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Rupert Brabner Commander Rupert Arnold Brabner DSO , DSC , ( 1911 – 1945 ) was a British Member of Parliament ( MP ) who served with the Royal Navy as a pilot in World War II and became an ace with 5 . 5 confirmed kills . Politics . Brabner , who was an Essex man from Loughton , was educated at Felsted School and St Catharine ' s College , Cambridge . By profession he was a banker and a director of Singer & Friedlander Ltd . Brabner became a member of London County Council for West Lewisham in 1937 and served until his death . He was elected to the House of Commons as MP for Hythe in Kent on 20 July 1939 and was later appointed as a government whip . He was appointed to be Joint Parliamentary Under - Secretary of State for Air in 1944 . He , and his sister Jean Gwyneth ( also killed in World War II ) are commemorated by a blue plaque on the family home at Loughton . War service . Brabner served as an officer of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during World War II as a Fleet Air Arm pilot . He served with 806 Squadron ( November 1940 ) , 805 ( early 1941 ) , 806 Squadron ( March 1941 ) & 801 Squadrons FAA at HMS Illustrious ( aircraft carrier ) , HMS Heron ( RN Air Station , Yeovilton , Somerset ) , HMS Eagle ( aircraft carrier ) , HMS Victorious ( aircraft carrier ) , HMS Indomitable ( aircraft carrier ) and at Crete and North Africa . From 11 August 1941 to September 1942 Brabner was the commanding officer of 801 Squadron serving aboard HMS Eagle which was sunk on 11 August 1942 . He was awarded the DSO for his actions during Operation Harpoon . After the loss of the Eagle he was appointed to the staff of ViceAdmiral Aircraft Carriers for landings in North Africa and in 1943 was made Naval Assistant ( Technical ) to the 5th Sea Lord . For his actions in August 1943 during Operation Pedestal he was awarded the DSC . Brabner was an air ace with 5 confirmed destroyed enemy aircraft , 1 shared destroyed , 1 probable and 1 shared destroyed . Commander Brabner died age 33 when the Liberator aircraft taking him to Canada was lost off the Azores . He is commemorated on the Lee - on - Solent Memorial on bay 6 , panel 2
Battle of Talladega The Battle of Talladega was a battle fought between the Tennessee militia and the Red Stick Creek Indians during the Creek War , in the vicinity of the present - day county and city of Talladega , Alabama . Background . When General John Coffee returned to Fort Strother after defeating the Red Sticks at the Battle of Tallushatchee , General Andrew Jackson received a call for help from friendly Creeks who were being besieged by Red Sticks at Talladega . Battle . On November 9 , 1813 , Jackson ' s army arrived outside the village . The Red Sticks , inflicted 17 casualties upon Jackson . However , Jackson inflicted 299 casualties on the Red Sticks and drove them from the field . Click Here to see a hand - drawn map of the battlefield from 1813 . Aftermath . After the battle , there was a significant lull in the fighting between the Red Sticks and Jackson ' s army . By December , the U . S . force was down to almost 500 because of desertion and enlistments running out . In January , in order to support the Georgia militia , Jackson marched toward the village of Emuckfaw with an inexperienced force . This move resulted in the Battles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo Creek . After these battles Jackson retired to Fort Strother . When Jackson received additional reinforcements ( some of them regular U . S . troops ) , he once again went on the offensive and met the Red Sticks at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend .
Operation Bruilof Operation Bruilof ( ) was a planned military operation in 1978 by the South African Defence Force during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War . Background . The operation was planned for May 1978 , to be conducted by Battle Group Juliet and paratroops . This was to be the first mechanised force to be deployed by the South African forces during the war and consisted of the then new Ratel Infantry Fighting Vehicle s as well as Eland Armoured Car s . The plan called for the SADF to cross the South - West Africa - Angola border , with the battle group attacking and destroying six South - West Africa People ' s Organisation bases around Chetequera before withdrawing . The plan was eventually abandoned and merged into what became Operation Reindeer planned for the 4 May .
