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Billy W
@willwardy.bsky.social
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Into my mil history, art, and bit of a bookworm. Once a Rifleman.

Trying to find everyone I used to follow/interact with over at the other place!

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Some jobs are just tougher than others. ‘One Way Ticket’ by Robin Smith. See Alt text for more info!
#WW2 #History #Hurricane
CAM ships were World War II-era British merchant ships used in convoys as an emergency stop-gap until sufficient escort carriers became available. CAM ship is an acronym for catapult aircraft merchant ship. They were equipped with a rocket-propelled catapult launching a single Hawker Hurricane, dubbed a "Hurricat" or "Catafighter" to destroy or drive away an attacking bomber. Normally the Hurricane fighter would be lost when the pilot then bailed out or ditched in the ocean near the convoy. Note the offset launching ramp, set this way to avoid a failed launch being even worse for the pilot who would otherwise be rear ended by a merchant ship!
November 1, 2023 at 9:54 PM
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Something about the Vokes filter Spitfires, definitely my favourite!
rgpoulussen.bsky.social RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · Oct 28
#OTD in 1942, a shipment of 116 Spitfires and 13 Hawker Hurricanes arrived in Gibraltar. Here, men from the Special Erection Party are assembling, test-flying and cannon-testing the planes, for operation Torch, the Allied landings in North Africa. #WW2 #HISTORY
October 28, 2023 at 8:43 AM
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HMS Onslow. Might have only been a destroyer but its actions on NYE 1942 had a strategic impact on the Kriegsmarine’s surface fleet.

#BarentsSea #RoyalNavy
IWM A 9285
October 27, 2023 at 4:40 PM
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Good morning - I hope you slept like a cricket-stuffed skink - I'm starting with ‘Winter Sunrise’, Paul Evans, ink & acrylic, 2018. Part of our Winter/Christmas card selection for 2023. 5% of all proceeds got to Shelter.
www.rathergoodart.co.uk/product/paul...
October 27, 2023 at 6:13 AM
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Convoy Morning, North Atlantic by William Frew
October 27, 2023 at 8:19 AM
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HMS Sheffield - imo the better light cruiser candidate for preservation post war - sorry Belfast (you’re great too 😉). Norway, Mediterranean, Bismarck chase, Barents Sea, Salerno, North Cape to name but a few of her escapades.

#ShinySheff
October 26, 2023 at 2:31 PM