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A . Edison Stairs Allen Edison Stairs ( December 22 , 1924 – October 10 , 2010 ) was a Canadian businessman and politician . Known by Edison , after graduating high school he attended the University of New Brunswick but interrupted his education during World War II to join the Royal Canadian Air Force . He served until after V - E Day in 1945 and following his discharge from the military settled in Woodstock , New Brunswick where he established an insurance business . From a family active in community affairs , his great - uncle Ernest W . Stairs had been a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1935 to 1939 . Edison Stairs was elected as the Progressive Conservative Party member for Carleton in 1960 , 1963 , and 1967 , sitting as a member of the Official Opposition . Reelected in 1970 , his party formed the government led by Premier Richard Hatfield , and Stairs was immediately named to the Cabinet . He held several positions until 1976 when , as Minister of Finance and Chairman of NB Power , he resigned from Cabinet to be with his terminally ill wife . Stairs remained a member of the Legislature until 1978 but retired from politics upon the passing of his wife . His cousin , Gerald Stairs Merrithew , was elected both provincially ( 1972 – 1984 ) and federally ( 1984 – 1993 ) .
Erich von Selle Erich von Selle ( 13 August 1908 in Königsberg – 27 February 1976 in Hamburg ) was a German Luftwaffe Flying ace during World War II . He also held various senior command positions in the Luftwaffe including " Geschwaderkommodore " of the Jagdgeschwader 1 fighter wing . In his private life he was married to Harda Jenny Auguste von Langendorff . The couple had 3 children . Appointed " Gruppenkommandeur " II . / JG 27 in January 1940 , von Selle transferred to command of II . / JG 3 in February 1940 . He fought in the Battle of France and the Battle of Britain , claiming a Supermarine Spitfire over the Thames on 26 August 1940 , two more Spitfires on 30 August over Dungeness and on 7 September over London , and a Hawker Hurricane on 29 September south of London . On 1 October 1940 , Hauptmann von Selle took up a staff position with " Nachtjagddivison " In July 1941 he was appointed " Gruppenkommandeur " of I . / JG 54 on the Eastern Front , until December the same year . Promoted to Major , von Selle became " Geschwaderkommodore " JG 1 during the period January 1942 – August 1942 . " Oberstleutnant " von Selle commanded JG 101 fighter training wing from December 1942 - April 1944 . He then commanded Zerstörergeschwader 1 until July 1944 . He is credited with 7 aerial victories .
HMAS Sea Snake HMAS " Sea Snake " was an auxiliary Snake class junk built for the Royal Australian Navy during the Second World War . She was launched in 1945 and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 31 March 1945 . She was used by the Services Reconnaissance Department and was paid off on 27 November 1945 , before being handed over to the British Civil Administration in Borneo .
Nouvion Airfield Nouvion Airfield was a pre - war airport and World War II military airfield in Algeria , located about 5 km west of Camp Militaire d ' El Ghomri in Mascara province ; about 76 km east of Oran . History . The facility was built in the 1930s as a civil airport . In the immediate aftermath of the Allied Operation Torch landings in Algeria on 8 November 1942 , the airport was taken over by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force as a military airfield . When taken over by the USAAF , Nouvion consisted of basically one long building and a rough airstrip . The Army Corps of Engineers moved in to upgrade the facility to minimum military requirements . The airport ' s runway was improved and a pierced steel planking ( PSP ) parking apron was constructed , utilizing the few permanent existing structures . Tents were used for ground support operations and personnel billeting . After several weeks , the 1st Fighter Group arrived at the field from Oran Tafaraoui Airport on 20 November , operating P - 38 Lightning s . During its entire tenure at the airfield , the 1st flew combat operations while ongoing construction continued . It moved east on 14 December to Biskra . Other units that were assigned to Nouvion were : Active operations at the airfield ended by the end of May 1943 , as the front moved east into Tunisia . The Americans dismantled their facilities by the end of July and returned the former airport to French authorities . Today , the airfield is part of the Algerian Military Camp Militaire d ' El Ghomri .
