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Bristol Sycamore The Bristol Type 171 Sycamore was the first British - designed helicopter to fly and serve with the Royal Air Force . Created by the Bristol Aeroplane Company , it was used for search and rescue and anti - submarine warfare . The name refers to the seeds of the Sycamore tree , " Acer pseudoplatanus " , which fall with a rotating motion . Design and development . Bristol set up its Helicopter Division after the Allied invasion of Europe in 1944 , when engineers from the Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment at Beaulieu became available . The AFEE had been working on the development of helicopter designs under helicopter pioneer Raoul Hafner , but the success of Horsa and Hamilcar glider s during Operation Overlord led to helicopter development now being given a priority . Hafner was appointed by Bristol as head of this new helicopter division . The design of the Sycamore commenced in June 1944 , and extended over more than two years , with especial emphasis being given to the endurance of the mechanical components . The maiden flight took place on 27 July 1947 , with the prototype VL958 powered by a 450 hp ( 340 kW ) Pratt & Whitney Wasp Junior ( there being no suitable engine in the Bristol range ) . The prototype Sycamore Mk . 2 was completed in the summer of 1948 , powered by a 550 hp 410 kW ) Alvis Leonides ; this became the standard engine for all subsequent Sycamore production . Bristol ' s key development pilots for the Type 171 included Charles " Sox " Hosegood and Col . Robert " Bob " Smith , both test pilots with Bristol . Versions of the Sycamore up to and including the Mk . 3A kept to the standard two - seat aircraft layout of having the pilot in the left - hand seat and co - pilot in the right . The main production , the Mk . 4 , switched to the American standard practice of having the pilot ' s seat on the right . There were also a number of other developments from earlier versions , such as a four - door design , that were standardised for the Mk . 4 . This version entered RAF service as the HR14 . Civil versions did not use the name Sycamore , and were known simply as Bristol Type 171 . Operational history . The Sycamore HR14 entered service with 275 Squadron of the RAF in April 1953 , and went on to serve with nine squadron s in total . It was used during the Malayan Emergency ( 1948 - 1960 ) for deploying Army foot patrols into the jungle . A total of 50 Sycamores were delivered to the German Federal Government , and three to the Belgian Government . The Sycamore also has the distinction of being the second helicopter type to be used by the Australian Defence Force , when seven were delivered to the Royal Australian Navy .
Ragnvald Roscher Nielsen Ragnvald Roscher Nielsen ( 1891 – 1979 ) was a Norwegian military officer , born in Fredrikshald . He served at the general staff from 1915 to 1930 and from 1938 to 1940 . He was given the task to negotiate with the Germans on the armistice in 1940 . From 1942 to 1945 he was a prisoner - of - war in German custody . He as a Major General in the Norwegian Army from 1945 , served as head of Distriktskommando Vestlandet and commander at Bergenhus Fortress until 1952 . He was in charge of the Norwegian Army Command Germany from 1948 to 1949 . He was decorated Commander of the Order of St . Olav in 1961 .
Lohatla Lohatla is a training area of the South African National Defence Force . It is located in the Northern Cape province of South Africa and is home to the SA Army Combat Training Centre . History . This military training institution was founded on 15 January 1978 . Initially known as the South African Army Battle School , it was later renamed as the South African Army Combat Training Centre on 24 October 2000 . The Battle School originated due to a need by the Department of Defence for a military training facility where conventional and integrated training on divisional level could be executed . The SA Army Combat Training Centre is unique in the sense that it is one of ten similar institutions in the world that provide exclusive and permanent facilities for landward warfare training . Only two of these institutions are located in the Southern hemisphere , of which the SA Army Combat Training Centre is the largest , 158 000 hectares in total . Nature Reserve . The Ga - Thlose Nature Reserve was proclaimed in 1890 and was managed as its domain by Agricultural Credit . Ownership by the local population was denied through proclamation in 1976 and the Reserve was proclaimed a restricted military area . The local population living in the area were to be relocated in the passage of time . In the meantime it was agreed that the specific group of the local community could graze their cattle in the designated grazing areas . The movement to Ga - Thlose from the Sishen Gate was also permitted . The purchase of farms east and south of the above - mentioned area was completed in 1981 and the area , as a whole , was proclaimed as a restricted military area . The infrastructure taken over from the farmers was in a good condition . See also . Official SA Army Website - http : / / www . actc . army . mil . za /
Authorized marches of the Canadian Forces The following is a list of the notable authorized march es for various organizations of the Canadian Forces . The first march listed is the march most commonly performed for that organization on parade ; it is commonly referred to simply as that organization ' s " march " or " march past " . In addition , many organizations also have additional pieces for slow marches , marches for mounted parades , pipe marches , etc . ; they are subsequently listed and footnoted as applicable . Within each grouping , the organizations are listed in their order of precedence , i . e . the order the organizations would march on parade and the order the marches would be played . Miscellaneous organizations . Note : These organizations are NOT in order of precedence .
