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RAF Oban RAF Oban is a former Royal Air Force ( RAF ) flying boat base located at the northern end of the island of Kerrera , in Ardantrive Bay west of Oban , Argyll and Bute , Scotland during the Second World War . History . Oban was surveyed by the RAF in the 1930s as a suitable base for flying boat operations . A fuel depot was set up on the island of Kerrera while No . 209 Squadron RAF began utilising the facilities operating the Supermarine Stranraer flying - boat in October 1939 . An aircraft servicing area , new slip and jetty were constructed on the island . The base became operational in September 1938 , with Headquarters based at Dungallan House , Oban . No . 209 Squadron re - equipped with Saro Lerwick flying - boats were based at RAF Oban . Aircrew based at RAF Oban were billeted in the main seafront hotels at Oban . No . 210 Squadron RAF equipped with the Short Sunderland replaced No . 209 Squadron in July 1940 . Anti submarine patrols , convoy escorts as part of 18 Group Coastal Command and ferry services were carried out from the base . No . 228 Squadron RAF , No . 10 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force , No . 422 and 423 Squadrons Royal Canadian Air Force , No . 330 ( Norwegian ) Squadron RAF . No . 302 Ferry Training Unit and No . 4 Flying Coat Servicing Unit served at the base . A Flying Boat Maintenance Unit located to the north east at Ganavan provided maintenance for aircraft utilising the base . The base was reverted to care and maintenance on 28 April 1945 .
Matej Kocak Matej Kocak ( December 3 , 1882 - October 4 , 1918 ) , a United States Marine Corps sergeant , was posthumous ly awarded both the Army and Navy Medals of Honor , for " heroism above and beyond the call of duty " in action against the enemy on July 18 , 1918 . Less than three months after his act of heroism he was killed in action by enemy gunfire in the Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge in France while serving as a member of the 66th Company , 5th Regiment . Biography . Matej Kocak was born in Egbell , Kingdom of Hungary ( today Gbely , Slovakia ) , in 1882 . He emigrated to the United States in 1906 , and on October 16 , 1907 , enlisted in the Marine Corps in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , and began his 11 - year Marine Corps career at Marine Barracks , League Island , Pennsylvania . He was discharged on October 16 , 1911 , at the expiration of his first enlistment but reenlisted in New York City on December 26 , 1911 and was assigned to the Marine Barracks , Navy Yard , New York , for duty . For some time he lived in Binghamton , New York , where large Slovak community used to live . He was member of Slovak Catholic Sokol in this town . During his second enlistment , he served with the U . S . Army at Verz Cruz , Mexico , from April 30 , to November 23 , 1914 . His enlistment ended on December 25 , 1915 , at Marine Barracks , New York , New York , but he again reenlisted and transferred to Marine Barracks , Naval Station , New Orleans , Louisiana . The following year , he was ashore in Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic , where he participated in skirmishes with native bandits in Las Canitas , Azua Province , Dominican Republic . Appointed to the rank of corporal March 23 , 1917 , he then returned to the United States where he joined the 12th Company at Quantico , Virginia . By December 31 , 1917 , he was again overseas , this time at St . Nazaire , France . The following January 23 , 1918 , he joined the 66th Company , 5th Regiment , and on June 1 , 1918 , was promoted to sergeant and then took part in the attack against the enemy in Bois De Belleau Bouresches sector northwest of Chateau Thierry , France . On July 18 , 1918 , he participated in the attack at Villers Cotteret Wood south of Soissons , France , and it was on this day he performed the act of heroism for which he was posthumously awarded both the Army and Navy Medal of Honor . October 4 , 1918 , found him taking part in the Allied drive against the enemy in the Argonne Forest between the Moselle and Forest of Argonne in the vicinity of Blanchmont in Champagne , France , and in the attack against the enemy in the St . Mihiel sector in the vicinity of Thiaucourt , France . He was killed in action on October 4 , 1918 , and is buried in the Meuse - Argonne American Cemetery , Romagne , France .
