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Peter John 1
This Spitfire MKIX has quite a history, Spitfire AB910's colour scheme is based on Spitfire Mk Vb BM327, ‘SH-F’, named “PeterJohn1”, the personal aircraft of Flight Lieutenant Tony Cooper, one of the flight commanders on 64 Squadron in 1944.
Tony Cooper’s desire to become a pilot began when he had a ‘joyride’ in an aircraft of Alan Cobham’s Flying Circus, sitting on his sister’s lap at the age of five. His dreams were almost shattered when his applications to join the RAF were refused twice, because the medicals showed that he had a badly damaged ear drum. Then in late 1937, aged 21, Cooper was accepted for pilot training with the RAF Volunteer Reserve at Luton. It seemed that the RAFVR was less particular and, as he says, “There was a war coming”.
Instructor
After completing his flying training on Miles Magisters and Hawker Harts, Cooper was sent to the Central Flying School (CFS) at Upavon in July 1940 on a flying instructor’s course. There he flew the Avro Tutor biplane and the North American Harvard – the first aircraft he had experienced with a retractable undercarriage – and within the month he had qualified as a flying instructor.
Cooper spent some time instructing at No 7 Service Flying Training School (SFTS), Peterborough, on the Fairey Battle. Then, in November 1940, he was posted to No 31 FTS at Kingston, Ontario, Canada, instructing on the Fairey Battle, the North American BT-9 Yale training aircraft and, from July 1941, on the Harvard. By June 1942 he had over 1,300 hours total flying and was assessed as an above average flying instruct
Back to UK & to the Spitfire
Whilst at Kingston, Cooper met and married a Canadian girl, but this did not stop him from continually pestering the authorities to be allowed to return to the UK on ‘ops’. Eventually, his wish was granted and he returned to England with his wife, who was moving from a land of plenty to a strange war-torn country with all its restrictions, shortages and dangers, where she knew no-one. Cooper’s parents took her in whilst he attended a Spitfire conversion course at No 61 Operational Training Unit (OTU) at Rednal (and its ‘satellite’ airfield of Montford Bridge) in Shropshire, initially flying the Harvard, with which he was by now very familiar, and then Mk 1 and Mk II Spitfires. He completed the OTU course at the end of June 1943 and, although he had less than 60 hours on the Spitfire, he was assessed as an above average Spitfire pilot.
64 Squadron Spitfires
PeterJohn1 In July 1943, Tony Cooper joined No 64 Squadron, which was temporarily based at Ayr in Scotland with its Mk Vb Spitfires, undergoing a period of rest and training. He was to serve with the squadron for the next 16 months. He had yet to acquire any operational experience, but he was now a very experienced pilot with some 2,000 hours of flying under his belt as he entered the fray.
His exposure to operational flying began when 64 Squadron moved from Ayr to Friston in August 1943 and, a few days later, on to Gravesend in Kent. Many of the operations conducted by the Squadron were over occupied Europe. The pilots flew on fighter sweeps and escort missions to daylight bombing raids carried out by medium bombers, such as Martin Marauders or Lockheed Venturas. They also escorted Coastal Command Bristol Beaufighters on anti-shipping strikes off the coast of Holland.
On these sorties enemy anti-aircraft fire, ‘flak’, was, if anything, more dangerous than encounters with Luftwaffe fighters and, in his comments in his logbook, Cooper frequently wrote, “Heavy flak”. The escorting Spitfires were often hit by enemy ground fire and on many occasions Cooper witnessed one or more of the bombers they were escorting being shot down. Sometimes Cooper led a section of Spitfires down low over the Continent to strafe targets such as barges.
Deanland (“Tentland”)
At the end of April 1944, in preparation for the impending invasion of France, 64 Squadron moved to the Advanced Landing Ground at Deanland, near Lewes in Sussex, where conditions were somewhat Spartan. There was no permanent accommodation for personnel, everyone was expected to live under canvas and only four blister hangars were provided for aircraft maintenance work. For many of the Squadron, Deanland (or “Tentland” as it was sometimes known) took some getting used to. Tony Cooper recalls: “Deanland was a bit of a come-down; luckily it was summer time when we suddenly found ourselves on this hump in the middle of the Downs. We were in tents and I found myself using the same equipment my father had used in the First World War: a truckle bed made of wood and canvas and the same materials for a bath and wash stand. Food and drink did arrive fairly regularly, but where from I’m not absolutely sure. At night it was very cold, but when D-Day came along we didn’t get much sleep as we were doing up to four shows a day and were kept very busy.”
An entry in Cooper’s logbook against 5th May 1944 – a day when he flew a dawn patrol for 1 hour and 55 minutes – proudly notes the birth of his son, Peter John. On 22nd May, he records that he took over a new personal aircraft, Spitfire Mk Vb BM327, coded ‘SH-F’, which was named “PeterJohn 1” after his newly-born son, who he was not able to see until the baby’s christening some weeks later.
D-Day
On D-Day, 6th June 1944, Cooper’s logbook shows that he flew twice. No 64 Squadron was tasked with providing ‘Low Beach Cover’ over the American assault. The Squadron ORB records that Cooper was allocated his personal Spitfire BM327, ‘SH-F’, for both sorties. He took off at 0430 hours (before dawn) for his first sortie of the day, as part of a 13-aircraft formation, providing “Fighter Cover for Utah Beach” and landed back after a total of 2 hours and 40 minutes airborne (the first hour recorded as night flying). The naval barrage was so intense that it was not safe to be over the coast and the Wing Leader withdrew the formation to a safer distance. Cooper’s remarks in his logbook give an interesting picture of the confusion that reigned and suggest that the invasion stripes, so painstakingly painted on by the ground crew, were not entirely effective: “Navy shelling coast defences – first landing [by the invading troops - Ed] made at 0620 hours. Nearly shot down by a Thunderbolt – Spitfire in front actually was – Another Spit hit by naval shell and blew up – General Brock’s benefit!”
D-Day from Tony Cooper cockpit Remarkably, Tony Cooper carried his camera with him in the cockpit and took a photograph over the invasion-striped wing of his Spitfire just after dawn broke on D-Day, looking towards another of the Squadron’s Spitfires in tactical formation. The thousands of Allied ships in the Channel are not really visible in the photograph, but they were to the pilots.
