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Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

Index Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

This is a partial list of accidents and incidents involving the Boeing-designed B-17 Flying Fortress. [1]

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Adobe Acrobat

Adobe Acrobat is a family of application software and Web services developed by Adobe Systems to view, create, manipulate, print and manage files in Portable Document Format (PDF).

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Aerial firefighting

Aerial firefighting is the use of aircraft and other aerial resources to combat wildfires.

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AIM-4 Falcon

The Hughes AIM-4 Falcon was the first operational guided air-to-air missile of the United States Air Force.

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Air Accidents Investigation Branch

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) investigates civil aircraft accidents and serious incidents within the United Kingdom, its overseas territories and crown dependencies.

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Air Materiel Command

Air Materiel Command (AMC) was a United States Army Air Forces and United States Air Force command.

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Air Transport Command

Air Transport Command (ATC) was a United States Air Force unit that was created during World War II as the strategic airlift component of the United States Army Air Forces.

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Alamo, Nevada

Alamo is an unincorporated town in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States, about north of Las Vegas along U.S. Route 93.

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Alamogordo, New Mexico

Alamogordo is the seat of Otero County, New Mexico, United States.

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Alan Magee

Alan Eugene Magee (January 13, 1919 – December 20, 2003) was an American airman during World War II who survived a 22,000-foot (6,700 m) fall from his damaged B-17 Flying Fortress.

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Alice Springs Airport

Alice Springs Airport is an Australian regional airport south of Alice Springs, Northern Territory.

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Allegheny Mountains

The Allegheny Mountain Range, informally the Alleghenies and also spelled Alleghany and Allegany, is part of the vast Appalachian Mountain Range of the eastern United States and Canada and posed a significant barrier to land travel in less technologically advanced eras.

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Allison V-1710

The Allison V-1710 aircraft engine designed and produced by the Allison Engine Company was the only US-developed V-12 liquid-cooled engine to see service during World War II.

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Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage (officially called the Municipality of Anchorage) (Dena'ina Athabascan: Dgheyaytnu) is a unified home rule municipality in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Anti-aircraft warfare

Anti-aircraft warfare or counter-air defence is defined by NATO as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action."AAP-6 They include ground-and air-based weapon systems, associated sensor systems, command and control arrangements and passive measures (e.g. barrage balloons).

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Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery is a United States military cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., in whose the dead of the nation's conflicts have been buried, beginning with the Civil War, as well as reinterred dead from earlier wars.

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Ashiya Air Field

is a military airdrome of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Aurora, Illinois

Aurora, a suburb of Chicago, is a city predominantly in Kane County and DuPage County, with portions extending into Kendall and Will counties.

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Avon Park Executive Airport

Avon Park Executive Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) west of the central business district of Avon Park, a city in Highlands County, Florida, United States.

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Baffin Bay

Baffin Bay (Inuktitut: Saknirutiak Imanga; Avannaata Imaa; Baie de Baffin), located between Baffin Island and the southwest coast of Greenland, is a marginal sea of the North Atlantic Ocean.

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Bakers Creek air crash

The Bakers Creek air crash was an aviation disaster which occurred on 14 June 1943, when a United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft crashed at Bakers Creek, Queensland.

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Bakers Creek, Queensland

Bakers Creek is a town and a locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Bangor Air National Guard Base

Bangor Air National Guard Base is a United States Air National Guard base.

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Banning, California

Banning is a city in Riverside County, California, United States.

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Barnesville, Minnesota

Barnesville is a city in Clay County, Minnesota, United States.

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Belfast

Belfast (is the capital city of Northern Ireland, located on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast of Ireland.

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Bertrand, Nebraska

Bertrand is a village in Phelps County, Nebraska, United States.

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Biggs Army Airfield

Biggs Army Airfield (formerly Biggs Air Force Base) is a United States Army military airport located on the Fort Bliss military base in El Paso, Texas.

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Bighorn Mountains

The Bighorn Mountains (Apsáalookěi: Basawaxaawúua or Iisaxpúatahchee Isawaxaawúua) are a mountain range in northern Wyoming and southern Montana in the United States, forming a northwest-trending spur from the Rocky Mountains extending approximately 200 miles (320 km) northward on the Great Plains.

