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#USAAF #ushistory #WW2 Gyroscope Used in Aviation The mini-aviator has great thigh musculature! from: Your Wings; Assen Jordanoff; 1936-1942; Funk and Wagnalls. View high resolution

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Gyroscope Used in Aviation

The mini-aviator has great thigh musculature!

from: Your Wings; Assen Jordanoff; 1936-1942; Funk and Wagnalls.

#ushistory #ad #Navy #WW2 Gillette Razor Blade Advertisement, 1941 ‘Hey, get a load of those gobs, doing their jobs, keeping the sea lanes free’ (sung by) Tex Beneke ‘Tar’ is more British, I thought. And if Alberta had a navy, a tar would be known as an ‘oil’. from: Railroad Magazine; April 1941; Frank A Munsey Co, New York. View high resolution

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Gillette Razor Blade Advertisement, 1941

‘Hey, get a load of those gobs, doing their jobs, keeping the sea lanes free’

(sung by) Tex Beneke

‘Tar’ is more British, I thought.

And if Alberta had a navy, a tar would be known as an ‘oil’.

from: Railroad Magazine; April 1941; Frank A Munsey Co, New York.

#railroad #women #Seattle #SEA #ushistory #WW2 Women Car Clerks in 1942 The railroads were never terribly welcoming to women workers beyond the confines of an office. The car clerks were responsible for verifying the location of railway cars in the railway yards. As a loaded car travelled from origin to destination it would be handed off between trains at these yards. Similarly, if empty cars were called for by a customer, the railway had to find and dispatch them.  You can see an old steam switcher locomotive nosed up to the cars. The electric lantern would be handy in daytime to check the interior of empty cars and there are always numerous ‘dark spots’ around railway equipment and yards. Notice the lack of safety boots! Today AEI RF car tags, trackside scanners and computers do this work.  from: Railroad Magazine; November 1942; Freeman H Hubbard, Ed; Red Star Publications. View high resolution

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Women Car Clerks in 1942

The railroads were never terribly welcoming to women workers beyond the confines of an office.

The car clerks were responsible for verifying the location of railway cars in the railway yards. As a loaded car travelled from origin to destination it would be handed off between trains at these yards. Similarly, if empty cars were called for by a customer, the railway had to find and dispatch them. 

You can see an old steam switcher locomotive nosed up to the cars. The electric lantern would be handy in daytime to check the interior of empty cars and there are always numerous ‘dark spots’ around railway equipment and yards. Notice the lack of safety boots!

Today AEI RF car tags, trackside scanners and computers do this work. 

from: Railroad Magazine; November 1942; Freeman H Hubbard, Ed; Red Star Publications.

#ad #shaving #hygiene #WW2 Gillette Razor Blade Advertisement, 1942 Right click, open in new tab … for instructions. from: Railroad Magazine; November 1942; Freeman H Hubbard, Ed; Red Star Publications. View high resolution

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Gillette Razor Blade Advertisement, 1942

Right click, open in new tab … for instructions.

from: Railroad Magazine; November 1942; Freeman H Hubbard, Ed; Red Star Publications.

#Sperry #aviation #ushistory #WW2 The Sperry Pilot for Automatic Flying (schematic) From an elementary flight training book used during early World War 2. While the gyro maintained the ‘status quo’, I think it had to be reset after executing turns, and periodically, to ensure it was aligned correctly with the airframe. Right click, open in new tab … to read more detail. from: Your Wings; Assen Jordanoff; 1936-1942; Funk and Wagnalls. View high resolution

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The Sperry Pilot for Automatic Flying (schematic)

From an elementary flight training book used during early World War 2.

While the gyro maintained the ‘status quo’, I think it had to be reset after executing turns, and periodically, to ensure it was aligned correctly with the airframe.

Right click, open in new tab … to read more detail.

from: Your Wings; Assen Jordanoff; 1936-1942; Funk and Wagnalls.

#ushistory #aviation #WW2 Wet Parachute Landing … another skill taught during wartime basic flight training … from: Your Wings; Assen Jordanoff; 1936-1942; Funk and Wagnalls. View high resolution

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Wet Parachute Landing

… another skill taught during wartime basic flight training …

from: Your Wings; Assen Jordanoff; 1936-1942; Funk and Wagnalls.

#map #WW2 #cdnhistory The Battle of the Atlantic from: A Historical Atlas of Canada; D G G Kerr; 1959; Thomas Nelson and Sons. View high resolution

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The Battle of the Atlantic

from: A Historical Atlas of Canada; D G G Kerr; 1959; Thomas Nelson and Sons.

#RN #WW2 #cdnhistory  Nursing Sisters of No 10 Canadian General Hospital ” … land at Arromanches in northern France, July 1944. Before they left for Europe, RCAMC nursing sisters underwent a rigorous training program.” from: Back the Attack, Canadian Women During the Second World War; Jean Bruce; 1985; Macmillan of Canada. View high resolution

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Nursing Sisters of No 10 Canadian General Hospital

” … land at Arromanches in northern France, July 1944. Before they left for Europe, RCAMC nursing sisters underwent a rigorous training program.”

from: Back the Attack, Canadian Women During the Second World War; Jean Bruce; 1985; Macmillan of Canada.

#aviation #WW2 #ushistory Basic Flight Instruction - ‘Advanced Techniques’ A week or so ago when I posted a basic ‘pitch, roll, yaw’ illustration from this book, a reblogger remarked that a ‘learn to fly’ book would probably not get far beyond those basic aspects of aerodynamics … However, during the war … among other things … they included an interesting chapter on military flying as it was practised then. Rather than selling more ground school classes and flying lessons … back then the emphasis was probably on graduating aircrew and getting them to the battle zones. from: Your Wings; Assen Jordanoff; 1936-1942; Funk and Wagnalls. View high resolution

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Basic Flight Instruction - ‘Advanced Techniques’

A week or so ago when I posted a basic ‘pitch, roll, yaw’ illustration from this book, a reblogger remarked that a ‘learn to fly’ book would probably not get far beyond those basic aspects of aerodynamics …

However, during the war … among other things … they included an interesting chapter on military flying as it was practised then. Rather than selling more ground school classes and flying lessons … back then the emphasis was probably on graduating aircrew and getting them to the battle zones.

from: Your Wings; Assen Jordanoff; 1936-1942; Funk and Wagnalls.

#ad #WW2 #ushistory #cigarette Chesterfield Cigarette Advertisement, 1941 World War 2 is raging in Europe and the German Luftwaffe was held in check during the Battle of Britain last autumn. The Blitz is still on. The Empire of Japan is militarily active in China and elsewhere in Asia. Almost half a million residents of Nanking were killed three years ago. Hitler will invade the USSR in a couple of months. Pearl Harbor is a little more than 6 months in the future … … might as well have a cigarette … from, the back cover: Railroad Magazine; April 1941; Frank A Munsey Co, New York. View high resolution

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Chesterfield Cigarette Advertisement, 1941

World War 2 is raging in Europe and the German Luftwaffe was held in check during the Battle of Britain last autumn. The Blitz is still on.

The Empire of Japan is militarily active in China and elsewhere in Asia. Almost half a million residents of Nanking were killed three years ago.

Hitler will invade the USSR in a couple of months. Pearl Harbor is a little more than 6 months in the future …

… might as well have a cigarette …

from, the back cover: Railroad Magazine; April 1941; Frank A Munsey Co, New York.