On the evening of 6th June Cooper flew his aircraft on another sortie over the invasion beaches, taking off at 2200 hours, this time tasked with, “Fighter Cover for Omaha Beach”. His comments in his logbook against this sortie read, “Hun bombers attacked invasion fleet – tremendous return fire from ships – one bomber destroyed.” He landed back at ten minutes past midnight – almost 18 hours after his first take-off that day – logging two hours and five minutes of night flying. When asked about night landings in the Spitfire on the short, temporary runways at Deanland, which were lit only by ‘goose-neck’ flares, Tony says, “I remember them well, with reasonably controlled terror, especially when it was raining!”
D-Day+1
On 7th June (D-Day +1) Tony Cooper flew three fighter cover patrols over Utah and Omaha beaches; two of them in his personal aircraft “PeterJohn 1”. In all, Cooper was airborne for a total of 7 hours 25 minutes that day. The Spitfires’ freedom of movement was severely restricted by the low cloud base and the many anti-aircraft balloons being flown from the Allied ships involved in supporting the landings; this led to a much increased risk of collision. The last operation of the day took place in the late evening, with Cooper leading a section of 4 Spitfires flying in formation on him in the dark, with no lights showing. This sortie provided ample evidence that it was possible to be nearly as frightened by your own side as by the enemy, as Cooper recorded in his logbook: “Very bad visibility – no attacks – sent forty miles out to sea on return owing to reciprocal homing vectors – very shaky experience – brought in eventually by rockets”. By the time Cooper’s section landed, it was completely dark and his No 4 ran out of fuel as he was taxying back to dispersal. Cooper recorded 2 hours and 35 minutes of night flying in his logbook for the sortie.
June 1944
The intense flying rate continued: on 10th June, Cooper flew three times, then once on 11th, twice on 12th and three times on 13th. As was typical of many other units, June 1944 was the busiest month of the war for No 64 Squadron; its total flying hours amounted to a staggering 1150 hours – the bulk of which were flown in the two-week period after D-Day. Everyone was stretched to the limit, especially the ground crews who had to work long hours to keep the Squadron’s Spitfires in the air. Meanwhile, the pilots had to endure the strain of continuous operations. Cooper’s experience was typical and his personal flying total for the month was 75 hours of which 71 were operational and 25 were flown in the dark.
Spitfire Mk IXs
Tony Cooper In late June 1944, No 64 Squadron was moved to Harrowbeer, in Devon, to become part of the Harrowbeer Spitfire Wing with No 129 Squadron, with Wing Commander ‘Birdie’ Bird-Wilson as the Wing Leader. No 129 Squadron was commanded by Cooper’s good friend, Squadron Leader Johnny Plagis, who was godfather to Cooper’s son Peter John. BBMF Spitfire Mk IX MK356 is now painted as Plagis’ aircraft at that time. His story features on page 28 of this magazine.
A few days later 64 Squadron was re-equipped with Mk IXB Spitfires with which it flew fighter sweeps over France. It continued to take losses. Sometimes pilots were able to bring a flak-damaged aircraft safely home to base, sometimes they force-landed, sometimes they had to bale out and all too frequently a pilot was killed. Many sorties now involved strafe attacks against ground targets such as locomotives, vehicles and barges; inevitably there was enemy flak to contend with and on almost every sortie at least one of the Spitfires was hit. It was, therefore, an event worthy of note when Cooper wrote in his logbook against one bomber escort sortie, “No aircraft hit! All returned”.
On 5th August, after escorting 15 Lancasters of 617 Squadron, which dropped 12,000lb ‘Tallboy’ bombs on the U-boat pens at Brest, Cooper led his section of four Spitfires in a strafe attack on flak positions. He says that as they dived on their target, “It was the worst flak I’ve ever seen in my life”. The No 3 in Cooper’s section was killed during the attack; his No 4 was also hit and forced to bale out only 2 miles off the enemy coastline. The pilot climbed into his dinghy and was picked up by an Air-Sea-Rescue Walrus seaplane, in a courageous rescue, and he was back at base within three hours
September 1944
In September 1944, 64 Squadron and Tony Cooper flew sorties in support of Operation ‘MARKET GARDEN’, the Arnhem Para-landings. Then, on 27th September, during an escort mission for 130 Halifax bombers on a daylight raid against the synthetic oil plants at Bottrop, in Germany, the engine of Tony’s Spitfire Mk IX failed when he was almost halfway across the sea between Belgium and England, having apparently been hit by flak over the target. With the Belgian coast being the nearest, he turned around and glided through 12,000 feet of cloud, breaking out at only 1,000 feet, to crash-land, wheels-up, near Moerbek, Belgium, an area that, as it turned out, was just 4 miles inside the Allied lines and which had been in enemy hands only 36 hours earlier! Tony managed to ‘hitch a lift’ in an aircraft back to Thruxton the next morning and he was flying again that afternoon. His comment in his logbook simply reads: “Engine failed – crash landed – PITY!”
Off ‘Ops’
In November 1944 Tony Cooper was posted off ‘ops’ and back to instructing. In his 16 months with 64 Squadron he had flown some 600 hours, the vast majority of it operational flying and had twice been ‘mentioned in despatches’. He had seen much action, including being involved in the D-Day operations; he had made a significant contribution and was very lucky to be alive. Many of his fellow pilots on the Squadron – his friends and colleagues – had not been so fortunate.
Instructor at 53 OTU
During his time as an instructor at No 53 Spitfire Operational Training Unit (OTU) at Kirton Lindsey and Hibaldstow, Tony Cooper once flew Spitfire Mk Vb AB910 (on 19th November 1944), which is now, of course, part of the BBMF fleet of Spitfires. Remarkably, he also witnessed the infamous ‘girl on the tail’ incident with AB910 at Hibaldstow on 14th February 1945, when Flt Lt Neill Cox DFC* inadvertently took off with WAAF Margaret Horton on the tail of the Spitfire. Tony Cooper’s last sortie in the RAF was flown on 18th June 1945. He now had over 3,200 hours total flying; he had flown some 160 operational sorties and had survived 5 forced landings, two of them at night, two on fire and one as a result of being hit by enemy fire.