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Bisbee, Arizona

Bisbee is a U.S. city in Cochise County, Arizona, southeast of Tucson.

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Blakely, Georgia

The town of Blakely is the county seat of Early County, Georgia, United States.

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Blue Mountains (Pacific Northwest)

The Blue Mountains are a mountain range in the western United States, located largely in northeastern Oregon and stretching into southeastern Washington.

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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engine heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC).

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Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber.

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Boeing Field

Boeing Field, officially King County International Airport, is a public airport owned and operated by King County, five miles south of downtown Seattle, Washington.

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Boeing XB-15

The Boeing XB-15 (Boeing 294) was a United States bomber aircraft designed in 1934 as a test for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) to see if it would be possible to build a heavy bomber with a range.

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Boeing XB-38 Flying Fortress

The XB-38 Flying Fortress was a single example conversion of a production B-17E Flying Fortress, testing whether the Allison V-1710 V type engine could be substituted for the standard Wright R-1820 radial engine during early World War II.

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Bolling Air Force Base

Bolling Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in Washington, D.C. In 2010 it was merged with Naval Support Facility Anacostia to form Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling.

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Bomber Mountain

Bomber Mountain is the crest of a ridge line within the Big Horn Mountains of the U.S. State of Wyoming.

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Brooksville Army Airfield

Brooksville Army Airfield, was a United States Army Air Forces airfield constructed during World War II, located southwest of Brooksville, Florida.

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Bruning Army Air Field

Bruning Army Air Field was a flight training installation of the United States Army Air Forces used during World War II and located in northeast Thayer County, Nebraska, at coordinates 40°20'25" North, 97°25'42" West, approximately six miles east of Bruning.

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Buffalo, New York

Buffalo is the second largest city in the state of New York and the 81st most populous city in the United States.

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Burbank, California

Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States, northwest of downtown Los Angeles.

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Burley, Idaho

Burley is a city in Cassia and Minidoka county in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Idaho.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.), is an East Anglian county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west.

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Cape Disappointment (Washington)

Cape Disappointment is a headland located at the extreme southwestern corner of Washington State on the north side of the Columbia River bar, at.

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Cape York Peninsula

Cape York Peninsula is a large remote peninsula located in Far North Queensland, Australia.

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Casper–Natrona County International Airport

Casper–Natrona County International Airport is northwest of Casper, in Natrona County, Wyoming.

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CFB Goose Bay

Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay (IATA: YYR, ICAO: CYYR), commonly referred to as CFB Goose Bay, is a Canadian Forces Base located in the municipality of Happy Valley-Goose Bay in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Cherokee, Kansas

Cherokee is a city in Crawford County, Kansas, United States.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Civil Air Patrol

The Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is a congressionally chartered, federally supported non-profit corporation that serves as the official civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force (USAF).

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Cold Bay, Alaska

Cold Bay (Udaamagax in Aleut) is a city in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, United States.

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Coldwater, Michigan

Coldwater is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Colfax, Wisconsin

Colfax is a village in Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States.

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Columbus, Ohio

Columbus is the state capital and the most populous city in Ohio.

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Convair F-102 Delta Dagger

The Convair F-102 Delta Dagger was an American interceptor aircraft that was built as part of the backbone of the United States Air Force's air defenses in the late 1950s.

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Corning, Iowa

Corning is a city in Quincy Township, Adams County, Iowa, United States.

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County Fermanagh

County Fermanagh is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland and one of the six counties of Northern Ireland.

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Covelo, California

Covelo is a census-designated place (CDP) in Mendocino County, California, United States.

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Creech Air Force Base

Creech Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) command and control facility in Clark County, Nevada used "to engage in daily Overseas Contingency Operations …of remotely piloted aircraft systems which fly missions across the globe." In addition to an airport, the military installation has the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Battlelab, associated aerial warfare ground equipment, and unmanned aerial vehicles of the type used in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Dan W. Turner

Daniel Webster "Dan" Turner (March 17, 1877April 15, 1969) was an American Republican politician who served as the 25th Governor of Iowa from 1931 until 1933.

