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Lance Sergeant Baskeyfield served as the Gun Commander of 2 Anti-Tank Platoon, Support Company of 2nd (Airborne) Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment, and took part in the Battle of Arnhem.
On 20th September, 1944, during the Battle of Arnhem, Lance-Sergeant Baskeyfield was the N.C.O. in charge of a 6-pounder anti-tank gun at Oosterbeek.
During the early stages of a heavy enemy attack, the crew commanded by this N.C.O. were responsible for the destruction of two Tiger tanks and at least one self-propelled gun, thanks to his coolness in allowing each tank to come well within 100 yards of his gun before opening fire.
Lance-Serjeant Baskeyfield was badly wounded and the remainder of his crew were either killed or severely wounded, he refused to be carried away from his post, and when the attack was renewed he manned his gun alone and fired round after round until his gun was put out of action. His activity was the main factor in keeping the German tanks at bay, and his example and his courage were responsible for keeping together and in action the surviving men in his vicinity.
When his gun was knocked out, he crawled to another nearby which was left without a crew, and succeeded in putting out of action another self-propelled gun before being killed.
Lance-Serjeant Baskeyfield's supreme gallantry is beyond praise. During the remaining days at Arnhem stories of his valour were a constant inspiration to all ranks.
Lance Sergeant Baskeyfield died on 20 September 1944, aged 22 years old. He is now commemorated on the Memorial at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, near Nijmegen.
VBL Frauen | 1. Bundesliga | VC Wiesbaden : Allianz MTV Stuttgart | 1:3 | 2. Deztember 2017 ©2017 Volker Watschounek
In a fitting tribute to VC-10 XV105 which has arrived at RAF Bruntingthorpe this week for component recovery and eventual scrapping, here is an internal shot of said aircraft. Note the seats sit back to travel. 6 August 2007
Serial Number: 58-6971
Markings: 89th Military Airlift Wing, Andrews AFB, Maryland, 1998
Serial Number 58-6971 is known as 'Freedom One" because it brought back the hostages from Iran.
One of three 707-153s bought "off-the-shelf" and converted to military use, this aircraft was completed as a VC-137A by Boeing Aircraft of Seattle, Washington on April 7, 1959. On May 30, 1959 this aircraft was accepted by the U. S. Air Force, painted in Military Air Transport Service colors (white top with extensive Day-Glo orange) and markings and assigned to the 1298th Air Transport (Special Missions) Squadron at Andrews AFB, MD with a deployment to Washington National Airport in Washington, DC. In June 1961, the aircraft was assigned to the 1254th Air Transport (Special Missions) Wing, Andrews AFB.
VC-25A USAF Air Force One.
Just about to touch down at Prestwick Airport after arriving from Stansted 13/7/18.
The first presidential jet plane, a specially built Boeing 707-120, is known as SAM (Special Air Missions) 970. This aircraft, as well as any other Air Force aircraft, carried the call sign "Air Force One" when the president was aboard. Delivered in 1959 to replace Eisenhower's Super-Constellation, the high-speed jet transport is a flying Oval Office with a modified interior and sophisticated communication equipment.
Jet technology gave a president the opportunity to meet face-to-face with world leaders easily. SAM 970 has carried presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon as well as VIPs such as Nikita Khrushchev and Henry Kissinger.
By 1962, SAM 970 was replaced by a newer Boeing VC-137C. But SAM 970 remained in the presidential fleet ferrying VIPs and the Vice-President until June of 1996.
This aircraft is on loan from the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
Photographs of the first hook up taken from the chase plane. It is a photo of a photo - I don't have a big enough scanner to scan it
ZA 141 was originally BOAC's G-ARVL
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis).
Centennial Park, Irving, Texas
Dallas County. 20 March 2016.
Nikon D800. Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD.
(600mm) f/6.3 @ 1/2000 sec. ISO 800.
A rare moment for VC and Telly. They arn't actually that close, and are only friends because of Knox. It's not that VC doesn't like Telstar, she just doesn't trust him.
On a side note: I rearranged their apartment a bit, added another picture (the elephant), built the hanger for their guitar it was always falling down before, and changed up their bookshelves. I think I'm going to scrap my plans for the kitchen side of the apartment, it makes the whole thing too cramped and doesn't lend well to photos so I'll just extend the living room.
VC-UDTE
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