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We tend to see things in the shape of clouds based on our frame of reference. And our mood, I suppose. My first thought for the cloud in the middle was Mickey Mouse, looking over his shoulder to the left of the frame. But I could also see Snoopy in his Christmas hat with the ball on the end facing right if we were just a little closer to Christmas..
And the figure to the right of the frame is obviously Hillary Clinton sitting with her hands folded on her tummy as she naps.. I mean.. prepares for the debate tonight.
Obviously.. ; )
...early in St Ives harbour, noted for the quality of light, but here the light is filtered by a low cloud base presenting a much softer, unsaturated scene.
Italian Tornado at RIAT (Saturday). I've waited a long time to see a Tonka doing this kind of stuff. I really miss this after being stationed on a Tornado unit for six years. It would be nice to see one in 1980s camouflage but so glad to see it I'll look past the girlie paint job.
Cloud base was a problem, the Raptor and Typhoon (and many others) didn't fly.
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I like California sky.
Featured on Fly Away Fly, Cloud Core Scanner, Solaireco, Komfolk, Veoverde, here, and Crunchgear.
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But, this one's a bit different. It's a CMF series! Specifically because, after the Lego DC series was revealed, I've been thinking of ideas for a series 2. So, here it is. I'll write the names of the minifigures, if it's based on a specific comic, it'd be in brackets what it's from, and then a coma, and the accessory(s).
1. Armored Batman (Dark Knight Returns), grappling hook
2. Superman (First appearance), new metal pipe piece
3. Lex Luthor (Super Friends costume), kryptonite+ray gun
4. Wonder Woman (Rebirth), sword+shield
5. Atrocitus, red power ring+red lantern
6. Alan Scott, green power ring+green lantern
7. Mr. Mxyzptlk, Unikitty cloud base plate
8. Zatanna, wand+rabbit
9. Dr. Fate, lightning pieces
10. Vixen, claw pieces
11. Booster Gold, Skeets
12. Kid Flash (Rebirth), back lightning pieces
13. Raven, translucent purple dish pieces
14. Penguin (First appearance), umbrella
15. Joker (First appearance), Joker fish
16. Black Adam, lightning piece
~Madam Web
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The Battle of Britain Day is the name given to the large-scale aerial battle that took place on 15 September 1940, during the Battle of Britain (German: Luftschlacht um England or Luftschlacht um Großbritannien).
In June 1940, Nazi Germany had conquered most of Western Europe and Scandinavia. At that time, the only other major power standing in the way of a German-dominated Europe was the British Empire and the Commonwealth. After having several peace offers rejected by the British, Adolf Hitler ordered the Luftwaffe to destroy the Royal Air Force (RAF) in order to gain air superiority or air supremacy as a prelude to launching Operation Sea Lion, an amphibious assault by the Wehrmacht (German armed forces) onto the British mainland.
In July 1940, the Luftwaffe started by closing the English Channel to merchant shipping. In August, Operation Adlerangriff (Eagle Attack) was launched against RAF airfields in southern England. By the first week of September, the Luftwaffe had not gained the results desired by Hitler. Frustrated, the Germans turned towards the strategic bombing of cities, an offensive which was aimed at British military and civil industries, but also civilian morale. The attacks began on 7th September 1940, but were to reach their daylight climax on 15th September.
On Sunday, 15th September 1940, the Luftwaffe launched its largest and most concentrated attack against London in the hope of drawing out the RAF into a battle of annihilation. Around 1,500 aircraft took part in the air battles which lasted until dusk.The action was the climax of the Battle of Britain.
RAF Fighter Command defeated the German raids. The Luftwaffe formations were dispersed by a large cloud base and failed to inflict severe damage on the city of London. In the aftermath of the raid, Hitler postponed Operation Sea Lion. Having been defeated in daylight, the Luftwaffe turned its attention to The Blitz night campaign which lasted until May 1941.
The 15th of September, also known as Battle of Britain Day, is now an annual commemoration of the battle in the United Kingdom. In Canada, the commemoration takes place on the third Sunday of September.
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About this photo:
I had just driven about 10 miles from an overlook above the Columbia River near Vantage Washington. I had intended to do some shooting of that dramatic gorge where the Columbia River cuts deeply through the high steepe country of Eastern Washington. However, a tremendous thunder and lightening storm drove me away.
The lightening above the gorge was spectacular. It filled the sky with fingers of lightning which shot from sky to earth and danced horizontally just below the cloud base. Even if I had wanted to take a few images of the storm, it would have been impossible because as well as the constant and multiple lightening strikes all around the car; the wind was whipping at at least 70 mph.
I have only been in one other thunderstrom that compared to this one, and it was in Waco Texas some years back which also spawned several tornadoes.
From a safer distance, this is what a small slice of that Eastern Washington summer thunderstorm looked like.
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This morning's cloud base started developing into something interesting at about 7.00am. I believe that these are altocumulus stratoformis undulatus clouds.
12.17 pm. Spectators and photographers getting a height advantage at the top of Bray Head for the air show. Cloud was low and light very poor. The low cloud base meant the aerobatic teams would have to perform their low pattern displays.
Visibility would get even worse for the summit spectators when a bush fire took hold of the North West side of the hill an hour later, just twenty minutes before the air show commenced.
The helicopter is giving non-stop tours of the coast and bay.
Bray Air Show 2016 Day 2 - Co. Wicklow - Ireland
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De Tallado Inmaculada Concepcion in a virina
Last Quarter, 19th century, Manila
Ivory, polychrome, gold gilding, silver dipped in gold
82 x 40 x 40 cm (32 1/4 x 15 3/4 x 15 3/4 in)
In 1578, Pope Gregory XIII established the diocese of Manila and decreed that its cathedral should be under the invocation of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Then Pope Pius XXII in 1942, declared Virgin Mary under the title Immaculate Concepcion as the patroness of the Philippines. Since then devotion to her has grown even more popular and widespread.
