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Dewoitine HD . 730 The Dewoitine HD . 730 was a prototype French reconnaissance floatplane of the 1940s . It was a single - engined , low - winged monoplane that was designed as a catapult launched reconnaissance aircraft to operate from warships of the French Navy . Two flew in 1940 , and a third aircraft was built to a modified design in 1941 , but no production followed . Development and design . The Dewoitine HD . 730 was designed by Emile Dewoitine ' s team at the Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du Midi ( SNCAM ) , which was formed in 1937 when Dewoitine ' s Société Aéronautique Française was nationalised , in order to meet a French Navy requirement for a light catapult - launched observation aircraft , with two prototypes ordered in 1938 . It was a low - winged monoplane of all - metal stressed - skin construction . It was fitted with an inverted gull - wing , which folded immediately outboard of the twin floats to aid storage on - board ship , and it had twin tail fins . The two - man crew or pilot and observer sat in tandem under an enclosed canopy . The observer was armed with a single flexibly mounted machine gun with a fixed machine gun operated by the pilot . It was powered by a single 164 kW ( 220 hp ) Renault 6Q inverted six - cylinder air - cooled piston engine driving a two - bladed propeller . The first prototype flew in February 1940 , with the second following in May . Testing showed that it was underpowered , and it was proposed that the planned 40 production aircraft would be use a 261 kW ( 350 hp ) Béarn 6D . These plans were stopped by the French surrender in June 1940 , with the two prototypes being stored . Despite the Armistice , development continued , with a significantly revised third prototype being built by the Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du Sud - Est ( SNCASE ) at Marignane , the HD . 731 . 01 . This was powered by a Béarn 6D and was smaller than the HD . 730 , with a wingspan of 10 . 21 m ( 33 ft 6 in ) compared with 12 . 60 m ( 41 ft 4 in ) for the HD . 730 . In order to avoid Axis controls on the production of military aircraft , it was officially described as a commercial liaison aircraft for use in France ' s overseas colonies , but despite this , it was still fitted with folding wings . It made its maiden flight on 11 March 1941 , but testing revealed that its wings were too small and the HD . 731 was abandoned . SNACSE meanwhile resumed work on the HD . 730 , refitting the second prototype with a Béarn 6D , testing starting again in July 1941 and continuing until being prohibited by the Italian Control commission in December . Work on the HD . 730 restarted again after the German retreat from the south of France , with the second prototype being fitted with a single fin and rudder , flying again on 21 July 1945 . While testing was successful , the French Navy now had no need for a catapult floatplane , as catapults had been removed from its ships , and although consideration was given to using the type as a trainer , the SCAN 20 was selected instead and the HD - 730 was abandoned .
USS Natchez ( PF - 2 ) USS " Natchez " ( PG - 102 / PF - 2 ) was an River - class frigate ( known as an " Asheville " - class patrol frigate in US service ) acquired by the U . S . Navy during World War II . She was originally ordered and laid down as HMS " Annan for the Royal Navy , and renamed as HMCS " Annan for the Royal Canadian Navy before transfer to the U . S . Navy before launch . She was used for anti - submarine patrol work during the war . Post - war , she was decommissioned and ended up in the hands of the Dominican Navy as Juan Pablo Duarte in 1947 , but ran aground and taken out of service in 1949 . In the 1950 she was sold to Puerto Rican engineer Félix Benítez as a private yacht . The ship was broken up in 1959 . Career . " Natchez " was laid down 16 March 1942 by Canadian Vickers Ltd . , Montreal , Canada as HMS " Annan " , later designated as HMCS " Annan " . Due to a lack of American patrol vessels she was acquired by the U . S . Navy 20 July 1942 . Launched on 12 September 1942 , she was classified as " Natchez " ( PG - 102 ) on 8 October 1942and commissioned at Ottawa , Canada 16 December 1942 . " Natchez " sailed under escort to Boston , Massachusetts , arriving at the Boston Navy Yard 16 January 1943 for fitting out . On 1 March she reported for duty to Commander Eastern