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Laohwangping Airfield Laohwangping Airfield is a former World War II United States Army Air Forces airfield , located approximately 1 mile west of Jiuzhou Zhen ( Guizhou Province ) in the People ’ s Republic of China . History . The airfield was the primary home of the 35th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron , which flew unarmed P - 38 Lightning photo - reconnaissance aircraft from the airfield beginning in February 1945 until the end of the war . It was also the home of the 23d Fighter Group 76th Fighter Squadron , equipped with P - 51 Mustang s in February 1945 . Records indicate this was most likely a very temporary facility , with a compressed earth runway with tents and small wooden buildings used for a support facility . It appears to have been closed and dismantled in September 1945 after the war ended , with the land being returned to agricultural use . The available satellite image of this area of China is very low resolution and it is difficult to determine if any relics of the airfield exist .
Nelson V . Brittin Nelson Vogel Brittin ( October 31 , 1920 – March 7 , 1951 ) was a soldier in the United States Army during the Korean War . He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Yonggong - ni , Korea , on March 7 , 1951 . Brittin joined the Army from his birthplace of Audubon , New Jersey in July 1942 . He is buried in Beverly National Cemetery in Beverly , New Jersey . Awards and decorations . Brittin ' s awards include : Medal of Honor citation . Citation : " The President of the United States of America , in the name of Congress , takes pride in presenting the Medal of Honor ( Posthumously ) to Sergeant First Class Nelson Vogel Brittin ( ASN : RA - 32271499 ) , United States Army , for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving with Company I , 3d Battalion , 19th Infantry Regiment , 24th Infantry Division , in action against enemy aggressor forces at Yonggong - ni , Korea on 7 March 1951 . Volunteering to lead his squad up a hill , with meager cover against murderous fire from the enemy , Sergeant First Class Brittin ordered his squad to give him support and , in the face of withering fire and bursting shells , he tossed a grenade at the nearest enemy position . On returning to his squad , he was knocked down and wounded by an enemy grenade . Refusing medical attention , he replenished his supply of grenades and returned , hurling grenades into hostile positions and shooting the enemy as they fled . When his weapon jammed , he leaped without hesitation into a foxhole and killed the occupants with his bayonet and the butt of his rifle . He continued to wipe out foxholes and , noting that his squad had been pinned down , he rushed to the rear of a machinegun position , threw a grenade into the nest , and ran around to its front , where he killed all three occupants with his rifle . Less than 100 yards up the hill , his squad again came under vicious fire from another camouflaged , sandbagged , machinegun nest well - flanked by supporting riflemen . Sergeant First Class Brittin again charged this new position in an aggressive endeavor to silence this remaining obstacle and ran direct into a burst of automatic fire which killed him instantly . In his sustained and driving action , he had killed 20 enemy soldiers and destroyed four automatic weapons . The conspicuous courage , consummate valor , and noble self - sacrifice displayed by Sergeant First Class Brittin enabled his inspired company to attain its objective and reflect the highest glory on himself and the heroic traditions of the military service . "
Cottbus Air Base Cottbus Air Base ( – " " Airport Cottbus - North " " ) is a former military airport north - west of Cottbus in Brandenburg , Germany . History . During World War II the air base in Cottbus was used by the Luftwaffe and during the 1970s and ' 80s by the National People ' s Army . Following German reunification until 2004 , the air base was also used by the Bundeswehr . Present . The airport is currently closed to air - traffic , although the concrete paved runway has been designated for use by cargo flights in the event of an emergency . There is an aerospace museum on site . Future . Having been bought by the local government in 2007 , the city of Cottbus plans to turn the former air base into an industrial park , creating around 1 , 000 jobs .