Pajrek The ruins of the Pajrek castle lie in the Czech Republic above the town of Nýrsko in the western part of the Šumava ( Bohemian Forest ) , 505 m a . s . l . This important borderline castle was established at the beginning of the 14th century . In 1472 it was already abandoned . In 1504 the castle was reconstructed , but it was only used until the middle of the 16th century , when it was finally abandoned . Only the remains of the huge tower have been preserved until the present day .
Harsha Abeywickrama Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrema , RWP , RSP , VSV , USP , rcds , psc , qfi , SLAF is a Sri Lankan fighter pilot and the current Commander of the Sri Lankan Air Force . Education . Educated at Royal College Colombo where he excelled both in studies and in sports . He has gain a Master in International Security from Kings College , University of London and a MSc ( Defense Studies ) in Management from the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University . Abeywickrema is a graduate of the Royal College of Defence Studies and the Air Command and Staff College , Air University . He has undergone a number of training courses and is a qualified flying instructor . Career . Abeywickrema joined the Sri Lanka Air Force as an Officer Cadet in the General Duties Pilot Branch in 1980 . After successful completion of Flying Training he was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in 1982 . During his career he has commanded the No . 1 Flying Training Wing and was the first commanding officer of the No . 5 " Jet " Squadron when it was reestablished in 1991 under his command following the acquisition of F - 7 and F - 5 fighters from China , it was the country ' s first fighter squadron . He was one of the first pilots to qualify in F - 7 s in 1991 and IAI Kfir s in 1996 . Thereafter he served as Commanding Officer of SLAF Palaly , Base Commander of SLAF China Bay , SLAF Anuradhapura & SLAF Rathmalana following which he became the Zonal Commander East and Chief Instructor of Air Wing of the Defence Services Command and Staff College . In his stint as the Director Air Operations at SLAF Colombo , Air Force Headquarters he spearheaded air operations that brought about the successful conclusion of the Sri Lankan Civil War in 2009 . He was also the Director Logistics . Thereafter he served as Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Force until he was promoted as Commander of the Air Force . Air Marshal Abeywickrema has been awarded the gallantry medals Rana Wickrama Padakkama and Rana Sura Padakkama for individual acts of bravery , the service medals Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya ( VSV ) , Uttama Seva Padakkama and Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal . Hobbies and Family Life . Abeywickrema who is also an active golfer is married to Neelika a lawyer and they have one son , Kasun who is currently doing an undergraduate degree in Cardiff University , UK .
USS Kestrel II ( SP - 529 ) USS " Kestrel II " ( SP - 529 ) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918 . " Kestrel II " was built in 1912 as a private motor yacht of the same name by Percy Tuttle at Greenport on Long Island , New York , for D . Herbert Hostetter of New York City . On 2 June 1917 , the U . S . Navy acquired her from her owner for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I . She was commissioned as USS " Kestrel II " ( SP - 529 ) on 4 June 1917 at Newport , Rhode Island , with Chief Boatswain ' s Mate C . E . Black , USNRF , in command . Assiigned to the 2nd Naval District and based at New London , Connecticut , " Kestrel II " operated on patrol duties in Long Island Sound for the rest of World War I . " Kestrel II " was decommissioned on 6 January 1919 and returned to her owner the same day .