Hoyt S . Vandenberg , Jr . Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg , Jr . ( born August 12 , 1928 ) is a retired Major General in the United States Air Force . Biography . Vandenberg was born in Riverside , California in 1928 . His father was General Hoyt Vandenberg and his great uncle was U . S . Senator Arthur H . Vandenberg . Vandenberg would obtain a M . S . in International Relations from George Washington University in 1969 . Career . Vandenberg graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1951 . In 1953 Vandenberg was assigned to the 86th Fighter - Bomber Wing . Later he would serve as a flight commander with the 413th Tactical Fighter Wing and the 31st Tactical Fighter Wing . He graduated from the Air Command and Staff College in 1961 , after which he was assigned to the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing . In 1963 Vandenberg was appointed Operations Officer with the 23rd Tactical Fighter Squadron . During the Vietnam War Vandenberg commanded the 390th Tactical Fighter Squadron . Upon returning stateside he was assigned to The Pentagon to work in the Office of the Director of Plans . He would graduate from the National War College in 1969 and return to The Pentagon to work with the Joint Chiefs of Staff . In 1971 Vandenberg became commander of the 12th Flying Training Wing . Vandenberg was named Vice Commandant of Cadets at the United States Air Force Academy in 1972 . He would serve as Commandant from 1973 to 1975 , during which time he assumed the rank of Brigadier General . From 1976 to 1979 Vandenberg served at Headquarters U . S . Air Force , first as Deputy Director of Plans , later as Director of Operations and Readiness , and finally as Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations , Plans , and Readiness . Vandenberg was ultimately named Vice Commander in Chief of the Pacific Air Forces . His retirement was effective as of January 1 , 1981 . Awards he has received include the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal , the Silver Star , the Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters , the Distinguished Flying Cross with two oak leaf clusters , the Bronze Star Medal , the Air Medal with two silver oak leaf clusters and bronze oak leaf cluster , the Air Force Commendation Medal , the Presidential Unit Citation , the Outstanding Unit Award , the Combat Readiness Medal , the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge , and the Vietnam Gallantry Cross .
Yevgeni Ivanovich Markov Yevgeni Markov ( 1769 in Moscow – 1828 ) , was a Russian infantry commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars . Career . Born to a noble family in the Moscow gubernia , Markov enlisted as a private in the Permsk Infantry Regiment on 16 December 1770 , and was made ensign on 29 November 1772 . On 29 June 1788 he was promoted to second major , and participated in the Russo - Turkish War , serving under Alexander Suvorov commanding the 2nd line at Kinburn 13th Oct . He was awarded a golden cross and the Order of St . George ( 4th class ) during the Siege of Ochakov on 11 April 1792 , where he was wounded in the head . After recovery he was made a premier major in the Apsheron Infantry Regiment in 1792 , serving in the Polish Campaign of 1792 - 1794 and seeing action at Gorodische , Dubenky , and Praga . In 1796 he participated in the Persian Expedition . Promoted to colonel on 15 April 1798 , he was given command of the Tiflis Musketeer Regiment on 27 August 1798 . On 7 October 1798 he was promoted Major General , and appointed chief of the Muromansk Infantry Regiment on 8 December . In 1799 he commanded a Brigade of Durasov ’ s Division under Alexander Korsakov in Switzerland . At the Second Battle of Zurich on 25 September he faced the initial French crossing of the Limmat , where he was grievously wounded and taken prisoner . Briefly retired from November 1799 - October 1800 , he was then appointed commandant of Arensburg 8 February 1801 . 1807 Campaign . In January 1807 he commanded one of the three advance guards ( Right Wing ) under Bennigsen in Poland . On 24 January he surprised & defeated a detachment of Bernadotte ’ s Corps at Lipstadt ( Liebstadt ) . With 14 , 000 men he clashed with Bernadotte again at Mohrungen 25th . Markov commanded a cavalry division at Eylau 7 / 8 February , and was commander of the right wing cavalry , March . 1812 Service . In 1812 Markov was a General Lieutenant commanding the 10th Corps in Tormasov ’ s 3rd Army of the West 1812 . He participated in Kobryn 27 July and Gorodetschna 12 August . Then he served under Chichagov , but was dismissed for incompetence In 1813 he served in Bennigsen ’ s Army of Reserve , and saw action at the blockade of Hamburg .