Tilly ( vehicle ) Tilly ( from " Utility " ) was the name given to a number of British military vehicles produced during World War II from civilian car designs and used by all of the armed forces in most theatres of that conflict . History . As an expediency British car manufacturers adapted civilian saloon designs to be fitted with a simple rear loading area to create the Car , Light Utility 4 x 2 . Tens of thousands were built during the war but very few still exist today . Preserved restored examples are on public display in the Czech Republic ' s tank museum at Lesany near Prague , Yorkshire Air Museum , in France ' s Regional Air Museum at Angers - Marce and at the Malta Air Museum at Ta Kali , Malta , the Muckleburgh Collection , Norfolk among others Some of the privately owned Tillys are shown at the annual ' War & Peace Show ' at Beltring near Paddock Wood , Kent , Britain ' s largest military vehicle show . Owners of the few surviving Tillys today regard them as very special versatile vehicles but which tend to be overlooked by many in the military vehicle preservation scene . The Tilly Register was formed in 1996 to bring Tilly owners together . Its primary aim is to locate and record all surviving vehicles worldwide . All four marques of Tilly – Austin , Hillman , Morris and Standard – are catered for , as well as the Austin 8 Tourer which is a close relative of the Austin Tilly . The Register has members all over Europe and in Australia . Successor Vehicles . The use of the appellation " Tilly " carried on into the last part of the 20th century in all parts of the UK armed forces , with the Morris Commercial J4 and later the Leyland Sherpa , often in minibus form . The Royal Navy which had no embedded vehicle assets of its own , unlike its soldiers in the Royal Marines and the other services , was reliant on the civil service Principal Supply and Transport Organisation ( Navy ) PSTON to provide both the vehicles and drivers . The Australian Armed Forces similarly carried on this practice , but opted to use the appellation UTE taken from the first rather than the latter parrt of " Utility " .
Charles Warburton Meredith Air Vice - Marshal Sir Charles Warburton Meredith KBE , CB , AFC , RAFVR ( 1896 - 19 April 1977 ) Early life and family . Meredith was born in Wynberg , Cape Town and attended Wynberg Boys ' High School . He was a cadet at RAF Staff College , Andover and was then commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps ( Military Wing ) in October 1917 . He was promoted to Flying Officer in February 1918 . After the First World War , in 1924 , he joined the South African Air Force , having been recruited by Major Allister Miller , and in 1937 was appointed Commanding Officer of the Aircraft and Artillery Depot . He was appointed Director of Civil Aviation in Southern Rhodesia in 1939 . Meredith was commissioned Air Commodore in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 21 March 1940 for the duration of the hostilities . He was promoted to Air Vice - Marshal during the War . Rhodesian Air Training Group . Meredith was Air Officer Commanding of the Rhodesian Air Training Group , part of the Empire Air Training Scheme . Sir Archibald Sinclair , Secretary of State for Air , praised the excellent quality of the reinforcements coming to the RAF from the RATG . Meredith expressed in 1943 that the Air Training Group would expand and that the expansion would be beneficial after the war for aeronautical training . Honours . Meredith was awarded the Air Force Cross in June 1919 . He was appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire ( CBE ) in July 1941 ; Grand Commander of the Royal Order of the Phoenix ( with swords ) in 1943 ; and Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath ( Military Division ) in June 1943 .
Harry Compton Lieutenant Harry Neville Compton was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories . Compton originally served with the Canadian Military Engineers , transferring to the Royal Flying Corps on 14 February 1918 . That summer , he was posted to No . 23 Squadron on the Western Front , to fly Sopwith Dolphin s . He scored his first victory on 1 July 1918 , when he destroyed an Albatros D . V near Hangest . He destroyed a Pfalz D . III and a Fokker D . VII fighter , and drove down another D . VII out of control before tallying his last victory . That was over a DFW reconnaissance two - seater on 1 November 1918 , and was shared with fellow ace James William Pearson . References . " Above the Trenches : a Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915 – 1920 . " Christopher F . Shores , Norman L . R . Franks , Russell Guest . Grub Street , 1990 . ISBN 0 - 948817 - 19 - 4 , ISBN 978 - 0 - 948817 - 19 - 9 .
