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G7es torpedo The G7es or Zaunkönig T - 5 ( " wren " in German ) was a torpedo employed by German U - boats during World War II . It was known as the GNAT ( German Navy Acoustic Torpedo ) to the British . Description . The forerunner of the T - 5 was the G7e / T4 Falke , codename " Falcon , " which was introduced in March 1943 , but only fired by three U - boats by September of that year when the G7es ( which was faster , had more range , possessed a magnetic exploder and could also be equipped with a percussion pistol ) became available . The torpedo was electric and had an effective range of 5700 meters at a speed of 24 knots ( 44 km / h ) . This torpedo employed passive acoustic homing to find its target , becoming active after a straight run of 400 meters . The homing mechanism consisted of two hydrophone receivers which sensed the sound waves of ship propellers and altered the direction of the rudder via a electropneumatic device . There were two main variants : Use . The 400 meter limit was employed for safety reasons , even though there were at least two instances of U - boats ( " U - 972 " in December 1943 and " U - 377 " in January 1944 ) sinking after being hit by their own torpedo . This risk was later mitigated by requiring submarines to dive to 60 meters and go completely silent after launching acoustic torpedoes . The first 80 T - 5s were delivered on 1 August 1943 , and the weapon was first used in September . Despite some success , in particular sinking destroyers and corvettes , the T - 5 often detonated behind the enemy ship because the acoustic steering was very imprecise . This was particularly evident at its first large - scale use from 20 to 24 September 1943 in the attacks on convoy ON - 202 . The commanders reported a number of torpedo strikes and recorded the sinking of nine commercial steamers and twelve escort ships after the battle . In fact only six merchant ships and 3 escort vessels , a destroyer , a frigate and a corvette were sunk . A total of 640 T - 5s were fired in combat , sinking 45 ships . The T - 5 was countered by the introduction by the Allies of the " Foxer " noise maker . The T - 5 was nicknamed " Zerstörerknacker " ( destroyer cracker ) by the German submariners , as it was especially used against convoy escorts .
John R . Deane , Jr . John Russell Deane , Jr . ( June 8 , 1919 – July 18 , 2013 ) was a United States Army general and served as commander of the United States Army Materiel Command . Deane was born in San Francisco , California . In 1937 , he enlisted in the 16th Infantry . After one year , he entered the United States Military Academy . Upon graduation from the academy in 1942 , he joined the 104th Infantry Division as a platoon leader and , by the end of the war , he had become a battalion commander . He held the position of Intelligence Officer in Europe from 1945 to 1947 and then returned to Washington , D . C . to work in the Joint War Plans Division , HQDA . In 1951 , he became Executive Assistant to the Secretary of the Army . From this post , he went to the Command and General Staff College , Fort Leavenworth , in 1952 . Upon graduation , he served as Chief of Plans in the Military Armistice Commission until 1954 . Returning to the U . S . in late 1954 , he attended the Armed Forces Staff College . Upon graduation , he became Chief of Programs and Budget in the Office of the Chief , Research and Development , HQDA . From 1958 – 1959 , he attended the National War College . He then became Assistant to the Chief of Staff , U . S . Army Europe , Heidelberg , Germany . From February 1961 to June 1962 , he was Commander of the 2nd Battle Group in Berlin . In December 1962 , he returned to Washington as Assistant to the Director of Defense Research and Engineering , where he served as Executive Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense ( Deputy Director , Defense Research and Engineering ) . During this time , he attended the Harvard School of Business Administration , participating in the advanced management program . On 16 August 1965 , he became the Assistant Division Commander , 82nd Airborne Division , Fort Bragg , North Carolina . General Deane received the assignment of Chief of Staff , Field Forces in Vietnam in February 1966 . In July 1966 , he became Assistant Division Commander , 1st Infantry Division , Vietnam . In December 1966 , he was assigned as Commanding General , 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vietnam . From October 1967 to September 1968 , General Deane served as Director of Doctrine in the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Force Development , U . S . Army . From October 1968 to July 1970 , he was the Commanding General of the 82nd Airborne Division , Fort Bragg , North Carolina . In July 1972 , he was appointed the Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Force Development , U . S . Army , where he served until August 1972 , when he became the Deputy Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency . He was promoted to full general and assumed command of the U . S . Army Materiel Development and Readiness Command on 12 February 1975 . General Deane retired from active service on 31 January 1977 . Deane died on July 18 , 2013 in Bangor , Maine .
