Monthly Archives: May 2010

Japanese 150 mm Gun Type 89

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

U.S. military intelligence report on the Japanese 150mm Type 89 (1929) Gun from Japanese Artillery Weapons, CINCPAC-CINCPOA, Bulletin 152-45, July 1945.   150 MM GUN TYPE 89 (1929)  The Japanese Type 89, 15 cm gun is comparable to the old … Continue reading →

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Enlist in the WAVES

Posted on May 15, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

On the same team. Enlist in the WAVES. Apply to Your Nearest Navy Recruiting Station or Office of Naval Officer Procurement.  

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B-17 “Man O War II”

Posted on May 9, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

B-17 “Man O War II Horsepower Ltd.” of the 322nd Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomb Group. “Man O War II” flew numerous missions with the 91st for nine months before being lost in November 1944 in a mission over over Merseburg. … Continue reading →

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1/35th V-1 Models

Posted on May 8, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Bronco Models has introduced a series of 1/35th scale models of the German Fieseler Fi 103 (German “Vergeltungswaffe 1” or V-1; Allied “Buzz Bomb” or “Doodlebug”) pulse-jet powered missile. Piloted variants of the Fieseler Fi 103, known as “Reichenbergs”, were also manufactures but … Continue reading →

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Twelfth Air Force in Italy

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Photographs of Twelfth Air Force in Italy from Medium Bomber Operations, 1 January – 28 August 1944, Headquarters Twelfth Air Force, February 1945.

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