John Bazalgette Colonel John Bazalgette ( 15 December 1784 – 28 March 1868 ) was an army officer actively involved in the affairs of Nova Scotia for forty - three years . He was born in London , the second son of Jean Louis Bazalgette ( 1750 - 1830 ) , a French immigrant born in the Cévennes region , and Catherine , née Metivier ( c . 1762 - 1785 ) , also from a French family in London . Bazalgette had previously served with the British army in other colonial posts before arriving in Nova Scotia in 1811 . A Lieutenant in the 80th Foot , he was promoted Captain in the 99th Foot ( later renumbered 98th Foot ) without purchase in 1805 . By 1830 he was a Major in the 98th Foot . In 1837 he was promoted Lieutenant - Colonel in the Army . He was made administrator of the provincial government for Lieutenant - Governor Sir John Harvey from 30 May to 30 September 1851 and from 22 March to 5 August 1852 . This period included the debate on Joseph Howe ' s railway policy . It appears from correspondence with the Colonial Office that he had a good sense of balance between colonial needs and his responsibility to England . While stationed in Bermuda , he married Sarah Crawford Magdalen Van Norden ( 1794 - 1866 ) and the marriage produced 15 children , 6 girls and 9 boys , of whom seven in turn went into the Army . By 1854 he was a Colonel and Deputy Quartermaster - General of Nova Scotia . In that year he purchased the Lieutenant - Colonel cy of the 2nd West India Regiment . He returned to England the same year and retired in 1858 . His long tenure in Canada shows an unusual loyalty to a colonial posting by a British officer of that time .
USS Kansas City ( AOR - 3 ) USS " Kansas City " ( AOR - 3 ) was the third of the s . She was the second ship to be named for the city of Kansas City , Missouri . The keel was laid on 18 April 1968 in Quincy , Massachusetts , and the ship was launched on 1 June 1969 . The ship was commissioned on 6 June 1970 and saw service in the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm . Subsequently , the ship was decommissioned on 7 October 1994 , and was stricken from the Navy List on 8 April 1997 . She is currently at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet , Benicia , California , awaiting final disposal . She was towed to Mare Island on July 31 , 2013 and is in dry dock to be cleaned in preparation for being towed to Texas for scrapping . Awards . " Kansas City " earned three battle star s and the Meritorious Unit Commendation for Vietnam service .
Anson Mills Anson Mills ( August 31 , 1834 - November 5 , 1924 ) was a United States Army officer , surveyor , inventor , and entrepreneur . Engaged in south Texas as a land surveyor and civil engineer , he both named and laid out the city of El Paso , Texas . Mills also invented a woven cartridge belt which late in life made his fortune . Mills was born on a farm near Thorntown , Indiana , the first of nine children to a father and mother of Quaker ancestry but with no particular interest in religion . As a young man , Mills worked on the farm but also became a practiced carpenter and weaver . In 1855 , he entered West Point but in 1857 was dismissed for " deficiency in mathematics . " Too embarrassed to return home , he taught school in McKinney , Texas and then moved on to El Paso to work as a surveyor , which included drawing up the original plat of the town . When the Civil War broke out in 1861 , he accepted a commission as a first lieutenant in a regular infantry regiment of the U . S . Army . His service was undistinguished , but he appeared at Shiloh ( although he saw little action ) and in the Murfreesboro , Chickamauga , Atlanta , and Nashville campaigns . He rose to the rank of captain by the end of the war . From 1865 to 1893 , Mills remained on duty with the Army , mostly engaged in campaigns against Indians , notably at the Battle of the Rosebud and the Battle of Slim Buttes ( 1876 ) where he led cavalry under the command of George Crook . Mills rose gradually to the rank of colonel and was appointed brigadier - general in 1897 when he was placed on the retired list . Shortly after the Civil War , Mills began to improve the regulation cartridge belt by attempting to weave the whole belt in one piece without sewing . The improved belt was adopted by the U . S . Army , but the numbers needed by the frontier army were small . At the commencement of the Spanish - American War , Mills and his associates expanded their factory to produce a thousand belts a day , but the quick conclusion of the war left Mills practically bankrupt . Nevertheless , after giving some belts to Canadian troops headed for the Boer War , Mills soon received orders from the British government , and his success was assured . Having made a small fortune by 1905 , Mills sold his interest . In 1894 , Mills was appointed a member of the International Boundary Commission that sought to settle cases involving the border with Mexico , including the Chamizal dispute ( not finally concluded until 1963 ) . While still a member of the commission , Mills had constructed the reinforced concrete Anson Mills Building in El Paso , which was completed in 1911 . Mills married Hannah Cassel of Zanesville , Ohio in 1868 ; they had three children , only one of which , a daughter , survived to maturity . Although generally conservative in his political views , Mills supported women ' s suffrage and prohibition and had indistinct religious beliefs . Mills completed and privately published an autobiography , " My Story " , in 1918 . He retired from the boundary commission in 1914 and died in Washington , D . C . , on November 5 , 1924 .