Princesa de Asturias - class cruiser The " Princesa de Asturias " class was a class of armoured cruiser s of the Spanish Navy . The class comprised three ships , " Princesa de Asturias " , " Cataluna " and " Cardenal Cisneros " . Design . Dimensions and machinery . The ships of the class were long , had a beam of , a draught of , and had a displacement of 6 , 888 ton . The ships were equipped with 2 shaft reciprocating engines , which were rated at and produced a top speed of . Armour . The ships had belt armour of , conning tower and barbette armour of , turret armour and deck armour . Armament . The main armament of the ships where two single turret guns . Secondary armament included eight single guns .
Robert T . Van Horn Robert Thompson Van Horn ( May 19 , 1824 – January 3 , 1916 ) was a lawyer , the owner and publisher of the " The Kansas City Enterprise " , mayor of Kansas City , Missouri during the parts of the Civil War , member of the Missouri $ 3 , and representative to the Forty - seventh Congress of the United States . Life . Born in East Mahoning Township , Indiana County , Pennsylvania to Henry and Elizabeth ( Thompson ) Vanhorn , he moved to Pomeroy , Ohio in 1844 , studied law and was admitted to the bar about 1850 . He moved to Kansas City in 1855 , was a member of the board of aldermen in 1857 ; postmaster of Kansas City 1857 - 1861 Van Horn purchased the newspaper " The Enterprise " in 1856 and renamed it " The Kansas City Journal " , which published daily from 1858 until its closing in 1942 . Van Horn was elected mayor of Kansas City to three terms , in 1861 , 1863 , and 1864 . He enlisted in the Union Army during the American Civil War and served as lieutenant colonel of the Twenty - fifth Regiment , Missouri Volunteer Infantry ; member of the Missouri State Senate 1862 - 1864 ; elected as a Republican to the Thirty - ninth , Fortieth , and Forty - first Congresses ( March 4 , 1865 – March 3 , 1871 ) ; was not a candidate for renomination in 1870 ; chairman of the Republican State central committee 1874 - 1876 ; collector of internal revenue for the sixth district of Missouri 1875 - 1881 . In 1882 , he was one of the original incorporators of the Kansas City Club . He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1864 , 1868 , 1872 , 1876 , 1880 , and 1884 ; member of the Republican National Committee in 1872 and 1884 ; elected as a Republican to the Forty - seventh Congress ( March 4 , 1881 – March 3 , 1883 ) ; successfully contested the election of John C . Tarsney to the Fifty - fourth Congress and served from February 27 , 1896 , to March 3 , 1897 ; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1896 ; retired from editorship of " The Kansas City Journal " in 1897 ; died on his estate , “ Honeywood , ” at Evanston Station , near Kansas City , Missouri . , January 3 , 1916 ; interment in Mount Washington Cemetery , Kansas City , Missouri . Van Horn High School was built on the site of Van Horn ' s Independence , Missouri house , " Honeywood " , in 1955 . Truman Road was originally called Van Horn Road in his honor .
Elbit MiG - 21 Lancer The Elbit MiG - 21 Lancer is an Israeli upgrade variant of the soviet Mikoyan MiG - 21 Fishbed made to upgrade the fleet of fighters from the ex - Iron Curtain countries . Description . The MiG - 21 " Lancer " is not a new plane , but the name given to one of the modifications to the MiG - 21 has modernized after the collapse of industries in the former Soviet Union . Once the USSR was over , many users of these planes were practically without assistance , or with limited assistance for only part of the aircraft . The MiG - 21 " Lancer " , the company modernized ELBIT of Israel , in cooperation with the Romanian industry is one of those versions . The company put its services to modernize the air forces of former users of the aircraft and is able to perform various types of modernizing the MiG - 21 . The plane , which received a modernized cockpit was also adapted to fire a series of new weapons systems , in connection with the Elta radar . The MiG - 21 Lancer besides they could fire missiles air - air R - 60 , R - 73 and also have the ability to use Python 3 missiles from Rafael .