Sea Frontier and was assigned escort duty for merchant convoys between Cuba and New York . " Natchez " was reclassified as PF - 2 on 15 April 1943 . On 4 December , Cuban freighter was reported missing from her convoy off the southern Atlantic coast . " Natchez " with several other patrol vessels , was dispatched to the scene , guided by homing signals from Navy blimps . " Natchez " found only three survivors who related that their ship had been torpedo ed and sank before they could notify the convoy commander . Through 1944 , " Natchez " escorted convoys and performed anti - submarine patrol duties . While on convoy duty 29 April 1943 , she simultaneously received a sonar contact and sighted the snorkel of a German U - boat , east of Cape Henry , Virginia . Launching an immediate attack , she was quickly joined by three destroyer escorts : , and . Hedgehog s and depth charges were used as the four vessels sought to trap the enemy submarine . Finally contact was lost and a large quantity of oil was seen to rise to the surface , indicating destruction of the U - boat . German sources , at the end of the war , substantiated that " U - 548 " had been lost as a result of this attack . At the end of the war , " Natchez " was still patrolling in the Atlantic . She returned to Charleston , South Carolina , 29 June 1945 for inactivation and disposal . She was delivered to the Maritime Commission , 19 November 1945 for disposal . She was sold , 29 July 1947 to Louis Moore of Miami , Florida then resold on 19 March 1948 to the Dominican Republic as " Juan Pablo Duarte " ( F102 ) . She ran aground at Puerto Plata , Dominican Republic in November 1949 and taken out of service due to damage . She was then sold to Félix Benítez , a Puerto Rican engineer , who repaired her and converted her to his personal yacht " Moineau " . She was broken up in 1959 .
1st Burma Infantry Brigade The 1st Burma Infantry Brigade was an Infantry formation of the British Burma Army during World War II . It was formed in July 1941 , when it was converted from the Maymyo Infantry Brigade Area and assigned to the 1st Burma Infantry Division . In June 1942 , it was redesignated 106th Indian Infantry Brigade and became part of the British Indian Army . Formation . These units served with the brigade .
Roving commission A roving commission details the duties of a commissioned officer or other official whose responsibilities are neither geographically nor functionally limited . Where an individual in an official position is given more freedom than would regularly be afforded to a person in the same role , they are described as having a " roving commission " . Traditionally , a military officer receives a commission charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position . A roving commission applies to military officers who are commissioned by their respective service without the requirement to serve at a specific military base or on a specific naval vessel . Because officers with a roving commission are considered to have more freedom than other officers of a similar rank , they are often commissioned as such so that they can be moved between roles and responsibilities as a stop - gap measure
Caproni Ca . 114 The Caproni Ca . 114 was a fighter biplane produced in Italy in the early 1930s which was flown operationally in Peru in the 1930s and 1940s . Design . The Caproni company designed the Ca . 114 in 1933 to compete against other designs to provide the " Regia Aeronautica " ( Italian Royal Air Force ) with a new single - seat fighter . Its airframe was derived from the Caproni Ca . 113 trainer , and it was a single - bay biplane with staggered wings of equal span . The fuselage was made of steel tubing covered by detachable metal panels in the forward part of the aircraft and by fabric in the after portion , and the two - spar wooden wings were fabric - covered . The Bristol Mercury IV radial engine was geared , supercharged , rated at 395 kilowatts at 4 , 000 meters ( 530 horsepower at 13 , 125 feet ) , and drove an adjustable - pitch three - bladed propeller . Armament consisted of two fixed forward - firing 7 . 7 - millimeter machine gun s . Operational history . After official trials , the " Regia Aeronautica " rejected the Ca . 114 in favour of the Fiat CR . 32 . Nevertheless , Caproni found a buyer in the Peruvian Aviation Corps , which ordered 12 examples in late 1933 . These arrived in Peru in April 1934 . Peru ordered 24 more Ca . 