Jamie McTrusty
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On 30 Jan 1942, Brig Campbell's #victoriacross for actions on Sidi Rezegh airfield 23-25 Nov 41 was gazetted.
It was one of five Victoria Crosses awarded for actions in the Sidi Rezegh/Tobruk area on 21-55 Nov 41.
The only other CRUSADER VC went to Lt. Col. Keyes and the less said, the better.
It was one of five Victoria Crosses awarded for actions in the Sidi Rezegh/Tobruk area on 21-55 Nov 41.
The only other CRUSADER VC went to Lt. Col. Keyes and the less said, the better.
Jock Campbell’s VC
Background In the initial stage of the Sidi Rezegh battles on 21/22 November 1941, Brigadier Jock Campbell, commanding 7th Support Group, the non-armoured element of 7th Armoured Division, won his …
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January 30, 2026 at 1:22 PM
On 30 Jan 1942, Brig Campbell's #victoriacross for actions on Sidi Rezegh airfield 23-25 Nov 41 was gazetted.
It was one of five Victoria Crosses awarded for actions in the Sidi Rezegh/Tobruk area on 21-55 Nov 41.
The only other CRUSADER VC went to Lt. Col. Keyes and the less said, the better.
It was one of five Victoria Crosses awarded for actions in the Sidi Rezegh/Tobruk area on 21-55 Nov 41.
The only other CRUSADER VC went to Lt. Col. Keyes and the less said, the better.
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I've been here when it was still a burnt-out mess. Had a guide, helmet, lantern, and hi-viz. It was rough inside, and the ground underfoot uneven cos of swirls of melted, then re-hardened, glass - but at least I didn't have to contend with emus.
Fire fears, accidents and emu attacks among safety concerns at Cold War bunker
Volunteers restoring a former Edinburgh nuclear bunker are worried someone will be hurt because of safety issues.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 8:52 AM
I've been here when it was still a burnt-out mess. Had a guide, helmet, lantern, and hi-viz. It was rough inside, and the ground underfoot uneven cos of swirls of melted, then re-hardened, glass - but at least I didn't have to contend with emus.
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Wakey wakey tablets anyone?
1943 British RAF Emergency Flying Ration MK 2 Military Survival MRE Food Review Time Capsule
YouTube video by Steve1989MREInfo
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January 30, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Wakey wakey tablets anyone?
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30 Jan 1943 // Corvette HMS Samphire was torpedoed and sunk by Italian submarine Platino while on convoy escort duty off Bougie, Algeria. 45 officers and men were lost. (Imperial War Museum image FL 5741) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
January 30, 2026 at 10:43 AM
30 Jan 1943 // Corvette HMS Samphire was torpedoed and sunk by Italian submarine Platino while on convoy escort duty off Bougie, Algeria. 45 officers and men were lost. (Imperial War Museum image FL 5741) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
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30 Jan 1944 // Destroyer HMS Hardy was torpedoed by German submarine U.278 in the Barents Sea and severely damaged. She could not be salvaged and her wreck was sunk by HMS Venus. 35 of Hardy's crew were lost. (Imperial War Museum image FL 572) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
January 30, 2026 at 10:44 AM
30 Jan 1944 // Destroyer HMS Hardy was torpedoed by German submarine U.278 in the Barents Sea and severely damaged. She could not be salvaged and her wreck was sunk by HMS Venus. 35 of Hardy's crew were lost. (Imperial War Museum image FL 572) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
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🚨 Reeeaaadalllabouddit!
Yes, on this week's news of the war, we dive into the one of the most contentious aspects of the conflict. Headfirst. No crash helmet.
👉 How DID we hear the news?
👉 How was it reported?
It's 5th November 1943 - hear it first hand!
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Yes, on this week's news of the war, we dive into the one of the most contentious aspects of the conflict. Headfirst. No crash helmet.
👉 How DID we hear the news?
👉 How was it reported?
It's 5th November 1943 - hear it first hand!
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
January 30, 2026 at 10:21 AM
🚨 Reeeaaadalllabouddit!
Yes, on this week's news of the war, we dive into the one of the most contentious aspects of the conflict. Headfirst. No crash helmet.
👉 How DID we hear the news?
👉 How was it reported?
It's 5th November 1943 - hear it first hand!
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
Yes, on this week's news of the war, we dive into the one of the most contentious aspects of the conflict. Headfirst. No crash helmet.
👉 How DID we hear the news?
👉 How was it reported?
It's 5th November 1943 - hear it first hand!
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
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I finally finished my first, and probably only, aircraft model. It's a 1/72 scale A6M2 (Model 21) from Tamiya. I went with Lt. Masao Sato's markings. He flew off the aircraft carrier Zuikaku (tail code "EII" for the second ship of 5 Koku Sentai) at Pearl Harbor. I think it turned out OK.
January 30, 2026 at 4:52 AM
I finally finished my first, and probably only, aircraft model. It's a 1/72 scale A6M2 (Model 21) from Tamiya. I went with Lt. Masao Sato's markings. He flew off the aircraft carrier Zuikaku (tail code "EII" for the second ship of 5 Koku Sentai) at Pearl Harbor. I think it turned out OK.
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29 Jan 1856 // Paddle sloop HMS Polyphemus ran aground south of Hantsholm on the north-west coast of Jutland with the loss of eight of her crew. The court martial ruled that local currents were the main cause, but put some of the blame on the actions of Polyphemus's captain. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
29 Jan 1856 // Paddle sloop HMS Polyphemus ran aground south of Hantsholm on the north-west coast of Jutland with the loss of eight of her crew. The court martial ruled that local currents were the main cause, but put some of the blame on the actions of Polyphemus's captain. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
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29 Jan 1944 // Light cruiser HMS Spartan was sunk by a Henschel Hs 293 glider bomb in Anzio Bay while operating in support of Allied landings at Anzio. She sank one hour after being struck: 46 men lost their lives. (Imperial War Museum image A 18725) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
January 29, 2026 at 3:37 PM
29 Jan 1944 // Light cruiser HMS Spartan was sunk by a Henschel Hs 293 glider bomb in Anzio Bay while operating in support of Allied landings at Anzio. She sank one hour after being struck: 46 men lost their lives. (Imperial War Museum image A 18725) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
Sausage Wars: A New Hope
Portrait of a Sausage on Fire
January 29, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Sausage Wars: A New Hope
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I've never understood how nobody has ever written a novel about this before, but there was a brief time when the *Irish republican movement* possessed the first fully functional submarine.
Yes, you heard that right.
A short thread . . . 1/
#SpeirGorm #JohnPhilipHolland #Submarine
Yes, you heard that right.
A short thread . . . 1/
#SpeirGorm #JohnPhilipHolland #Submarine
January 28, 2026 at 1:27 PM
I've never understood how nobody has ever written a novel about this before, but there was a brief time when the *Irish republican movement* possessed the first fully functional submarine.
Yes, you heard that right.
A short thread . . . 1/
#SpeirGorm #JohnPhilipHolland #Submarine
Yes, you heard that right.
A short thread . . . 1/
#SpeirGorm #JohnPhilipHolland #Submarine
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28 Jan 1918 // HM Submarine E.14 was lost to Turkish artillery in the Dardanelles: she was sunk by a Turkish coastal battery when damage caused by one of her own faulty torpedoes forced her to surface. 21 of her 30 crew lost their lives. (Imperial War Museum Q 13843) #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
January 28, 2026 at 10:13 PM
28 Jan 1918 // HM Submarine E.14 was lost to Turkish artillery in the Dardanelles: she was sunk by a Turkish coastal battery when damage caused by one of her own faulty torpedoes forced her to surface. 21 of her 30 crew lost their lives. (Imperial War Museum Q 13843) #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
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28 Jan 1918 // Submarine depot ship HMS Hazard (launched as a torpedo gunboat 1894, converted 1901) was accidentally rammed and sunk by hospital ship SS Western Australia in thick fog in the eastern Solent. Two of her crew lost their lives. (Imperial War Museum Q 75560) #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
January 28, 2026 at 10:15 PM
28 Jan 1918 // Submarine depot ship HMS Hazard (launched as a torpedo gunboat 1894, converted 1901) was accidentally rammed and sunk by hospital ship SS Western Australia in thick fog in the eastern Solent. Two of her crew lost their lives. (Imperial War Museum Q 75560) #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
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Taking a moment today to remember the crew of STS-51L, seen here at breakfast before their mission #OTD 40 years ago, who would be killed 73 seconds into their flight.
Left to right: Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Michael J. Smith, Dick Scobee, Judith Resnik, Ron McNair, and Gregory Jarvis.
Left to right: Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Michael J. Smith, Dick Scobee, Judith Resnik, Ron McNair, and Gregory Jarvis.
January 28, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Taking a moment today to remember the crew of STS-51L, seen here at breakfast before their mission #OTD 40 years ago, who would be killed 73 seconds into their flight.
Left to right: Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Michael J. Smith, Dick Scobee, Judith Resnik, Ron McNair, and Gregory Jarvis.
Left to right: Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Michael J. Smith, Dick Scobee, Judith Resnik, Ron McNair, and Gregory Jarvis.
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OTD January 28 1964 A US Air Force T-39 Sabreliner (62-4448) jet from the 7101st Air Base Wing at Wiesbaden, West Germany, while on a training mission, strays into East German airspace. The T-39 is intercepted by two Soviet MiG-19 fighters and subsequently shot down after failing to respond
January 28, 2026 at 1:17 PM
OTD January 28 1964 A US Air Force T-39 Sabreliner (62-4448) jet from the 7101st Air Base Wing at Wiesbaden, West Germany, while on a training mission, strays into East German airspace. The T-39 is intercepted by two Soviet MiG-19 fighters and subsequently shot down after failing to respond
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Such a fascinating episode to record. Hope you enjoy it!
Hello! Ep 62 is out today - another belter! We talk to the fabulous Sean Feast about the Bomber Command attack on Hitler's V-Weapons at Peenemünde
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January 28, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Such a fascinating episode to record. Hope you enjoy it!
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Our fab Patreon supporters have access to our second interview filmed in the Flight Gallery at the Science Museum, where @rooneyvision.bsky.social tells the tale of Alcock and Brown, The Big Hop and their Vickers Vimy.
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#aviation #avgeek #histbookchat
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#aviation #avgeek #histbookchat
January 28, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Our fab Patreon supporters have access to our second interview filmed in the Flight Gallery at the Science Museum, where @rooneyvision.bsky.social tells the tale of Alcock and Brown, The Big Hop and their Vickers Vimy.
Join us here: www.patreon.com/posts/big-ho...
#aviation #avgeek #histbookchat
Join us here: www.patreon.com/posts/big-ho...
#aviation #avgeek #histbookchat
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Ah crap, NASA WB-57 N927NA just made a gear-up landing at Ellington Field, crew is OK, aircraft not so much... which might be an issue for support Artemis II launch...
Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4da...
Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4da...
January 27, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Ah crap, NASA WB-57 N927NA just made a gear-up landing at Ellington Field, crew is OK, aircraft not so much... which might be an issue for support Artemis II launch...
Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4da...
Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4da...
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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