52d Fighter Squadron The 52d Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . Its last assignment was with the Western Air Defense Force , based at Hamilton Air Force Base , California . It was inactivated on 8 June 1951 . History . World War II . Activated on 1 January 1941 as one of the three squadrons assigned to the 32d Pursuit Group as part of the United States buildup of forces after the eruption of World War II . The squadron was equipped with Curtiss P - 36A Hawk s and Boeing P - 26A Peashooter s drawn from the 16th and 37th Pursuit Group s . After being formed at Albrook Field , Panama Canal Zone , the squadron was moved to Río Hato Army Air Base , Panama . Following its stay at Rio Hato , the unit was ordered to France Field on 1 January 1942 , and the squadron was equipped with Bell P - 39 Aircobra s . In early 1942 , the Squadron was actively engaged in anti - submarine patrols , for which duty the aircraft were each armed with a 350 pound depth charge . Either 75 foot or 150 foot hydrostatic fuses were used , but , in every case , these were always dropped prior to returning to base . On 12 May 1942 , " C " Flight of the Squadron was sent to Seymour Island Airfield in the Galapagos Islands ( just before the unit was redesignated as the 52d Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942 ) , becoming one of the very first fighter detachmentst he stationed there , although the main squadron remained at France Field . The Galapagos Detachment was redesignated as " E " Flight on 31 October . The detachment ' s stay on the Galapagos lasted until 1 December 1942 . By 18 January 1943 , the 52d was at France Field . However , by 16 June , Detachments were located at Rio Hato Army Air Base , Corozal ( Canal Zone ) and David Field , Panama , with Squadron Headquarters at France Field . The unit ended its assignment to France Field on 23 March 1944 and , with the gradual wind - down of Sixth Air Force , was one of the units slated to be disbanded . The unit was subsequently disbanded on 25 May 1944 . The 52d Fighter Squadron was never authorized an official squadron emblem . Air Force Reserve . Activated in the reserve in June 1949 to train as an interceptor corollary squadron of the 78th Fighter - Interceptor Wing at Hamilton AFB . Was brought to active duty in June 1951 as a result of the Korean War , inactivated a week later after its personnel were reassigned to become " fillers " in other USAF units . Operational history . Air defense for the Panama Canal during World War II .
Bryan Ranft Bryan Ranft ( 14 July 1917 – 14 April 2001 ) was an historian of the Royal Navy , who served as Professor of History and International Affairs at the Royal Naval College , Greenwich , 1967 - 1977 . Early life and education . Ranft was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Balliol College , Oxford . During World War II , he joined the Royal Artillery , rising to the rank of major . Well along in his career , Ranft completed his D . Phil . degree in history at Oxford University in 1967 with a thesis on " The naval defence of British sea - borne trade , 1860 - 1905 " . Academic career . Upon living the Royal Artillery , Ranft joined the staff of the Royal Naval College , Greenwich and rose to become Professor of History and International Affairs . He was a visiting fellow at King ' s College London , where he taught naval history to several generations of postgraduate students , and was appointed Visiting Professor in 1982 .
Franz Barten Service . Barten was posted to Jagdgeschwader 77 on 1 July 1939 . He served in the Invasion of Poland , Battle of France and Battle of Britain . Barten achieved his first victory on 14 September 1940 after shooting down a Royal Air Force Hawker Hurricane . On 21 November , 2 . / JG 77 was redesignated Jagdgeschwader 51 . By the end of 1940 , he had shot down three aircraft . Barten accompanied JG 51 to the Eastern Front and achieved his tenth victory on 12 July 1941 and twentieth victory on 10 September . By the end of 1941 , he had 25 victories to his credit . His 30th victory came on 18 March 1942 . On 10 November 1942 , Barten was injured forcing him to be absent from combat duty . After recovery , he returned to IV . / JG 51 and achieved his 44th victory on 4 August . This was his last victory on the Eastern front . On 1 June 1943 , Barten was transferred as " Staffelkapitän " to 7 . / Jagdgeschwader 53 based in the Mediterranean theatre . He was appointed " Staffelkapitän " of 9 . / JG 53 on 15 July 1943 and achieved his 50th victory on 3 September , when he shot down a United States Army Air Forces B - 24 Liberator near Della Pecara . Death . On 4 August 1944 , Barten was shot down in a Messerschmitt Bf 109 in aerial combat with P - 47 Thunderbolt belonging to the United States Army Air Forces near Rheinsehlen . He bailed out of his aircraft , but was shot while hanging in his parachute . He was posthumously promoted to the rank of Hauptmann . Awards . Franz Barten received a total of three awards and one of them was awarded posthumously .