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Davao City

, officially the (Dakbayan sa Dabaw, Lungsod ng Dabaw), is a highly urbanized city in the island of Mindanao,.

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Davis–Monthan Air Force Base

Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (DM AFB) is a United States Air Force base located within the city limits approximately south-southeast of downtown Tucson, Arizona.

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Dayton, Ohio

Dayton is the sixth-largest city in the state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County.

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Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa.

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Destin, Florida

Destin is a city located in Okaloosa County, Florida.

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Douglas A-26 Invader

The Douglas A-26 Invader (designated B-26 between 1948 and 1965) is an American twin-engined light bomber and ground attack aircraft.

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Douglas Aircraft Company

The Douglas Aircraft Company was an American aerospace manufacturer based in Southern California.

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Douglas C-47 Skytrain

The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner.

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Douglas, Georgia

Douglas is a city in Coffee County, Georgia, United States.

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Dr. Strangelove

Dr.

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Dubois, Wyoming

Dubois is a town in Fremont County, Wyoming.

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Dunmore, Pennsylvania

Dunmore is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, adjoining Scranton.

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Dunning, Nebraska

Dunning is a village in Blaine County, Nebraska, United States.

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Duxford Aerodrome

Duxford Aerodrome is located south of Cambridge, within the Parish of Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England and nearly west of the village.

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East St. Louis, Illinois

East St.

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Eastern Oregon Regional Airport

Eastern Oregon Regional Airport (Eastern Oregon Regional Airport at Pendleton) is a city-owned public airport three miles northwest of Pendleton, in Umatilla County, Oregon.

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Eddie Rickenbacker

Edward Vernon Rickenbacker (October 8, 1890 – July 23, 1973) was an American fighter ace in World War I and Medal of Honor recipient.

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Eglin Air Force Base

Eglin Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force base located approximately southwest of Valparaiso, Florida in Okaloosa County.

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Elko, Nevada

Elko (Shoshoni: Natakkoa, "Rocks Piled on One Another") is the largest city and county seat of Elko County, Nevada, United States.

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Elmendorf Air Force Base

Elmendorf Air Force Base is a United States military facility in Anchorage, the largest city in Alaska.

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Enniskillen

Enniskillen is a town and civil parish in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

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Espiritu Santo

Espiritu Santo is the largest island in the nation of Vanuatu, with an area of and a population of around 40,000 according to the 2009 census.

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Fairborn, Ohio

Fairborn is a city in Greene County, Ohio, United States, near Dayton and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

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Fire ant

Fire ant is the common name for several species of ants in the genus Solenopsis.

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Flight control surfaces

Aircraft flight control surfaces are aerodynamic devices allowing a pilot to adjust and control the aircraft's flight attitude.

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Fort Benning

Fort Benning is a United States Army base straddling the Alabama-Georgia border next to Columbus, Georgia.

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Fort Benton, Montana

Fort Benton is a city in and the county seat of Chouteau County, Montana, United States.

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Fort Myer

Fort Myer is the previous name used for a U.S. Army post next to Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, and across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. Founded during the American Civil War as Fort Cass and Fort Whipple, the post merged in 2005 with the neighboring Marine Corps installation, Henderson Hall, and is today named Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall.

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Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne is a city in the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Allen County, United States.

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Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth is the 15th-largest city in the United States and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas.

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Fragmentation (weaponry)

Fragmentation is the process by which the casing of an artillery or mortar shell, rocket, missile, bomb, grenade, etc.

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Frankfurt

Frankfurt, officially the City of Frankfurt am Main ("Frankfurt on the Main"), is a metropolis and the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Sr. (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

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Free fall

In Newtonian physics, free fall is any motion of a body where gravity is the only force acting upon it.

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Freeman Army Airfield

Freeman Army Airfield is an inactive United States Army Air Forces base.

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Fujian

Fujian (pronounced), formerly romanised as Foken, Fouken, Fukien, and Hokkien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China.

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Gander International Airport

Gander International Airport is located in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, and is operated by the Gander International Airport Authority.

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Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador

Gander is a town located in the northeastern part of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, approximately south of Gander Bay, south of Twillingate and east of Grand Falls-Windsor.

