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1918 01 30 SE5 McCudden victories 45 and 46 by Mark Postlethwaite
On 30 January 1918 - a bright winter’s morning - No 56 Sqn ace Capt James McCudden took off alone at 0945 hrs. The previous day the engine of his SE 5a had been fitted with high compression pistons, and McCudden hoped that they would sufficiently increase the power of his Hispano-Suiza 8B motor to enable him to catch and engage the enemy’s high-flying. Maybach-powered, Rumpler Cs. After two unsuccessful engagements involving a Hannover C over Bullecourt and five Albatros scouts south of Vendhuille. McCudden saw five more German fighters climbing for height above Anneux. Determined as ever to follow his own dictum ‘to destroy as many as possible of the enemy at the least risk and casualties to one’s own side’, the veteran ace waited until the aircraft had reached 14,000 ft before using a 5000-ft height advantage to dive on them; 'Down I went, and very quickly got behind the leader, into whom I fired a burst at very close range. He at once went down vertically, with pieces of three-ply wood falling off his fuselage. and he was seen to strike the ground by our “Archie” gunners. I hadn’t time to watch him, as I was fighting four more scouts now and had my attention fully occupied. However, I got into position behind a Plalz, and after a short burst from the good old Vickers he went down in a spiral dive and crashed also.’ The remaining three enemy scouts, in McCudden’s own words 'now evinced signs of alarm’. He fired at another Albatros. which spun away, but was then attacked by a second machine from behind. McCudden quickly reversed the positions. got onto the tail of the Albatros and opened fire. but after only a short burst both guns stopped - his Lewis gun was out of ammunition, and the the belt of his Vickers had broken. McCudden now felt 'awfully brave'·, and realising the remaining Albatros and Plalz were 'awfully dud’, stayed to fight them, chasing the scouts south of Cambrai before heading home. The leader of the formation. Vfw Adam Barth of Jasta 10. flying Albatros D V 4565/17 was killed, whilst the pilot of the Plalz- McCudden’s second victory of the day, and his 46th overall - survived the crash
On 30 January 1918 - a bright winter’s morning - No 56 Sqn ace Capt James McCudden took off alone at 0945 hrs. The previous day the engine of his SE 5a had been fitted with high compression pistons, and McCudden hoped that they would sufficiently increase the power of his Hispano-Suiza 8B motor to enable him to catch and engage the enemy’s high-flying. Maybach-powered, Rumpler Cs. After two unsuccessful engagements involving a Hannover C over Bullecourt and five Albatros scouts south of Vendhuille. McCudden saw five more German fighters climbing for height above Anneux. Determined as ever to follow his own dictum ‘to destroy as many as possible of the enemy at the least risk and casualties to one’s own side’, the veteran ace waited until the aircraft had reached 14,000 ft before using a 5000-ft height advantage to dive on them; 'Down I went, and very quickly got behind the leader, into whom I fired a burst at very close range. He at once went down vertically, with pieces of three-ply wood falling off his fuselage. and he was seen to strike the ground by our “Archie” gunners. I hadn’t time to watch him, as I was fighting four more scouts now and had my attention fully occupied. However, I got into position behind a Plalz, and after a short burst from the good old Vickers he went down in a spiral dive and crashed also.’ The remaining three enemy scouts, in McCudden’s own words 'now evinced signs of alarm’. He fired at another Albatros. which spun away, but was then attacked by a second machine from behind. McCudden quickly reversed the positions. got onto the tail of the Albatros and opened fire. but after only a short burst both guns stopped - his Lewis gun was out of ammunition, and the the belt of his Vickers had broken. McCudden now felt 'awfully brave'·, and realising the remaining Albatros and Plalz were 'awfully dud’, stayed to fight them, chasing the scouts south of Cambrai before heading home. The leader of the formation. Vfw Adam Barth of Jasta 10. flying Albatros D V 4565/17 was killed, whilst the pilot of the Plalz- McCudden’s second victory of the day, and his 46th overall - survived the crash
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Fresh from striking targets near Mazar-e-Sharif, Lion 101 was headed back to USS Carl Vinson when a desperate radio call shattered the silence - an American Special Operations team was being overrun by hundreds of Taliban fighters.
Despite having expended all their bombs, “Biff” and “Tung” answered the call. With only a full 20mm gun and 600 rounds left, they requested permission to drop below the clouds - well under combat minimums. After tense minutes, AWACS cleared them to engage.
What followed became Tomcat history.
Diving at 540 knots through broken weather, Lion 101 strafed the attacking forces again and again - RPG smoke trails streaking past as Taliban fighters on horseback fired back. As Biff later recalled, it felt like “Buck Rogers vs. the Arabian Knights.”
Their gun runs were devastating, buying the pinned-down Americans and their Afghan partners the precious minutes needed to escape.
This was the first time the F-14 Tomcat ever used its gun in true Troops-In-Contact Close Air Support.
