USS Mackerel SS-204 (1940)
#otd USS Mackerel SS-204 being launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, 28 September 1940. #ussmackerel #ss204...
USS North Carolina BB-55 (1945)
#otd USS North Carolina BB-55 steams with USS Enterprise CV-6 and other ships, en route from Pearl Harbor to New York City, 27 September...
XB-29’s first Flight
#otd on September 21st. 1942 the XB-29 made its first flight. Check out the clean lines on her. Anyone notice anything different from...
Tarawa-Makin Raid
#otd Tarawa-Makin Raid, September 1943. Douglas SBD-5’s of VB-16 on USS Lexington's CV-16 flight deck after returning from raids on...
USS Enterprise CV-6 (1945)
#otd USS Enterprise CV-6 in Puget Sound, Washington, 13 September 1945. Note the AA mounts at the round down. #ussenterprise #cv6 #wwii...
Pappy Boyington
#otd VMF-214 Commanding Officer, Major Gregory Boyington, gives pre-flight instructions to his pilots, at Turtle Bay Fighter Strip,...
USS New Jersey BB-62 (1943)
#otd USS New Jersey BB-62 on September 7th 1943, notice anything different about the bridge? #ussnewjersey #bb62 #navalsafari #wwii...
B-17’s in WWII
A look back to B-17's over Europe in WWII. #b17 #boeing #wwii #aviationsafari #aviationpreservation #boneyardsafari
Wildcat Wednesday
Its #WildcatWednesday and here is a General Motors FM-2 Wildcat fighter getting a wave-off from the Landing Signal Officer, while...
Japanese Surrender at Wake Island
#otd Raising the U.S. flag over Wake Island on 4 September 1945, as a U.S. Marine Corps bugler plays Colors. This was the first time the...