HMS Arrogant ( 1848 ) HMS " Arrogant " was an early wood screw frigate of the Royal Navy , launched in 1848 and sold in 1867 . During the period of 1848 – 1850 she was commanded by Captain Robert FitzRoy . In 1854 the " Arrogant " was part of the fleet deployed to the Baltic Sea on the outbreak of the Crimean War , and served in that theatre until 1855 . On 15 April 1854 the " Arrogant " was one of a number of Royal Navy ships that captured the Russian brig " Patrioten . " Two of the ship ' s company , Lieutenant John Bythesea and stoker William Johnstone won Victoria Cross es after they went ashore in one of the ship ' s boats on 9 August 1854 , and intercepted Russian soldiers carrying mailbags . They then forced the soldiers back to the ship along with the mailbags . Later in the Crimean War , four vessels of the Royal Navy - " Arrogant " , " Cossack " , " Magicienne " , and " Ruby " - silenced the Russian batteries at a fort on Gogland on 21 July 1855 , while the Anglo - French fleet went on to attack Sveaborg before returning home . The " Arrogant " was taken out of active service and fitted for Coast Guard duties in 1857 . She was decommissioned in 1862 and was sold to be broken up in March 1867 .
USS Valeda ( SP - 592 ) USS " Valeda " ( SP - 592 ) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919 . " Valeda " was built as a wooden - hulled private cabin motor launch of the same name by the Stamford Motor Company at Stamford , Connecticut , in 1908 . On 9 July 1917 , the U . S . Navy acquired her from her owner , F . B . Richards of Cleveland , Ohio , for use as a section patrol boat during World War I . She was commissioned as USS " Valeda " ( SP - 592 ) on 12 July 1917 at Rockland , Maine , with Chief Quartermaster Cecil C . Wescott in command . Assigned to the Rockland Section in the 1st Naval District in northern New England , " Valeda " carried out harbor and harbor entrance patrol duties at Rockland for the rest of World War I and into early 1919 . " Valeda " was decommissioned at Baker ' s Yacht Basin at Quincy , Massachusetts , on 4 February 1919 , stricken from the Navy List on 1 October 1919 , and sold to J . R . C . McBeath of Atlantic , Massachusetts , on 2 January 1920 .
John David Wingfield John Davis Wingfield ( November 4 , 1916 – May 8 , 1942 ) , born in Richmond , Virginia , was a highly decorated naval pilot who enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve at Washington , D . C . , on November 15 , 1940 . Navy career . He was appointed an aviation cadet on February 5 , 1941 . Following flight training at Jacksonville and Miami , Florida . He was appointed a naval aviator on August 20 , 1941 and was commissioned an ensign in the United States Naval Reserve on September 5 , 1941 . After further training in the Advanced Carrier Training Group , Pacific Fleet , he reported for duty to Scouting Squadron Two on December 28 , 1941 . Awarded the Navy Cross . He was awarded the American Defense Service Medal and the Navy Cross : " For extraordinary heroism and valiant disregard for his own personal safety as pilot of a scouting plane in action against enemy Japanese forces in the Coral Sea on May 8 , 1942 . With keen determination in pursuing his objective , " Ensign Wingfield " , when his bomb failed to release during his initial dive on an enemy Japanese carrier , gallantly returned to the scene of attack without protection or support to complete his assigned mission . " He failed to return from this mission . Namesake . USS Wingfield ( DE - 194 ) was named in his honor . The ship was laid down on October 7 , 1943 at Newark , New Jersey , by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation ; launched on December 30 , 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs . E . E . Wingfield ; and commissioned on January 28 , 1944 .
Herbert Schob Herbert Schob ( 12 May 1915 – 5 April 1981 ) was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . During his career Herbert Schob was credited with 34 aerial victories , 6 in the Spanish Civil War and 28 during World War II .