Lahti - Saloranta M / 26 The Lahti - Saloranta M / 26 ( alternatively LS / 26 ) is a light machine gun which was designed by Aimo Lahti and Arvo Saloranta in 1926 . The weapon was able to fire in both full automatic and semi - automatic modes . Both 20 round box and 75 round drum magazine s were produced but the Finnish army seems to have only used the smaller 20 round magazine . In the Winter War , there were two squads in each platoon that provided covering fire for two ten - man rifle squads . In each squad , there was one M / 26 gunner , one assistant and the rest of the men carrying rifles . History . The M / 26 won a Finnish Army competition in 1925 where it was selected as the army ' s main light machine gun . Production started in 1927 at the Valtion kivääritehdas ( VKT ) , State Rifle Factory , and lasted until 1942 . More than 5 , 000 weapons were produced during that time . China also placed an order for 30 , 000 M / 26s chambered for 7 . 92x57mm Mauser in 1937 , but only 1 , 200 of these weapons were actually delivered due to Japanese diplomatic pressure . Design . On the battlefield , the Lahti - Saloranta M / 26 was found to be hard to clean due to the 188 parts of the gun , heavy and lacking in magazine capacity . It was a nicknamed " Kootut virheet " , " assorted mistakes " . On the other hand , proficient gunners liked and took full advantage of the exceptional accuracy of the weapon , and with oiling adapted for winter , it turned out to be very reliable . Due to the problems first encountered by Finnish troops , they often preferred the Degtyarev light machine gun when thousands of them were captured from the Soviets and used against their former owners . All in all , in the summer of 1944 , only 3 , 400 M / 26s were at the front , compared to over 9 , 000 Degtyarevs .
V Bomber Command The V Bomber Command is an inactive United States Army Air Forces unit . It was last assigned to Fifth Air Force , based at Irumagawa AB , Japan . It was inactivated on 31 May 1946 . During World War II the unit initially controlled Fifth Air Force bomber units in the Philippines . It was largely destroyed in the Battle of the Philippines ( 1941 – 42 ) , and withdrew to Australia at the end of December 1941 , although elements of some units remained in the Philippines until April 1942 . Re - equipped , the command provided command and control authority of Army Air Force bombardment organizations within the Fifth Air Force Area of Responsibility ( AOR ) . Afterward , served with the occupation force in Japan before being inactivated in 1946 . History . Operational history . Participated in the defense of the Philippines in December 1941 . Late in December the remaining bombers and some men were evacuated to Australia , and in January 1942 they were moved to Java to help delay the Japanese advance in the Netherlands Indies . The command ceased to function in March 1942 ( the AAF bombardment organizations in the Southwest Pacific being under the control of American - British - Dutch - Australian Command ( ABDA ) and later Allied Air Forces ) . Headquarters was remanned in September 1942 and shortly afterward it assumed control of AAF bombardment groups in Australia and New Guinea . The command served in combat with Fifth Air Force until the end of the war . Brigadier General Kenneth N . Walker , who was killed during a mission over Rabaul on 5 January 1943 , was awarded the Medal of Honor ; he had repeatedly taken part in combat missions and had developed an effective technique for bombing when opposed by enemy interceptors and antiaircraft fire . After the war the command became part of the occupation force for Japan . Inactivated on 31 May 1946 . Disbanded on 8 October 1948 .
Focke Rochen The Focke Rochen , also known as " Focke - Wulf Schnellflugzeug " or " Focke - Wulf VTOL " was a German VTOL aircraft project . Designed by Heinrich Focke of the Focke - Wulf company towards the end of World War II the project remained unbuilt before the Surrender of Nazi Germany but saw some development in the post - war years . The information about this project is limited ; it was named after the ray owing to its unusual shape . The aircraft had an aerofoil section with two huge propellers in the center . Development . Towards the last years of the Third Reich Heinrich Focke started design work on the Rochen , also known as " Schnellflugzeug " , as soon as he had the relevant data for the new German jet engines . In 1939 , he patented the idea of a circular aircraft with a large aerofoil section and an open center that acted as a huge propeller duct for twin counter - rotating propellers driven by a projected Focke - Wulf designed turbojet engine via an axis and gearbox . The Fw - Rochen would have achieved forward flight by vectoring the downwash from the propellers rearward through a series of louver s below them . The louvers themselves could also be completely closed for gliding flight in the event of engine failure . The exhaust nozzle forked in two at the end of the turbojet engine and ended in two auxiliary combustion chambers located on the trailing edges of the circular wing . When fuel was added , the auxiliary combustion chambers acted as primitive afterburners providing horizontal flight . The control at low speed was achieved by varying the power to each auxiliary chamber through the two small nozzles . The landing gear was very simple , consisting of the two main gear legs on either side of the central propellers and a small tailwheel . A single fin and rudder would be provided to help with lateral stability at higher speeds . The lone pilot would sit in a cockpit nacelle that protruded from the front of the circular aerofoil section fuselage . After the war a wooden 1 / 10 scale model of the Rochen was built in Bremen and subjected to wind tunnel tests . Heinrich Focke filed for a patent of the aircraft in 1957 , but it was never built .
