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John Baker ( RAF officer ) Air Chief Marshal Sir John Wakeling Baker GCB , MC , DFC , ADC , RAF ( 23 October 1897 – 10 March 1978 ) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the middle of the 20th century . Flying career . Baker was commissioned into the Royal Garrison Artillery in February 1916 . He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps later that year initially as a Gunnery Liaison Officer . In 1918 he was awarded the Military Cross " Lt . John Wakeling Baker , R . G . A . and R . A . F . For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in carrying out low - flying reconnaissances and contact patrols under heavy machine - gun , rifle and anti - aircraft fire , when he remained in the air for long hours , often under abnormally bad weather conditions and often in darkness or thick mist . On one occasion he fired into enemy troops and transport , causing great confusion , and remained over their lines taking notes until quite dark , when he returned with his machine riddled with bullets . On every flight he obtained most important information , which was dropped at headquarters , and throughout the period his work has been magnificent . " He was appointed a Flight Commander in No . 60 Squadron in January 1924 during Pink ' s War in Waziristan . He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1925 for his " gallant and distinguished service with the Royal Air Force in Waziristan . This officer showed devotion to duty throughout the operations and set a high example to all ranks . He performed 69 hours war flying as a pilot , which included 35 raids . Baker was appointed Officer Commanding No . 33 Squadron in 1935 and then joined the Directing Staff at the RAF Staff College in 1939 . He served in World War II initially as Deputy Director of Plans at the Air Ministry and then as Director of Bomber Operations from February 1941 . He continued his war service as Senior Air Staff Officer first at Headquarters , Air Forces in India and then at South East Asia Command . He finished the war as Air Officer Commanding No . 12 Group . After the War he became Director - General of Personnel in 1946 , Air Officer Commanding - in - Chief at Coastal Command in 1948 and Commander - in - Chief RAF Middle East Air Force in 1950 . His last appointments were as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff in March 1952 , Vice - Chief of the Air Staff in November 1952 and Controller of Aircraft at the Ministry of Supply before he retired in 1956 .
Armand de Périgord Armand de Périgord ( or Hermann de Pierre - Grosse ) ( 1178 – 1247 ? ) was a descendant of the Counts of Périgord and a Grand Master of the Knights Templar . He was master of the Province of Apulia and Sicily from 1205 to 1232 . In 1232 , he was elected Grand Master of the Templars . He organized attacks on Cana , Safita , Sephoria and Praetoria , and against the Muslim positions around the Sea of Galilee . All of these expeditions were failures and diminished the Templars ' effectiveness . In 1236 , on the border between Syria and Cilicia , 120 knights , along with some archers and Turcopole s , were ambushed near the town of Darbsâk ( Terbezek ) . In the first phase of the battle , the Templars reached the town but they met fierce resistance . When reinforcements from Aleppo arrived , the Templars were massacred . Fewer than twenty of them returned to their castle in Bagras , fifteen km from the battle . In September 1239 , Armand arrived at Acre . He made a treaty with Sultan of Damascus , in parallel with the Hospitaller treaty with the Sultan of Egypt . In 1244 the Sultan of Damascus demanded that the Templars help repel the Khwarezmians from Asia Minor . In October 1244 , the Templars , Hospitallers and Teutonic Knights , together with the Sultan of Damascus , confronted the Sultan of Egypt and his Khwarezmian allies at the Battle of La Forbie . The Christian - Muslim coalition was defeated , with more than 30 , 000 deaths . Some Templars and Hospitallers reached Ascalon , still in Christian hands . Armand de Périgord may have been killed during the battle , or may have been captured and survived until 1247 .
Second Ruhr The " second Ruhr " was a World War II area that included the " southern regions of Germany , the plateau of Bohemia , and Polish Silesia " where Nazi Germany military production was dispersed away from Allied bomber bases in England . After Allied Operation Pointblank bombing of German aircraft facilities had begun , Nazi Germany dispersed the 27 larger aircraft works across 729 medium and very small plants ( some in tunnels , caves , and mines ) , and oil production was also dispersed ( e . g . , Blechhammer ) . However , by October 1943 , long range bombers could reach the area ( e . g . , Marienburg ) .
