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  1. ArmchairSamurai

    Mystery US Navy "Semi-submersible torpedo craft" circa 1943

    Howdy everybody, got a mystery for someone to solve. I found the following images on the history.navy.mil site by chance when doing research for my earlier Shinyo post, made elsewhere. I ended up with a bunch of photos of a mystery US naval craft, that according to the website, is only called...
    • ArmchairSamurai
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    • 1943 early 1940s office of strategic services semi-submersibles torpedo boat u.s. navy united states united states navy world war ii
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  2. RavenOne

    Learn to Test, Test to Learn: The Empire Test Pilots School 80th anniversary

    The worlds first test pilots school, our Empire Test Pilots School opened its doors for the first students in 1943, with the first fixed wing course and 2 decades later the first rotary wing course started. One of the graduates of the 1960s course was the late NASA Astronaut Al Worden who passed...
    • RavenOne
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    • 1943 2023 20th century british commonwealth british empire cold war cold war ii early 21st century farnborough air show great britain jet age nasa post-cold war royal air force royal aircraft establishment royal international air tattoo test pilots training aircraft united kingdom world war ii
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  3. C

    Lend-Lease M1 Garand Tested in the Soviet Union, circa 1943

    According to a translated article by firearms enthusiast and historian Andrey Ulanov, the Soviet Union acquired a single M1 Garand rifle through Lend-Lease and tested it in 1943. Lend-Lease shipment records showed that the United States did send a single M1 Garand rifle to the USSR (below...
  4. hesham

    Competition for 75-ton Heavy Bomber of 1943

    Hi, the Handley Page designed a 75-ton bomber project of 1943,its original configuration was a swept wing shape,and its variants included a Jet- Propelled tailless aircraft,who know more ?. http://aerosociety.com/Assets/Docs/NAL/Handley%20Page%20Projects.pdf
    • hesham
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    • 1943 a.v. roe and company / avro air ministry avro bristol aeroplane company handley page limited heavy bomber raf bomber command royal air force short brothers plc vickers-armstrongs world war ii
    • Replies: 56
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
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