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Gare de Saint-Nazaire

The Gare de Saint-Nazaire is the passenger railway station serving the French town and port of Saint-Nazaire.

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Gene Roddenberry

Eugene Wesley Roddenberry (August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991) was an American television screenwriter and producer.

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Georgetown, California

Georgetown (formerly, Growlersburg) is a census-designated place (CDP) in El Dorado County, California.

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Glacier Girl

Glacier Girl is a Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning World War II fighter plane, 41-7630, c/n 222-5757, that was restored to flying condition after being buried beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet for over 50 years.

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Glen Ellyn, Illinois

Glen Ellyn is a suburban village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States.

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Glendale, California

Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

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Grand Island, Nebraska

Grand Island is a city in and the county seat of Hall County, Nebraska, United States.

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Great Falls, Montana

Great Falls is a town in and the county seat of Cascade County, Montana, United States.

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Greenland

Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat,; Grønland) is an autonomous constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.

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Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico (Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent.

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Harling, Norfolk

Harling is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

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Haverhill, Massachusetts

Haverhill is a hilly and historic city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Hill Air Force Base

Hill Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force base located in northern Utah, just south of the city of Ogden, and near the towns of Clearfield, Riverdale, Roy, Sunset, and Layton.

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Horn Island, Queensland

Horn Island, or Ngurupai (pronounced Nœrupai/Nurupai) in the local language, is an island of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago located in the Torres Strait, in Queensland in Northern Australia between the Australian mainland and Papua New Guinea.

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Hornick, Iowa

Hornick is a city in Woodbury County, Iowa, United States.

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Hunter Army Airfield

Hunter Army Airfield, located in Savannah, Georgia, United States, is a military airfield and subordinate installation to Fort Stewart located in Hinesville, Georgia.

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Huntington Park, California

Huntington Park is a city in the Gateway Cities district of southeastern Los Angeles County, California.

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Huntington Woods, Michigan

Huntington Woods is a suburb of Detroit, located in southeastern Oakland County, Michigan.

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Iceland

Iceland is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic, with a population of and an area of, making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe.

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Idyllwild-Pine Cove, California

Idyllwild, Pine Cove, and Fern Valley are three adjacent unincorporated communities, of which Idyllwild is the largest, located in the San Jacinto Mountains in Riverside County, California, United States.

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Indianapolis

Indianapolis is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County.

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Institut géographique national

The Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière (National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information), previously Institut géographique national (National Geographic Institute) or IGN is a French public state administrative establishment founded in 1940 to produce and maintain geographical information for France and its overseas departments and territories.

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Isle of Man

The Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin), also known simply as Mann (Mannin), is a self-governing British Crown dependency in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland.

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JATO

JATO (acronym for jet-assisted take-off), is a type of assisted take-off for helping overloaded aircraft into the air by providing additional thrust in the form of small rockets.

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Jefferson, Oregon

Jefferson is a city in Marion County, Oregon, United States.

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Kalispell, Montana

Kalispell (ˈkæl əˌspɛl, ˌkæl əˈspɛl) is a city in, and the county seat of Flathead County, Montana, United States.

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Kearney Air Force Base

Kearney Air Force Base is a former USAF base located near Kearney, Nebraska.

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Kearney, Nebraska

Kearney is a city in and the county seat of Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States.

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Kingman Airport (Arizona)

Kingman Airport is a city owned, public use airport located northeast of the central business district of Kingman, a city in Mohave County, Arizona, United States.

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Klamath Falls, Oregon

Klamath Falls (Klamath: ʔiWLaLLoonʔa) is a city in and the county seat of Klamath County, Oregon, United States.

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Labrador

Labrador is the continental-mainland part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Lake Washington

Lake Washington is a large freshwater lake adjacent to the city of Seattle.

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Langley Air Force Base

Langley Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located adjacent to Hampton and Newport News, Virginia.

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Las Cruces, New Mexico

Las Cruces, also known as "The City of the Crosses", is the seat of Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States.

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Lawson Army Airfield

Lawson Army Airfield is a military airport located at Fort Benning in Chattahoochee County, Georgia, south of the city of Columbus, Georgia.

