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11-27-12, 07:42 AM
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Sailor Steve
That's General Billy Mitchell dropping a phosphorous bomb on USS
Alabama
, a preliminary to the sinking of SMS
Ostfriesland
, starting the tests that proved to an unbelieving US military that airplanes could indeed sink ships.
http://www.aerofiles.com/ostfriesland.html
And a lot of fun:
http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65...ks_World-War-I
Yep, happened right off of Tangier Virginia in the Chesapeake Bay. One can still see some steel poking out above the water at low tide.
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