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Have you read Ace Robert John's bio on his time flying a Jug in WW2? eBay has several up for sale.
"Thunderbolt! : The Extraordinary Story of a World War II Ace Pape"
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Robert S Johnson...not Johns. Great Book....Thunderbolt!
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Canadian built Argus. First flown in 1957, was at the time the world's best submarine hunter. The first large aircraft to use a lot of titanium, as well as structural plastic to electrically insulate some of the sensors. Since it was designed for low level operations, it was unpressurized.
It was in service until being replaced in 1982 by the CP-140 Aurora (which was similar to the Lockheed P3-C Orion but with Canadian specified internal mission systems and wingtip pods). The Argus had greater range than it's successor.
bomb load. One 4000lb 'cookie' to knock down buildings and a multitude of incendiaries with which to set the contents on fire.
Groundcrew of No. 269 Squadron RAF wheel a Mark II Lifeboat to its parent aircraft, Vickers Warwick ASR Mark I, BV508 'HK-B', at Lagens. This view shows the amount of life-saving equipment packed into the boat.
The B17 in one form was equipped with a lifeboat. I have a 1/48th model of it.
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