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Lemoore, California

Lemoore (formerly, La Tache and Lee Moore's) is a city in Kings County, California, United States.

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Liberty Belle (aircraft)

Liberty Belle was a popular moniker with over two dozen known individual Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses and Consolidated B-24 Liberators using the name in combat during World War II.

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List of surviving Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engine heavy bomber used by the United States Army Air Forces and other Allied air forces during World War II.

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Lockheed Corporation

The Lockheed Corporation was an American aerospace company.

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Lockheed P-38 Lightning

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is a World War II-era American piston-engined fighter aircraft.

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Long Beach, California

Long Beach is a city on the Pacific Coast of the United States, within the Greater Los Angeles area of Southern California.

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Long Island

Long Island is a densely populated island off the East Coast of the United States, beginning at New York Harbor just 0.35 miles (0.56 km) from Manhattan Island and extending eastward into the Atlantic Ocean.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Lovelock, Nevada

Lovelock is the county seat of Pershing County, Nevada, United States, in which it is the only incorporated city.

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Luftwaffe

The Luftwaffe was the aerial warfare branch of the combined German Wehrmacht military forces during World War II.

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MacDill Air Force Base

MacDill Air Force Base (MacDill AFB) is an active United States Air Force installation located 4 miles (6.4 km) south-southwest of downtown Tampa, Florida.

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Mackay Trophy

The Mackay Trophy is awarded yearly by the United States Air Force for the "most meritorious flight of the year" by an Air Force person, persons, or organization.

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Madisonville, Kentucky

Madisonville is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States, located along Interstate 69 in the state's Western Coal Fields region.

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Magdalena, New Mexico

Magdalena is a village in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States.

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Malmstrom Air Force Base

Malmstrom Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base and census-designated place (CDP) in Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana, United States.

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March Air Reserve Base

March Air Reserve Base (March ARB), previously known as March Air Force Base (March AFB) is located in Riverside County, California between the cities of Riverside, Moreno Valley, and Perris.

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Massachusetts Route 62

Route 62 is an east–west state highway in Massachusetts.

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McChord Field

McChord Field is a United States Air Force base in the northwest United States, in Pierce County, Washington.

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McClellan Air Force Base

McClellan Air Force Base (1935–2001) is a former United States Air Force base located in the North Highlands area of Sacramento County, northeast of Sacramento, California.

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Memphis Belle (film)

Memphis Belle is a 1990 British-American war drama film directed by Michael Caton-Jones and written by Monte Merrick.

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Mesa, Arizona

Mesa is a city in Maricopa County, in the U.S. state of Arizona.

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Midland, Texas

Midland is a city in and the county seat of Midland County, Texas, United States, on the Southern Plains of the state's western area.

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Mifflintown, Pennsylvania

Mifflintown is a borough in and the county seat of Juniata County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Milligan, Nebraska

Milligan is a village in Fillmore County, Nebraska, United States.

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Milton, Florida

Milton is a city in Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States.

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Mink Creek, Idaho

Mink Creek is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Idaho, United States.

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Mount Tom (Massachusetts)

Mount Tom,, is a steep, rugged traprock mountain peak on the west bank of the Connecticut River 4.5 miles (7 km) northwest of downtown Holyoke, Massachusetts.

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Musselshell, Montana

Musselshell is an unincorporated village in Musselshell County, Montana, United States.

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Narsarsuaq Air Base

Bluie West One airfield, later known as Narsarsuaq Air Base and Narsarsuaq Airport, was built on a glacial moraine at what is now the village of Narsarsuaq, near the southern tip of Greenland.

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National Transportation Safety Board

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent U.S. government investigative agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation.

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Naval Station Puget Sound

Naval Station Puget Sound is a former United States Naval station located on Sand Point in Seattle, Washington.

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Nellis Air Force Base

Nellis Air Force Base ("Nellis" colloq.) is a United States Air Force installation in southern Nevada with military schools and more squadrons than any other USAF base.

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New Guinea

New Guinea (Nugini or, more commonly known, Papua, historically, Irian) is a large island off the continent of Australia.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Newburgh, New York

Newburgh is a city located in Orange County, New York, United States, north of New York City, and south of Albany, on the Hudson River.