10th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 10th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 10th West Virginia was organized at Camp Pickens , Canaan , Glenville , Clarkesville , Sutton , Philippi , and Piedmont in western Virginia between March 12 and May 18 , 1862 . The 10th West Virginia was mustered out on August 9 , 1865 . Casualties . The 10th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment suffered 2 Officers and 93 enlisted men killed in battle or died from wounds , and 1 officer and 107 enlisted men dead from disease for a total of 207 fatalities . Morgan A . Darnal June 1865 till August 1865 Mustered out .
50th Flying Training Squadron The 50th Flying Training Squadron ( 50 FTS ) is part of the 14th Flying Training Wing based at Columbus Air Force Base , Mississippi . It operates T - 38C Talon aircraft conducting flight training . Mission . Training Combat Pilots for America The advanced phase of undergraduate pilot training is conducted by the 50th Flying Training Squadron . This phase consists of 110 . 8 hours of academic instruction , 70 hours of ground training , 38 hours of simulator instruction , and 69 sorties comprising 81 . 1 hours of flight instruction in the Northrop T - 38C . Training includes advanced aircraft handling , tactical navigation , fluid maneuvering and an increased emphasis in two - and four - ship formation . At the completion of training , the graduate is awarded the aeronautical rating of pilot . History . The 50th flew patrols on the West Coast of the United States from , February – June 1942 then provided air defense of Iceland from August 1942 - February 1944 . It was not operational between , February 1944 and its inactivation in August 1944 . The squadron has conducted undergraduate pilot training since , 1 June 1972 . See also . 50 FTS Performing Atlanta Braves Opening Day Flyover External links . Columbus AFB Public Site :
Charles Yates Charles Yates ( March 1 , 1808 – September 26 , 1870 ) was a Brigadier - General during the American Civil War in command of the volunteer depot of New York City in 1861 . Biography . He was born on March 1 , 1808 in Schenectady , New York , the fourth of six children and the third son of Henry Christopher Yates , an attorney - at - law ; and for a number of years a New York State Senator and member of the Council of Appointment and Catharine , daughter of Johannes Mynderse and a grand nephew of Joseph Christopher Yates , who was an American lawyer , politician . statesman , and founding trustee of Union College . He was also a descendant of Jellis Douwese Fonda , who emigrated in 1642 to the Dutch colony of New Netherland ( New York ) His younger sister , Jane Anna Yates married Edward Satterlee . They were the parents of Henry Yates Satterlee , ( 1843 – 1908 ) who was the first Episcopal Bishop of Washington , serving from 1896 to 1908 . He graduated from Union College in 1829 . He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice first in Schenectady and later in New York City . He married as his first wife Cordelia Rowe , the daughter of James Rowe . They resided in New York City where they had a son and three daughters . Cordelia died at the age of 30 on August 19 , 1856 . He married as his second wife , Josephine Bosworth the daughter of New York Supreme Court Chief Justice Joseph Sollace Bosworth and Frances Pumpelly . Frances was the first cousin of Raphael Pumpelly , an American geologist and explorer . Charles and Josephine had two daughters , Stella and Frances . Their daughter , Stella Yates ( November 23 , 1866 - February 2 , 1929 ) , married on June 10 , 1891 , in New York City , Benjamin Brewster , the son of the Rev . Joseph Brewster and Sarah Jane Bunce . He was a direct descendant of both Love Brewster , a passenger with his father , mother and brother , Wrestling , aboard the Mayflower and a founder of the town of Bridgewater , Massachusetts ; and of Elder William Brewster , the Pilgrim colonist leader and spiritual elder of the Plymouth Colony , and passenger aboard the Mayflower and one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact . the Episcopal Bishop of Maine and Missionary Bishop of Western Colorado . Col . Yates commanded the Fourth Regiment of the Second Brigade of the First Division of the New York State Militia before being promoted to brigadier - general and command of the brigade in the mid - 1850s . Brig . Gen . Yates resigned his commission as commander of the New York National Guard 2nd Brigade in May 1866 . He was also the brigade commander of New York City ’ s First Irish Brigade . In April 1881 New York Supreme Court heard a case involving Yates ' daughters and the estate of his first father - in - law , James Rowe . Judge Larremore ruled that Stella and Frances Yates — the daughters from Yates ' second marriage — were entitled to the inheritance of their deceased half - sister Catharine , who died in 1874 . He died on September 26 , 1870 at New York City .
