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Tigercat
#otd Grumman F7F-2D 80340 Patuxent River, Maryland, 16 September 1948 during testing. #f7f #tigercat #grumman #flynavy #aviationsafari...
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Tarawa-Makin Raid
#otd Tarawa-Makin Raid, September 1943. Douglas SBD-5’s of VB-16 on USS Lexington's CV-16 flight deck after returning from raids on...
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USS Albany CA-123 (1951)
#otd Check out the guns aboard USS Albany CA-123 passing the Rock of Gibraltar en route to join the Sixth Fleet, 13 September 1951....
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USS Enterprise CV-6 (1945)
#otd USS Enterprise CV-6 in Puget Sound, Washington, 13 September 1945. Note the AA mounts at the round down. #ussenterprise #cv6 #wwii...
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Francis Scott Key
#otd The Bombardment of Fort McHenry, 12-13 September 1814. Where Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner during the bombardment...
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OTD in 1920
#otd a Curtiss R-6L floatplane drops a fin-less torpedo in tests at San Diego Bay, 13 September 1920. #biplane #torpedo #flynavy...