George Arthur French Major - General Sir George Arthur French , KCMG ( 19 June 1841 – 7 July 1921 ) served as the first Commissioner of the North - West Mounted Police , from October 18 , 1873 , to July 21 , 1876 . George Arthur French was born at Roscommon , Ireland . He was educated at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and Woolwich and commissioned in the Royal Artillery in 1860 . In 1871 , at the request of the Canadian government , he was sent to Canada as a military inspector , eventually becoming head of the School of Gunnery at Kingston , Ontario . French was appointed to organize the NWMP ( North - West Mounted Police ) on its creation in 1873 , and the next year he led the force on its famous march to the foothills of the Rockies . French resigned in 1876 and returned to duty in the British Army , eventually attaining the rank of major - general . The organizational skills developed in Canada were used to establish local defence forces in India and Australia . In September 1883 he was appointed Commandant of the Queensland Local Forces with the local rank of colonel , and arrived in the colony on January 4 , 1884 . Colonel French married , in 1862 , Janet Clarke , daughter of the late Robert Long Innes , formerly of the 37th Regiment . Colonel French retired in 1891 , and returned to England . When French retired in 1902 he received a knighthood and for the next 19 years much of his time was spent guarding the crown jewels in London , where he died in 1921 .
Castle of Santa Catalina ( Jaén ) Saint Catalina ' s Castle ( Castillo de Santa Catalina ) is a castle that sits on the Cerro de Santa Catalina overlooking the Spanish city of Jaén . It is now the site of a parador . History . The castle began as an 8th Century Moorish fortress last improved by the Nasrid King Abdallah ibn al - Ahmar , who also built the Alhambra . Earlier , where the parador now stands , there was a tower known as Hannibal ' s Tower , of which some traces remain . After King Ferdinand III of Castile captured the city in 1246 after the Siege of Jaén , he commenced a transformation of the castle , including construction of what became known as the New Castle on the eastern extreme of the hill . The bulk of the work , however , took place under the reigns of Alfonso X and Ferdinand IV . There are five towers and a donjon , with one of the towers holding the Chapel of Saint Catalina . One of the last structures built during this period was the donjon , which was the work of the Conestable of Castile , Miguel Lucas de Iranzo . The builders of the new castle used some of the towers and ramparts of the old fortress , and destroyed or replaced others . The construction in 1965 of the parador resulted in destruction of many of the elements of the Old Castle . The few remnants of the original fortress occupy the western extreme of the hill . The 17th century saw some interior remodeling of the buildings . Then in the early 19th century , Napoleonic forces built a gunpowder store , stables , hospital , offices , kitchen , and artillery platform . Little beyond the foundations remains of most of these . On the top of the hill there is a monumental cross that recalls the cross that Ferdinand III had erected there . At the foot of the cross , engraved in the rock , is the " Sonnet to the Cross " by the poet Almendros Aguilar . The castle and parador have a view over the valley of the Guadalquivir to the ridges of the Sierra Morena . General Charles de Gaulle stayed in the parador while writing his memoirs .
USS Lee ( 1776 ) USS " Lee " ( 1776 ) was a galley built for the Continental Navy . She participated in the Battle of Valcour Island during which she was grounded and lost . However , her participation in the battle helped delay the British advance on New York City by a year . Construction . The second ship to be so named by the Navy , " Lee " was a galley cutter built under direction of General Benedict Arnold at Skenesboro , New York , in 1776 for service on Lake Champlain . It was constructed of timber captured in October 1775 at St . Jean ’ s , the British shipyard on the lake . Continental service and grounding . " Lee " , commanded by a Captain Davis , joined Arnold ’ s squadron 6 September 1776 ; the galley cutter operated on Lake Champlain for shortly over a month , ready to defend the inland water path which connected Canada and New York . When the British moved south , the American flotilla met them in the Battle of Valcour Island 11 October 1776 . " Lee " ran aground and bilged , during the action in which the small American squadron was all but wiped out . Delaying the British advance . However , while suffering a serious tactical defeat , General Arnold ’ s ships won a great strategic victory by delaying for a year the British advance on New York City , a year in which the patriots prepared for the new British offensive which ended with the capture of the British Army at the Battle of Saratoga .