27th East Bosnia Division The 27th East Bosnia Division ( ) was a Yugoslav Partisan division that fought against the Germans , Independent State of Croatia ( NDH ) and Chetniks in occupied Democratic Federal Yugoslavia during World War II . As part of the Partisan 3rd Corps it spent most of 1944 engaged in hard fighting against the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar ( 1st Croatian ) in eastern Bosnia .
Culcreuch Castle Culcreuch Castle is a Scottish castle close to the village of Fintry , near Loch Lomond . It had been the home of the Barons of Culcreuch since 1699 , and was turned into a hotel , venue and visitor attraction in the 1980s . History . Culcreuch Castle was built in 1296 by Maurice Galbraith . It was the clan seat of Clan Galbraith from 1320 to 1624 , when it was sold to a cousin , Alexander Seton of Gargunnock , to settle a financial debt . In 1632 , it was purchased by Robert Napier , a younger son of John Napier , the 8th Laird of Merchiston . The Napier family held the estate for five generations . The castle was used to garrison Oliver Cromwell ’ s troops in 1654 . In 1796 , the castle was sold to Alexander Spiers of Glasgow , who built a cotton mill and a distillery in Fintry . It was sold in 1890 to J . C . Dunwaters , then again in 1901 to Walter Menzies . It passed into the hands of Hercules Robinson in the 1970s , the last of that line of the Menzies family . It was sold in 1984 to Arthur Haslam , who operated the castle as a hotel . In 2007 , ownership was transferred to a holding company in Los Angeles , and the property is now managed by Robert Reynolds . Design . Culcreuch is a rectangular tower house , with three stories and an attic , topped by a parapet and slate roof . The north and east extensions to the original tower were built after 1721 by the Napiers , and match the original tower . Ghost . Culcreuch Castle is reputedly haunted by a number of ghosts , including a phantom harpist .
14th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 14th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 14th West Virginia was organized at Wheeling in western Virginia on August 25 , 1862 . The regiment was mustered out on June 28 , 1865 . Casualties . The 14th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment suffered 7 officers and 81 enlisted men killed in battle or died from wounds , and 1 officer and 157 enlisted men dead from disease for a total of 170 fatalities .
USS Roselle ( SP - 350 ) The first USS " Roselle " ( SP - 350 ) was a minesweeper that served in the United States Navy during 1917 . " Roselle " was built as a commercial steam harbor tug of the same name in 1903 by Neafie and Levy at Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . On 10 May 1917 , the U . S . Navy acquired her from her owners , the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey , for use as a minesweeper during World War I . She was commissioned on 22 September 1917 as USS " Roselle " ( SP - 350 ) with Ensign L . N . J . Thomas , in command . Assigned to the 3rd Naval District , " Roselle " was based at Tompkinsville , Staten Island , New York . She conducted minesweeping patrols in Long Island Sound . On 31 December 1917 , the Navy returned " Roselle " to the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey , which required her services for work deemed vital to national defense . " Roselle " continued in commercial service after World War I under various owners . In 1936 , she was renamed " Fearless " . " Fearless " s name disappeared from registers of commercial vessels in 1942 .