114s , and these arrived in two more batches , the last batch arriving in Peru in January 1935 . The Peruvian Ca . 114s took part in the Ecuadorian – Peruvian War of 1941 - 1942 and were still in service as late as 1944 . Operators . Peruvian Air Force Ca . 114 order of battle . 1934 - 1935 . 1 " Escuadrón de Caza " , 2nd . Aviation Squadron ( 12 machines ) Las Palmas , Lima 1935 - 1938 . 1st . " Escuadrón de Caza " , 1st . Aviation Squadron ( 6 machines + 2 reserve a / c ) Commander Ruiz Gallo AB , Chiclayo " Escuela de Aviación Militar " Jorge Chávez , Las Palmas , Lima ( 3 Machines ) 1939 - 1942 . 42 & 43 " Escuadrillas " , XXI " Escuadrón de Caza " ( 8 machines ) Commander Ruiz Gallo AB , Chiclayo 28 " Escuadrón de Instrucción " ( 3 Machines ) Las Palmas , Lima 1942 - 1944 . 28 " Escuadrón de Instrucción " ( 4 machines ) Las Palmas , Lima
Leopold Karpeles Leopold Karpeles ( 1838 – 1909 ) was a flagbearer in the Union Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the American Civil War . Biography . Born in Prague , to a Jewish family , Leopold moved to Texas when he was young . When war broke out and Texas seceded , he moved away to Massachusetts , where he enlisted . Karpeles received the Medal of Honor for rallying retreating troops , inducing them to check the enemy ' s advance while under heavy fire on May 6 , 1864 , during the Battle of the Wilderness . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Sergeant , Company E , 57th Massachusetts Infantry . Place and date : At Wilderness , Va . , May 6 , 1864 . Entered service at : Springfield , Mass . Birth : Hungary . Date of issue : April 30 , 1870 . Citation : While color bearer , rallied the retreating troops and induced them to check the enemy ' s advance .
Charley Reynolds " Lonesome " Charley Reynolds ( March 20 , 1842 – June 25 , 1876 ) was a scout in the U . S . 7th Cavalry Regiment who was killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory . He was noted as an expert marksman , frontiersman and hunter . He had also been a scout with Buffalo Bill . Biography . Charles Alexander Reynolds was born in Warren County , Illinois . He was the son of a physician and moved with his family to Kansas in his teens . He attended Abingdon College , but left in 1860 to join the Union Army during the American Civil War . After the war , he became known as " Lonesome " Charley Reynolds due to his drifting from state to state and job to job , and how he kept his life ' s details private . In 1865 , he was a trader ; in 1866 , a buffalo hunter ; and so on . In 1867 , he had a quarrel with an Army officer at Fort McPherson , and when it was done , the officer only had one arm left . Reynolds left that area and became a hunter and guide . He met George Armstrong Custer in 1869 . He was soon a scout for Custer ' s U . S . 7th Cavalry Regiment . During Custer ' s 1874 Black Hills Expedition , he carried unaccompanied the dispatches to Fort Laramie that made the discovery of gold public . The night before the Battle of the Little Bighorn , he had premonitions and gave away his personal items to the soldiers . As they were riding toward the Indian village prior to the battle , Reynolds , who never drank , asked interpreter Fred Gerard for some whiskey . He also indicated that he had never felt so discouraged or depressed in his life . He was later killed in the battle . Some accounts suggest that he may have been defending a doctor who was treating a wounded soldier . His body was buried on the battlefield and his grave crudely marked . Later , as with all of Custer ' s slain soldiers and civilians , a white marble slab was erected to mark the spot where he fell . His remains , and those of his comrades , were collected and reinterred on Custer Hill . An obelisk commemorates the dead . Papers . A diary kept by Charles Reynolds ( May 17 - June 22 , 1876 ) as a member of the Seventh U . S . Cavalry during the Big Horn Expedition is available for research use .
Wewak Airfield Wewak Airfield is a former World War II airfield near Wewak , Papua New Guinea . History . Wewak Airfield was built by the Territory of New Guinea administration and the Catholic mission in 1937 . The airfield consisted of a single runway , running parallel to Wirui Beach . The Imperial Japanese Army occupied the airfield on 18 December 1942 and began to redevelop the airfield . The airfield was abandoned after the war , with the runway now serving as part of a road .
