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Month: June 2013

Operation A-Go — Part 3 of 3

admin June 27, 2013June 28, 2013

Published on June 27, 2013 by Thomas C. Van Hare As the day ended, Vice-Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa left the stricken aircraft carrier Taiho for the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Wakatsuki. 

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Operation A-Go — Part 2 of 3

admin June 25, 2013June 28, 2013

Published on June 25, 2013 By Thomas C. Van Hare By dawn on June 19, 1944, the two opposing carrier groups were positioned with the Japanese to the west and

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Operation A-Go — Part 1 of 3

admin June 19, 2013June 26, 2013

Published on June 19, 2013 By Thomas C. Van Hare Vice Admiral Ozawa Jisaburo had gathered his forces in secret, creating the largest naval fleet Japan had yet assembled in

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First Arc Light

admin June 18, 2013June 18, 2013

Published on June 18, 2013 By Thomas C. Van Hare By 1965, the Vietnam War was rapidly expanding.  US Military and South Vietnamese forces were deeply involved in a mix

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Intercepted!

admin June 16, 2013June 16, 2013

Published on June 16, 2013 By Thomas C. Van Hare The day had begun normally with a morning preflight of the Martin P4M-1Q Mercator aircraft.  The mission was a standard

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The Kaleva Shootdown

admin June 14, 2013June 14, 2013

Published on June 14, 2013 By Thomas C. Van Hare In the early stages of World War II, before the United States entered the conflict, Nazi Germany was on the

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The Great Aeroplane Raid

admin June 13, 2013June 13, 2013

Published on June 13, 2013 By Thomas C. Van Hare During daylight hours on June 13, 1917, at the height of the Great War and 96 years ago today in

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Black Buck 7

admin June 12, 2013June 12, 2013

Published on June 12, 2013 by Thomas C. Van Hare Operation Black Buck 7 was the last of the series flown.  Each of the flights had been extraordinarily difficult, logistically

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Operation CORKSCREW

admin June 11, 2013June 11, 2013

Published on June 11, 2013 In 1943, at the height of World War II, the Allies embarked on a new offensive plan to pressure the Axis powers of Italy and

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Sucked Out!

admin June 10, 2013June 10, 2013

Published on June 10, 2013 By Thomas C. Van Hare It was supposed to have been a beautiful day on June 10, 1990 (today in aviation history).  Vacationers filed onto

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The Little Tub

admin June 10, 2013June 11, 2013

This Week’s Hints to help you along: Displayed at Harrod’s at the end of the Great War. An early “ultralight”, in a class of its own. No fixed tail —

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De la Cierva

admin June 9, 2013June 9, 2013

Published on June 9, 2013 By Thomas C. Van Hare Juan de la Cierva was the son of a wealthy Spaniard who, by age 17 in 1912, was already designing

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Missile Mail

admin June 8, 2013May 27, 2022

Published on June 8, 2013 By Thomas C. Van Hare Have you ever heard of “Missile Mail”?  Yes, our Government in Washington had the rather harebrained idea of loading US

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Fortitude South

admin June 7, 2013June 2, 2021

Published on June 6, 2013 By Thomas Van Hare In the early morning hours of D-Day, on June 6, 1944, a huge Allied invasion force was moving toward Normandy Beach

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The Flying Keys — Part 2 of 2

admin June 5, 2013June 5, 2013

Published on June 5, 2013 When Al and Fred Key took off in their Curtiss Robin “Ole Miss” on June 4, 1935, they were supported by a committed, if small

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The Flying Keys — Part 1 of 2

admin June 4, 2013June 5, 2013

Published on June 4, 2013 In 1935, after two failed attempts. two brothers took off on a third try, hoping to set a record and save their local airport.  Their

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The Pommery Cup — Part 2 of 2

admin June 1, 2013June 1, 2013

Published on June 1, 2013 Pierre Daucourt’s flight from Paris to Berlin, having spanned 895 kilometers in a single day from sunrise to sunset, was the leading candidate for the

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