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re: History in Pictures is a great twitter feed. Here is one just posted.
Posted on 8/7/14 at 9:37 am to Spaceman Spiff
Posted on 8/7/14 at 9:37 am to Spaceman Spiff
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Bonus: What kind of planes is she carrying?
gotta be Grumman F2Fs or F3Fs
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Posted on 8/7/14 at 9:37 am to FightinTigersDammit
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Does that car run on something other than gasoline?
Not gonna say.
Posted on 8/7/14 at 9:38 am to Darth_Vader
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What's the thing on the back if that car for?
that's a woodburner - converted the gas released from burning wood/coal to use in an internal combustion engine.
Posted on 8/7/14 at 9:42 am to captcouv
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that's a woodburner - converted the gas released from burning wood/coal to use in an internal combustion engine.
You got it.
during WWII in Europe & Japan due to fuel shortages many vehicles were converted to burn wood or coal.
Posted on 8/7/14 at 9:44 am to Spaceman Spiff
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Bonus: What kind of planes is she carrying?
The ones towards the stern are Martin Torpedo bombers. Probably T4Ms because they look like they've got radial engines and the T3M had an in-line.
The fighters are either Boeing F4Bs or Curtiss Goshawks. Both were used by the Navy in the 1930s and the photo doesn't have detail to tell for sure.
There should also be some Vought Corsairs (obviously the original scout, not the gull wing fighter) somewhere in the mix. They were still in use when WW2 started.
Posted on 8/7/14 at 9:56 am to captcouv
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gotta be Grumman F2Fs or F3Fs
No. Aside from the wings being wrong, the Barrels had fatter fuselages, enclosed cockpits, and gear that retracts forward of the lower wing.
Those fighters have open cockpits and fixed gear right below the wing.
They're Curtis or Boeing fighters, not Grummans.
Posted on 8/7/14 at 9:58 am to JustGetItRight
Here is another. Make/Model
Bonus: loadout
Posted on 8/7/14 at 10:01 am to Spaceman Spiff
That's a Martin Mauler. She was one of the last piston engine attack aircraft of the Navy. As for her load-out, those look like .5" rockets under her wings but the other three, I have no idea? Torpedoes? That's just a guess and not a good one... they don't look long enough to me.
Posted on 8/7/14 at 10:08 am to Darth_Vader
Correct, sir. I think the ones besides the rockets are airiel depth charges - I put it up because I wanted to know...
Posted on 8/7/14 at 10:09 am to Spaceman Spiff
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I think the ones besides the rockets are airiel depth charges - I put it up because I wanted to know...
I didn't consider that possiblity. Maybe that's what those are.
Posted on 8/7/14 at 10:17 am to Darth_Vader
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Martin Mauler
Not often remembered because of the awesome Skyraider.
Posted on 8/7/14 at 10:20 am to Spaceman Spiff
Switching gears....
What is this guy holding in his right hand?
What purpose does this item serve?
BONUS: Who is that dude?
What is this guy holding in his right hand?
What purpose does this item serve?
BONUS: Who is that dude?
Posted on 8/7/14 at 10:22 am to Darth_Vader
That is a Field Marshall's baton.
Posted on 8/7/14 at 10:32 am to FightinTigersDammit
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That is a Field Marshall's baton.
Bingo.
Any idea who he is?
Posted on 8/7/14 at 10:35 am to Darth_Vader
No clue. Good work in the Chili's thread.
Bunch of snobs in there.
Bunch of snobs in there.
Posted on 8/7/14 at 10:39 am to FightinTigersDammit
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No clue
French Marshall Jean Baptiste Jourdan
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Good work in the Chili's thread.
Bunch of snobs in there.
Thanks. I find the OT's obsession on trashiness to be borderline gay as shite.
Posted on 8/7/14 at 10:41 am to Darth_Vader
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Any idea who he is?
Not at all, sir.
Posted on 8/7/14 at 10:42 am to Darth_Vader
Damn. How many guys rise from Private to Field Marshall? 
Totally agree with the OT's obsessions
Totally agree with the OT's obsessions
Posted on 8/7/14 at 10:46 am to FightinTigersDammit
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Damn. How many guys rise from Private to Field Marshall?
not many.
Hitler went from private in a reserve Bavarian infantry regiment to Fuhrer of Germany. And Nathan Bedford Forrest went from Private to Lieutenant General for the CSA. Those two come to mind right away..
Posted on 8/7/14 at 10:50 am to Darth_Vader
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Nathan Bedford Forrest
ONLY man, on the southern side, anyway, to enlist as a Private and come out of the was a General.
Of course, he went in as a millionaire, and came out a pauper.
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