2 CMBG Headquarters & Signal Squadron 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group Headquarters & Signal Squadron ( 2 CMBG HQ & Sig Sqn ) is a Regular Force Army unit of the Canadian Forces garrisoned at Canadian Forces Base ( CFB ) Petawawa . The unit ' s parent formation is 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group ( 2 CMBG ) . The squadron was housed in eight separate buildings but consolidated into one in 2011 . History . The Special Service Force Headquarters and Signal Squadron ( SSF HQ & Sig Sqn ) was renamed 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group Headquarters and Signal Squadron on 1 June 1995 , coincident with the name change of its parent formation . The squadron has provided personnel and equipment for many United Nations ( UN ) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) missions , particularly Operation ALLIANCE ( Former Yugoslavia ) in 1996 , Operation PRUDENCE ( Central African Republic ) in 1998 and Operation KINETIC ( Kosovo ) in 1999 . The squadron has been involved with significant domestic operations including the Winnipeg flood in 1997 , the ice storms in 1998 , and the G8 Summit in Huntsville in 2010 . Afghanistan . Kabul ( 2003 - 2005 ) . In July 2003 , the squadron deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation ATHENA Rotation 0 with a transfer of command authority on 17 July 2003 . Under the command of Major Sean Sullivan , the unit provided integral communications support to the Canadian - led Kabul Multi - National Brigade ( KMNB ) led by Brigadier - General Peter Devlin , then Commander 2 CMBG . Although the core of the squadron was stationed within Camp Warehouse , the squadron had several outstations in allied locations throughout KMNB including Kabul International Airport and radio rebroadcast site on TV Tower Hill . They returned to CFB Petawawa in January 2004 . The remainder of the time in Kabul prior to the move to Kandahar in 2005 , 2 CMBG HQ & Sig Sqn only provided individual augmentation to the subsequent rotations . Kandahar ( 2006 - 2011 ) . The G6 ( Communications - General Staff System ) Staff for the National Command Element of Rotation 2 ( Task Force 3 - 06 ) was composed of leadership of 2 CMBG HQ & Sig Sqn . This period saw some of the heaviest fighting during the Afghanistan Campaign including Operation Medusa . A complete squadron again deployed in May 2008 as Task Force Kandahar Signal Squadron under the leadership of Major ( promoted Lieutenant - Colonel on tour ) James Lambert as part of Task Force 5 - 08 ( also called Rotation 5 . 5 ) . When Brigadier - General Denis Thompson passed command to Task Force Kandahar to his successor , Brigadier - General Jonathan Vance on 19 February 2009 , the squadron redeployed to Canada . The squadron deployed in August 2010 under Lieutenant - Colonel Chris McGuffin to support the last Task Force Headquarters ( Task Force 5 - 10 ) under the combat - operations mandate . The squadron handed over to the Mission Transition Task Force in July 2011 . Fallen soldiers . During the Afghanistan campaign , the squadron has lost two soldiers :
Philip S . Crooke Philip Schuyler Crooke ( March 2 , 1810 – March 17 , 1881 ) was a United States Representative from New York . Born in Poughkeepsie , he graduated from Dutchess Academy , studied law , was admitted to the bar in 1831 , and commenced practice in Brooklyn . He moved to Flatbush in 1838 and was a member of the Board of Supervisors of Kings County from 1844 to 1852 , and from 1858 to 1870 , and chairman of the board in 1861 , 1862 , 1864 and 1865 . He was a presidential elector in 1852 , voting for Franklin Pierce and William R . King ; and was a Republican Union member of the New York State Assembly ( Kings Co . , 1st D . ) in 1864 . Military service . He served forty years in the National Guard of the State of New York , from private to brigadier general . During the Civil War , Crooke commanded the Fifth Brigade , National Guard . He led his force into Pennsylvania in June and July 1863 during the " Emergency of 1863 " . Crooke ' s troops served on the Department of the Susquehanna under Maj . Gen . Darius Couch , and helped man the defenses of Harrisburg against a threatened attack by Confederates under Lt . Gen . Richard S . Ewell . When the Confederates retired to Virginia following the Battle of Gettysburg , Crooke and his men returned to New York for the duration of the war . Residence . Crooke lived in the historic Jans Martense Schenck house in the Flatland section of Brooklyn . The house was inherited by his wife . The house came to be known as the " Martense - Crooke house " . The original 2 room portion of the home was rebuilt in the Brooklyn Museum . Congress . Crooke was elected as a Republican to the 43rd United States Congress , holding office from March 4 , 1873 , to March 3 , 1875 . Afterwards he resumed the practice of law . He died in Flatbush ; interment was in Green - Wood Cemetery , Brooklyn .
