User contributions
30 November 2018
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File:Curtiss XP-55 following crash.jpg
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The first prototype Curtiss XP-55 "Ascender" (s/n 42-78845) following a test-flight accident on 15 November 1943. Test pilot J. Harvey Gray, undertaking stall testing, had the aircraft fall into an unrecoverable inverted flat spin and bailed out. (current)
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File:EL-2003-00004.jpg
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A Curtiss CW-24B at the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory at Hampton, Virginia (USA). Sometimes confused with the Curtiss XP-55 Ascender, the Curtiss CW-24B was the testbed for that canard fighter. A lighter aircraft with its tube steel and fabric constr... (current)
02:31
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File:Curtiss XP-55 Ascender in flight 061024-F-1234P-007.jpg
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Curtiss XP-55 Ascender in flight (current)
02:30
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Plane:Xp-36f
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added template and historical info (current)
02:28
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Plane:B-17g
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added template, historical info and images (current)
02:22
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File:Boeing B-17G.png
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Drawings of the different models of B-17 Flying Fortress (current)
02:20
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File:B-17 Damage Cologne.jpg
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B-17 Damaged on Bombing Mission over Cologne, Germany (USAF Photograph) (current)
02:17
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File:B-17G formation on bomb run.jpg
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Boeing B-17G formation bomb drop. Closest aircraft (SO-H) is B-17G-70-DL (S/N 44-6898) of the 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bomb Squadron. (current)
02:16
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File:B-17G Nose in Detail.jpg
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Boeing B-17G nose detail. (U.S. Air Force photo) (current)
02:14
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File:B-17 at Mighty 8th Air Force Museum, Pooler, GA, US.jpg
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B-17 being restored at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum, Pooler, Georgia, US (current)
02:13
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File:B17 - Chino Airshow 2014 (framed).jpg
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B-17 - Chino Airshow 2014 (current)
02:12
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File:B-17dorsalview.jpg
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A Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress number 42-38008 from 367th Bomb squadron. (current)
02:10
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File:JB-17G Engine Test Bed.jpg
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The most unusual conversions were three B-17Gs converted to engine test beds. The nose section was removed and replaced with a strengthened mount for a fifth engine. The Pratt & Whitney XT-34, Wright XT-35, Wright R-3350 and Allison T-56 engines were a... (current)
02:09
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File:B-17 on bomb run.jpg
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Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" levels off for a run over target. Photo shows the chin turret with .50 caliber machine guns featured in later models. The B-17 weighed about 60,000 lbs., carried a bomb load of 6000 lbs., at a speed of approximately 300 mi... (current)
02:07
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Plane:B-17d
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added template, historical info and images
02:03
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File:B17jp.jpg
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This picture is a B-17D captured by Japanese army in WW2, with marks of Hinomaru. (current)
02:01
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File:Boeing B-17D in flight.jpg
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Boeing B-17D in flight (current)
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Plane:B-32
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added template, historical info and images (current)
01:52
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File:Consolidated TB-32 production line.jpg
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TB-32 production line at Consolidated Aircraft, circa 1944-45 (current)
01:51
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File:XB-32.jpg
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source: https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/photos/media_search.asp?q=b-32 (current)
01:50
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File:B32.jpg
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Consolidated B-32-1-CF (S/N 42-108471), the first B-32 built after modification to Block 20 standards. (U.S. Air Force photo) (current)
01:49
26 November 2018
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Ship:Asashio B
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transplanted Asahio info to Asashio B
21:41
25 November 2018
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Ship:Flooding
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added video
17:41
23 November 2018
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Ship:West Virginia 1941
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added historical info and image
19:36
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Ship:Irian
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added historical info
19:25
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Ship:Atago B
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transplanted Atago info into Atago B template
19:14
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Ship:Massachusetts B
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transplanted Mass. info to Mass. B template