Arledge Field Arledge Field is a public airport located approximately east of Stamford , Texas . It provides general aviation service . History . Opened on 1 April 1941 . Known as Arledge Field or Stamford - Arledge Field . Began training United States Army Air Corps flying cadets under contract to Stamford Flying School ( later : Lou Foote Flying Service ; later : Coleman Flying School ) . Assigned to United States Army Air Forces Gulf Coast Training Center ( later Central Flying Training Command ) as a primary ( level 1 ) pilot training airfield . Had four hard surface runways for landings and takeoffs . Also had four auxiliary airfields for emergency landings and overflows . Flying training was performed with Fairchild PT - 19 s as the primary trainer . Also had several PT - 17 Stearman s assigned . Inactivated on 8 September 1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC ' s pilot training program . Declared surplus and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers on 30 September 1945 . Eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration ( WAA ) and became a civil airport .
Werner Kempf General Werner Kempf ( 9 March 1886 – 6 January 1964 ) was a Panzer General in the German army during World War II who was awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves ( mit Eichenlaub ) . He joined the Imperial German Army on 14 March 1905 and served in the 149th Infantry Regiment . In World War I he reached the rank of Hauptmann . He then served in the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht . At the beginning of World War II he took part in the invasion of Poland as a Generalmajor commanding a Panzer Division . In 1939 and 1940 he led the 6th Panzer Division in the Battle of France and was promoted to Generalleutnant and awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross for his role in the campaign . From 5 May 1942 he was commanding general of the XXXXVIII Panzer Corps and was in this position on 10 August 1942 when he was awarded the Oak leaves to the Knight ' s Cross . In July 1943 , he participated in the Battle of Kursk as commander of the ' Army Detachment Kempf ' on the Eastern Front . From May to September 1944 he was commander of the Wehrmacht in the Baltics . He was then moved to the leadership reserve until he was taken into captivity in May 1945 . He was released in 1947 .
Arrow - class patrol boat Arrow is a series of fast patrol / assault speed boat made by the Sri Lanka Navy for use by its littoral warfare units , the elite Special Boat Squadron ( SBS ) and the Rapid Action Boat Squadron ( RABS ) . The boat is capable of achieving high speeds and is highly maneuverable , meeting the requirements of these units in small boat operations . Armed with an autocannon or automatic grenade launcher as its primary weapon system and multiple machine guns , the Arrow boats provides relatively high firepower despite its small size . It is also used by the navy for inshore monitoring operations . Development . According to the requirements of its elite unit the SBS , for a fast and maneuverable boat with high firepower , the navy developed the first prototype of the Arrow in 2006 . The prototype was completed within a month . The tests carried out with this prototype were successful . Production was begun immediately after this , and the boats were deployed soon after . The navy produces the Arrow at a unit cost of Rs . 1 . 7 million ( US $ 17 , 000 ) . http : / / lankadailynews . com / wp - content / uploads / 2011 / 01 / arrow - boats - sri - lanka - navy . jpg Design . The Arrow boat is powered by a single outboard motor . Another variant of the boat , fitted with two outboard motors is also developed . The body is made of strengthened fiberglass . The boat is 18 feet ( 5 . 49 m ) long . No armour is provided , with the intention of keeping the boat light enough to meet the primary requirements of speed and maneuverability . Armament . A 23mm autocannon is used as the primary weapon of the Arrow boat , mounted on the forward end . In some variants , this is replaced by an automatic grenade launcher . As the secondary armament , several PKM 7 . 62mm machine guns are used , fixed on each side of the boat . Operational history . The Arrow boat is in service with the Sri Lanka Navy ’ s Special Boat Squadron since its development in 1993 . From mid 2008 , it is also issued to the newly created Rapid Action Boat Squadron . The Arrow boat has been used widely by the Sri Lanka Navy against the LTTE ’ s Sea Tigers in Eelam War IV . The 100th Arrow . The 100th Arrow boat was launched by the Sri Lanka Navy on 11 September 2008 . A ceremony was held at the navy base SLNS Gemunu at Welisara to mark this event , presided by the Secretary of the Ministry of Defence , Gotabhaya Rajapaksa .