CCGS Private Robertson V . C . CCGS " Private Robertson V . C . " is the first vessel in the Canadian Coast Guard ' s s . She was launched on May 12 , 2012 . All nine vessels in the class are named " " after heroic Canadians who put their duty ahead of their safety in service to our country . " " . The CCG ' s hero class vessels are based on the Damen Stan 4207 patrol vessel design , while the United States Coast Guard introduced vessels based on the slightly larger Damen Stan 4708 patrol vessel design — named after USCG heroes . While the CCG vessels ' maximum speed is 25 knots the USCG vessels ' maximum speed is 29 knots . The CCG vessels ' expected complement is 14 — nine CCG seamen , and up to five fisheries officers or police officers — while the USCG vessels ' complement is 22 USCG seamen . The CCG vessels ' endurance is 14 days , while the USCG vessels ' endurance is 5 days . The vessel is named after James Peter Robertson , a winner of the Victoria Cross in the First World War . On February 10 , 2011 the " London Free Press " reported that the " Private Robertson " , and her sister ship the will patrol the Great Lakes . The " Halifax Shipping News " reported that she had completed her trials and was ready to commence her regular duties on August 1 , 2012 .
Sister ' s Ferry Sisters Ferry is a historical site where the left wing of Union Maj . Gen . William Sherman ' s Army crossed the Savannah River during the beginning of General Sherman ' s " Carolina ' s Campaign " near the end of the American Civil War . History . Sister ' s Ferry is a ferry crossing the Savannah River established sometime after 1820 . The site is approximately 2 miles downstream of an older ferry - crossing site , Two Sister ' s Ferry , where loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolutionary War crossed the Savannah River on March 12 , 1780 . It is approximately 35 miles upstream from the City of Savannah . Sherman ' s Army Crossing . After Sherman captured Savannah , the culmination of his march to the sea , he was ordered by Union Army general - in - chief Lt . Gen . Ulysses S . Grant to embark his army on ships to reinforce the Army of the Potomac and the Army of the James in Virginia , where Grant was bogged down in the Siege of Petersburg against Confederate General Robert E . Lee . However , he persuaded Grant that he should march north through the Carolinas instead , destroying everything of military value along the way , similar to his march to the sea through Georgia . Sherman was particularly interested in targeting South Carolina , the first state to secede from the Union , for the effect it would have on Southern morale . General Sherman gave orders on January 19 , 1865 to Maj . Gen . Henry W . Slocum , commander of the XIV and XX Corps , to cross the Savannah River into South Carolina at Sisters Ferry and Pocotologio . At first , General Solcum was delayed by heavy rainfall ; the wing was not able to leave the city of Savannah until January 29 , 1865 . By February 2 , Slocum ' s wing still struggled to cross at the ferry point and lagged behind the rest of Sherman ' s Army in entering South Carolina . Once they crossed the river , the wing proceeded up Sisters Ferry Road towards the town of Robertville , SC .
HMS Bryony ( 1917 ) HMS " Bryony " was an " Anchusa " - class sloop of the Royal Navy , built at the yards of Armstrong Whitworth and launched on 27 October 1917 . She was used to escort convoys during the First World War , and in common with other ships of her class , was disguised as a merchant vessel , known as a Q - ship . After the war she remained in service with the Royal Navy and between 7 April 1933 and January 1934 , she was commanded by Bernard Warburton - Lee , later to posthumously be awarded a Victoria Cross in the Second World War . She was decommissioned before the outbreak of the Second World War and was sold on 3 April 1938 to Cashmore , of Newport , Monmouthshire to be broken up .
Sri Lanka Air Force Academy The Air Force Academy ( AFA ) is the Sri Lanka Air Force ' s training and education academy which provides initial training to all SLAF personnel who are preparing to be commissioned officers . AFA also provides initial training to Officer Cadets of the general duties pilot branch . The Air Force Academy is based at SLAF China Bay in Trincomalee . The academy offers a two - year program of basic flight training and a variety of specialized courses . Flight tranning is carried out by the 1 Flying Training Wing which is attached to the academy . Degrees conducted by the NMA . These degrees are accredited to the University of Kelaniya ;
James P . Landis James Parker Landis ( July 20 , 1843 – December 1 , 1924 ) was a soldier in the Union Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his role in the American Civil War . Landis joined the army from Lewiston , Pennsylvania in August 1861 , and became the regimental Chief Bugler of the 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry in May 1863 . He was discharged in June 1865 . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Chief Bugler , 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry . Place and date : At Paines Crossroads , Va . , April 5 , 1865 . Entered service at : - - - - - - . Birth : Mifflin County , Pa . Date of issue : May 3 , 1865 . Citation : Capture of flag .