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Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; Akamassiss; Newfoundland Irish: Talamh an Éisc agus Labradar) is the most easterly province of Canada.

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No. 90 Squadron RAF

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Norfolk

Norfolk is a county in East Anglia in England.

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North American F-86 Sabre

The North American F-86 Sabre, sometimes called the Sabrejet, is a transonic jet fighter aircraft.

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North Oxford, Maine

North Oxford is an unorganized territory in Oxford County, Maine, United States.

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North Reading, Massachusetts

North Reading is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region.

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Northrop F-89 Scorpion

The Northrop F-89 Scorpion was an American all-weather interceptor built during the 1950s, the first jet-powered aircraft designed as such from the outset to enter service.

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Nose art

Nose art is a decorative painting or design on the fuselage of an aircraft, usually on the front fuselage.

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Ogden Air Logistics Complex

The Ogden Air Logistics Complex (OO-ALC) performs programmed depot maintenance on a number of US Air Force weapon systems.

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Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States.

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Operation Bolero

Operation Bolero was the commonly used reference for the code name of the United States military troop buildup in the United Kingdom during World War II in preparation for the initial cross-channel invasion plan known as Operation Roundup, to be implemented in mid-1943, or for its lesser contingency alternative, Operation Sledgehammer, to be executed in the fall of 1942 in the event of German setbacks or to ease Axis pressure on the Eastern Front.

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Operation Buster–Jangle

Operation Buster–Jangle was a series of seven (six atmospheric, one cratering) nuclear weapons tests conducted by the United States in late 1951 at the Nevada Test Site.

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Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region on the West Coast of the United States.

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Oswego, Illinois

Oswego is a village in Kendall County, Illinois, United States.

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Pendleton, Oregon

Pendleton is a city in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States.

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Pensacola, Florida

Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle, approximately from the border with Alabama, and the county seat of Escambia County, in the U.S. state of Florida.

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Pepperrell Air Force Base

Pepperrell Air Force Base, previously known as Fort Pepperrell, was a former United States military base located in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada which operated from 1941-1961.

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Philipsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania

Philipsburg is a borough in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona.

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Placerville, California

Placerville (formerly Old Dry Diggings, Dry Diggings, and Hangtown) is the county seat of El Dorado County, California.

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Ployer Peter Hill

Ployer Peter Hill (October 24, 1894 – October 30, 1935), known as "Pete" or "Peter", was a pilot and an officer with a varied career, but is best known for his abilities as a test pilot.

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Port Moresby

(Tok Pisin: Pot Mosbi), also referred to as Pom City or simply Moresby, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea and the largest city in the South Pacific outside of Australia and New Zealand.

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Purcell, Oklahoma

Purcell is a city in and the county seat of McClain County, Oklahoma, United States.

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Queensland

Queensland (abbreviated as Qld) is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Rabaul

Rabaul is a township in East New Britain province, on the island of New Britain, in the country of Papua New Guinea.

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RAF Binbrook

Royal Air Force Station Binbrook or RAF Binbrook was a Royal Air Force station, now closed, located near Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England.

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RAF Great Massingham

Royal Air Force Great Massingham or more simply RAF Great Massingham is a former Royal Air Force station located southwest of Fakenham, Norfolk and east of King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.

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RAF Polebrook

Royal Air Force Station Polebrook or more simply RAF Polebrook is a former Royal Air Force station located east-south-east of Oundle, at Polebrook, Northamptonshire, England.

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RAF Snetterton Heath

Royal Air Force station Snetterton Heath or more simply RAF Snetterton Heath is a former Royal Air Force station located south east of the A11, south west of Attleborough, Norfolk, England.

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Republic of China Air Force

The Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) is the aviation branch of the Republic of China Armed Forces.

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Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was a World War II era fighter aircraft produced by the United States from 1941 through 1945.

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Reykjavík

Reykjavík is the capital and largest city of Iceland.

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Ridgeland, South Carolina

Ridgeland is a town in Jasper County, South Carolina, United States.

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Riverside, California

Riverside is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, located in the Inland Empire metropolitan area.

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Rochelle, Georgia

Rochelle is a city in Wilcox County, Georgia, United States.