This is a beautiful depiction of the Inmaculada Concepcion, complete with all the attributes. The head, in ¾ ivory and wooden backing, has a serene and kind aura, her hands made of solid ivory are in prayers. The body is carved from a single piece of wood and her garbs are polychrome painted in traditional colors, gold gilt on some areas and painted estofado-style to recreate brocade decorations. She wears earrings adorned with real diamonds. Her crown, halo with 12 stars, sun and moon are all original and made of silver dipped in gold. The center of the sun on her right side is colored glass. The original cloud base is mounted on a gold-leafed sub-base. The virina is old while the kamagong base is a replacement. Found from the same wealthy family in Nueva Ecija where St. Joseph was found.
Estimate: PHP 200,000 - 220,000
Lot 393 of the Salcedo Auctions auction on 22 September 2018. Please see www.salcedoauctions.com for more information.
This thunderstorm reached severe intensity as it move over my area. Its developing supercell structure was quite evident with the distinct lowering and semi-rotating cloud base. Within a few minutes after this timelapse ends, 0.41 inch fell in just 9 minutes with 2 minutes of pea and marble sized hail.
Taken with YI 4K action cam in video mode
The returning Railway Touring Company's 'Cumbrian Mountain Express', 1Z87 1523 Carlisle - London Euston, is seen between Colwich and Rugeley with Class 86/2 No. 86259 'Les Ross/Peter Pan' at the helm on 6th August 2016. The bright sunshine enjoyed earlier in the day has now given way to a gathering cloud base which thwarted any thoughts of the hoped for 'glint shot'. Copyright Photograph John Whitehouse - all rights reserved
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A low-res, flatbed scan of a 6x7 (2 1/4 x 2 3/4 inch) transparency.
This image was made long after the color of the sunset peaked one evening near Bodega Bay, California. Left, was the blue color of the sky pouring through openings, filtering through the clouds above, and bounicing around to paint this image blue. With this angle, I was able to photograph the interesting cloud base and the sea, not forgetting, of course, the wonderful sea stacks of the Sonoma County coast that always steal the show. Thank you for looking!
a) San Jose y Niño Jesus
b) La Inmaculada Concepcion
Binondo, Manila and San Miguel de Mayumo, Bulacan
ivory, silver, velvet, baticuling wood
1890s
a) San Jose y Niño Jesus
head to toe: 11" (28 cm)
body: 5" x 4" (13 cm x 10 cm)
Virina:
H: 22" (56 cm), D: 9" (23 cm)
Base:
H: 6" (15 cm), D: 14" (36 cm)
b) La Inmaculada Concepcion
head to toe: 11" (28 cm)
body: 5" x 4" (13 cm x 10 cm)
Virina:
H: 22" (56 cm), D: 9" (23 cm)
Base:
H: 6" (15 cm), D: 14 (36 cm)
Opening bid: PHP 300,000
Property from the Don Maximo Viola Collection
Provenance: Maximo Viola, Descendants of Maximo Viola
About the Work
by Augusto Marcelino Reyes Gonzalez III
Commissioned by D Maximo Viola y Sison (1857–1933): an exceptional tabletop “San Jose y Nino Jesus.”
The San Jose has a serious, fatherly expression and the Nino Jesus he is carrying on his left hand has a playful but respectful mien. The father carries a solid silver staff of lilies on his right hand. Both San Jose and the Nino Jesus have long hair of “jusi” fibers; the father wears a solid silver “paraguas” halo and the son wears solid silver “tres potencias” symbolizing the three powers of the Lord --- Authority (Exousia in Greek), Ability (Dunamis in Greek), and Strength (Kratas in Greek). The San Jose wears a traditional green robe and yellow cape and the Nino Jesus wears a traditional yellow robe, both are embroidered with floral and foliar designs of the 1890s genre. The father stands on an exceptional “peana” pedestal base of the rare type: a lily emerging from four acanthus leaves which are supported by smaller leaves on a base of foliar forms. The finely–gilded peana is found only with the highest quality ivory statuary. In Roman Catholicism, Saint Joseph is the foster father of Jesus Christ and the Patron of the Universal Church. During the Spanish period and up to prewar (up to 1940), the center of devotion to El Glorioso Patriarca San Jose was at the San Nicolas de Tolentino church (“Recoletos”) in Intramuros; there were weekly devotions on Wednesdays and a big fiesta every 26 November. Unfortunately, the Recoletos church, the 26 November fiesta tradition, and the image of San Jose Patriarca were all destroyed by aerial bombs in February 1945. The other important, traditional centers of devotion to San Jose remain with “Tata Hosep” in Las Pinas, “Tata Bukot” in Navotas, and “Senor San Jose” in Mandaue, Cebu. There is a renewed, worldwide devotion to Saint Joseph as Pope Francis has acknowledged that he often leaves a petition to the saint overnight and receives a resolution in the morning.
Commissioned by D Maximo Viola y Sison (1857–1933): a beatific tabletop “La Inmaculada Concepcion.” The Virgin Mary has a gentle downward gaze, reminiscent of the “La Purisima” festejada at the Iglesia de San Francisco de Asis (Franciscanos) in Intramuros (destroyed during World War II). It has long hair of “jusi” fibers, a silvergilt crown, and an aureole of twelve stars. The long, slender hands are held together in prayer. The image is dressed in the traditional white robe and blue cape, “palikpik” style, embroidered with floral and foliar designs of the 1890s genre. An enameled, silvergilt sun and silver crescent moon are at its feet. The statuette stands on a (deliberately) oversized, silver–leafed, Ming–style “ensaimada” cloud base with the serpent interspersed between. The cloud is supported by a traditional gilded “peana” pedestal with foliar forms. The Roman Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception states that: “We declare, pronounce, and define that the doctrine which holds that the most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instance of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin, is a doctrine revealed by God and therefore to be believed firmly and constantly by all the faithful.” During the Spanish era (up to 1898), and up until prewar (to 1940), the 08 de Diciembre procession of “La Purisima” (“La Inmaculada Concepcion”) at the Iglesia de San Francisco de Asis (Franciscanos) was one of the much – awaited events in the Manila calendar. Although it was La Catedral de Manila that was under the patronage of “La Inmaculada Concepcion,” and although the Jesuits fervently venerated her under that title at the Iglesia de San Ignacio de Loyola on Calle Arzobispo, it was the Franciscanos who organized the annual fiesta in her honor. The late afternoon procession started at San Francisco on Calle San Francisco esquina a Calle Solana, through Calle Solana, entered the Iglesia de Santo Domingo de Guzman (Dominicanos) on Calle Beaterio esquina a Calle Solana for prayers and hymns, through Calle Beaterio, passed La Catedral on Calle Beaterio esquina a Calle Cabildo, then returned to San Francisco via Calle Real del Palacio (currently General Luna street). It was a joyous affair as “Navidades” (Christmas) was already in the air with the cool December breezes; five days later would be the 13 de Diciembre fiesta of Santa Lucia de Siracusa (Saint Lucy of Syracuse) at the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Tolentino (Recoletos) on Calle Cabildo Recoletos, a time when country folk from the surrounding provinces --- Bulacan, Pampanga, Morong, Laguna, Batangas, Cavite --- descended on the church patio with their fresh delicacies and charming wares, to the delight of the city folk who eagerly purchased them, for even then, Manilenos inevitably suffered from “mal de ville” (“city illness”).