Rufus Hessberg Dr . Rufus Hessberg was an Army Medical Corps doctor during World War II and later was a pioneer aeromedical scientist . He served as an early instructor at the Air Rescue Specialists Course at Gunter AFB , Alabama in 1949 , teaching some of the Air Force ' s first Pararescuemen . He went on to head the animal research group for Project Mercury . He served for several years as an Executive Vice President of the Aerospace Medical Association before retiring in 1991 .
David Sheldon Boone David Sheldon Boone is a former U . S . Army signals analyst who worked for the National Security Agency and was convicted of espionage - related charges in 1999 related to his sale of secret documents to the Soviet Union from 1988 to 1991 . He is currently serving a prison sentence of 24 years and four months . Boone ' s case was an example of a late Cold War U . S . government security breach . Early career . Boone had worked for the NSA for three years before being reassigned to Augsburg , Germany , in 1988 . He served in Vietnam from 1971 – 1972 and retired from the Army , as a Sergeant First Class , in 1991 . Turn to espionage . In October 1988 , the same month that he separated from his wife and children , Boone walked into the Soviet embassy in Washington , D . C . and offered his services . According to an FBI counterintelligence agent ' s affidavit , Boone was under " severe financial and personal difficulties " when he began spying . His former wife had garnished his Army sergeant ' s pay , leaving him with only $ 250 a month . According to the federal complaint , Boone met with his handler about four times a year from late 1988 until June 1990 , when his access to classified information was suspended because of " his lack of personal and professional responsibility . " He held a Top Secret clearance from 1971 and gained access to SCI information in 1976 . He is alleged to have received payments totaling more than $ 60 , 000 from the KGB . Arrest and indictment . Boone was arrested at a suburban Virginia hotel after being lured from his home in Western Germany to the United States in an FBI sting operation on October 10 , 1998 . He was charged with selling Top Secret classified documents to Soviet agents 1988 to 1991 , including a 600 - page manual describing U . S . reconnaissance programs and a listing of nuclear targets in Russia . Boone was indicted on three counts : one for conspiracy to commit espionage and the other two related to his alleged passing of two Top Secret documents to his Soviet handler . On December 18 , Boon pleaded guilty to conspiracy , and on 26 February 1999 he was sentenced to 24 years and four months in prison . Under a plea agreement Boone was also required to forfeit $ 52 , 000 and a hand - held scanner he used to copy documents .
HMS Explorer ( P164 ) HMS " Explorer " ( P164 ) is an " Archer " - class P2000 - type patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy . The ship is assigned to the Yorkshire Universities Royal Naval Unit ( URNU ) , serving the universities of York , Hull , Sheffield and Leeds . The commanding officer has been Lieutenant Dafydd Bryden since the summer of 2011 . Due to unforeseen circumstances , Lieutenant Simon Shaw has assumed command of HMS Explorer on 14 June 2013 , along with HMS Exploits ships company . This additional command has made Simon Shaw the only URNU commanding officer to have command of two P2000 patrol vessels at the same time . External links . HMS Explorer serves ALL Yorkshire Universities .
Adel al - Zubeidi Adel al - Zubeidi was a defense attorney during the Hussein Trials on the legal team representing Taha Yassin Ramadan . He was killed on November 8 , 2005 , by three gunmen driving in either an Opel or a " government vehicle " outside Adil , a Sunni neighbourhood of Baghdad . He was traveling with Thamer Hamoud al - Khuzaie , another lawyer associated with the trials who was wounded in the attack . The day before , he had predicted he would be murdered . He was the second of Saddam ' s attorneys to be killed by unknown forces , his death coming less than three weeks after Saadoun Sughaiyer al - Janabi was also killed .