Zemgor Zemgor ( or Объединённый комитет Земского союза и Союза городов ; literally " United Committee of the Union of Zemstvo s and the Union of Towns " ) was a Russia n organization created in 1915 to help the government in their World War I effort . The first Chairman of the Committee was Prince Georgy Lvov , a representative of the Constitutional Democratic party . The organization was disbanded by Bolsheviks in 1919 . While disbanded in Russia , a number of emigrated former functionaries decided to reestablish the organization with the same abbreviated name , Zemgor , and in 1921 it was officially registered in Paris as an organization helping Russian emigrants . Its official names were Российский Земско - городской комитет помощи российским гражданам за границей in Russian and " Comite des Zemstvos et Municipalités Russes de Secours des Citoyens russes à l ' étranger " in French . The first chairman of the Paris organization was Georgy Lvov , then A . I . Konovalov and A . D . Avksentiev . In the beginning of 1920s Zemgor was recognized as the main welfare organization helping Russian emigrants but later went into obscurity .
6th Aviation Regiment ( Australia ) The 6th Aviation Regiment is one of the Australian Army ' s three Army Aviation regiments . The Regiment was formed in 2008 to command the Army ' s special forces helicopter squadron and its surveillance aircraft squadron . The 6th Aviation Regiment forms part of the 16th Aviation Brigade and is headquartered at Holsworthy Barracks , Sydney , New South Wales . In 2009 the Australian Army transferred all fixed wing surveillance aircraft to the Royal Australian Air Force . 173 Surveillance Squadron subsequently re - equipped with the Kiowa Light Utility Helicopter and re - roled as an Advanced Training Squadron for future ARH Tiger and MRH - 90 pilots . In 2012 the regiment comprised : Notable operations include :
USS Sagacity ( MSO - 469 ) USS " Sagacity " ( AM - 469 / MSO - 469 ) was an " Aggressive " - class minesweeper acquired by the U . S . Navy for the task of removing mines that had been placed in the water to prevent the safe passage of ships . " Sagacity " ( " AM - 469 " ) was laid down on 6 October 1952 by the Luders Marine Construction Co . , Stamford , Connecticut ; launched on 20 February 1954 ; sponsored by Mrs . Loretta B . McCue ; and commissioned on 20 January 1955 , Lt . H . M . Berry in command . " Sagacity ’ s " first Med cruise . Redesignated " MSO - 469 " on 7 February , " Sagacity " completed shakedown training in May , then took up local operations out of her home port , Charleston , South Carolina . Assigned to Mine Division ( MinDiv ) 84 , she conducted her first eastern Atlantic - Mediterranean deployment in the fall of 1956 . The four - month deployment was followed by a return to minesweeping exercises in the Caribbean and off the Carolina and Florida coasts . Assigned various duties . Biennially deployed to the Mediterranean for duty with the U . S . 6th Fleet from that time until 1967 , she was employed on projects for the Naval Mine Warfare School at Charleston , the Mine Defense Laboratory at Panama City , Florida , and the Naval Ordnance Test Facility at Fort Lauderdale , Florida , during her U . S . 2d Fleet duty . Occasionally assigned to planeguard duty for helicopters from amphibious assault ships , target towing , and to patrol duties , she was also a unit of the Project Mercury recovery force in January 1962 and participated in the recovery effort of the 1966 Palomares B - 52 crash . Her last 6th Fleet tour of duty . In January 1968 , " Sagacity " steamed east for her last tour with the U . S . 6th Fleet , spending most of her time in the western Mediterranean . She returned to Charleston in June ; and , until March 1970 , operated off the U . S . East Coast . Grounding in Charleston harbor . In March 1970 , she grounded at the entrance to Charleston harbor , causing extensive damage to her rudders , shafts , screws , keel , and hull . Inactivation and decommissioning . Five months later , as the Navy continued its force level reduction , " Sagacity " was ordered inactivated . She was decommissioned and struck from the Navy list on 1 October 1970 . In 1971 , she was sold for scrapping .
