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Use this tag for questions looking to identify or classify an object, image, or person, or to otherwise place them in historical context. Make sure to include as much detail as you already know about the mystery object, preferably including photographs, if applicable.

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Can you identify the ship in this picture?

The stern is much too low to be an LSM. I'm 99% sure that it's LSI(L)-545, likely prior to departing for New Guinea in late summer of 1944. It was an LSI 341 class transport (class prototype below): …
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Identification of type of aircraft and time period

The aircraft is a Howard DGA-18, and the pilot might be Earl Shaw of Dade County, FL based on the FAA registration number history. The FAA stopped issuing "NC" (the C stands for "civil") numbers in 19 …
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Please help identify aircarft

The closest visual match I can find is the Northrop XFT, an unsuccessful prototype. That particular wheel spat design is fairly distinctive and indicative of late 20s to early 30s, but as a hand-carve …
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