Lex Anteinternet: Saturday, May 22, 1943. ME 262 and Escort Carriers.

Lex Anteinternet: Saturday, May 22, 1943. Comintern dissolves.: 

Sarah Sundin's blog reports:

Today in World War II History—May 22, 1943: USS Bogue’s TBF aircraft damage German U-boat U-569, which is scuttled by her crew, the first victory for an Allied escort carrier unassisted by surface ships.

She also noted that Luftwaffe General Adolf Galland flew the ME262 on this day and was impressed by it, as anyone would have had to have been.

Lex Anteinternet: Friday August 1, 1941. New things.

Lex Anteinternet: Friday August 1, 1941. New things.: The United States Navy was about to get a brand new, and very advanced, torpedo bomber in the form of the Grumman TBF. TBF's at the Natr...

Grumman TBF Torpedo Bombers, as Fire Bombers, Natrona County International Airport

Grumman TBF Torpedo Bombers, as Fire Bombers, Natrona County International Airport

There are WWII vintage Grumman TBF torpedo bombers serving as fire bombers post-war. These aircraft were kept at the Natrona County International Airport up until the 1980s, when they were stripped of their skins and stored. Within the last five years, there were sold and moved to a new location.

I'm not sure when this photo was taken, other than that I can see the back end of our 1965 Mercury Meteor off to the side. We had that car until 1973. I'm also not too sure who took the photo. Given the odd angle, and the height of it, I suspect I did as a kid.