Hans Thurner Hans Thurner ( 24 October 1918 – 11 June 1944 ) was a highly decorated Hauptmann in the Luftwaffe during World War II , and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Hans Thurner was killed on 11 June 1944 , and was posthumously awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight ' s Cross on 17 September 1944 ,
SS Pedernales SS " Pedernales was a lake tanker of the World War II and post war eras . She was built in 1938 in Monfalcone , Italy , and sailed under the British flag . " Pedernales " was severely damaged in a torpedo attack on 16 February 1942 while anchored at Aruba . The damaged ship was cut into three sections . The fore and aft sections were joined together and the ship made her way to Baltimore , Maryland , to be rebuilt . The middle section was left in Aruba and , after being used for a number of years as a target by Dutch gunners after the war , has become a scuba diving site . The rebuilt portion of the tanker , later renamed Esso Pedernales and Katendrecht " , was scrapped in 1959 . Career . SS " Pedernales " was completed in September 1938 by Cantieri Riuniti dell ' Adriatico of Monfalcone , Italy . She operated as a lake tanker , sailing from Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela to the refinery at Aruba . On the morning of 16 February 1942 , German U - boat " U - 156 " , under the command of " Kapitänleutnant " Werner Hartenstein , commenced an attack on oil tankers at anchor in San Nicolas Harbor in Aruba as part of Operation " Neuland " . Torpedoes fired from the U - boat sank tanker and damaged " Pedernales " and the American tanker . " Pedernales " was beached by two tugs and abandoned . Later , the hulk was towed to the Lago Dry Dock on Aruba where she was cut into three sections . The fore and aft sections were joined together and the ship made way under her own power to Baltimore , Maryland , where she had a new midsection installed , and continued her career . After the end of World War II , the tanker continued sailing under her same name until 1957 when she was renamed " Esso Pedernales " . After another renaming the following year to " Katendrecht " , she was scrapped at Rotterdam in 1959 . Wreck . The damaged middle section of " Pedernales " was towed away from the dry dock and was used for many years as a target by Dutch Navy aircraft . The bombing practice scattered the remnants of the wreck into eight sections of wreckage . Portions of the wreck are a popular scuba diving attraction . The three largest sections of the wreck are used daily by local dive operators . The remnants rest in of water at .
Godilas Godilas ( ) was a Byzantine general , active in the reigns of Emperor Justin I ( r . 518 – 527 ) and Emperor Justinian I ( r . 527 – 565 ) . Biography . Godilas is first mentioned in 518 as one of the officers involved in the proclamation of Justin I as Byzantine emperor . The ceremony is recorded in the " De Ceremoniis " , compiled by Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos ( r . 913 – 959 ) in the 10th century , and gives his rank as campiductor / campidoctor ( " drill instructor " ) of the regiment of the " Lanciarii " ( ) . In 528 , Godilas , along with Baduarius , led a military expedition from Odessus ( modern Varna ) against the Huns of the Crimea . Under their leader , Mougel , the Huns had reportedly captured Byzantine areas on the coasts of the Black Sea . Later that year , Godilas joined forces with Ascum and Constantiolus in facing an ongoing invasion of Huns / Bulgars in Thrace . The Byzantine army managed to defeat one group of invaders in battle , but they were then ambushed and routed by a second group of Huns / Bulgars . Both Constantiolus and Ascum were captured by their pursuing enemies through the use of lasso es , and only Godilas was able to break through and escape , as recorded by John Malalas and Theophanes the Confessor . His military rank at the time of these battles is uncertain . Both Ascum and Constantiolus held the rank of " magister militum " . As Godilas served alongside them , rather than act as their subordinate , it is likely that he held an equivalent rank , either as " magister militum per Thracias " or as " magister militum vacans " .
