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April 15, 2013



Apr
15
2013
Beggar Shadow Down
Posted by HW on 15 Apr 2013 / 15 Comments

Published on April 15, 2013 By Thomas Van Hare “Deep Sea 129”, the code name for a US Navy reconnaissance flight, took off from the Naval Air Station at Atsugi, Japan, at 6:50 am local time on April 15, 1969. The mission was a routine reconnaissance flight, known as “Beggar Shadow”.  The plane was operated […]



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Apr
15
2013
A Ground Attack Triplane
Posted by HW on 15 Apr 2013 / 5 Comments

This Week’s Hints to help you along: Designed specifically for ground attack, yet a triplane! The personnel look quite lax — yet is it from the interwar period? A single pilot airplane — no copilot! — but had two gunners. Fitted with armor plates so it could survive while strafing trenches. So do you know […]



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