Soviet aircraft carrier Ulyanovsk Ulyanovsk ( Cyrillic : " Улья́новск " ) was the first of a class of never - completed Soviet nuclear - powered supercarrier s which for the first time would have offered true blue water aviation capability for the Soviet Navy . This was based upon the 1975 Project 1153 OREL ( which never went beyond blueprints ) . The initial commissioned name was to be " Kremlin " , but was later given the name " Ulyanovsk " after the Soviet town of Ulyanovsk , which was originally named Simbirsk but later renamed after Vladimir Lenin ' s original name because he was born there . It would have been 85 , 000 tons in displacement ( larger than the older " Forrestal " - class carriers but smaller than contemporary " Nimitz " - class carriers of the U . S . Navy ) . " Ulyanovsk " would have been able to carry the full range of fixed - wing carrier aircraft , as opposed to the limited scope in which " Admiral Kuznetsov " launched aircraft , by way of a ski jump . The configuration would have been very similar to U . S . Navy carriers though with the typical Soviet practice of adding anti - ship missile ( ASM ) and surface - to - air missile ( SAM ) launchers . Its hull was laid down in 1988 , but construction was cancelled at 20 % complete in January 1991 and a planned second unit was never laid down . Scrapping began on 4 February 1992 and was completed by the end of October 1992 . The People ' s Republic of China is expected to build two nuclear aircraft carriers based on the Project 1143 . 7 " Ulyanovsk " - class design for some of the PLAN future Chinese aircraft carrier s . Air Group . The " Ulyanovsk " air group was to include 68 aircraft with the following planned composition : The ship was equipped with two " Mayak " steam catapults made by the Proletarian factory , a ski - jump , and 4 arresting gear . For storage of aircraft , it had a 175×32×7 . 9 - m hangar deck with aircraft elevated to the flight deck by 3 elevators with carrying capacities of 50 tons ( two on the starboard side and one on the port ) . The stern housed the " Luna " optical landing guidance system .
German submarine U - 752 German submarine " U - 752 " was a Type VIIC U - boat built for the German Kriegsmarine for service during World War II . She served with 3rd U - boat Flotilla from 24 May 1941 to 23 May 1943 under the command of Karl - Ernst Schroeter . " U - 752 " completed nine wartime patrols and sank eight ships totalling 33 , 492 GRT , and damaged one for a total of 4 , 799 GRT . Thirty - two days into her ninth patrol , on 23 May 1943 , " U - 752 " was attacked by Fairey Swordfish aircraft attached to the British escort carrier in the mid - Atlantic . A Rocket Spear , a new weapon with a solid cast iron head , entered and left the pressure hull leaving large holes , and the U - boat went down with twenty - nine crew members , including her commander . Of the forty - six crewmen aboard , seventeen survived the sinking . This was the first success of the Rocket Spear .
Fukushima Masanori Biography . Fukushima Masanori , or as he was first known , Ichimatsu , was born in Owari Province , the son of Fukushima Masanobu . He is believed to have been the cousin of Toyotomi Hideyoshi . He first engaged in battle at the assault on Miki Castle in Harima Province , and following the battle of Yamazaki , he was granted a 500 " koku " stipend . At the battle of Shizugatake in 1583 ( Tenshō 11 ) , Masanori had the honor of taking the first head , namely that of the enemy general Ogasato Ieyoshi , receiving a 5000 " koku " increase in his stipend for this distinction ( the other six " Spears " each received 3000 " Koku " ) . Masanori took part in many of Hideyoshi ' s campaigns ; it was after the Kyūshū Expedition , however , that he was made a daimyō . Receiving the fief of Imabari in Iyo Province , his income was rated at 110 , 000 " koku " . Soon after , he took part in the Korean Campaign . Masanori was to once again receive distinction when he took Ch ' ongju . Following his involvement in the Korean campaign , Masanori was involved in the pursuit of Toyotomi Hidetsugu . He led 10 , 000 men in 1595 , surrounded Seiganji temple on Mount Koya , and waited until Hidetsugu had committed suicide . With Hidetsugu dead , Masanori received a 90 , 000 koku increase in stipend , and received Hidetsugu ' s former fief of Kiyosu , in Owari Province as well . Masanori sided with Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Sekigahara , and thus ensured the survival of his domain . Although he later lost his holdings , his descendants became " hatamoto " in the service of the Tokugawa shogun . In popular culture . Fukushima Masanori is featured in Koei ' s video games " Kessen " , " Kessen III " , " Samurai Warriors 2 " and , as a unique ( yet not playable ) character , " Samurai Warriors 3 " , but in its expansions , Samurai Warriors 3 Z and he becomes playable . He is a playable character in Pokémon Conquest ( Pokémon + Nobunaga ' s Ambition in Japan ) , with his partner Pokémon being Krokorok and Krookodile .