Lot 140 of the Leon Gallery auction on June 17, 2023. Please see leon-gallery.com/auctions/The-Sp
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On Monday 21st. February 1944 the 385th. BG, part of the 4th. Bombardment Wing, 8th. Air Force was tasked to provide 34 aircraft to carry out a diversionary raid on the Diepholz aircraft depot in N.W. Germany while the main force would attack an aircraft components works at Brunswick in Lower Saxony.
Two of the aircraft that took off from USAAF Station 155 at Great Ashfield, near Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk to fly to Diepholz were B-17G, 42-31370, coded SG-O, from the 550th. BS commanded by Capt. John Hutchison and B-17G, 42-37963, coded XA-O, from the 449th. BS commanded by 1st. Lt. Warren Pease. The Hutchinson crew were flying on their 25th. combat mission and cameraman 'Bud' Creegan was aboard to capture the completion of their tour of duty. Hutchinson's regular bombardier, Ed Gamble had been ill and his place was taken by Clarence Soucek, but during the briefing Gamble asked Soucek to swap as he didn't want to miss the 25th. mission.
German defences were light and despite inclement weather severe damage was inflicted on the target.
At 15.39 the returning bombers crossed the East Anglian coast at a height of 8,000 ft. at 52-43N, 01-41E, north of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. The cloud base was at 4,000ft and was up to 3,000 ft. thick. The weather conditions were poor and Lt. Col. James McDonald, group leader that day, reduced the danger of collision by ordering the descent through the cloud in three-ship elements.
Capt. Hutchinson led one vic of three aircraft, Lt. Pease flew off his starboard wing and Lt. John Terrace flew on the port wing. Due to his position in the cockpit Lt. Terrace gave command of his bomber to Lt. Eugene St. John who had a better view of the lead bomber from his co-pilots seat. In the cloud, with no horizon, each pilot had to fly on their instruments. In the cloud it is thought that Lt. Pease may have suffered virtigo and lost control of his aircraft which entered a spin. To recover from a spin full rudder is applied in the opposite direction and the aircraft is placed in a dive, when the turn-and-slip indicator is centred the aircraft is pulled up and returned to level flight. The flight manual requires that the manoeuvre must be 'smooth and gradual' but with low height Pease and his co-pilot were struggling to do this.
When the formation emerged from the cloud St. John notice Pease's bomber was missing, then the bomber broke cloud in a very steep dive astern of Hutchinson's aircraft. With the altitude now at less than 1,000 ft. Pease flew under his leader and pulled up sharply into the path of the on-coming bomber. The starboard propeller (No. 3) of Hutchinson's bomber tore into the spine of Pease's aircraft completely severing the tail section that fell to earth. Seeing this happening St. John instinctively broke hard to port to save his aircraft. Continuing upwards, the front two-thirds of Pease's aircraft looped uncontrollably above Hutchinson's aircraft before cutting back onto it and breaking it in half, sending it crashing to the ground at Mill Dyke where it exploded on impact. The tail-less Pease aircraft swung 180 degrees towards the village of Freethorpe, miraculously flying level and making as if to crash land near Decoy Carr. The bomber slithered across the marsh before smashing into a dyke edge and exploding.
All twenty-one crew on the two bombers were killed.
B-17G Flying Fortress 42-37963, 449th BS, 385th BG
Pilot: 1st. Lt. Warren Jay Pease. Service number O-677864. Air Medal with 1 oak leaf cluster. Purple Heart. Buried at Cambridge American Cemetery in Plot B Row 5 Grave 40. He was born 19th. March 1922, at Juniata, Adams County, Nebraska. He married Marcia Kraschel in 1943.
Co-pilot: 2nd. Lt. Edward Blase Brown. Born 17th. Service number O-682781. February 1918 at Fort Benton, Chouteau, Montana and appears to have been repatriated to Fort Benton and buried in Riverside Cemetery. Enlisted in the Army Air Corps at San Francisco on the 17th. April 1942 as a Private, service number 19884120. He was single without dependants, had completed 4 years of college and worked as a clerk in a general office.
Navigator: 2nd. Lt. Bernard Kaplan. Service number O-808074. Born in Canada on 14th. June 1914. The body was returned to the States and reburied in Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida. On 2nd. January 1949 the body received a military escort from the US to the Beth Isreal Cemetery & Memorial Garden, Burnaby, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada where it was reburied in Row 54 A.
Bombardier: 2nd. Lt. Robert E. Jenkins. Service number O-683138. Born 25th. August 1921 at Taylor, Pennsylvania, enlisted at Greensburg, Pennsylvania on the 25th. March 1943, as Private 33441288. He was single with dependents. He had completed 4 years of high school and his occupation in civilian life was classified as semi-skilled mechanic & repairman. His body was returned to the US and reburied at Taylor Cemetery, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
Flight engineer./top turret gunner: Tech. Sgt. William R. Clift. Service number 14134324. Air Medal with 1 oak leaf cluster. Purple Heart. He is buried at the Cambridge American Cemetery in Grave A.7.17, having come from Hamilton County, East Tennessee. Born 1921 in Tennessee, enlisted on the 17th. August 1942 at Camp Forrest, Tennessee as Private 14134324. A married man who had completed 4 years of high school, he worked as a carpenter in civil life.