HMS Bristol ( 1711 ) HMS " Bristol " was a 50 - gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , built at Plymouth Dockyard according to the 1706 Establishment , and launched on 8 May 1711 . On 22 November 1742 " Bristol " was ordered to be dismantled for rebuilding . Unlike the vast majority of ships of the line rebuilt during the Establishment era , " Bristol " was not reconstructed according to the establishment in effect at the time ( in this case , the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment ) . She shared her dimensions with later , newly built . " Bristol " was relaunched on 9 July 1746 . " Bristol " was broken up in 1768 .
Robert Earl Bonney Robert Earl Bonney ( November 23 , 1882 – November 22 , 1967 ) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military ' s highest decoration , the Medal of Honor . Biography . A native of Tennessee , Bonney joined the Navy from Nashville . By February 14 , 1910 , he was serving as a chief watertender on the . On that day , the " Hopkins " experienced a boiler accident . For their actions during the incident , Bonney and another sailor , Watertender Edward Alvin Clary , were awarded the Medal of Honor . Bonney ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads : While serving on board the U . S . S . " Hopkins " , Bonney displayed extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession on the occasion of the accident to one of the boilers of that vessel , 14 February 1910 . Bonney reached the warrant officer rank of chief machinist before leaving the Navy . He died on November 22 , 1967 , one day before his 85th birthday , and was buried at Acacia Memorial Park in Seattle , Washington .
James Despencer - Robertson Lieutenant - Colonel James Archibald St George Fitzwarenne - Despencer Robertson OBE ( 7 November 1886 – 5 May 1942 ) , born James Archibald St George Robertson , was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom . He educated at Eton College and New College , Oxford . On the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 he was commissioned on the General List . He transferred to the Royal Welch Fusiliers in 1916 , ending the war as a Brevet Major and being appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire ( OBE ) in 1919 . He was elected at the 1922 general election as Member of Parliament ( MP ) for the Islington West constituency in North London . However his small majority was not sustained at the 1923 general election , and was unsuccessful when he contested the seat again at the 1924 and 1929 general elections . However , in 1931 , he was elected as MP for the Salisbury constituency in Wiltshire , at a by - election on 11 March following the resignation of the Conservative MP Hugh Morrison . Despencer - Robertson held the seat until his death in 1942 , aged 55 . On the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 he was commissioned on the General List and served until his death as Military Secretary at Headquarters Southern Command , reaching the rank of Lieutenant - Colonel .
Theodore Veale Theodore William Henry Veale VC ( 11 November 1892 – 6 November 1980 ) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Veale was 23 years old , and a private in the 8th Battalion , The Devonshire Regiment , British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 20 July 1916 east of High Wood , France , Private Veale , hearing that a wounded officer was lying in the open within 50 yards of the enemy , went out and dragged him into a shell hole and then took him water . As he could not carry the officer by himself , he fetched volunteers , one of whom was killed almost at once , and heavy fire necessitated leaving the wounded man in a shell hole until dusk when Private Veale went out again with volunteers . When an enemy patrol approached , he went back for a Lewis gun with which he covered the party while the officer was carried to safety . He later achieved the rank of corporal . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the The Keep Military Museum , Dorchester , Dorset .
Luscombe Airfield Luscombe Airfield was an airfield at Nui Dat , Phước Tuy Province , South Vietnam ( now in Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu Province , Vietnam ) . The airfield was built by 1 Field Squadron , Royal Australian Engineers for the 1st Australian Task Force at Nui Dat . The airfield was opened on 5 December 1966 and named in honour of Captain Bryan Luscombe , who had been killed in action during the Korean War on 5 June 1952 .
William Smith ( South Carolina representative ) William Smith ( September 20 , 1751 – June 22 , 1837 ) was a congressman , state senator and judge from South Carolina . Smith was born in Bucks County , Pennsylvania , the oldest son of Ralph Smith and Mercy Penquite Smith . He moved to what became Spartanburg District , South Carolina with his family in 1765 , where he became a planter . He fought in the Revolutionary War and served as a county judge from 1785 to 1797 . He served in the South Carolina Senate from the Spartanburg District from 1790 to 1796 and was later elected a Democratic - Republican to the fifth congress serving from 1797 to 1799 . He was elected back to the South Carolina Senate serving from 1810 to 1818 . He died in the Spartanburg District in 1837 .