
Just finished it. I liked it.
I'm presuming you already found this where someone was looking for similar info a few years back and got a response from "Jason" at the National...
"This is in contrast to the assertions of certain other individuals whom I have encountered elsewhere in cyberspace, some of whom evidently and...
Interesting, two posts and you feel it necessary to cast about innuendo. Well, if you don't like the folks here, no doubt because you believe...
you forgot a couple of drops of oil . . . makes it slide down easier
Specifically, in the WW2 years, the guys in the back seat were not naval aviation observers, but were enlisted aircrewmen, usually of the ARM...
Most of the guys in the back seat were enlisted aviation ratings and most of them were of the ARM variety, ARM2c, and ARM3c, that is Aviation...
Up until 1941 the carrier based VB and VS squadrons might, or might not have, operated different aircraft, however, for the most part by the end...
Off the top of my head . . . SBDs were pretty much interchangeable in the VS and VB roles. Pilots were also interchangeable as they had the same...
Peter Ortiz represented them nicely. Peter J. Ortiz - Wikipedia The Incredible Saga of OSS Col. Peter J. Ortiz in World War II | Defense Media...
At the risk of repeating myself, from a couple of previous posts on the topic . . . We might do well to remember that all, that’s right, ALL, of...
Oh, Timmy, Timmy, Timmy . . . it is almost Christmas and you still spout your drivel. Who, in the US government or military establishment, knew...
Along about my 18th birthday, I was living in Arlington VA. A young lady with whom I was quite taken and lived in Norfolk (I’d actually gone to...
Don't know abut the other two guys. but Ken's endorsement goes a long way in the decision process.