111th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps 111th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps ( Manchester Regiment ) ( 111 RAC ) was an armoured regiment of the British Army ' s Royal Armoured Corps during World War II . Origin . 111th Regiment RAC was formed on 1 November 1941 by the conversion to the armoured role of 5th Battalion of the Manchester Regiment , a Territorial Army infantry battalion . In common with other infantry units transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps , all personnel would have continued to wear their Manchester cap badge on the black beret of the RAC . 5th Manchester had been serving in 126th ( East Lancashire ) Brigade of 42nd ( East Lancashire ) Infantry Division , which were redesignated 11th Armoured Brigade ( later 11th Tank Brigade ) and 42nd Armoured Division respectively . At the time of conversion , 111 RAC was based at Bingley , West Yorkshire . It began receiving its first tanks ( Cruiser Mk IV s ) in April 1942 , but from June it was receiving Churchill infantry tank s , at the same time as 11 Armoured Bde was detached from 42nd Armoured Division and became an independent Army Tank Brigade . History . In August 1942 the regiment moved to Bolton Castle in North Yorkshire . At this point its squadron organisation comprised one troop of Churchills and two troops each of 1 Churchill and 2 Valentine tank s . However , half the 60 tanks it required for squadron and regimental training had to be borrowed from the other regiments in the brigade , 107 and 110 RAC . From September 1942 to April 1943 the regiment was based at Wensley and Middleham , training on ranges in North Yorkshire . In January 1943 11th Tank Brigade was attached to 77th Infantry ( Reserve ) Division and its regiments were given the role of holding and training reinforcements . Finally , in Autumn 1943 the decision was made disband 11th Tank Brigade , without it ever having seen active service , and it was broken up before the end of November . 111 RAC moved first to Berwick - upon - Tweed and then dispersed to various locations in Lincolnshire . On 15 November it received orders to reconvert to infantry as 5th Bn Manchester Regiment . In the summer of 1944 the reconstituted infantry battalion acted as the Royal Bodyguard at Balmoral Castle while the Royal Family was in residence and then served as a machine - gun battalion with 55th ( West Lancashire ) Infantry Division until the end of the war .
Battle of Milazzo ( 1718 ) The Battle of Milazzo was fought on October 15 , 1718 near the city of Milazzo in Sicily , Italy between Spain and Austria as part of the War of the Quadruple Alliance . Background . Frustrated by the loss of his Italian possessions after the War of the Spanish Succession , King Philip V of Spain had invaded Sardinia , now in Austrian possession in August 1717 and Sicily , which had been awarded to the Duke of Savoy , in July 1718 . He was taking advantage of the power vacuum in France after the death of Louis XIV , and the fact that Austria was tied up in the Austro - Turkish War of 1716 - 18 . But on July 21 , 1718 the Treaty of Passarowitz ended the war with Turkey and on August 2 , this led to the formation of the Quadruple Alliance against Spain , between Austria , Britain , the Dutch Republic , and France . Meanwhile , the Spanish , with 30 , 000 men under command of the Marquis of Lede , had taken the whole island , with the exception of the area around Messina , which was besieged since July 18 . On August 11 , at the Battle of Cape Passaro , a British fleet , led by Sir George Byng , attacked and destroyed the Spanish fleet without a declaration of war . On October 13 this British fleet landed an Austrian army , assembled in Naples by the Austrian Viceroy Count Wirich Philipp von Daun near Milazzo , to lift the siege by the Spanish forces . This led to the battle on October 15 . The battle . The Austrians attacked very early in the morning , taking the Spanish by surprise . The two Spanish Dragoon regiments ( Batavia and Lusitania ) stopped the attack , to give the rest of the Spanish army time to deploy . Both regiments were decimated , but their sacrifice gave Lede the opportunity to counterattack . The Austrians were pushed back and the Spanish pursued the fleeing army , causing many casualties . The Austrians lost 1 , 500 killed or wounded and 300 prisoners . The Spanish lost 1 , 500 killed or wounded and 200 prisoners . Messina was taken by the Spanish , but the Marquis de Lede didn ' t take to opportunity to drive the Austrians completely from the island , leaving them a bridgehead around Milazzo . This bridgehead and naval supremacy after the Battle of Cape Passaro , gave the Austrians a chance to send over more troops the next year , leading to the Battle of Francavilla .