Tactical formation A tactical formation ( or order ) is the arrangement or deployment of moving military forces such as infantry , cavalry , AFVs , military aircraft , or naval vessels . Formations were found in tribal societies such as the " pua rere " of the Māori , and ancient or medieval formations which include shield wall s ( " skjaldborg " in Old Norse ) , phalanxes ( lines of battle in close order ) , Testudo formation and skirmishers . Tactical formations include : A vanguard , also known as Avant - garde in French , is the forward element of a column formation , and the rear - guard is the rear - most element of the column formation . In naval use only " van " and " rear " are applied to a formation of ships sailing in column . Examples of military aircraft tactical formations are the vee formation , echelon , the combat box , and the finger - four ( also known as the " fluid four . " ) A tactical formation is not to be confused with military organization or the table of organization and equipment ( TOE ) .
RAF Quedgeley RAF Quedgeley was a Royal Air Force station near Quedgeley , Gloucestershire . History . The site was first occupied in 1914 . It closed as an independent RAF unit on 13 February 1995 . As of 1915 part of the site was the " No 5 National Filling Factory " which supplied ammunition during the First World War . At one point 6364 people were employed at the site , mainly women . The factory produced over 10 . 5 million 14 " and 16 " shells , 7 million cartridge and 23 million fuses and other components . The buildings were demolished between 1924 and 1926 . In World War II , " No . 7 Maintenance Unit , RAF Quedgeley " was opened on 15 April 1939 as a storage and maintenance site for aircraft equipment and motor vehicles . It continued in this logistics role until its closure in 1995 , with the storage of large quantities of basic equipment such as furniture . Current use . The site has subsequently been sold and is being developed for housing and industrial uses .
497th Bombardment Squadron The 497th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . Its last was assigned to the 344th Bombardment Group , stationed at Schleissheim Palace , Germany . It was inactivated on 15 February 1946 . History . Activated in late 1942 as a III Bomber Command Replacement Training Unit . In late 1943 , realigned as an operational squadron , deployed to European Theater of Operations in February 1944 . Assigned to IX Bomber Command in 1944 . Engaged in tactical bombardment of enemy targets in Occupied Europe initially from stations in England , then after D - Day , moved to Advanced Landing Ground s in France and Belgium ; advancing eastward as Allied ground forces advanced . Supported Eighth Air Force strategic bombardment missions over Nazi Germany and Occupied Europe ; striking enemy airfields to obtain maximum interference in Luftwaffe day interceptor attacks on heavy bomber formations returning to England . Also participated in Western Allied Invasion of Germany , March – April 1945 , combat ending with German Capitation in May 1945 . Squadron remained in Germany as part of the United States Air Forces in Europe occupation fores . Personnel demobilized in Germany and squadron inactivated on 15 February 1946 .
Faces of War Memorial Faces Of War Memorial is a Vietnam War memorial located in Roswell , Georgia , USA . It is located on the grounds of Roswell City Hall and was dedicated on January 1 , 1998 . Inscription . The base of the statue is inscribed as follows :
LSF - II 631 LSF - II 631 is a LCAC designed for the Republic of Korea Navy , by Hanjin Heavy Industries , to operate from ROKS Dokdo and in future other Dokdo class amphibious assault ship s . The craft can carry a maximum load of 55 tons , land on hostile beaches doing 40 knots and it can climb at up to 6 degrees . It has 20 mm cannons for self defense . The crew cockpit can carry 3 crew and a landing force commander . The LCAC can also carry in addition to troops a Main Battle Tank or 2 Amphibious Assault Vehicle s . So far 3 of these units have been delivered , with a likely order for more . It has been offered for export to foreign navies as well .
Douwe Aukes - class minelayer The " Douwe Aukes " class were minelayer s of the Royal Netherlands Navy , named after the naval hero Douwe Aukes . The two ships were built at the Gusto shipyard in Schiedam . Construction began in 1919 and was completed in 1922 . Built to serve in the Dutch territorial waters , both ships were still in service during the Second World War and they both escaped to the United Kingdom , the " Douwe Aukes " on 14 May and the " Van Meerlant " on 18 May 1940 . The " Van Meerlant " was sunk by a mine in 1942 while in British service .
