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Operation Windmill Expedition Member with Penguin

from Smithsonian Institution

  • dogslobber said:

Icebreaker with Equipment in Antarctica

from Smithsonian Institution

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  • Pablo Trincado said:
    amazing antartic serie!
  • Fatima Deniz said:
    muy buena la foto saludos
  • striped cast said:
    WOW , what a beautiful work , excellent data and description .
  • Felipe_Bezerra said:
    wow i didnt know that the navy used helicopters back in '47! great photograph!
  • Andrew McGeechan said:
    Felipe_Bezerra First landing aboard ship by a USN helicopter was in 1943 ! This one is a Vought-Sikorsky R-5 A. soon to be the 'H'-5 Licence produced in Britain as the Westland Dragonfly. The designation 'H' was given to helicopters from 1949

The USS Burton Island (AG-88) and The USS Edisto (AG-89) in Antarctica

from Smithsonian Institution

  • gris-2013 said:
    agb 2 ( steady EDDIE ) was hell of a ride in open sea !!! AFCM RET 1953 - summer and winter cruise , on the helo deck ( without a tent )