Jamie McTrusty
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Posts on (mostly) Second World War aviation and naval history. See ALT text for picture credits and additional information!
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Truth is stranger than fiction:
6 April 1945, 1:05pm local time. USS North Carolina (BB-55) is offshore of Okinawa providing fire support and AA cover. While fending off a kamikaze attack, the ship is struck by 5” fire from a friendly destroyer. (1/4) #ww2 #usnavy #navalhistory
6 April 1945, 1:05pm local time. USS North Carolina (BB-55) is offshore of Okinawa providing fire support and AA cover. While fending off a kamikaze attack, the ship is struck by 5” fire from a friendly destroyer. (1/4) #ww2 #usnavy #navalhistory
January 27, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Truth is stranger than fiction:
6 April 1945, 1:05pm local time. USS North Carolina (BB-55) is offshore of Okinawa providing fire support and AA cover. While fending off a kamikaze attack, the ship is struck by 5” fire from a friendly destroyer. (1/4) #ww2 #usnavy #navalhistory
6 April 1945, 1:05pm local time. USS North Carolina (BB-55) is offshore of Okinawa providing fire support and AA cover. While fending off a kamikaze attack, the ship is struck by 5” fire from a friendly destroyer. (1/4) #ww2 #usnavy #navalhistory
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Taking a moment today to remember Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee, who died during the Apollo 1 plugs-out test #OTD in 1967.
This image, taken on 2nd Jan 1967, shows the Apollo 1 prime crew in front of their Apollo Saturn 204 on Launch Complex 34.
Image: NASA 7PC-0016
#NeverForgotten
This image, taken on 2nd Jan 1967, shows the Apollo 1 prime crew in front of their Apollo Saturn 204 on Launch Complex 34.
Image: NASA 7PC-0016
#NeverForgotten
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Taking a moment today to remember Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee, who died during the Apollo 1 plugs-out test #OTD in 1967.
This image, taken on 2nd Jan 1967, shows the Apollo 1 prime crew in front of their Apollo Saturn 204 on Launch Complex 34.
Image: NASA 7PC-0016
#NeverForgotten
This image, taken on 2nd Jan 1967, shows the Apollo 1 prime crew in front of their Apollo Saturn 204 on Launch Complex 34.
Image: NASA 7PC-0016
#NeverForgotten
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27 Jan 1942 // Destroyer HMS Thanet, with HMAS Vampire, attacked a Japanese convoy escort of superior force off SE Malaya. Vampire survived the engagement but Thanet was sunk. 65 of her crew survived: 42 died in the sinking or after being taken prisoner by the Japanese. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
January 27, 2026 at 1:01 PM
27 Jan 1942 // Destroyer HMS Thanet, with HMAS Vampire, attacked a Japanese convoy escort of superior force off SE Malaya. Vampire survived the engagement but Thanet was sunk. 65 of her crew survived: 42 died in the sinking or after being taken prisoner by the Japanese. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
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OTD January 27 1961 The S-80, a Project 644 (Whiskey class, twin-cylinder variant), on patrol in the Barents Sea, dives from snorkel depth while running its diesel engines. The valve to close the snorkel intake fails, flooding the diesel engines with sea water. The crew is unable to close the valve
January 27, 2026 at 1:11 PM
OTD January 27 1961 The S-80, a Project 644 (Whiskey class, twin-cylinder variant), on patrol in the Barents Sea, dives from snorkel depth while running its diesel engines. The valve to close the snorkel intake fails, flooding the diesel engines with sea water. The crew is unable to close the valve
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27 Jan 1696 (O.S.) // 100-gun 1st-rate Royal Sovereign (launched 1637 as Sovereign of the Seas, rebuilt and renamed 1661) was accidentally burnt out while laid up in ordinary at Chatham. The cause of the fire was a candle which was left burning unattended in a cabin by one of the watchkeepers. [1/3]
January 27, 2026 at 12:44 PM
27 Jan 1696 (O.S.) // 100-gun 1st-rate Royal Sovereign (launched 1637 as Sovereign of the Seas, rebuilt and renamed 1661) was accidentally burnt out while laid up in ordinary at Chatham. The cause of the fire was a candle which was left burning unattended in a cabin by one of the watchkeepers. [1/3]
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Pages from an album of photographs taken by LAC Arthur George Standivan following the liberation of Belsen. On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, think about how this happened. Let's try to stop it happening again.
#holocaust #WW2 #HISTORY
#holocaust #WW2 #HISTORY
January 27, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Pages from an album of photographs taken by LAC Arthur George Standivan following the liberation of Belsen. On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, think about how this happened. Let's try to stop it happening again.