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Rolls-Royce Dart

The Rolls-Royce RB.53 Dart is a long-lived British turboprop engine designed, built and manufactured by Rolls-Royce Limited.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force.

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Royal Aircraft Establishment

The Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) was a British research establishment, known by several different names during its history, that eventually came under the aegis of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), before finally losing its identity in mergers with other institutions.

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Royal Canadian Air Force

The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF; Aviation royale canadienne, ARC) is the air force of Canada.

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Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County.

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Saint-Nazaire

Saint-Nazaire (Gallo: Saint-Nazère/Saint-Nazaer) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France, in traditional Brittany.

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Salem, Oregon

Salem is the capital of the U.S. state of Oregon, and the county seat of Marion County.

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Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and the most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Utah.

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San Bernardino National Forest

The San Bernardino National Forest is a United States National Forest in Southern California encompassing of which are federal.

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San Jacinto Mountains

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San Jacinto is a city in Riverside County, California.

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San Jose, California

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Santa Rosa, California

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Seattle

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Seymour, Indiana

Seymour is a city in Jackson County, Indiana, United States.

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Shalimar, Florida

Shalimar is a town in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States.

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Shropham

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Sierra Nevada (U.S.)

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Sioux City Air National Guard Base

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Snag, Yukon

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Socorro, New Mexico

Socorro is a city in Socorro County in the U.S. state of New Mexico.

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Spokane International Airport

Spokane International Airport is a commercial airport approximately west of downtown Spokane, Washington.

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St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

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Star Trek

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Stewart Air National Guard Base

Stewart Air National Guard Base is the home of the 105th Airlift Wing (105 AW), an Air Mobility Command (AMC)-gained unit of the New York Air National Guard and "host" wing for the installation.

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Strevell, Idaho

Strevell is a ghost town in Idaho near the border with Utah.

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Tacoma, Washington

Tacoma is a mid-sized urban port city and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States.

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Tells Peak

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Thomas Selfridge

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Thornbrough Air Force Base

Thornbrough Air Force Base is a former facility of the United States Air Force in Cold Bay, Alaska.

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Throop, Pennsylvania

Throop is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, adjoining Scranton.

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Tipton, California

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Tora! Tora! Tora!

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Tucson, Arizona

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Tulsa, Oklahoma

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF), informally known as the Air Force, was the aerial warfare service of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II (1939/41–1945), successor to the previous United States Army Air Corps and the direct predecessor of the United States Air Force of today, one of the five uniformed military services.

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USS Seer (AM-112)

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Utah

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Van Wert, Ohio

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Vassar, Michigan

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Vega Aircraft Corporation

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Vicksburg, Mississippi

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Vought OS2U Kingfisher

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Walla Walla Regional Airport

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Waterloo, Iowa

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Weipa, Queensland

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West Los Angeles

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Westover Air Reserve Base

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Whitehorse, Yukon

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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) is a United States Air Force base and census-designated place just east of Dayton, Ohio, in Greene and Montgomery counties.

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Wyoming

Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the western United States.

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Yorkshire

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11th Wing

The 11th Wing (11 WG) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Force District of Washington.

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128th Airborne Command and Control Squadron

The 128th Airborne Command and Control Squadron (128 ACCS) is a unit of the Georgia Air National Guard 116th Air Control Wing located at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.

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12th Missile Squadron

The 12th Missile Squadron is a United States Air Force unit.

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19th Airlift Wing

The 19th Airlift Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Mobility Command's Eighteenth Air Force.

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19th Operations Group

The 19th Operations Group (19 OG) is the operational flying component of the United States Air Force 19th Airlift Wing, stationed at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas.

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1st Operations Group

The 1st Operations Group (1 OG) is the flying component of the 1st Fighter Wing, assigned to the USAF Air Combat Command.

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20th Bomb Squadron

The 20th Bomb Squadron is a unit of the 2d Operations Group of the United States Air Force located at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.

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2d Operations Group

The 2d Operations Group (2 OG) is the flying component of the United States Air Force 2d Bomb Wing, assigned to the Air Force Global Strike Command Eighth Air Force.

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303d Air Expeditionary Group

The 303d Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit.

