Remembrance Day, Veterans Day & War Memorials
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100% Brickmania designed M3 Grant. Built from Instructions Club instructions and Bricklink purchased parts.
Back story (this model was built about 14 months ago):
I wanted to own either the M3 Grant (British) or the M3 Lee (American) but neither were available for sale.
At the time I had just parted out several sets in my Bricklink store for sale and had a decent amount of Tan parts. Combined with the fact that I needed a break from Old Dark Grey projects I went with this.
Photo: one of the original 150 mm guns.
The “Longues-sur-Mer battery” formed a part of Germany's Atlantic Wall coastal fortifications and was situated between the beaches Omaha and Gold (one of three Anglo-Canadian landing areas). The site consisted of four 150-mm guns, each protected by a large concrete casemate, a command post, shelters for personnel and ammunition, and several defensive machine-gun emplacements. On June 6th the battery opened fire at 06.05 am and fired a total of 170 shots throughout the day.
The World War 2 Coastal Defences at Fraisethorpe, Yorkshire, fallen into the sea through coastal erosion.
Tora Tora Tora is the Commemorative Air Force’s famed Pearl Harbor reenactment act. Since 1972, volunteers fly replica Japanese Zeros and dive-bombers—often modified T‑6 Texans and BT‑13s—with dramatic pyrotechnics and narration. Over a half a dozen WWII aircraft roar overhead, black smoke and explosions bring December 7, 1941 to life—immersive living history.
A pillbox hangs precariously overlooking the 'North sea' at Aldbrough.
What is a pillbox and why were they built?
A pillbox is the name given to a small defensive structure from which a few soldiers could keep an invading army at bay.
The pillboxes we see today were all built during the Second World War when fears of an invasion were at their height.
Pillboxes were never used, as fortunately, the first line of defense held and the RAF prevented any real chance of a German invasion of Britain.
A2A Series "Attraction 2 Abstraction"
This is an older shot from Camp 31 in Bowmanville ON.
I have applied the blur effect on this one also and removed the blur from the middle.
The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial is located in Fort Bonifacio, Metro Manila, within the boundaries of the former Fort William McKinley. With a total of 17,206 graves, it has the largest number of graves of any cemetery for U.S. personnel killed during World War II and holds war dead from the Philippines and other allied nations.
My father in law, a WW II vet,had this pic hanging on a wall in his house. It depicts the launch of one of our premier battleships in 1943. He thought it was the Wisconsin, but I'm not positive. I scanned and did some vintage editing on it, but truthfully by looking at all the fascinating vintage details in the shot, it doesn't need much editing. I especially love the old bridge in the background, this is most likely an Eastern coast shipyard, possibly Newport News,New York, or Philadelphia.The Wisconsin is now a great museum in Norfolk,VA...
Have a great "vintage" sliders Sunday all!
The Vultee BT-13 Valiant was a basic trainer aircraft used by the U.S. during World War II. Powered by a Pratt & Whitney R-985 engine, it was known for its durability and ease of handling. Over 11,000 units were built, serving as an essential step in pilot training programs.
About an hour after taking Wing tips on the clearing (I), an image I saw as a black and white image before taken it, I decided to try capturing a colour image with a slightly different composition to differentiate if from Wing tips on the clearing (I).
Force 135 Living History at Elizabeth Castle, Jersey. Taken in July 2023. In the photograph, a Royal Engineer attached to 'B Battery Royal Artillery' is using an essential piece of kit - a mine detector. This was a demo and did not involve any real mines!
The Avro Lancaster is the most famous and successful RAF heavy bomber of WW2. The first production Lancaster flew on October 31, 1941, with No. 44 Squadron at Waddington being the first RAF unit to receive the new aircraft for operations on Christmas Eve. A total of 7,377 Lancasters were built between 1941 and 1946 but, short of the reverence of the aircraft today, most were scrapped after the war.
Omaha Beach.
If you look closely at the the middle soldier you can see where the church fence was re-built.
To the French it is known as Colleville-sur-Mer but on the morning of 6 June 1944 it was known by its operational name, Omaha Beach.
It was here that the 1st and 29th US Infantry Divisions stormed the Omaha beach with the 1st Infantry experiencing the heaviest casualties.
In total the US suffered 2,400 casualties on Omaha that day however by nightfall 34,000 allied troops were landed as D-Day draw to a close on that first day.
Soldiers of the 1st US Division or as it was more commonly known The Big Red 1 based on the Division’s 1918 adopted shoulder patch insignia which features a red numeral 1 centred on a green shield.
It is unknown when the photograph of the soldiers of the Big Red 1 was taken but it is most likely it was taken just after the first day of the assault.
The church has been restored to its former glory and today it stands as testament to the bloody events that occurred on that June morning.
Colleville-sur-Mer.
Normandy, France.