#holocaust #WW2 #HISTORY
#holocaust #WW2 #HISTORY
HMS Nelson (1927), sister ship to HMS Rodney, served throughout the Second World War. She operated with the Home Fleet, in the Mediterranean, off Normandy and finally in the Far East. Nelson was badly damaged on three occasions, twice by mines and once by torpedo.
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January 27, 2026 at 9:30 AM
HMS Nelson (1927), sister ship to HMS Rodney, served throughout the Second World War. She operated with the Home Fleet, in the Mediterranean, off Normandy and finally in the Far East. Nelson was badly damaged on three occasions, twice by mines and once by torpedo.
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"It just works"
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Fairey Swordfish | Why pilots loved this "mistake" of an aircraft
YouTube video by Armoured Archivist
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January 27, 2026 at 12:58 AM
"It just works"
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26 Jan 1932 // HM Submarine M2, built as a monitor and converted in 1925 to an experimental submarine aircraft carrier, sank with all hands (60 men) during exercises in Lyme Bay, Dorset. Her wreck was found with the aircraft hangar door open. (Image: Wikimedia Commons) #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
January 26, 2026 at 6:29 PM
26 Jan 1932 // HM Submarine M2, built as a monitor and converted in 1925 to an experimental submarine aircraft carrier, sank with all hands (60 men) during exercises in Lyme Bay, Dorset. Her wreck was found with the aircraft hangar door open. (Image: Wikimedia Commons) #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
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youtu.be/vhpmXeCp6sc?... no you’ve just spent your Sunday evening watching a training film about how to spot UXBs (genuinely fascinating for illustrating how complicated the system to report and prioritise them was and also how much disruption they could cause just by being there)
U.X.B. | WW2 bomb disposal training film
YouTube video by Armoured Archivist
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January 25, 2026 at 9:42 PM
youtu.be/vhpmXeCp6sc?... no you’ve just spent your Sunday evening watching a training film about how to spot UXBs (genuinely fascinating for illustrating how complicated the system to report and prioritise them was and also how much disruption they could cause just by being there)
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💥NEW EPISODE
Harold Macmillan: Pressing the Button
Harold Macmillan: Pressing the Button
Atomic Hobo: Harold Macmillan, Part 4: Pressing the Button
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January 26, 2026 at 11:56 AM
💥NEW EPISODE
Harold Macmillan: Pressing the Button
Harold Macmillan: Pressing the Button
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It takes a village to go Mach 2. This is the support for Scott Crossfield's (standing at the nose of the Skyrocket) Mach 2 flight in the Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket on November 20, 1953. You have a P2B-1S dropship, a couple of F-86 Sabre chase planes and a huge team on the ground.
#avgeek #aviation
#avgeek #aviation
January 26, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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Ah, an ele-copter.
In anniversary news which I can’t quite verify, it may be 39 years (possibly more) since the Indian Air Force dressed their helicopters up as elephants for Republic Day
January 26, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Ah, an ele-copter.
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25 Jan 1917 // Armed merchant cruiser HMS Laurentic (ex White Star SS Laurentic) was sunk by German mines north-west of Ireland. All 475 on board were evacuated safely but spent many hours in lifeboats, during which 354 died of exposure. (Imperial War Museum Q 50278) #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
January 25, 2026 at 5:16 PM
25 Jan 1917 // Armed merchant cruiser HMS Laurentic (ex White Star SS Laurentic) was sunk by German mines north-west of Ireland. All 475 on board were evacuated safely but spent many hours in lifeboats, during which 354 died of exposure. (Imperial War Museum Q 50278) #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
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24 Jan 1918 // HM Tug Desire, towing two lighters from Chatham to Rosyth, was pursued on the surface by German submarine UB.34, which sank her with gunfire in the North Sea about 30 miles off Sunderland. The submarine crew also boarded the lighters and sank them with explosive charges. [1/2]
January 24, 2026 at 7:16 PM
24 Jan 1918 // HM Tug Desire, towing two lighters from Chatham to Rosyth, was pursued on the surface by German submarine UB.34, which sank her with gunfire in the North Sea about 30 miles off Sunderland. The submarine crew also boarded the lighters and sank them with explosive charges. [1/2]
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OTD: January 24, 1961 a Strategic Air Command B-52 flying out from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina crashes, dropping its nuclear payload of two Mark 39 bombs near Goldsboro, NC.
During a mid-air refueling while on routine patrol, a fuel leak from one of the wings is noticed and
During a mid-air refueling while on routine patrol, a fuel leak from one of the wings is noticed and
January 24, 2026 at 11:46 AM
OTD: January 24, 1961 a Strategic Air Command B-52 flying out from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina crashes, dropping its nuclear payload of two Mark 39 bombs near Goldsboro, NC.
