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54 effectives of ' L ' Detachment, Special Air Service Brigade ( largely drawn from the disbanded Layforce ) mounted a night parachute insertion onto two drop zones in Bir Temrad, North Africa on the night of November 16 / 17 1941 in preparation for a stealthy attack on the forward airfields of Gambut and Tmimi in order to destroy the Axis fighter force on the ground before the start of Operation Crusader, a major offensive by the British Eighth Army.
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The monolithic placement consisted of of concrete placed within a 30 hour period, finished to a flatness tolerance of F < sub > F </ sub > 54. 60 and a levelness tolerance of F < sub > L </ sub > 43. 83.
* Parman, Donald L. " The Indian and the CCC ," Pacific Historical Review 40 ( February 1971 ): pp 54 +
Although 3. 3 or 3. 9 mmol / L ( 60 or 70 mg / dL ) is commonly cited as the lower limit of normal glucose, symptoms of hypoglycemia usually do not occur until 2. 8 to 3. 0 mmol / L ( 50 to 54 mg / dL ).
Eventually, a hogshead of wine came to be 63 wine /, while a hogshead of beer or ale is 54 gallons ( 250 L if old beer / ale gallons, 245 L if imperial ).
pp. 106 – 109, and D. L. Matthews et al., " Demonstration of a Soft X-Ray Amplifier ," pp. 110 – 113, < cite > Physical Review Letters, 54 </ cite > ( January 14, 1985 ).</ ref > for biological imaging and the creation of 3D holograms of living organisms.
N. L. Westergaard's Zendavesta, or the religious books of the Zoroastrians ( Copenhagen, 1852 – 54 ) only propagated the error.
" McClellan v. Carland, 217 U. S. 268, 282, 54 L. Ed.
In 1955 during a week for the district tournament, he scored 70 points ( vs. Meridian L ' Ouverture ), 54 ( vs. Arcadia Dunbar ), and 62 ( vs. Mulhall ).
The latter include San Fulgencio ( 80 %), Rojales ( 74 %), Benitatxell ( 69. 8 %), Algorfa ( 69. 7 %), Llíber ( 67 %), Teulada ( 65. 5 %), Daya Vieja ( 64. 4 %); San Miguel de Salinas ( 64. 3 %), Calp ( 62. 8 %), Els Poblets ( 61. 6 %), Alcalalí ( 60. 8 %), Benijófar ( 58. 5 %), L ' Alfàs del Pi ( 56. 6 %), Orba ( 55 %), Xàbia ( 54 %), Torrevieja ( 53. 5 %), Murla ( 52 %), Fondó ( 51. 7 %), and Benidoleig ( 50 %).
pp. 142 – 54 IN: Madsen, Deborah L. ( ed.
* Richter, William L. " General Phil Sheridan, The Historians, and Reconstruction, Civil War History 33 # 2 ( June 1987 ): 131 – 54.
* Revell, L., " Religion and Ritual in the Western Provinces ", Greece and Rome, volume 54, number 2, October 2007.
Depending on market, the NG900 was available with a choice of 2. 0 L or 2. 3 L Saab 16-valve DOHC engines ( Saab engine codes B204, B234 ) in naturally aspirated or turbocharged form ( 2. 0 L only ), as well as a 2. 5 L version of GM's European 54 ° V6 engine.
* 1. 0 L ( 954 cc ) TU9 I4, 50 PS ( 49 hp / 36 kW ) and 54 lb · ft ( 73 N · m )
On average, as of April 2012, state and local taxes add 31. 1 cents to gasoline and 30. 2 cents to diesel for a total US average fuel tax of 49. 5 cents per gallon for gas ( 13. 07 ¢/ L ) and 54. 6 cents per gallon for diesel ( 14. 42 ¢/ L ).
* B3 EGi: 1. 3 L ( 1, 323 cc ) fuel injected 8-valve I4 making 73 hp ( DIN ) ( 54 kW ) at 5000 rpm and 99 ft. lbf ( 135 Nm ) of torque at 3000 rpm
| displacement = 3, 347 in < sup > 3 </ sup > ( 54. 86 L )
* Major General R. N. L Hopkins CBE ( 1951 – 54 )
54 and Special
* The Late Hollywood Silent Film Melodrama Special Issue, Film International, Issue, 54, Volume 9, Number 6 ( 2011 ), Jeffrey Crouse ( editor ).
Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Special Publication No. 54, p. 95 – 126.
Special Issue of ACM Transactions on Information Systems on Keeping, Re-finding and Sharing Personal Information 26 ( 4 ): pp. 30 – 54.
The cliffs themselves are a Site of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSI ), the base of which is London Clay ( 54 million years old ) which is overlaid with a 2 Million years old sandy deposit of Red Crag.
McGrath's storied 26-lap duel with Bill Vukovich in the ill-fated 1955 Indianapolis 500 ended when the magneto on his Hinckle Special Kurtis 500C's Offenhauser ( Meyer-Drake ) engine failed on lap 54.
* July 11-The Scott Special arrives at Dearborn Station in Chicago, Illinois, 44 hours and 54 minutes after departing Los Angeles, California.
He is one of only seven MSU men's basketball players to have his jersey retired, his number 54 hangs in the rafters of the Regional Special Events Center in Murray, Kentucky.
He has also been featured on The Movie Network's Comedy Special Mondo Taboo, CBC-TV's Hour Magazine, CHCH-TV's Comedy at Club 54, MuchMusic and at Comedy Festivals in Toronto, Vancouver, Seattle and Montreal.