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308th Air Refueling Squadron

The 308th Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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317th Bombardment Squadron

The 317th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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317th Operations Group

The 317th Operations Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit, last stationed at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina as part of Air Mobility Command.

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3200th Proof Test Group

The 3200th Proof Test Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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330th Aircraft Sustainment Wing

The 330th Aircraft Sustainment Wing was a wing of the United States Air Force based at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.

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331st Air Expeditionary Group

The 331st Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 315th Bombardment Wing, being stationed at Northwest Field, Guam. It was inactivated on 15 April 1946. During World War II, the unit was initially a B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator operational training unit (OTU). Redesignated as a replacement training unit (RTU) in December 1943. Inactivated on 1 April 1944 when Second Air Force switched to B-29 Superfortress training. Late in the war the group was reactivated and trained as a Very Heavy (VH) B-29 Superfortress group The group served in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II as part of Twentieth Air Force. The 331st Bomb Group's aircraft engaged in very heavy bombardment B-29 Superfortress operations against Japan.

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339th Bombardment Squadron

The 339th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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360th Bombardment Squadron

The 360th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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381st Training Group

The United States Air Force 381st Training Group (381 TRG) at Vandenberg AFB, California provides training for the nation's space and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) operations and ICBM and Air Launched Missile (ALM) maintenance forces.

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383d Bombardment Group

The 383d Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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390th Strategic Missile Wing

The 390th Strategic Missile Wing was a United States Air Force Strategic Air Command organization, stationed at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.

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394th Combat Training Squadron

The 394th Combat Training Squadron was a United States Air Force unit assigned to the 509th Operations Group until inactivated on 13 April 2018.

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39th Air Base Wing

The 39th Air Base Wing (39 ABW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Third Air Force.

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401st Air Expeditionary Group

The 401st Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to United States Air Forces in Europe to be activated or inactivated at any time as needed.

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40th Air Refueling Squadron

The 40th Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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413th Flight Test Squadron

The 413th Flight Test Squadron is part of the 96th Test Wing and is based at Duke Field, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

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427th Reconnaissance Squadron

The 427th Reconnaissance Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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434th Bombardment Squadron

The 434th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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459th Airlift Squadron

The 459th Airlift Squadron is part of the 374th Airlift Wing at Yokota Air Base, Japan.

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464th Bombardment Squadron

The 464th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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46th Tactical Missile Squadron

The 46th Tactical Missile Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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483d Airlift Group

The 483d Airlift Group is an inactive unit last assigned to Pacific Air Forces at Osan AB Korea.

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492d Bombardment Squadron

The 492d Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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541st Bombardment Squadron

The 541st Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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563d Rescue Group

The 563d Rescue Group is a United States Air Force unit stationed at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.

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5th Operations Group

The 5th Operations Group (5 OG) is an operational component of the United States Air Force 5th Bomb Wing, stationed at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota.

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612th Tactical Fighter Squadron

The 612th Tactical Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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7th Operations Group

The 7th Operations Group is the operational flying component of the United States Air Force 7th Bomb Wing, stationed at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.

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88th Bombardment Group

The 88th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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912th Air Refueling Squadron

The 912th Air Refueling Squadron is a United States Air Force squadron assigned to the 92d Operations Group and stationed at March Air Reserve Base, California.

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93d Bomb Squadron

The 93d Bomb Squadron is a squadron of the United States Air Force Reserve.

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94th Fighter Squadron

The 94th Fighter Squadron is a unit of the United States Air Force 1st Operations Group located at Joint Base Langley–Eustis, Virginia.

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95th Air Base Wing

The 95th Air Base Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit that was last assigned to the Air Force Flight Test Center of Air Force Materiel Command at Edwards Air Force Base, California, where it was inactivated on 13 July 2012.

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96th Test Wing

The 96th Test Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Force Test Center of Air Force Materiel Command at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

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97th Air Mobility Wing

The 97th Air Mobility Wing (97 AMW) is a United States Air Force (USAF) unit assigned to Nineteenth Air Force of Air Education and Training Command.

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99th Reconnaissance Squadron

The 99th Reconnaissance Squadron is a squadron of the United States Air Force.

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References

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