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Controlling the air proved key to controlling the ground. The long-range P-51 Mustang fighter was invaluable to the Allied victory, enabling resumption of strategic bombing after heavy losses suffered by unescorted bombers in 1943. Developed for export to Britain, models modified by the British to use Rolls-Royce Merlin engines became America’s most capable wartime fighters. The pairing of the legendary Merlin engine and the P-51 Mustang eventually resulted in the P-51D, which provided the US Army Air Forces with a high-performance, high-altitude, long range fighter that could escort heavy bomber formations all the way to Berlin and back. The changes significantly reduced the unacceptable loss rates bomber crews had suffered since the daylight bombing campaign began in the summer of 1942. STATISTICS Type: Fighter PRODUCTION Date Introduced: 1944 Manufacturer: North American Number Produced: 8,000 SPECIFICATIONS Crew: 1 (Pilot) Wingspan: 37 feet Length: 32 feet Maximum Speed: 437 miles per hour Cruising Speed: 275 miles per hour Maximum Range: 1,000 miles Engine: Packard Rolls Royce Merlin V-1650-7 (1,695 hp) Maximum Load: 2,000 pounds of bombs, or ten 5-inch rockets Armament: Six .50 caliber machine guns Source: www.nationalww2museum.org/visit/museum-campus/us-freedom-...

The CAC Boomerang is a fighter aircraft designed and manufactured in Australia by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation between 1942 and 1945. Approved for production shortly following the Empire of Japan's entry into the Second World War, the Boomerang was rapidly designed as to meet the urgent demands for fighter aircraft to equip the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). It was the first combat aircraft designed and constructed in Australia.[ The Boomerang was handicapped by the available engine variant, which gave low power at altitude and resulted in the aircraft proving to be slower than contemporary fighter aircraft. The Boomerang rarely engaged in aerial combat. During early wartime operations, the Boomerang was mainly dispatched to equip home-based squadrons, freeing up other fighters for use overseas. In later service, the Boomerang would commonly be used for ground support duties, cooperating with Allied army units, in addition to secondary roles such as aerial reconnaissance and air-sea rescue. The Boomerang was a small single-engine monoplane fighter aircraft, designed with an emphasis on high manoeuvrability. It had a stubby appearance, which had resulted from the structure being derived from the smaller Wirraway being paired with a considerably larger engine in the form of a 1,200 horsepower (890 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engine, which drove a three-bladed Hamilton Standard Hydromatic propeller, license-built by de Havilland.[9] The engine was closely cowled with two air scoops fixed to the upper and lower sides, the upper being for the carburetor and the lower for the oil cooler.[9] Fuel was divided between one fuselage-housed 70-imperial-gallon (320-litre) self-sealing fuel tank and a pair of 45 imp gal (200 l) tanks within the center section of the wing.[12] Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAC_Boomerang

This classic British trainer made its first flight on October 26, 1931. It is one of a number of models of light aircraft named for moths in recognition of designer Geoffrey de Havilland's interest in moths and butterflies. It became popular with air forces throughout the United Kingdom as well as the civilian aviation market. In Britain, 8,101 were manufactured plus 2,751 more in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. During WWII, most Royal Air Force pilots trained in Tiger Moths including Americans who flew with the Eagle Squadrons before the U.S. entered the war. In the United Kingdom, Tiger Moths performed a variety of roles in addition to that of primary trainer including submarine patrol, air ambulance, and even prisoner evacuation.Following first deliveries in 1939, the RAAF operated 861 Tiger Moths in all, 712 of which were locally produced (in addition to others not delivered to the RAAF) by De Havilland Australia at Bankstown, NSW. Several were also delivered to other Commonwealth countries, and to the USAAF in Australia. It became the basic trainer for thousands of Australian pilots. Following World War 2, hundreds of Tiger Moths became available for private ownership, at asking prices of 300 to 500 pounds Australian, less than a third the price of a new machine. Yet despite sale of several hundred in the immediate post-war years, the last RAAF Tiger Moths flew in January 1957, when the remaining ten were flown from Point Cook to Tocumwal for disposal. Source: www.diggerhistory.info/pages-air-support/ww2-allied/tiger...

I did but see her passing by..... Coronation fever. -- Seen on your photo stream. (?)

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Connecticut State Attorney Homer Stille Cummings (1870-1956) prosecuted Mrs. Helen M. Angle in her March, 1915, trial for manslaughter in the death of her friend Waldo R. Ballou in Stamford, Connecticut in June, 1914. Cummings was assisted at trial by Albert Phillips of Stamford, former secretary of state for Connecticut (1913-1915).

Homer Cummings was appointed State's Attorney for Fairfield County, Connecticut, on July 1, 1914, and his first official act was to take up the inquiry into the death of Waldo Ballou. Cummings served as State's Attorney for ten years from 1914 to 1924.

The Government did not prevail in its case against Helen Angle. For more details of the Helen Angle trial see the Bain/LOC photo of Mrs. Helen Angle on Flickr.

 
In 1893, Cummings graduated from Yale Law School in New Haven. He was elected mayor of Stamford, Connecticut three times from 1900-1906. As mayor, in 1905, Cummings appointed William H. Brennan as Chief of Police for Stamford. Brennan would later investigate the case against Helen Angle and testify against her.

Homer Cummings founded the legal firm of Cummings & Lockwood in 1909. He later served as chairman of the Democratic National Committee between 1919 and 1920. He went on to serve as United States Attorney General for Franklin Roosevelt from 1933 to 1939.

"In 1947 Hollywood made a motion picture called "Boomerang" about Cumming's early career as a prosecutor in Connecticut. This was a sensational murder case that also included a dramatic courtroom scene where Cummings had a live gun aimed at his head at a certain angle and fired. This was to show that the gun could indeed fire but not at the angle a witness said it was used. In this trial Cummings also turned around to prove the man he was prosecuting was innocent after he found evidence to that effect. "Boomerang" became a landmark motion picture for its fully dramatic but documentary style where Cummings real name was not announced till the end of the film which starred Dana Andrews as Cummings"  [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

 
There is another Bain/LOC photograph of Homer S. Cummings here: