Images Dated 26th May 2021

Cartoon, The Washington Hatchet

American design for a Japanese screen. It is announced that the Anglo-Japanese Alliance is to be terminated in favour of an understanding between the Four Great Powers that have interests in the Pacific. Cartoon showing Uncle Sam chopping down the Anglo-Japanese Alliance tree as John Bull and Japan look on. Date: 1921

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Grumman TBF-1C Avenger NZ2504

(ex Royal New Zealand Air Force) - Grumman TBF-1C Avenger NZ2504 (msn 5219, ex INST182, ex BuNo 24336), on gate guard at RNZAF Te Rapa, near Hamilton. Taken before the underside was painted in target-tug black and yellow stripes, with the reflections from the concrete plinths giving amazing lighting effects. Date: circa 1972

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McDonnell F-4E-31-MC Phantom II 66-289A

United States Air Force - McDonnell F-4E-31-MC Phantom II 66-289A Thunderbird 8 (msn 2310). Seen at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska on 19 August 1969 Thunderbird 8 : 1969 Thunderbird 7 : 1970 it served as number 7 as the Narrators aircraft. Thunderbird 3 : 1971 Thunderbird 5 : 1972 Thunderbird 6 : 1973 December 1973, went to 6512th TFS at Edwards AFB, as a chase plane and redesignated NF-4E. Now on display at Castle Air Museum, California since Apr 1995, painted as Thunderbird 6'. Date: 1969

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