Oflag VIII - E Johannisbrunn Oflag VIII - E was a World War II German prisoner - of - war camp for Allied general officer s ( " Offizierlager " ) located in Johannisbrunn , Sudetenland ( now Jánské Koupele , Moravian – Silesian Region , Czech Republic ) . Camp history . The camp , a former spa hotel , was opened in July 1940 and housed approximately 70 Allied generals and their aides . Among those officers imprisoned were 30 from Poland , 30 from France , 9 from the Netherlands , 1 from the United Kingdom , and a Colonel from Norway . On April 27 , 1942 , all the Poles were transferred to other camps , mostly to Oflag VII - A Murnau . Soon after all the other prisoners were also transferred , and the camp was closed on 1 July 1942 . Notable prisoners . A number of high - ranking officers were held in the camp , including : Polish " Generał dywizji " " Generał brygady " " Kontradmirał " British Dutch General Henri Gerard Winkelman , Commander - in - Chief Dutch Forces 1940 References .
171st Aviation Squadron ( Australia ) The 171st Aviation Squadron is an Australian Army helicopter squadron equipped with S70A Blackhawk helicopters and provides support to Special Operations Command ( Australia ) . The squadron is currently based at Holsworthy Barracks near Sydney and forms part of the 6th Aviation Regiment . History . The 171st Aviation Squadron traces its lineage back to the 171st ( Air Cavalry ) Flight which was formed on 7 July 1968 at RAAF Amberley . This unit was initially equipped with Sioux helicopters and Cessna 180s and a year after formation was relocated to Holsworthy . It was disbanded in 1973 but re - raised in 1974 at Oakey as a command and liaison squadron , equipped with Kiowa helicopters . The squadron was later re - equipped with UH - 1H Iroqois helicopters in 1990 , which were acquired from the Royal Australian Air Force ; from that time the squadron ' s role was expanded to include reconnaissance , medevac , resupply and troop transport . It also took on a number of Defence Aid to the Civil Community ( DACC ) taskings including bushfire and flood relief within Australia and has been deployed overseas on humanitarian assistance missions . The squadron later formed part of the 1st Aviation Regiment where it was equipped with UH - 1 Iroquois helicopters and flew in the operational support role . In late 2004 , the squadron " swapped designations " with A Squadron , 5th Aviation Regiment and became an independent unit directly commanded by the 16th Aviation Brigade equipped with the Sikorsky S - 70 Blackhawk , providing support to the Special Operations Command . The squadron became part of the 6th Aviation Regiment , based at Holsworthy Barracks , in 2008 . On 29 November 2006 a 171st Aviation Squadron Blackhawk helicopter crashed during Operation Quickstep while attached to HMAS " Kanimbla " off the coast of Fiji . The helicopter ' s pilot , Captain Mark Bingley , and Trooper Joshua Porter from the Special Air Service Regiment were killed in the crash .
HMNZS Kiwi ( P3554 ) HMNZS " Kiwi " ( P3554 ) was a " Moa " - class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy . It was commissioned in 1983 for the Naval Volunteer Reserve . Kiwi had been attached to the Christchurch division of the Naval Volunteer Reserve from her commissioning until relocating to Auckland in 2006 . " Kiwi " , in company with " Wakakura " , carried out farewell manoeuvres on 29 November 2007 , flying a paying - off pennant , in Waitemata Harbour prior to decommissioning on 11 December 2007 . " Kiwi " was the second ship of this name to serve in the Royal New Zealand Navy and is named after the national bird of New Zealand .