Vladimir Chernavin Fleet Admiral Vladimir Nikolayevich Chernavin ( ; born April 22 , 1928 ) was the last Commander - in - Chief of the Soviet Navy 1985 - 91 and the first Commander - in - Chief of the Russian Navy 1991 - 92 . Biography . Chernavin was born in Nikolayev , Ukraine . He entered the Higher Naval School in Baku in 1944 and graduated from the Frunze Higher Naval School in Leningrad ( St . Petersburg ) in 1951 . He was the Executive Officer of a submarine in 1951 and became commander of the November class submarine K - 21 in 1959 . He attended the Naval Academy in 1962 - 65 and the General Staff Academy in 1967 - 69 after which he became divisional commander in 1969 and commanded the submarine flotillas of the Northern Fleet . In 1977 he was appointed Commander of the Northern Fleet and in 1981 was awarded a title of the Hero of the Soviet Union . From 1981 - 85 he was Chief of the Main Staff / 1st Deputy Commander - in - Chief of the Soviet Navy . He became the commander - in - chief of the Soviet Navy upon the retirement of the legendary Sergey Gorshkov . He retired in 1992 . In retirement he is chairman of the Soviet submariners association .
Armed Forces of the Philippines Command and General Staff College The AFP Command and General Staff College , known officially as the AFPCGSC or GSC , ( Filipino : " Dalubhasaan ng Pangasiwaan at Kawanihang Heneral ng Sandatahang Lakas ng Pilipinas " ) is one the training units of the Armed Forces of the Philippines . It is tasked with training future generals , as well as general and command staff , and developing doctrine , training materials and courses for the AFP . Mission . The primary Mission of the AFP Command and General Staff Colleges is to educate selected AFP officers for higher command and staff responsibilities , develop AFP doctrines and promote Philippine military history as part of the continuous efforts in integrating the military as an important part of creating the history of the Philippines .
Caproni Ca . 309 The Caproni Ca . 309 " Ghibli " was an Italian aircraft used in World War II . Its nickname served as the inspiration for Studio Ghibli ' s name . Development . The Caproni Ca . 309 was designed by Cesare Pallavicino , based on the Ca . 308 Borea transport . It was intended to replace the obsolete biplane IMAM Ro . 1 . It was intended to serve as a reconnaissance and ground - attack aircraft . The Ca . 309 was a low - wing cantilever monoplane with a piston engine fitted to each wing . The aircraft was also produced in Bulgaria . That variant , 24 of which were built , was known as the Kaproni - Bulgarski KB 6 / KB 309 Papagal . Operations . The Ca . 309 served in Libya during the first part of World War II , with good operative results . After the loss of the African colonies , the surviving planes were returned to Italy , where they were used as transports . Two " Ghiblis " were bought by the Paraguayan government for its Military Air Arm . They were used as transport planes from 1939 to 1945 and in that year they were transferred to " Líneas Aéreas de Transporte Nacional " ( LATN ) , the Paraguayan first airline which was run by the Military Aviation . They were in active service until the early 1950s and later sold to a private Argentine owner .
Alfred Knox Major - General Sir Alfred William Fortescue Knox ( 30 October 1870 – 9 March 1964 ) was a career British military officer and later a Conservative Party politician . Born in Ulster , he joined the British Army and was posted to India . In 1911 General Knox was appointed the British Military Attaché in Russia , where he served as a spy . Anti - Semitic and a fluent speaker of Russian , he became a liaison officer to the Imperial Russian Army during First World War . During the October Revolution in Russia he observed the Bolsheviks taking the Winter Palace on 25 October ( 7 November ) 1917 : In 1921 Knox published his memoirs , " With the Russian Army : 1914 - 1917 " . In this book he also tells the story of heroine Elsa Brändström . Politics . At the 1924 general election , he was elected as a Tory Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Wycombe , defeating the sitting Liberal MP Lady Terrington . He held his seat during the 1929 general election and through subsequent general elections , serving in the House of Commons until the 1945 general election .