- Location
- West Quebec
What a stash that was..
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- Thread starter jwhc
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- Location
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Most were probably crushed and burned..
Bubba Yugga
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- Location
- Midwestern Ontario
Yup, one of my best memories too!
- Location
- West Quebec
That would be a great experience in the flesh to see it
okcorral1881
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- Location
- East of Toronto
I know of a few that are owned by CGN members..............
https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/for...****PICS-ADDED****?highlight=Norwegian+mauser
- Location
- West Quebec
This may help,, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_cruiser_Gloire_(1935)The French light cruiser Gloire, most likely a post-WWII pic, but couldn't get a date from any of the sources I could find that had this pic.
"Aim for the bows!"
"Ummm... sir?"
"Well, at least give me direction of travel."
"Ummm..."
"The French cruiser FFS GLOIRE with ship's company on deck saluting King George VI as he passed by in the anchorage at Naples. Note the unusual dazzle painting on the cruiser."
For exact date : https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205156796
Dazzle patterns were to confuse distance estimates with optical rangefinders. Useless since the advent of radar ranging, but rather effective in real weather conditions when you can't be sure of the ship class to estimate it's length.
And interesting variation.
"The concept behind diffused lighting camouflage was to project light on to the sides of a ship so as to make its brightness match its background. For this purpose, projectors were mounted on temporary supports attached to the hull. The prototype was developed to include automatic control of brightness using a photocell. The prototyped concept was never put into production, though the Canadian prototypes did briefly see active service. The Canadian ideas were, however, adapted by the US Air Force in its Yehudi lights project."
https://howlingpixel.com/wiki/Diffused_lighting_camouflage
On Yehudi lights project:
https://howlingpixel.com/wiki/Yehudi_lights
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I have the stock off of one of them.
I read a book years ago about the SAS, can't remember the title. When they would come back into base from a trip in the jungle the first thing they would do was walk straight the the showers and just get in in full kit. After cleaning everything they would then clean themselves.
Oh, read through the article on Wikipedia, and that would place the colour pic as after the Philadelphia refit, but hard to place other than that. There was colour photography during the war (rare-ish, but more than people realize). And the Gloire stayed in service until 1955.
My guess is "post-war pic" - but just a guess.
"The French cruiser FFS GLOIRE with ship's company on deck saluting King George VI as he passed by in the anchorage at Naples. Note the unusual dazzle painting on the cruiser."
For exact date : https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205156796
Dazzle patterns were to confuse distance estimates with optical rangefinders. Useless since the advent of radar ranging, but rather effective in real weather conditions when you can't be sure of the ship class to estimate it's length.
And interesting variation.
"The concept behind diffused lighting camouflage was to project light on to the sides of a ship so as to make its brightness match its background. For this purpose, projectors were mounted on temporary supports attached to the hull. The prototype was developed to include automatic control of brightness using a photocell. The prototyped concept was never put into production, though the Canadian prototypes did briefly see active service. The Canadian ideas were, however, adapted by the US Air Force in its Yehudi lights project."
https://howlingpixel.com/wiki/Diffused_lighting_camouflage
On Yehudi lights project:
https://howlingpixel.com/wiki/Yehudi_lights
What really struck me from my original pic, was just how visually effective it was. I've seen lots of pics of dazzle-cam ships, but all of them in black and white. The high contrast of the B&W photos just doesn't do justice to the ships, visually. Note the difference between the B&W pic of the Gloire, and the colour one. Same paint pattern in both pics, but in the colour pic... Wow, far more disconcerting to the eye.
There's some indication that dazzle-cam might be on the comeback for the Littoral Combat Ships that are going to be operating close to shore and where visual sighting and targeting from shore batteries will be an issue.
US Navy PBY Catalina on its take-off run, location unknown, Jan 1943
Kind of an ugly duckling but I always liked them. Pretty much a perfect mix of form and function.
ipscgraz
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Henry Johnson enlisted in the army in 1917 and was assigned to 369th Infantry Regiment of New York National Guard the first all African-American unit, later nicknamed; The Harlem Hellfighters. In 1918, the Hellfighters were in France and only used for menial tasks from unloading ships to digging holes, all because they were black.
French Officers saw something in the unit so the US Army loaned the Hellfighters to the French Army. About a week later; Sgt. Johnson and his friend Pvt. Roberts were pulling security one night in the trenches, when about a platoon of Germans (around 30 men) rushed the two Hellfighters. They both caught shrapnel from grenades, Johnson was shot in the chest with a shotgun, and Roberts was shot twice with a pistol. The Germans rushed into the trench and grabbed Roberts to take as prisoner. Sgt. Johnson got up, and chased after them, firing his rifle killing and wounding multiple Germans, he was also shot multiple times during the exchange of fire. When his rifle jammed, he rushed the germans and beat one to death with his rifle's butt stock, breaking it in the process. He then pulled out his French Bolo knife and began his assault on the German positions, killing 24 Germans with his knife and bare hands. He then found his friend Pvt. Roberts, and dragged him back to safety. The following morning friendly reinforcements showed up to around 30 dead Germans, and the two Hellfighters singing songs around a campfire. After this, Sgt. Johnson was given the nickname "Black Death".
For his actions, Sgt. Johnson was awarded the Croix De Guerre (Palm and star) by France for heroism and valor. Sgt. Johnson later died of myocarditis in 1929. In 1996, he was posthumously awarded a Purple Heart. In 2002, he was posthumously awarded a Distinguished Service Cross, the US's second highest honor. In 2015, nearly 100 years later, Sgt. Johnson was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