Radio operator: Tech. Sgt. William Gill Jr. Service number 15324283. Born 13th. October 1924 at Triadelphia, West Virginia. Enlisted on 7th. November at Columbus, Ohio. The body was returned to the US and he is now buried in Saint Clairsville Union Cemetery, Belmont, Ohio.
Ball turret gunner: Staff Sgt. Franklin Charles Owsley. Service number 19056375. The body was returned to the states and interred at Alamosa Municipal Cemetery, Alamosa, Colorado. He was born on the 27th. May 1910 at Grain Valley, Jackson County, Missouri. Single without dependents, he enlisted at Fort Macarthur, San Pedro, California on the 21s.t February 1941 as Private 19056375. He had previously been an actor and had completed 3 years of college.
Tail gunner: Staff Sgt. Junior Matthew Falls. Service number 35539769. The body was returned to the US and now rests in the Oak Grove Cemetery, at Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio. He is buried next to his brother, Lt. James R. Falls, who also died in combat. He was born on the 10th. October 1922 at Cygnet, Wood County, Ohio. Single and without dependents, he enlisted at Toledo, Ohio, on the 2nd. January 1943 as Private 35539769. He had completed 3 years of high school. Prior to enlistment his employment was classified as “semiskilled structural and ornamental metal worker”.
Left waist gunner: Staff Sgt. Harold E. Dickason. Service number 35339290. Air Medal. Purple Heart. Buried in Cambridge American Cemetery. Born Illinois in 1921, enlisted at Toledo, Ohio on the 8th. September 1942 as Private 35339290. A married man who had 1 year of college education, his civilian employment was classified as “semi-skilled occupations in manufacture of miscellaneous lumber products”.
Right waist gunner: Staff Sgt. Gail Farrell Bruner. Service number 17166484.The body was returned to the US and was buried at Ruhamah Cemetery in Rantoul, Franklin County, Kansas. He was born on the 6th. September 1919. Enlisted in November 1942.
B-17G Flying Fortress 42-31370, 550th. BS, 385th. BG.
Pilot: Capt. John Neal Hutchinson Jr. Service number O-795135. The body was subsequently returned to the US and buried at Greenville Cemetery, Washington County, Mississippi. He was born on the 10th. February 1920 and enlisted at Jackson, Mississippi on the 17th. January 1942 as an Aviation Cadet. His serial number was 14070803. He had completed 2 years of college and was working as a farm hand. He was single and without dependants.
Co-pilot: 2nd. Lt. Charles Gordon Curtis. Service number O-742971. Air Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters. Purple Heart. Born 13th. December 1923 at Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts, is buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery in Plot F, Row 3, Grave 22. Enlisted at Boston on the 7th. April 1942 in the Army Air Corps as Private 11068766. Single, without dependants, he had completed 4 years of high school and was then working as a semi-skilled mechanic and repairman.
Navigator: 1st. Lt. John Ellis Epps. Service number O-673516. Born 5th. February 1918 at Richmond City, Virginian. Buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery.
Bombardier: 1st. Lt. Edmond J. Gamble. Service number O-669266. The body was subsequently returned to the US and now lies in the Mausoleum at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Oakland County, Michigan. The memorial plaque records that he was born in Michigan in 1918. Enlisted at Detroit on the 14th. April 1941 and was given service number 36110224. Single, and without dependants, he was a machinist prior to signing up.
Flight engineer./top turret gunner: Tech. Sgt. Roy Clark Kitner. Service number 33237387. Air Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters, Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart. Born 3rd. November 1921 at New Bloomfield, Perry County, Pennsylvania, buried at the Cambridge American Cemetery, Plot C Row 6 Grave 40. He is also remembered in the Bloomfield Cemetery. Enlisted at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on the 31st. July 1942. He was previously a farm hand and was single without dependants.
Radio operator: Tech. Sgt. William Jerry Dukes. Service number 14108210. The body was subsequently returned to the US and now rests in Potomac Cemetery, Potomac, Vermilion County, Illinois.. He was born on 11th February 1921 at Collison Illinois. Enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on the 17th. July 1942 as Private 14108210. Single and without dependants, William is stated to have completed 4 years of high school and his previous job was classified as “general farmer”.
Ball turret gunner: Staff Sgt. John Homer Erhardt. Service number 13023397. The body was returned to the US and now rests in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia in Section 12, Site 8122. He was born on the 9th. June 1920 in Washington, District of Columbia. Enlisted at Washington on the 4th. June 1941. Single and with no dependants, he had completed one year of high school and was then working as an insurance salesman.
Tail gunner: Staff Sgt. Joseph John Carpoinette. Service number 33349646. Air Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters, Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart. Born 7th. August 1920 at Sugar Notch, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, was buried at the Cambridge American Cemetery, Plot A Row 3 Grave 12. Enlisted at Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on the 25th. July 1942. He’d completed 4 years of High School, was single without dependants and his civilian occupation was recorded in the group “managers and officials”.
Left waist gunner: Staff Sgt. Emilio M. Corgnatti. Service number 11009774. Air Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters, Purple Heart. Born 2nd. October 1915 in Springfield, Massachusetts and is buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery in Plot B, Row 6, Grave 59. Enlisted at Springfield, Massachusetts on the 23rd. January 1942. Single and without dependents, he was educated to grammar school level, and had previously worked as a machinist.
Right waist gunner: Staff Sgt. Peter Bobulsky Jr. Service number 35324186. Air Medal with 2 oak leaf clusters. The body was returned to the States in 1948 and he now rests in Holy Spirit Cemetery, Parma, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, He was born 26th. April 1921. Enlisted in Cleveland on the 9th. September 1942. Single and without dependents, he had completed 4 years of high school. It’s not known what his pre-enlistment occupation was.
Photographer: Staff Sgt. Frank Leo Creegan Jr. Service number 17075825. The remains were returned to the US and he is now at rest in El Reno Cemetery, El Reno, Canadian County, Oklahoma. He was born in Henryetta, Oklahoma on 13th. April 1922. Enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on the 13th. July 1942. Single and without dependents, he had completed 2 years of college, and his previous job was classified as “unskilled occupations in printing and publishing”.