AN / TPQ - 37 Firefinder radar Hughes AN / TPQ - 37 Firefinder Weapon Locating System is a mobile radar system developed by Hughes Aircraft Company and currently manufactured by ThalesRaytheonSystems . The system is a long - range version of “ weapon - locating radar , ” designed to detect and track incoming artillery and rocket fire to determine the point of origin for counter - battery fire . It is currently in service at brigade and higher levels in the United States Army and by other countries . The radar is trailer - mounted and towed by a 2⅓ - ton truck . A typical AN / TPQ - 37 system consists of the Antenna - Transceiver Group , Command Shelter and 60 kW Generator . Operation . The AN / TPQ - 37 is an electronically steered radar , meaning the radar does not actually move while in operation . The radar scans a 90 - degree sector for incoming rocket , artillery and mortar fire . Upon detecting a possible incoming round , the system verifies the contact before initiating a track sequence , continuing to search for new targets . The incoming round / rocket is tracked during its initial upward / launch trajectory ( i . e . , the linear portion of its flight path ) prior to reaching apogee . A computer program analyzes the track data and then extrapolates the round ’ s point of origin . This calculated point of origin is then reported to the operator with map coordinates , thus allowing friendly artillery to direct counterbattery fire towards the enemy artillery . The system has a reported range of up to 50 kilometers . The system may also be operated in a friendly fire mode to determine the accuracy of counterbattery return fire . Main Characteristics . Capabilities Specifications Features Upgrades ( 1 ) . AN / TPQ - 37V ( 9 ) Reliability Maintainability Improvement ( RMI ) 1 . The AN / TPQ - 37 Reliability , Maintainability , Improvement radar upgrade will provide significant improvements over the current AN / TPQ - 37 fielded system by providing new , state - of - the - art electronics including an air - cooled modular transmitter and a new radar processor . 2 . The Reliability , Maintainability , Improvement radar upgrade will extend the system service life of the AN / TPQ - 37 radar and significantly reduce customer life cycle costs , allowing the system to remain the mainstay of long range artillery well into the 21st Century . 3 . With the AN / TPQ - 37 RMI upgrades , users will receive the following benefits : Transmitter Features Processor Features Manufacturer . Before acquisition by Raytheon , the Hughes Aircraft Co . developed the AN / TPQ - 37 Firefinder radar at its Fullerton , California facility , and manufactures it at its Forest , Mississippi plant . Upgrades ( 2 ) . ROCS for AN / TPQ - 36 and AN / TPQ - 37 The ' radar operational control system upgrade ' is manufactured by BES Electronic Systems Ltd in Israel Nomenclature . Per the Joint Electronics Type Designation System ( JETDS ) , the nomenclature AN / TPQ - 37 is thus derived :
William F . Lyell Lyell joined the Army from Old Hickory , Tennessee in 1950 . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Corporal , U . S . Army , Company F , 17th Infantry Regiment , 7th Infantry Division Place and date : Near Chup ' a - ri , Korea , August 31 , 1951 Entered service at : Old Hickory , Tennessee Birth : Hickman County , Tennessee G . O . No . : 4 , January 9 , 1953 . Citation : Cpl . Lyell , a member of Company F , distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and outstanding courage above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy . When his platoon leader was killed , Cpl . Lyell assumed command and led his unit in an assault on strongly fortified enemy positions located on commanding terrain . When his platoon came under vicious , raking fire which halted the forward movement , Cpl . Lyell seized a 57mm . recoilless rifle and unhesitatingly moved ahead to a suitable firing position from which he delivered deadly accurate fire completely destroying an enemy bunker , killing its occupants . He then returned to his platoon and was resuming the assault when the unit was again subjected to intense hostile fire from 2 other bunkers . Disregarding his personal safety , armed with grenade s he charged forward hurling grenades into 1 of the enemy emplacements , and although painfully wounded in this action he pressed on destroying the bunker and killing 6 of the foe . He then continued his attack against a third enemy position , throwing grenades as he ran forward , annihilating 4 enemy soldiers . He then led his platoon to the north slope of the hill where positions were occupied from which effective fire was delivered against the enemy in support of friendly troops moving up . Fearlessly exposing himself to enemy fire , he continuously moved about directing and encouraging his men until he was mortally wounded by enemy mortar fire . Cpl . Lyell ' s extraordinary heroism , indomitable courage , and aggressive leadership reflect great credit on himself and are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service .