During a mid-air refueling while on routine patrol, a fuel leak from one of the wings is noticed and
During a mid-air refueling while on routine patrol, a fuel leak from one of the wings is noticed and
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An observation test for your inner 8-year-old.
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
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You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
January 24, 2026 at 8:17 AM
An observation test for your inner 8-year-old.
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
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"In any case, we could get hold of the bomb even if it meant shooting the American officers concerned."
Monday's episode in my Harold Macmillan series looks at how he would have 'pressed the button'. It's a juicy one. Get previous episodes here.
Monday's episode in my Harold Macmillan series looks at how he would have 'pressed the button'. It's a juicy one. Get previous episodes here.
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January 23, 2026 at 12:19 PM
"In any case, we could get hold of the bomb even if it meant shooting the American officers concerned."
Monday's episode in my Harold Macmillan series looks at how he would have 'pressed the button'. It's a juicy one. Get previous episodes here.
Monday's episode in my Harold Macmillan series looks at how he would have 'pressed the button'. It's a juicy one. Get previous episodes here.
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#OTD in 1909, the Blériot XI made its first flight at Issy-les-Moulineaux in France, powered by a 35 hp, seven-cylinder R.E.P. engine. Seven months later, with a new engine and propeller, Louis Blériot became the first person to fly the English Channel.
#avgeek #aviation #aviationhistory
#avgeek #aviation #aviationhistory
January 23, 2026 at 12:30 PM
#OTD in 1909, the Blériot XI made its first flight at Issy-les-Moulineaux in France, powered by a 35 hp, seven-cylinder R.E.P. engine. Seven months later, with a new engine and propeller, Louis Blériot became the first person to fly the English Channel.
#avgeek #aviation #aviationhistory
#avgeek #aviation #aviationhistory
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23 Jan 1944 // While operating in support of Allied landing operations at Anzio, destroyer HMS Janus was sunk by a German aircraft using either a radio-controlled glider bomb or a torpedo (accounts differ). 158 of her crew lost their lives. (Imperial War Museum FL 3695) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
January 23, 2026 at 9:09 AM
23 Jan 1944 // While operating in support of Allied landing operations at Anzio, destroyer HMS Janus was sunk by a German aircraft using either a radio-controlled glider bomb or a torpedo (accounts differ). 158 of her crew lost their lives. (Imperial War Museum FL 3695) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
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In a sentence reminiscent of something Philip K Dick might ask:
Do naval monkeys recognise post traumatic stress disorder?
Please, do listen to the latest ep of @newsofthewar.bsky.social
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Do naval monkeys recognise post traumatic stress disorder?
Please, do listen to the latest ep of @newsofthewar.bsky.social
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January 23, 2026 at 9:26 AM
In a sentence reminiscent of something Philip K Dick might ask:
Do naval monkeys recognise post traumatic stress disorder?
Please, do listen to the latest ep of @newsofthewar.bsky.social
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
Do naval monkeys recognise post traumatic stress disorder?
Please, do listen to the latest ep of @newsofthewar.bsky.social
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
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22 Jan 1943 // Stores carrier HMAS Patricia Cam, a former minesweeper, was bombed and sunk by a Japanese floatplane north of Drysdale Island off the coast of Arnhem Land while taking supplies, passengers, and new codebooks to coastwatchers based on Marchinbar Island. [1/6]
January 22, 2026 at 2:33 PM
22 Jan 1943 // Stores carrier HMAS Patricia Cam, a former minesweeper, was bombed and sunk by a Japanese floatplane north of Drysdale Island off the coast of Arnhem Land while taking supplies, passengers, and new codebooks to coastwatchers based on Marchinbar Island. [1/6]
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A week ago, Wendy and I were welcomed to the @sciencemuseum.org.uk London nice and early to be shown around the Flight Gallery by Doug Millard.
Our fab Patreon supporters can watch our tour of one of the finest collections of important aircraft in the world.
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Our fab Patreon supporters can watch our tour of one of the finest collections of important aircraft in the world.
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January 22, 2026 at 9:37 AM
A week ago, Wendy and I were welcomed to the @sciencemuseum.org.uk London nice and early to be shown around the Flight Gallery by Doug Millard.
Our fab Patreon supporters can watch our tour of one of the finest collections of important aircraft in the world.
www.patreon.com/posts/flight...
Our fab Patreon supporters can watch our tour of one of the finest collections of important aircraft in the world.
www.patreon.com/posts/flight...