MV Carolyn Chouest MV " Carolyn Chouest " is a chartered submarine support ship for the US Navy assigned to the Special Missions Program to support " NR - 1 " , the deep submergence craft . She tows " NR - 1 " between work areas , serves as a floating supply warehouse and provides quarters for extra crew . Operational history . November 1999 , " Carolyn Chouest " assisted recovery efforts after the EgyptAir Flight 990 airplane crash south of Nantucket , Massachusetts . She provided underwater mapping of the debris field using the side - scan sonar and recorded underwater video of the site with the ROV " Magnum " . February 2002 , " NR - 1 " and " Carolyn Chouest " helped archeologists to chart the , the Navy ' s first ironclad warship , as she rests below the sea . October 2004 , " Carolyn Chouest " helped tow back to Faslane , after a fire on board the Canadian submarine killed one crewman and injured two , off Ireland . December 2006 , the fast - attack submarine , resurfaced during sea trials after a 25 - year - old Portsmouth Naval Shipyard employee began having neurological problems . He was safely transferred to " Carolyn Chouest " and continued to receive treatment from " Pittsburgh " s corpsman until medevaced by a Coast Guard helicopter . March 2007 , " NR - 1 " and " Carolyn Chouest " under the direction of oceanographer Robert Ballard began mapping the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary to help scientists determine where early Americans might have lived when , at the height of the last ice age , sea levels were nearly lower than they are today .
Andijan Uprising of 1898 The Andijan Uprising of 1898 was a nationalist rebellion which occurred on . Over 200 lightly armed men attacked the Russian forces at Andijan ( formerly part of the Khanate of Khokand ) , under the direction of the Naqshbandi Sufi sheikh " Dukchi Ishan " ( Muhammad Ali Madali ) ( 1856 – 1898 ) . Twenty - two Russian soldiers died , and 18 were wounded . Other attacks were staged simultaneously at Margilan and Ush . Eighteen participants were executed , including the leader . 546 rebels were arrested , and 356 condemned to forced labour or exile to Siberia ( 163 were set free ) . The rebel leader was thought to be representative of the Ottoman Empire ( but the credentials proved false ) , and he was declared khan the day before the revolt . The majority of the rebels were Kyrgyz , who in 1875 had rebelled against the Khudoyar khan ( who reigned 1845 – 1858 , 1862 – 1863 , and 1867 – 1875 ) , and had played a large role in the collapse of the khanate .
John Wainwright ( Medal of Honor ) John Wainwright ( July 3 , 1839 – April 15 , 1915 ) was an American military officer during the American Civil War . He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Second Battle of Fort Fisher on January 15 , 1865 . Military service . Wainwright volunteered for service in the Union Army in April 1861 as a private in Company G , 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry . After completing his 90 day enlistment , Wainwright joined the 97th Pennsylvania Infantry as a private . He rose rapidly in the ranks becoming First Sergeant and then being commissioned as Second Lieutenant and promoted to First Lieutenant . On January 15 , 1865 , the North Carolina Confederate stronghold of Fort Fisher was taken by a combined Union storming party of sailors , marines , and soldiers under the command of Admiral David Dixon Porter and General Alfred Terry . Wainwright was a brevet Lieutenant Colonel and was in command of the 97th Pennsylvania Infantry because the 97th ' s colonel , Galusha Pennypacker , was leading a brigade . Both Wainwright and Pennypacker were wounded in the assault on Fort Fisher . In addition to the Medal of Honor , Wainwright was cited for gallantry at the Battle of Chaffin ' s Farm on October 7 , 1864 . He was wounded at James Island on June 12 , 1862 . Wainwright was promoted to full Colonel on June 1 , 1865 . He mustered out of the army at Weldon , North Carolina on August 28 , 1865 . Medal of Honor citation . For The President of the United States of America , in the name of Congress , takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to First Lieutenant John Wainwright , United States Army , for gallant and meritorious conduct on 15 January 1865 , while serving with Company F , 97th Pennsylvania Infantry , in action at Fort Fisher , North Carolina , where , as first lieutenant , he commanded the regiment . General Orders : Date of Issue : June 24 , 1890 Action Date : January 15 , 1865 Service : Army Rank : First Lieutenant Company : Company F Division : 97th Pennsylvania Infantry