Coronet Bat Coronet Bat was a 1995 U . S . Air Force exercise where two B - 1B Lancers flew around - the - world non - stop with air - refueling on a practice bombing mission to ranges on three different continents , Europe , Asia and North America . At around 3am June 2 , 1995 , four B - 1B ' s launched from Dyess AFB in Texas commanded by ( then ) Lt Col Doug Raaberg as pilot of the lead aircraft , < ref name = " 7th Bombardment Group / Wing " > http : / / books . google . com / books ? id = OffcIutYJeIC & pg = PA227 # v = onepage & q & f = false < / ref > nicknamed " Hellion " ( tail number 85 - 057 ) accompanied by " Global Power " ( tail number 85 - 082 ) , with the other two bombers serving the role of " airborne spares " in case they were needed to take over for any problems with the two primary aircraft ( " Bad to the B - one " and " Black Widow " recovered at Langley AFB , Virginia and Lajes Field in the Azores ) . The servicemen flying the aircraft were Capt . Gerald Goodfellow , Capt . Kevin Clotfelter , Capt . Rick Carver , Capt . Chris Stewart , Capt . Steve Adams , Capt . Kevin Houdek and Capt . Steve Reeves . Requiring six air refuelings , the two B - 1B ' s performed practice bombing runs over the Pachino Range , Italy , the Torishima Range near Kadena Air Base in the western Pacific , and the Utah Test and Training Range ( UTTR ) , dropping inert , concrete - filled 500 - pound munitions ( practice version of the Mark 82 bomb ) on these three targets . Total flight time was 36 hours and 13 minutes with an average speed of across a route that went over the North Atlantic , through the Strait of Gibraltar , across the Mediterranean , south to the Indian Ocean , north over the Pacific Ocean to the Aleutian Islands then southeast to the west coast of the US back to a landing at the starting point of Dyess AFB . All eight crew members completing the around - the - world flight were awarded the Mackay Trophy .
LXXVI Panzer Corps ( Germany ) The LXXVI Panzer Corps ( " LXXVI Panzerkorps " , 76th Armoured Corps ) was a panzer corps of Nazi Germany during World War II . The headquarters were formed in France under Army Group D on 29 June 1943 as LXXVI Army Corps but renamed a month later . In August it shipped to Italy to become part of 10th Army . It spent the rest of the war in Italy fighting in the Italian Campaign mainly under 10th Army but with short periods from February 1944 ( Battle of Anzio ) and January 1945 ( Spring 1945 offensive in Italy ) under 14th Army . The Corps was commanded for most of its active fighting by General Traugott Herr . Order of battle . In 1943 the corps included : On 25 August 1944 the composition of the corps was : Area of operations . Source : Lexicon der Wehrmacht and Axis History Factbook
Ploegsteert Wood Ploegsteert Wood was a sector of the Western Front in Flanders in World War I , part of the Ypres Salient . After fighting in late 1914 and early 1915 , it became a quiet sector where no major action took place . Units were sent here to recuperate and retrain after tougher fighting elsewhere and before returning to take part in more active operations . British Tommies referred to it as " Plugstreet Wood " . There are numerous cemeteries around the wood .
Rudi Čajavec Rudi Čajavec ( April 1 , 1911 – July 2 , 1942 ) was a Yugoslav pilot ( from Bosnia and Herzegovina ) , best known as the first airman of Partisan air force . Rudi Čajavec was born in Zgošća , Kakanj municipality , Bosnia to a family that originally came from Hrvatsko Zagorje . Before the war he studied law at University of Belgrade where he participated in various left - wing groups and was arrested . He also finished school for reserve officers and was a trained pilot . After Axis invasion of Yugoslavia and establishment of Independent State of Croatia he came to Banja Luka where he joined resistance movement . As a reserve lieutenant he was drafted into the Croatian Air Force of the NDH . On May 21 , 1942 he flew his Breguet 19 biplane and defected with his gunner Mišo Jazbec to Partisans . He landed near Partisan - controlled Prijedor . The date would later be marked as the Day of Yugoslav Air Force . Partisans immediately started to use their own plane . On July 2 , 1942 Čajavec made an air raid on Banja Luka , which included strafing the local airfield , dropping bombs on important city buildings as well as leaflets on city streets . The plane was damaged by anti - aircraft artillery , and Čajavec was forced to crashland on territory controlled by Chetniks . After they have surrounded him , Čajavec committed suicide to avoid being captured . After the war Čajavec received the title of People ' s Hero of Yugoslavia . A television set factory in Banja Luka was named after him . The plot of 1979 film " Partizanska eskadrila " was partially inspired by his act .