19:08
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Ship:Tirpitz B
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added template and relocated Tirpitz info into tirpitz B
19:03
18 November 2018
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Tank:R158 LT 432
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added historical info and video
20:56
27 October 2018
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Ship:Maps
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added video
19:18
21 October 2018
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Ship:Vanguard
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added historical info and images
19:19
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File:Brits slagschip Vanguard bezoekt Rotterdam, Bestanddeelnr 905-1896.jpg
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19:18
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File:HelicopterLandingVanguardlarge.jpg
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A Westland WS-51 Dragonfly helicopter, a license-built version of the American Sikorsky S-51, landing on the foc'sle of HMS Vanguard (current)
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File:HMS Vanguard - Operation Mainbrace 1952 - I03681.jpg
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Heavy seas break over the bow of HMS Vanguard during NATO exercise Operation "Mainbrace", 19 September 1952. At the time, Vanguard was making about 30 knots during a "speed run". Photographed by Blanchette. (current)
19:14
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Ship:Dreadnought
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added historical info and images
19:06
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File:HMS Dreadnought 1906 armour EN.svg
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HMS Dreadnought (1906) armour layout (current)
19:02
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File:HMSDreadnought gunsLOCBain17494.jpg
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Pair of 12 inch guns on HMS Dreadnought. 2 QF 12 pounder 18 cwt anti-torpedo boat guns are mounted on the turret roof. (current)
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File:HMS Dreadnought 1906 engine room2.svg
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General arrangement of port engine room 1 — outlet shaft; 2 — exhaust trunk from high pressure (HP) for low pressure (LP) astern turbine; 3 - HP astern turbine; 4 — dummy piston; 5 — rotor shaft bearings; 6 — LP ahead turbine; 7 — inner sha... (current)
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File:HMS Dreadnought 1906 Hull longitudinal section.svg
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HMS Dreadnought. Hull longitudinal section
CC - condenser compartment; ER - engine room; BR - boiler room; WTB - watertight bulkhead; WTF - watertight frame.
1. after capstan
2. torpedo head magazine
3. mess space
4. torpedo head magazine
5. fore top... (current)
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Ship:West Virginia
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added historical info and image
18:43
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File:Uss west virginia bb2.jpg
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USS West Virginia (BB-48)
Photo #: 80-G-1027204
In San Francisco Bay, California, circa 1934.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Cropped from original image other West Virginia photos (current)
18:38
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Ship:Wichita
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added historical info and images
18:33
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File:USS Wichita (CA-45) at Nagasaki in September 1945.png
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The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Wichita (CA-45) in Nagasaki harbour, Japan, in September 1945, a few weeks after the end of World War II. The hospital ships in the left background are USS Sanctuary (AH-17) and USS Haven (AH-12). (current)
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File:USS Wichita (CA-45) firing broadside c1944.png
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The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Wichita (CA-45) firing a broadside. (current)
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File:US cruisers bombarding Kiska in July 1943.png
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The U.S. Navy cruisers USS Santa Fe (CL-60), USS Louisville (CA-28), USS San Francisco (CA-38), and USS Wichita (CA-45), left to right, bombarding Kiska on 22 July 1943. (current)
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File:US cruisers of Task Force 18 at sea en route to Guadalcanal on 29 January 1943.jpg
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The U.S. Navy heavy cruisers of Task Force 18 at sea en route to Guadalcanal on 29 January 1943, prior to the Japanese night air attack off Rennell Island, photographed from USS Wichita (CA-45). USS Chicago (CA-29) is in the right center, with USS Loui... (current)
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File:USS Wichita (CA-45) under fire off Casablanca on 8 November 1942.jpg
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The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Wichita (CA-45) engaging the French battleship Jean Bart, off Casablanca, Morocco, on 8 November 1942. Note the shell splashes off Wichita's bow. (current)
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File:USS Wichita (CA-45) underway during a winter storm off Iceland in January 1942.jpg
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The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Wichita (CA-45) rides out a winter storm off Iceland in mid-January 1942. Note the Consolidated PBY Catalina patrol plane on the deck of the seaplane tender from which the photograph was taken. The ship in the foreground... (current)
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Ship:Charleston
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added historical info and image
18:13
13 October 2018
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Ship:Gunnery & Armor Penetration
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