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The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM [1] for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) is an American World War II -era torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and eventually used by several air and naval aviation services around the world. The Avenger entered U.S. service in 1942, and first saw action ...
The Aviator is a 2004 American epic biographical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by John Logan. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes, Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn, and Kate Beckinsale as Ava Gardner. The supporting cast features Ian Holm, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Jude Law, Gwen Stefani, Kelli Garner, Matt ...
Flynn at South West London College in 1923. Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn [2] was born on 20 June 1909 at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Battery Point, Tasmania. His father, Theodore Thomson Flynn, was a lecturer (1909) and later professor (1911) of biology at the University of Tasmania. His mother was born Lily Mary Young, but shortly after marrying ...
Tuberculosis ( TB ), also known colloquially as the " white death ", or historically as consumption, [7] is an infectious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria. [1] Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. [1] Most infections show no symptoms, in which case it is ...
Thomas Buchanan McGuire Jr. (August 1, 1920 – January 7, 1945) was an American United States Army major who was killed in action while serving as a member of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. He was one of the most decorated American fighter pilots and the second highest scoring ...
Ensign (later Lieutenant Commander) George Henry Gay Jr. (March 8, 1917 – October 21, 1994) was a Douglas TBD Devastator pilot in United States Navy Torpedo Squadron 8 operating from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. Of the 30 VT-8 aircrew from Hornet that participated in the pivotal ...
Worn out with overwork and worry, his illness taking over his worn out body, Porte died suddenly in Brighton, East Sussex, of pulmonary tuberculosis on 22 October 1919, age 35; he was buried in Brighton and then re-interred in June 1920 at West Norwood Cemetery alongside his mother and three of his brothers who pre-deceased him.
Ancient India. The first references to tuberculosis in non-European civilization is found in the Vedas. The oldest of them ( Rigveda, 1500 BC) calls the disease yaksma. [13] The Atharvaveda calls it balasa. It is in the Atharvaveda that the first description of scrofula is given. [14]