QF 4 inch naval gun Mk I – III The QF 4 - inch gun Mks I , II , III were early British QF ( quick - firing ) naval guns originating in 1895 . They all had barrels of 40 calibres length . Naval service . The gun was intended to be a more powerful alternative to the 3 - inch QF 12 pounder gun . It was mounted on the following ships : Its 25 - pound shell proved insufficiently powerful to make it much of an improvement on the 12 - pounder . From 1907 onwards it was succeeded in its class on new warships by the BL 4 inch gun Mk VIII , which fired a 31 - pound shell . Coast Defence gun . From 1906 a number of Mk III guns were transferred from the Royal Navy for use as coast defence guns around the United Kingdom , and remained until 1939 . In 1918 three guns were in service at Dover Garrison and eight at Forth Garrison . World War I land service . On 20 September 1914 the British cruiser was sunk by in Zanzibar harbour . Her 8 QF 4 - inch Mk III guns were recovered and used ashore in the East African campaign . Some were used as coast defence guns at Zanzibar and Mombasa . Two guns , and from 11 February 1916 , three guns , were used by 10th Heavy Battery manned by the Royal Marines , mounted on improvised field carriages and towed by Packard lorries , supported by six lorries carrying ammunition .
Xu Qiliang Xu Qiliang ( ; born on March 1950 ) is a general in the People ' s Liberation Army ( PLA ) of the People ' s Republic of China , Vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China ( CPC ) , and the commander of the People ' s Liberation Army Air Force from 2007 to 2012 . Biography . Born in Linqu County , Shandong , he is the son of Xu Lefu , a lieutenant general and former vice political commissar of the PLA Air Force . He entered the PLA and its Air Force No . 1 aeronautic preparatory school in 1966 , learned piloting , and joined the Communist Party of China the following year . Later he transferred to the Air Force No . 8 and No . 5 aeronautic schools . He became a pilot after graduation in August 1969 . Xu was promoted to head of the military division in 1983 , and vice army corps commander the next year . In 1985 , he became chief of staff at the Air Force Shanghai headquarters , and also entered the PLA National Defense University for training . He was promoted to corps commander of the PLA Air Force in 1991 and was made a major general . In 1993 , he became vice chief of staff of the Air Force and studied at the National Defense University again . After graduation , he was promoted to chief of staff of the PLA Air Force . He was made a lieutenant general in 1996 . In 1999 , Xu became the vice commander and Air Force commander of the Shenyang Military Region , and studied at the National Defense University for the 3rd time in 2001 . He was elevated to vice chief of staff of the PLA General Staff Department . He was made a full general on June 20 , 2007 , and became the commander of the PLA Air Force in September of that year . In October 2012 , he was appointed Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission and was succeeded as Air Force Commander by General Ma Xiaotian . He has been an alternate member of the 14th and 15th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China , and a full member of the 16th and 17th Centra – l Committees .
Iuka order of battle The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Iuka of the American Civil War . Order of battle compiled from the army organization , return of casualties and reports . Union Army of the Mississippi . MG William S . Rosecrans Confederate Army of the West . MG Sterling Price
USS Farragut ( DDG - 37 ) USS " Farragut " ( DDG - 37 ) , named for Admiral David Glasgow Farragut , USN ( 1801 – 1870 ) , was a " Farragut " - class guided missile frigate ( destroyer leader ) laid down as DLG - 6 by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation at Quincy , Massachusetts on 3 June 1957 , launched on 15 July 1958 by Mrs . H . D . Felt , wife of the Vice Chief of Naval Operations and commissioned on 10 December 1960 . " Farragut " was reclassified as a guided missile destroyer on 30 June 1975 and designated DDG - 37 . " USS Farragut " was decommissioned on 31 October 1989 , stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 20 November 1992 and sold for scrap on 16 December 1994 . On 26 September 2006 a contract to dismantle ex - " Farragut " was awarded to International Shipbreaking Limited of Brownsville , Texas . The ship ' s bell is currently being kept and preserved at Admiral Farragut Academy in St . Petersburg , Florida .
70 - pounder Whitworth naval gun The 70 - pounder Whitworth naval gun was designed by Joseph Whitworth during the 1860s . It was a rifled muzzle loader and used his hexagonal rifled bore design . Service . Four guns were captured by the United States Navy on the blockade - runner " Princess Royal " on 29 January 1863 . Two were sent to Morris Island , Charleston , South Carolina to bombard Fort Sumter during the summer of 1863 . One gun had a premature detonation that killed four of its crew when trying to ram a projectile home . Another gun was disabled after 111 shots when its inner tube moved back far enough to block the vent . A number of 70 - pounders were bought by the Brazilian Navy and used to arm some of its ironclad s during the Paraguayan War in the late 1860s .