Timeline of Italian history This is a timeline of Italian history , comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Italy and its predecessor states . To read about the background to these events , see History of Italy . See also the list of Prime Ministers of Italy .
547th Intelligence Squadron The 547th Intelligence Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit . It is responsible for intelligence support for all Red Flag - Nellis exercises . History . Activated in March 1944 at Hammer Field , California . The 547th was one of the last purpose - activated night fighter squadrons of World War II . Trained in Southern California , under IV Fighter Command initially equipped with specifically modified twin - seat black painted P - 38M Lightning s equipped with AN / APS - 6 radar in an external radome underneath the nose , relocated radio equipment and anti - flash gun muzzles . The pilot sat in the front seat , radar operator in the rear . Deployed to the Southwest Pacific Area ( SWPA ) in September 1944 , being assigned to Fifth Air Force and engaged in defensive night operations , also conducting night interdiction raids on enemy targets . Received P - 61 Black Widow s in Oct 1944 at Owi Airfield , Netherlands East Indies . Operated in NEI , Philippines , Okinawa . Moved to Japan in October 1945 as part of Fifth Air Force occupation Forces , Inactivated in Japan February 1946 . Trained US and allied forward air controllers , 1969 - 1975 and psychological warfare pilots , 1969 - 1972 . Serves as USAFs center of excellence for adversary tactics analysis ; develops intelligence threat training programs ; defines potential threats to the US , provides intelligence support to Air Combat Command ' s test and evaluation programs and live - fly exercises , 1991 – present . References . 547th Intelligence Squadron Lineage at AFHRA Unofficial 547th Night Fighter Squadron emblem design : round background with thin inner rings near border red and black , inside a cartoon Black Widow spider wearing a yellow cap , having his legs spread in a circular pattern around his body , holding in each foot / hand a weapon of various types , consisting of , knife , pistol , brass knuckles , sapper , tomahawk , mace club , swordand a round bomb with fuse lit .
Clarence Crase Thomas Clarence Crase Thomas ( December 26 , 1886 – January 28 , 1917 ) was an officer in the United States Navy during World War I . Thomas became the first U . S . naval officer to die in the war , after his ship was torpedoed by a German submarine . He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross . Early life and career . Born in Grass Valley , California , Thomas was appointed midshipman on July 7 , 1904 and graduated from the United States Naval Academy on June 5 , 1908 . After service in armored cruiser and gunboat , he was commissioned ensign on June 29 , 1910 . In the next few years , Thomas served on , , and . Appointed lieutenant ( j . g . ) on June 26 , 1913 , he was detached from " West Virginia " in the summer of 1914 to attend a post - graduate course in steam engineering at the Naval Academy . He attended Columbia University in late 1915 and , on June 24 , 1916 , reported on board as her electrical officer . World War I . Thomas was commissioned lieutenant on January 8 , 1917 and was placed in charge of the naval armed guard on the merchant steamship SS " Vacuum " in April . On the 28th , when a lookout reported sighting a German submarine , some 120 miles west of the Hebrides Islands , Lt . Thomas went to the ship ' s after gun . A few moments later , a torpedo from struck " Vacuum " , and exploded , throwing Thomas and the gun ' s crew into the water . The ship sank within two minutes . Picked up by a boat , Thomas soon died of cold and exposure . He was the first United States naval officer to lose his life in the war with Germany and was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross " for distinguished service in the line of his profession as commander of the armed guard crew of the . . . Vacuum . " Two ships were named for him .