Sydney Allard set the sports car record driving Hutchison's V12 Lincoln-engined Allard Special in a time of 54. 35 seconds.
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* In addition, after the removal of 54 Titan IIs from alert status as ICBMs in the mid-1980s, about 50 of them were used as satellite launchers by the U. S. Air Force.
The count as of 5 March 1965 ( the final launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base ( VAFB ): 17 were launched from VAFB ( September 1961 – March 1965 ); one was destroyed in Beale AFB Site 851-C1 silo explosion 24 May 1962 ; 54 were based in Silos with SAC by 20 January 1965 ; 29 were in storage SBAMA ( three at VAFB, one at each Base, including an extra at Lowry = 9 and 20 in storage at SBAMA elsewhere ), a total of 101 production SM vehicles.
It taxied at 9: 54 AM and lifted off at 9: 55 AM flying first to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana.
The review included cutting another 61, 700 active duty service members — 15, 000 in the Army, 26, 900 in the Air Force, 18, 000 in the Navy, and 1, 800 in the Marine Corps, as well as 54, 000 reserve forces, mainly in the Army National Guard, and some 80, 000 civilians department-wide.
At the end of the war, the Indian Air Force claimed that it had shot down 94 PAF aircraft ( including 54 F-86 Sabres ) compared to 44 to 130 the PAF flying 2, 914 combat sorties while the IAF flew 7, 346 combat sorties during the conflict.
After attending Staff College, he was first posted to understudy the Base Air Staff Office ( BASO ) at 55 Base, RAF East Kirkby before taking up his posting as BASO at 54 Base, RAF Coningsby.
54 bombers ( all B-52Ds ) were based at U-Tapao RTAFB, Thailand, while 153 were based at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam ( 55 B-52Ds and 98 B-52Gs ).
The Orbital Manueuvering System ( OMS ) engines were fired at 8: 48 PM PST over the Indian Ocean to deorbit the spaceraft, which landed on Runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base, CA at 9: 54 PM, 10 December 1990 after a mission duration of 8 days, 23 hours, and 5 minutes.
On Wednesday, 20 April 1994, Endeavour landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California, completing its successful 11 day mission at 9: 54 am.
* October 18 – From Dobodura, New Guinea, the Fifth Air Force mounts another raid on Rabaul of about the same size as the October 12 raid, but bad weather hampers the aircraft and only 54 B-25 Mitchell bombers get through.
* October 24 – 62 Fifth Air Force B-25 Mitchells raid Rabaul, escorted by 54 P-38 Lightnings.
* January 28 – 54 Eighth Air Force bombers escorted by 122 fighters strike the V-weapon site at Bonnières, France, without loss.
* July 19 – Seven Royal Air Force Sopwith 2F. 1 Camel fighters from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Furious attack the Imperial German Navy airship base at Tondern, destroying the Zeppelins L 54 and L 60.
* December 4 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 853, a Lockheed Super Constellation with 54 people on board, and Trans World Airlines Flight 42, a Boeing 707-131B carrying 58 people, collide over Carmel, New York, with the Boeings left wing striking the Super Constellations tail.
** 28 Turkish Air Force strike aircraft mistakenly attack the Turkish Navy destroyers Kocatepe, Adatepe, and Mareşal Fevzi Çakmak off Paphos, Cyprus, with 750-lb ( 340-kg ) bombs, sinking Kocatepe with the loss of 54 lives and damaging the other two ships.
* September 1 – The U. S. Air Force SR-71 Blackbird 61-17972, flown by Major James Sullivan ( pilot ) and Major Noel F, Widdifield ( reconnaissance systems officer ), crosses the Atlantic Ocean from New York City to London in a world record 1 hour 54 minutes 56 seconds at an average speed of 1, 806. 96 mph ( 2, 909. 76 km / h ).
* May 10 – An Israeli Air Force Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter crashes in the Jordan Valley during a military exercise, killing all 54 people on board.
* May 11 – Continental Airlines Flight 1760, a Boeing 737-524 with 54 people on board attempting to land through low clouds at Corpus Christi International Airport in Nueces County, Texas, mistakenly lands safely at Cabaniss Field, a part of Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi, Texas, 5. 8 miles ( 9. 3 km ) away.
On April 3, 1996 at age 54, while on an official trade mission, the Air Force CT-43 ( a modified Boeing 737 ) carrying Brown and 34 other people, including New York Times Frankfurt Bureau chief Nathaniel C. Nash, crashed in Croatia.
There were 54 launch attempts of the 3, 000 kilogram satellites, all from Vandenberg Air Force Base, on variants of the Titan III rocket.
Air Service personnel were awarded 611 decorations in combat, including 4 Medals of Honor and 312 Distinguished Service Crosses ( 54 were oak leaf clusters ).
He was awarded the Air Medal for " Meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight as Commanding Officer of Patrol Squadron 54 during the initial selection and survey of US Army and Navy Bases in Newfoundland in September and October 1940.
Soon after, in 1945, Pilatus started producing the P-2 trainer for the Swiss Air Force, of which 54 were built.
The division's soldiers were awarded 10 Medals of Honor, 98 Distinguished Service Crosses, one Distinguished Service Medal, 1, 153 Silver Stars, 116 Legion of Merit medals, one Distinguished Flying Cross, 2, 545 Bronze Star Medals, 54 Soldier's Medals, 34 Air Medals, with duplicate awards of 52 oak leaf clusters, and 15, 000 Purple Hearts.
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