The crash sites were excavated at various times from January 1964 to July 1978. The engine and collision scared propeller from the Hutchinson B-17 are displayed at Parham airfield, near Framlingham, Suffolk. Other artefacts can be seen in the Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum at Flixton, Suffolk and the 100th. Bomb Group Museum at Thorpe Abbotts, near Diss, Norfolk.
The Channel 4 TV programme 'Time Team' did an episode on this crash, first broadcast 21st. February 1999. Series 6, Episode 8.
The memorial is on Riverside in Reedham and is placed next to the village war memorial.
Doha International airport ,Qatar...Photo taken by Andreas Fotopoulos 28 February 2013.First flight 21/12/2010.On Saturday 19 March 2016 the aircraft operated by flydubai as Flight FZ981 from Dubai, impacted airport terrain during a second approach attempt in bad weather to Rostov-On-Don Airport in Southern Russia. The airplane was destroyed and the 55 passengers and 7 crew were killed.
Flight 981 departed Dubai at 18:37 hours UTC on March 18. The en route part of the flight was normal. The flight arrived near Rostov and the crew performed a manual approach to runway 22 with the autopilot disconnected. Weather conditions were poor with a cloud base at 630 meters, wind 230 degrees at 13 meters per second, maximum 18 meters per second, light rain shower, mist, severe turbulence and moderate windshear.
At 22:42 UTC (01:42 local time) in the course of the initial approach at a height of 340 meters (1115 feet), the flight received a windshear alert. The flight crew decided to go around and then continued to a holding pattern waiting for improved weather conditions.
The flight left the holding pattern at 00:28 UTC (03:28 LT) and descended towards Rostov for another approach to runway 22.As the crew were proceeding with another manual approach, they decided to go around again at a height of 220 meters (721 feet), 4,5 km before the runway after receiving another windshear alert. They initiated a climb with a vertical speed of up to 20 m/s and setting the engines to maximum takeoff/go-around (TOGA) thrust.
In the course of the go-around the crew set flaps to 15° and retracted the landing gear.At the height of 1900 ft (approx. 600 m) after reaching the pitch angle of 18° the pilot flying pushed on the control column, which led to a decrease in vertical acceleration of up to 0.5, increase in forward speed and, consequently, automatic retraction of flaps from 15° to 10° at a speed of over 200 knots.
The short-term decrease in engine thrust within 3 seconds resulted in decreasing speed and flaps extension to 15°, although the following crew inputs to regain maximum takeoff/go-around thrust led to speed increase and reiterated automatic flaps retraction to 10°. The flaps remained in the latter configuration until the impact.
The pilot flying, by pulling up the control column, continued climbing with a vertical speed of as much as 16 m/s.
At a height of 900 m there was a simultaneous control column nose down input and stabilizer nose down deflection from -2,5 deg (6,5 units) to +2,5 deg (1,5 units). The FDR recorded a nose down stabilizer input from the stabilizer trim switch of the control wheel lasting 12 seconds, while the CVR record contains a specific noise of rotation of the trim wheels located on both sides of the central pedestal. As a result the aircraft, having climbed to about 1000 m, turned into descent with a negative vertical acceleration of -1g. The following crew recovery actions did not allow to avoid an impact with the ground.The aircraft hit the runway about 120 m from the threshold with a speed of over 600 km/h and over 50 degrees nose down pitch.
This image shows the Chamaeleon II molecular cloud based on a combination of data from ESA’s Herschel and Planck space telescopes. The bright areas in the picture shows the emission by interstellar dust grains in three different wavelengths observed by Herschel (250, 350, and 500 microns) and the lines crossing the image in a ‘drapery pattern’ represent the magnetic field orientation (based on the Planck data.)
The Chamaeleon cloud complex consists of three molecular clouds of very different morphology and stages of evolution: Chamaeleon I, II and III, with Chamaleon III having no young stars.
Chamaeleon II, despite its name, would not be able to camouflage in with Chamaeleon I even though they have similar sizes and masses. The region is still actively forming stars and and has a smaller stellar population of around 60. It doesn’t have defined ridge like in Chamaeleon I, and is dominated by clumps.
Credits: ESA/Herschel/Planck; J. D. Soler, MPIA
a) San Jose y Niño Jesus
b) La Inmaculada Concepcion
Binondo, Manila and San Miguel de Mayumo, Bulacan
ivory, silver, velvet, baticuling wood
1890s
a) San Jose y Niño Jesus
head to toe: 11" (28 cm)
body: 5" x 4" (13 cm x 10 cm)
Virina:
H: 22" (56 cm), D: 9" (23 cm)
Base:
H: 6" (15 cm), D: 14" (36 cm)
b) La Inmaculada Concepcion
head to toe: 11" (28 cm)
body: 5" x 4" (13 cm x 10 cm)
Virina:
H: 22" (56 cm), D: 9" (23 cm)
Base:
H: 6" (15 cm), D: 14 (36 cm)
Opening bid: PHP 300,000
Property from the Don Maximo Viola Collection
Provenance: Maximo Viola, Descendants of Maximo Viola
About the Work
by Augusto Marcelino Reyes Gonzalez III
Commissioned by D Maximo Viola y Sison (1857–1933): an exceptional tabletop “San Jose y Nino Jesus.”
