Original Aviation
Original Aviation
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 Original Watercolour Painting Walrus At Dawn Aviation Art Signed  US $542.20
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 ORIGINAL HAND CARVED WALNUT 1934 FLYING WINGS AERONATIONAL AVIATION AWARD US $395.00
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 MOSQUITO SQUADRON original WW2 RAF MILITARY AVIATION movie poster DAVID MCCALLUM US $249.99
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 Original aviation art Dornier Do 335 Pfeil US $200.00
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 Original aviation art DMorane Saulnier MS406 US $200.00
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 Original aviation art ALBATROS DIII Oef US $200.00
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 Original aviation art Dornier Do 335 Pfeil France US $200.00
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 Original aviation art Dornier Do 335 Pfeil France other US $200.00
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 Original aviation art Dornier Do 24K US $200.00
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 Original aviation art FOKKER T6A US $200.00
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 WINGS OF THE NAVY original 1939 MILITARY AVIATION movie poster JOHN PAYNE US $149.99
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 THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN original rare movie poster RAF SPITFIRES MILITARY AVIATION US $149.99
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 1953 Article Aviation History Peter G Masefield Planes ORIGINAL US $149.95
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 VINTAGE Original PAN AM AIRLINES Travel POSTER USA FRANCE Aviation AIRPLANE US $95.00
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 RARE Vintage WW2 BLACK LEATHER AVIATION HELMET ATTACHED w ORIGINAL GOGGLES LOOK US $79.99
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 NO 43 SQUADRON RAF original 1957 Aviation movie poster JET TEST PILOTS US $79.99
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 STEVE MCQUEEN B 17 PB 1W BOMBER original WW2 AVIATION movie poster THE WAR LOVER US $69.99
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 1931 Ad Autogiro Airplane Aviation Juan de la Cierva ORIGINAL ADVERTISING US $54.95
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 1956 Ad Thunder Craft Republic Aviation Mauldin Wolf ORIGINAL ADVERTISING US $48.95
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 1956 Ad Thunder Craft Republic Aviation Streak Mauldin ORIGINAL ADVERTISING US $48.95
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 1952 Ad American Airlines Map Aviation Weather Plane ORIGINAL ADVERTISING US $48.95
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 1930 Ad Fokker General Motors Airplane Aviation Plane ORIGINAL ADVERTISING US $48.95
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 1951 Ad American Airlines Aviation Airplane Plane Map ORIGINAL ADVERTISING US $48.95
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 VINTAGE LEATHER MOTORCYCLE RIDING MITTEN GAUNTLETS ESKIMO ORIGINAL AVIATION US $48.00
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 1956 Ad Boeing 707 Aviation Airplane Flight Jet Plane ORIGINAL ADVERTISING US $47.95
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 1940 Ad Glenn L Martin Aircraft Airplane Aviation ORIGINAL ADVERTISING US $46.95
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A Background onPearl Harbor Ships, Facts, and Tours
Pearl Harbor, west of Honolulu on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, is a U.S. Navy deep-water naval base and headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it is also Hawaii’s most popular tourist destination. A variety of Pearl Harbor battle tours exist to take you to the numerous military memorials and museums commemorating the attack by the Empire of Japan on December 7, 1941, which brought the U.S. into World War II.
Pearl Harbor was originally a large, shallow bay teeming with oysters. The original Hawaiians considered it the home of the shark goddess Ka’ahupahau and her brother Kahi’uka, and they called it Wai Momi or Pu’uloa. To allow passage of canoes and larger vessels, the Ewa chief Keaunui widened and deepened the Pearl River estuary. The Americans took possession of Pearl Harbor in 1887, designating it “Naval Station, Hawaii” after the annexation of Hawaii in the 19th century.
The Attack’s Aftermath
The American navy lost 9 warships, and 21 ships were severely damaged. Not only did 68 civilians die, but the total death toll reached 2,350. 1,178 non-casualties were injured. The USS Arizona suffered the majority of the military casualties, with 1,177 deaths.
The Attack: How it Happened
Aircraft and midget submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy began an attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at 6:05am on December 7, 1941. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto launched the first bombardment at 7:51am, with a batch of 183 airplanes from 6 Japanese carriers striking the outlying ships, military installations, and airfields controlled by the military on Ford Island.
The battleship Arizona was struck by an armor-piercing bomb that detonated the forward ammunition magazine, sinking the ship in a matter of seconds. The navy anchored in Pearl Harbor was attacked at 8:30am by a second volley of 170 Japanese planes , mostly torpedo bombers.
Battleship Arizona Memorial Tour
1.5 million visitors per annum are welcomed to the Arizona Memorial, just off Ford Island on Pearl Harbor’s “Battleship Row”. The 184-foot-long white structure, Operated by the National Parks Service, was built to honor the 2,350 people who died during the attack, including the 1,177 crew still entombed in the battleship.
Completed in 1961, the Memorial was dedicated a year later, and contained three main sections: the entry and assembly room; a central area designed for ceremonies and general observation; and the shrine room containing a marble wall where the names of those who passed away on the Arizona are engraved. A brief documentary film regarding the Pearl Harbor surprise attack and a boat shuttle ride to the Arizona are both included in the tour.
USS Missouri Battleship MemorialTours
Known as the "Mighty Mo", the USS Missouri is an Iowa-class battleship, and the very last of four battleships that were named after Missouri. 2,700-pound shells were shot up to 20 miles from its colossal 16-inch guns. Weighing 45,000 tons and more than 885 feet in length, the Missouri was commissioned on June 11, 1944.
The signing officially marking the end of the second World War took place aboard the Missouri on September 2, 1945, when the Japanese threw in the towel. The Battleship was decommissioned for the last time on March 31, 1992, after serving in both the Korean and Gulf Wars. The USS Battleship Missouri Memorial opened to the public on Jan 29, 1999.
USS Bowfin Submarine Museam & Park
The USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park is a tribute to the 52 American submarines and more than 3,500 submariners lost in the second World War. In its nine successful war patrols, the Bowfin sank 44 Japanese ships after its launch on December 7, 1942. In 1980, the submarine was brought to Pearl Harbor and docked by the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center. On April 1, 1981, visitors were allowed to visit the “museum ship”. The Bowfin was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986.
Pacific Aviation Museum
Interactive simulators and exhibits revealing the stories behind authentic WWII fighter planes and bombers are part of the immersive Pacific Aviation Museum, located within former WWII airplane hangers on Pearl Harbor’s Ford Island. Hangar 37 is a 42,000 square foot airplane hangar that survived the Pearl Harbor attack, and it displays authentic an Japanese Zero and a B-25B Bomber, similar to the one used in the famous “Doolittle Raid” on Japan in 1942.
USS Oklahoma Memorial
Dedicated on December 7th, 2007, the USS Oklahoma Memorial honors the 429 crewmen who passed away in the Pearl Harbor bombing. Approximately 9 torpedoes hit “The Okie,” capsizing this 35,000-ton battleship in only 12 minutes. Some crewmen, trapped in compartments below deck after the ship capsized, used hammers and wrenches to signal rescue crews on the surface. Only 32 men were rescued from its overturned hull, after the assault 2 days later.
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