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The Swoose

Index The Swoose

The Swoose is a B-17D-BO Flying Fortress, USAAF Ser. [1]

48 relations: Albrook Air Force Station, Aluminium, Andrews Air Force Base, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Clark Air Base, Darwin, Northern Territory, Douglas MacArthur, Enola Gay, Far East Air Force (United States), Frank Kurtz, George Brett (general), Gun turret, Hickam Air Force Base, Kay Kyser, Kingman, Arizona, Kirtland Air Force Base, Laverton, Victoria, Lyndon B. Johnson, March Air Reserve Base, Memphis Belle (aircraft), Mindanao, National Air and Space Museum, National Museum of the United States Air Force, Nichols Field, Panama Canal, Park Ridge, Illinois, Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration, and Storage Facility, Paul Garber, Philippines Campaign (1941–42), Pyote, Texas, Royal Australian Air Force, Seattle, Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Suitland, Maryland, The Australian, The Washington Post, United States Air Force, United States Army Air Corps, War Assets Administration, War bond, Winton, Queensland, World War II, 11th Wing, 14th Bombardment Squadron, 19th Operations Group.

Albrook Air Force Station

Albrook Air Force Station is a former United States Air Force facility in Panama.

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Aluminium

Aluminium or aluminum is a chemical element with symbol Al and atomic number 13.

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Andrews Air Force Base

Andrews Air Force Base is the airfield portion of Joint Base Andrews which is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force.

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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-29 Superfortress

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is a four-engine propeller-driven heavy bomber designed by Boeing, which was flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War.

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Boeing Commercial Airplanes

Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) is a division of The Boeing Company.

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Clark Air Base

Clark Air Base is a Philippine Air Force base on Luzon Island in the Philippines, located west of Angeles, about northwest of Metro Manila.

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Darwin, Northern Territory

Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory of Australia.

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Douglas MacArthur

Douglas MacArthur (26 January 18805 April 1964) was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army.

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Enola Gay

The Enola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets, who selected the aircraft while it was still on the assembly line.

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Far East Air Force (United States)

The Far East Air Force (FEAF) was the military aviation organization of the United States Army in the Philippines just prior to and at the beginning of World War II.

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Frank Kurtz

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George Brett (general)

George Howard Brett (7 February 1886 – 2 December 1963) was a United States Army Air Forces General during World War II.

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Gun turret

A gun turret is a location from which weapons can be fired that affords protection, visibility, and some cone of fire.

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Hickam Air Force Base

Hickam Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation, named in honor of aviation pioneer Lieutenant Colonel Horace Meek Hickam.

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Kay Kyser

James Kern Kyser (June 18, 1905 – July 23, 1985), known as Kay Kyser, was an American bandleader and radio personality of the 1930s and 1940s.

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Kingman, Arizona

Kingman (Huwaalyapay Nyava in the Mojave language) is a city in and the county seat of Mohave County, Arizona, United States.

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Kirtland Air Force Base

Kirtland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in the southeast quadrant of the Albuquerque, New Mexico urban area, adjacent to the Albuquerque International Sunport.

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Laverton, Victoria

Laverton is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km south-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Hobsons Bay and Wyndham local government areas.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after having served as the 37th Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963.

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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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Memphis Belle (aircraft)

Memphis Belle is a Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress used during the Second World War that inspired the making of two motion pictures: a 1944 documentary film, Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress, and a 1990 Hollywood feature film, Memphis Belle.

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Mindanao

Mindanao is the second largest island in the Philippines.

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National Air and Space Museum

The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, also called the NASM, is a museum in Washington, D.C..

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National Museum of the United States Air Force

The National Museum of the United States Air Force (formerly the United States Air Force Museum) is the official museum of the United States Air Force located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, northeast of Dayton, Ohio.

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Nichols Field

Nichols Field was a U.S. military airfield located south of Manila in Pasay and Parañaque, Metro Manila, Luzon, the Philippines.

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Panama Canal

The Panama Canal (Canal de Panamá) is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.

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Park Ridge, Illinois

Park Ridge is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a Chicago suburb.

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Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration, and Storage Facility

The Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration, and Storage Facility is located in Suitland, Maryland, United States.

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Paul Garber

Paul Garber is a primatologist and the author and editor of several books and articles about primates.

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Philippines Campaign (1941–42)

The Philippines Campaign (Filipino: Kampanya sa Pilipinas or Labanan sa Pilipinas) or the Battle of the Philippines, fought 8 December 1941 – 8 May 1942, was the invasion of the Philippines by Imperial Japan and the defense of the islands by United States and Filipino forces during the Second World War.

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Pyote, Texas

Pyote is a town in Ward County, Texas, United States.

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Royal Australian Air Force

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), formed March 1921, is the aerial warfare branch of the Australian Defence Force (ADF).

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Seattle

Seattle is a seaport city on the west coast of the United States.

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Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby

Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby, originally Shoo Shoo Baby, is a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in World War II, preserved and on public display.

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Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, also called the Udvar-Hazy Center, is the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM)'s annex at Washington Dulles International Airport in the Chantilly area of Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

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Suitland, Maryland

Suitland is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland, about 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Washington, D.C. As of the 2010 census, the population of the CDP was 25,825.

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The Australian

The Australian is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia from Monday to Saturday each week since 14 July 1964.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial and space warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Army Air Corps

The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) was the aerial warfare service of the United States of America between 1926 and 1941.

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War Assets Administration

The War Assets Administration was established in the Office for Emergency Management, effective March 25, 1946, by EO 9689, January 31, 1946.

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War bond

War bonds are debt securities issued by a government to finance military operations and other expenditure in times of war.

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Winton, Queensland

Winton is a town and locality in the Shire of Winton in Central West Queensland, Australia.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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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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14th Bombardment Squadron

The 14th Bombardment Squadron was a squadron of the United States Army Air Forces.

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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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The Swoose (B-17), The Swoose (B-17D).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swoose

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