The San Jose has a serious, fatherly expression and the Nino Jesus he is carrying on his left hand has a playful but respectful mien. The father carries a solid silver staff of lilies on his right hand. Both San Jose and the Nino Jesus have long hair of “jusi” fibers; the father wears a solid silver “paraguas” halo and the son wears solid silver “tres potencias” symbolizing the three powers of the Lord --- Authority (Exousia in Greek), Ability (Dunamis in Greek), and Strength (Kratas in Greek). The San Jose wears a traditional green robe and yellow cape and the Nino Jesus wears a traditional yellow robe, both are embroidered with floral and foliar designs of the 1890s genre. The father stands on an exceptional “peana” pedestal base of the rare type: a lily emerging from four acanthus leaves which are supported by smaller leaves on a base of foliar forms. The finely–gilded peana is found only with the highest quality ivory statuary. In Roman Catholicism, Saint Joseph is the foster father of Jesus Christ and the Patron of the Universal Church. During the Spanish period and up to prewar (up to 1940), the center of devotion to El Glorioso Patriarca San Jose was at the San Nicolas de Tolentino church (“Recoletos”) in Intramuros; there were weekly devotions on Wednesdays and a big fiesta every 26 November. Unfortunately, the Recoletos church, the 26 November fiesta tradition, and the image of San Jose Patriarca were all destroyed by aerial bombs in February 1945. The other important, traditional centers of devotion to San Jose remain with “Tata Hosep” in Las Pinas, “Tata Bukot” in Navotas, and “Senor San Jose” in Mandaue, Cebu. There is a renewed, worldwide devotion to Saint Joseph as Pope Francis has acknowledged that he often leaves a petition to the saint overnight and receives a resolution in the morning.
Commissioned by D Maximo Viola y Sison (1857–1933): a beatific tabletop “La Inmaculada Concepcion.” The Virgin Mary has a gentle downward gaze, reminiscent of the “La Purisima” festejada at the Iglesia de San Francisco de Asis (Franciscanos) in Intramuros (destroyed during World War II). It has long hair of “jusi” fibers, a silvergilt crown, and an aureole of twelve stars. The long, slender hands are held together in prayer. The image is dressed in the traditional white robe and blue cape, “palikpik” style, embroidered with floral and foliar designs of the 1890s genre. An enameled, silvergilt sun and silver crescent moon are at its feet. The statuette stands on a (deliberately) oversized, silver–leafed, Ming–style “ensaimada” cloud base with the serpent interspersed between. The cloud is supported by a traditional gilded “peana” pedestal with foliar forms. The Roman Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception states that: “We declare, pronounce, and define that the doctrine which holds that the most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instance of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin, is a doctrine revealed by God and therefore to be believed firmly and constantly by all the faithful.” During the Spanish era (up to 1898), and up until prewar (to 1940), the 08 de Diciembre procession of “La Purisima” (“La Inmaculada Concepcion”) at the Iglesia de San Francisco de Asis (Franciscanos) was one of the much – awaited events in the Manila calendar. Although it was La Catedral de Manila that was under the patronage of “La Inmaculada Concepcion,” and although the Jesuits fervently venerated her under that title at the Iglesia de San Ignacio de Loyola on Calle Arzobispo, it was the Franciscanos who organized the annual fiesta in her honor. The late afternoon procession started at San Francisco on Calle San Francisco esquina a Calle Solana, through Calle Solana, entered the Iglesia de Santo Domingo de Guzman (Dominicanos) on Calle Beaterio esquina a Calle Solana for prayers and hymns, through Calle Beaterio, passed La Catedral on Calle Beaterio esquina a Calle Cabildo, then returned to San Francisco via Calle Real del Palacio (currently General Luna street). It was a joyous affair as “Navidades” (Christmas) was already in the air with the cool December breezes; five days later would be the 13 de Diciembre fiesta of Santa Lucia de Siracusa (Saint Lucy of Syracuse) at the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Tolentino (Recoletos) on Calle Cabildo Recoletos, a time when country folk from the surrounding provinces --- Bulacan, Pampanga, Morong, Laguna, Batangas, Cavite --- descended on the church patio with their fresh delicacies and charming wares, to the delight of the city folk who eagerly purchased them, for even then, Manilenos inevitably suffered from “mal de ville” (“city illness”).
Lot 140 of the Leon Gallery auction on June 17, 2023. Please see leon-gallery.com/auctions/The-Spectacular-Mid-Year-Auctio... for more information.
This image shows the Chamaeleon I molecular cloud based on a combination of data from ESA’s Herschel and Planck space telescopes. The bright areas in the picture shows the emission by interstellar dust grains in three different wavelengths observed by Herschel (250, 350, and 500 microns) and the lines crossing the image in a ‘drapery pattern’ represent the magnetic field orientation (based on the Planck data.)
The Chamaeleon cloud complex consists of three molecular clouds of very different morphology and stages of evolution: Chamaeleon I, II and III, with Chamaleon III having no young stars. An image of Chamaeleon II is available here.
Chamaeleon I is a star-forming region with more than 200 young stars. A massive, newly-formed star powers the IC 2631 reflection nebula, visible at the top of the image. Two other reflection nebulae, called Cederblad 110 and Cederblad 111, are located in the centre of the image.
At the end its star formation phase, Chamaeleon I has a central ridge-like structure, and there are dense clumps embedded in the ridge. Faint striations can be seen in the cloud, aligned with the magnetic field.
Credits: ESA/Herschel/Planck; J. D. Soler, MPIA
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The Air Force team have different routines depending on weather conditions. “If it is cloudy we can fly under the cloud base and we open our parachutes straight away.”
When they jump from the aircraft at 9000feet, they hold onto each other in a star formation. “We then break and track away from each other at around 5,500 feet and at 4,000 feet we deploy our shutes,” said Kevin.
All members of the Display Unit are full-time instructors. Once they are ‘free fall’ qualified and have gained the appropriate experience they are gradually introduced into the display team.
This image shows the Musca molecular clouds based on a combination of data from ESA’s Herschel and Planck space telescopes. The bright areas in the picture shows the emission by interstellar dust grains in three different wavelengths observed by Herschel (250, 350, and 500 microns) and the lines crossing the image in a ‘drapery pattern’ represent the magnetic field orientation (based on the Planck data.)
The Musca clouds are part of the Chamaeleon cloud complex, where the vast star-forming region overlaps with the constellation of Musca, the Fly. Resembling a streak of lightning, the well-defined, elongated molecular cloud spans three degrees across the sky. It is also sometimes called the Dark Doodad Nebula.
Magnetic field lines clearly appear to be perpendicular to the main filament in the cloud. Striations are present, although not necessarily connected to the main filament, and there are also denser hair-like strands – structures attached to the main filament. Strands are distributed all along the main filament.
Musca is similar to the B213 filament in the Taurus Molecular Cloud in terms of perpendicular striations, however Musca lacks the fine substructure of the Taurus filament.
Credits: ESA/Herschel/Planck; J. D. Soler, MPIA
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