John Shanes John Shanes ( July 23 , 1844 – January 26 , 1904 ) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War . He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Battle of Rutherford ' s Farm near Winchester , Virginia on July 20 , 1864 . Medal of Honor citation . “ The President of the United States of America , in the name of Congress , takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private John Shanes , United States Army , for extraordinary heroism on 20 July 1864 , while serving with Company K , 14th West Virginia Infantry , in action at Carter ' s Farm , Virginia . Private Shanes charged upon a Confederate fieldpiece in advance of his comrades and by his individual exertions silenced the piece . ”
HMS Nautilus ( 1910 ) HMS " Nautilus was a of the Royal Navy . She was commissioned on 30 March 1910 from Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding Company . She was renamed HMS " Grampus on 16 December 1913 , her former name being reallocated to , the first Royal Navy submarine to be given one . Service history . During the First World War , " Grampus " participated in the Dardanelles Campaign against the Ottoman Empire . On 17 April 1915 , in an attempt to break through the Dardanelles , the submarine ran aground under Kephaz Point . She was fired on and disabled , her captain , Lieutenant Commander T . S . Brodie and several of her crew were killed ; the remainder taken prisoner . To prevent her capture , the Royal Navy tried over the next two days to destroy the submarine . " Grampus " was involved in one of the many failed attempts ; she was simply unable to locate the " E15 " . On 6 August , HMS " Grampus " landed 11th Battalion , The Manchester Regiment of the 11th ( Northern ) Division inside Suvla Bay , but on the wrong part of the beach . The troops were ill - supplied and ran critically short of drinking water in the actions that followed ; on 8 August , HMS " Grampus " cut one of her own water tanks loose and floated it ashore , which allowed the men who recovered it about a pint ( 0 . 5 litre ) each . " Grampus " was sold for scrapping in September 1920 .
USS Eider ( AM - 17 ) USS " Eider " ( AM - 17 ) was a of the United States Navy . Laid down on 25 September 1917 by the Pusey and Jones Company of Wilmington , Delaware , " Eider " was launched on 26 May 1918 , and commissioned as USS " Eider " , ( Minesweeper No . 17 ) on 23 January 1919 , LT Arthur E . Freed in command . Post - World War I Operations . " Eider " sailed out of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , for minesweeping operations in the Delaware River approaches until 8 March 1919 , then put in to Norfolk , Virginia , to prepare for distant service . On 3 April 1919 she departed for Scotland and alternately based on Kirkwall and Invergordon , Orkney Islands , swept the vast North Sea minefield . Returning home in October she called at Brest , Lisbon , the Azores and Bermuda . Arriving at Charleston Navy Yard on 1 December 1919 " Eider " was placed in reduced commission for repairs . On 29 May 1920 she joined in salvage operations on . Placed in full commission again for passage to Mare Island , California , " Eider " sailed from Norfolk , Virginia , 10 July 1920 and arrived on 28 August to report to Commander , Train , Base Force . On 10 September she was again placed in reduced commission with a partial complement . Pacific Theatre operations . In 1921 " Eider ' s " homeport was changed to Pearl Harbor , where she arrived on 18 June . She was decommissioned on 18 April 1922 , laid up until 1937 , and finally sent back to Mare Island , California , still in decommissioned status . In 1940 she was converted for duty as a gate tender and reclassified YNG - 20 on 7 October 1940 . Placed in service in 1941 , based on the Naval Net Depot , Tiburon , she operated with net tenders in San Francisco Bay throughout the war . End - of - War Decommissioning . " Eider " was transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal on 1 July 1947 .