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Memphis Belle Departs for Home

By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on January 14th, 2012%

The famous B-17 Flying Fortress “Memphis Belle” and her crew depart England for home.

Glider Pickup at Eindhoven

By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on December 3rd, 2011%

Gliders used in Operation Market Garden are retrieved from Holland to be used again in future airborne operations. A special glider pickup device is used to allow the gliders to be retrieved without landing the tow plane.

German Panthers as Ersatz M10s

By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on November 30th, 2011%

During the Battle of the Bulge, the Germans disguised several Panther tanks as U.S. M10 tank destroyers (“Ersatz M10″). Part of the Operation Greif created and commanded by Otto Skorzeny, Panzer Brigade 150 deployed these Panther Ausf. G tanks which had been extensively modified and painted to resemble U.S. M10 tank destroyers.

Ball Turret Video

By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on June 4th, 2011%

Short, but interesting, video of a bomber ball turret from the Stockton Field Aviation Museum firing the .50 cal.’s on a test stand:

Coast Guards SPARS Video

By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on May 3rd, 2011%

Recruitment video for the Coast Guard SPARS:

The Rear Gunner

By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on March 7th, 2011%

The Rear Gunner is a 1943 film by the U.S. Army Air Forces movie telling the story of the young private L.A. Pee Wee Williams whose marksmanship skills turn him into a medal-winning bomber tail gunner. The movie stars Burgess Meredith and Ronald Reagan.

Sound of the Japanese Zero

By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on February 7th, 2011%

The authentic sound of a Japanese A6M5 Zero with a fully-restored original Mitsubishi Sakae radial engine. This particular Zero was built by Nakajima in 1943, captured by U.S. forces on Saipan in June 1944, shipped to the U.S. for evaluation, sold for salvage, and then eventually being purchased and restored by the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, California.