Despite having expended all their bombs, “Biff” and “Tung” answered the call. With only a full 20mm gun and 600 rounds left, they requested permission to drop below the clouds - well under combat minimums. After tense minutes, AWACS cleared them to engage.
What followed became Tomcat history.
Diving at 540 knots through broken weather, Lion 101 strafed the attacking forces again and again - RPG smoke trails streaking past as Taliban fighters on horseback fired back. As Biff later recalled, it felt like “Buck Rogers vs. the Arabian Knights.”
Their gun runs were devastating, buying the pinned-down Americans and their Afghan partners the precious minutes needed to escape.
This was the first time the F-14 Tomcat ever used its gun in true Troops-In-Contact Close Air Support.
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Obvious typo here - should read launched 1815 rather than 1915.
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1944 11 07 Puffendorf, Panther 9 Panzer Division by Steve Noon
Tank Battle at Puffendorf, November 17, 1944
Panther tanks of Kampfgruppe Bockhoff began attacking towards Puffendorf in the early morning. Sherman tanks of 2nd Armoured Division, deployed in open ground bore the brunt of the attack. Struggling in the mud, the guns of the Sherman’s were largely ineffective against more heavily armoured Panthers. Often sheltering behind ruined buildings their experienced crews maintained a safe distance, from the more vunerable Sherman’s.
Later that morning the battered US forces withdrew, 2nd Battalion having lost 19 tanks.
Tank Battle at Puffendorf, November 17, 1944
Panther tanks of Kampfgruppe Bockhoff began attacking towards Puffendorf in the early morning. Sherman tanks of 2nd Armoured Division, deployed in open ground bore the brunt of the attack. Struggling in the mud, the guns of the Sherman’s were largely ineffective against more heavily armoured Panthers. Often sheltering behind ruined buildings their experienced crews maintained a safe distance, from the more vunerable Sherman’s.
Later that morning the battered US forces withdrew, 2nd Battalion having lost 19 tanks.
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Hi Gents,
Just wondering from which regiment are they?
Ideas?
Leicestershire?
“A Friendly Power in Egypt”- Walter Charles Horsley (1906)
Just wondering from which regiment are they?
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Leicestershire?
“A Friendly Power in Egypt”- Walter Charles Horsley (1906)
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Gentlemen, The King
King George V in Procession at the Funeral of King Edward VII
(20 May 1910)- Richard Caton Woodville Jr. (c.1910)
King George V in Procession at the Funeral of King Edward VII
(20 May 1910)- Richard Caton Woodville Jr. (c.1910)
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1943 09 06 Reich Bf 109G-6 Hermann Graf JG 50 by Iain Wylie
Eastern front Experte (with 202 kills) Major Hermann Graf was appointed to the command of JG® 50 in August 1943. This specialist Defence of the Reich unit was tasked with combating US heavy bombers, as well as high- flying RAF reconnaissance aircraft.
For this dual role, the Geschwader equipped its Bf 109G-6s either with underwing rockets (as depicted here) or additional cannon gondolas. On 6 September Graf claimed two B-17s during the
Eighth Air Force’s costly, and ineffective, mission against
Stuttgart, which was frustrated by increasingly cloudy conditions.
The bombers ended up attacking ‘targets of opportunity’ instead,
dropping ordnance over wide tracts of Germany and occupied western Europe - the 100th Bomb Group (BG), for example, dropped its bombs south-west of Paris!
In this specially-commissioned artwork by lain Wyllie, Graf’s Bf 109G-6 (Wk-Nr 15913) 'Red 1’ is seen just seconds after performing a head-on attack on a formation of B-17Fs from the 92nd BG, which has left one Flying Fortress streaming smoke from its outer port engine.
The 92nd lost seven bombers on this day, at least one of which almost certainly fell to Major Graf
Eastern front Experte (with 202 kills) Major Hermann Graf was appointed to the command of JG® 50 in August 1943. This specialist Defence of the Reich unit was tasked with combating US heavy bombers, as well as high- flying RAF reconnaissance aircraft.
For this dual role, the Geschwader equipped its Bf 109G-6s either with underwing rockets (as depicted here) or additional cannon gondolas. On 6 September Graf claimed two B-17s during the
Eighth Air Force’s costly, and ineffective, mission against
Stuttgart, which was frustrated by increasingly cloudy conditions.
The bombers ended up attacking ‘targets of opportunity’ instead,
dropping ordnance over wide tracts of Germany and occupied western Europe - the 100th Bomb Group (BG), for example, dropped its bombs south-west of Paris!
In this specially-commissioned artwork by lain Wyllie, Graf’s Bf 109G-6 (Wk-Nr 15913) 'Red 1’ is seen just seconds after performing a head-on attack on a formation of B-17Fs from the 92nd BG, which has left one Flying Fortress streaming smoke from its outer port engine.
The 92nd lost seven bombers on this day, at least one of which almost certainly fell to Major Graf
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Did you know that the French were using some kind of simulator for training as early as the early 1900s?
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