Brian A . Arnold Brian A . Arnold is a former Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force . Career . Arnold was commissioned at Lackland Air Force Base in 1971 . The following year , he underwent pilot training at Webb Air Force Base and the year after that , Boeing B - 52 Stratofortress combat crew training at Castle Air Force Base . Afterwards , he was assigned to the 644th Bomb Squadron at K . I . Sawyer Air Force Base . From 1974 to 1978 , Arnold was an instructor pilot and flight examiner with the 60th Bombardment Squadron at Andersen Air Force Base . He then became a section commander and lecturer at Squadron Officer School and Executive Officer to the Commandant at the Air War College . In 1981 , Arnold was assigned as a General Dynamics F - 111 Aardvark pilot to the 393d Bomb Squadron at Pease Air Force Base . The following year , he was assigned to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force ( Acquisition ) . After a time as F - 111A Commander with the 528th Bomb Squadron at Plattsburgh Air Force Base , Arnold re - joined the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force ( Acquisition ) as a monitor of the Northrop Grumman B - 2 Spirit program in 1989 . From 1992 to 1993 , Arnold was Deputy Director of Power Projection Requirements of Air Combat Command . That year , he assumed command of U . S . Forces Azores and the 65th Air Base Wing . Arnold was then in command of Squadron Officer School from 1995 to 1996 , the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps from 1996 to 1997 and the Air Force Officer Accession and Training Schools in 1997 . After serving as Director of Requirements of Air Force Space Command , Arnold again returned to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force ( Acquisitions ) as Director of Space and Nuclear Deterrence in 1999 . In 2001 , Arnold was Commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center of Air Force Material Command before assuming the same position at Air Force Space Command . Arnold retired from the Air Force in 2005 . He then joined Raytheon as Vice President and General Manager of Space Systems . Awards he received during his military career include the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal , the Defense Superior Service Medal , the Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster , the Meritorious Service Medal with silver oak leaf cluster , the Joint Service Commendation Medal , the Air Force Commendation Medal , the Air Force Achievement Medal , the Outstanding Unit Award with two oak leaf clusters , the Combat Readiness Medal with oak leaf cluster , the National Defense Service Medal with two service stars , the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and the Humanitarian Service Medal with two service stars .
31st Indian Armoured Division The 31st Indian Armoured Division was an armoured formation of the Indian Army during World War II , formed in 1940 , as 1st Indian Armoured Division ; it consisted of units of the British Army and the British Indian Army . When it was raised it consisted of two Armoured Brigades ( 1st and 2nd Indian Armoured Brigades ) and one Motor Brigade ( 3rd Indian Motor Brigade ) . History . At the end of 1941 , by which time 1st Indian Support Group had joined the division , it was renamed 31st Indian Armoured Division and its brigades redesignated as the 251st and 252nd Indian Armoured Brigades and 31st Indian Support Group ( the Motor Brigade ' s name remained unchanged ) . In mid - 1942 , by which time the support group had been disbanded , the 251st brigade was detached and the rest of the division was shipped to join the British Tenth Army and served in Iraq , Syria and Lebanon . The division never saw combat although the motor brigade was detached to Egypt and saw heavy action in the Western Desert Campaign during 1942 and again in 1944 and 1945 when , reformed as the 43rd Indian Infantry Brigade ( Lorried ) it was sent to the Italian Campaign as an independent brigade . The closest the rest of the division came to combat was in April 1944 when it was rushed to Egypt to crush a mutiny among the Greek 1st Infantry Brigade . The Tank Regiments received M4 Sherman s in November 1943 , thought to be in preparation for a transfer to Italy which never came about , and only drove them in Iraq , Syria and Egypt . The Division is now active as part of the present - day Indian Army , headquartered at Jhansi as part of XXI Corps . Formation 1942 . Commander : Major General Robert Harley Wordsworth < br > Commander Royal Artillery : Brigadier C . P . B . Wilson