Aerial Warfare Documentation

Documentary images showcasing military aircraft, missions, and airstrip activities during World War II, highlighting operational contexts.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Fields & Installations, War
Aircraft, Burma, India &Fields & Installations, War
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The entire complement of the Seebee's 40th Construction Battalion turned out to see the latest thriller from Hollywood shown in the outdoor theatre on Los Negros, Admiralty Islands.
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Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,CAMOUFLAGE War
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Capt. Robert I. Green Of Long Beach, Calif., Desperately Hangs On To His 'Good Luck' Scarf While Capt. Kent N. Hunt (Center) A Flight Surgeon From San Antonio, Texas Tries To Remove The Neckpiece And Capt. Edwin H. Miller Of Carson City, Nev. Even Offers
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TOP: Balikpapan's enemy fuel output, a maze of warehouses, oil storage tanks and cracking installations, is shown here 8 March 1945. On that day "Jungle Air Force" began its all out strategic bombing of Japanese defensive positions. BOTTOM: Only
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During the tremendous joint Eleventh Air Force and U.S. Navy co-ordinated attack on Kiska Island, July 22, a North American B-25 (Mitchell) medium bomber was shot down, and a water landing executed about two miles east of Reynard Cove.
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Street Scene In Brussels, Belgium, Following The Day The City Was Liberated By The British Armed Forces.
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Decoration Of Tokyo Flyers By Madame Chiang Kai Shek At Chungking, China, June 29, 1942. Enlisted Men Received Military Order Of China From Madame Chiang Kai Shek.
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Lt Ford's Crew Of The 8Th Af's 95Th Bomb Group By Their B-17 "Diana" At Their Base In England, 31 January 1944.
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1St Lt. William F. Haizlip, Leaksville, N.C. Working On Engine Of Airplane.
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Judge Advocate Section Of The 13Th Air Force Based On Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 17 April 1944.
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Aircraft, Burma, India &WRECKS War
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This is a story of what a .303 shell will do to a metal propeller. Compare this with the 20 mm damage.
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Aerial Film Negatives Near The Completion Of Processing As They Pass Through The A-10 Film Dryer Of The 21St Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron In China.
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Standing by the German Gotha-242 Glider are the Troop Carrier Command men who reconstructed it from wreckage piles of several such aircraft left demolished on an airfield in Italy by hastily-evacuating Germans. The reconstruction job, done under
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Bombers of the 8th AAF...
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The Officers' Day Room At The China Base Of 468Th Bomb Group, Xx Bomber Command. The Players, Engaged In An Animated Game Of "Hearts" Have Just Returned From Mission 13 Bombing Raid Over Omura, Japanesean On 25 October 1944. They Are L To R: Lt. Vergin, Sche
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Just like Mom bakes 'em. WACS now in England are on duty in the kitchen of an 8th AF Station. Sgt. Wm. Ziminski, Hempstead, N.Y. gets one of Bakeress T-5 Averil Curtis' Do-nuts. T/5 Curtis is from Weston, West Virginia.
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Consolidated B-24 Liberator 451St Bomb Group
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France - Same Beaches On D-Day. Plane Has Moved To Within 35 Miles Of The Same Coast, Its Position Indicated By Bright Spots In Center Of Scope. Invasion Fleet (Smaller Blobs And Grains) Is Clearly Visible Massed Just Off Shore. (An/Aps-15).
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Col Grant O. Williams, Left, Signal Officer, 1St U.S. Army, Awards The Air Medal To S/Sgt. Roy L. Wilson, Right, Of Greenville, S.C.
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'For Exceptionally Meritorious Conduct In Performing Outstanding Service'...Colonel John G. Armstrong, Whitestone, L.I. New York, 14Th Af A-3, Receives The Legion Of Merit, Fourth Highest U.S. Army Decoration. The Award Was Made By Major General C.L. Che
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Postal Section Of The 13Th Air Force Based On Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 15 April 1944.
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Collection of World War I Photographs, 1914-1918 that depict the military activities of British and other nation's armed forces and personnel during World War I.
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Ground crews of a Thunderbolt (P-47) attach a 500 lb bomb to its belly. Use of the P-47 as a fighter bomber is a new threat to further wreck the bastions of Hitler's ofrtress. The bomb takes the place of the auxiliary gasoline tank carried by the
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China - Capt. William M. Pagle, 24, Of 1321 Caldwell Ave., Fliny, Mich., Is Being Congratulated Upon Being Awarded The Oak Leaf Cluster To The Distinguished Flying Cross. Lt. Colonel John C. Habeck, Commanding Officer Of The 'Assam Dragon' Squadron, 'Fly
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Aircraft, Burma, India &Maintenance,MISCELLANEOUS War
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Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War
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Colonel R.H. Wise Of The 14Th Air Force, Reads A Citation Awarding Major Reginald A. Bisson The Legion Of Merit For Outstanding Service In The Levant Before Coming To China. Witnessing The Ceremony At The 68Th Composite Wing Headquarters Of The 14Th Air
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Natives Cover Officers' Barracks With Palms, Roberts Field, Liberia. May 1943.
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Shot of the smoke being spread on the Bellows Field line, New Guinea by Republic P-47.
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Whenever a heavy bomber...
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A Group Of Multi-Striped Non-Coms Look At Sign In The New Enlisted Men's Recreation Hall At A Base Of The 68Th Composite Wing Of The 14Th Air Force In China. The Sign Reads 'Check Your Rank At The Door, It Doesn't Mean A Damn Thing Here'. They Are, Left
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Hangars At Wideawake Field, Ascension Island. May 1943.
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Taken Jan. 20, 1943: These armorers of the Fleet Air Arm are steadying hundreds of pounds of explosive on their backs as they load a torpedo on one of the aircraft operating form Malta against Axis shipping.
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M/Sgt. W. Hirsch Of Fresno, Calif., Right, And S/Sgt. C.E. Lehman Are Shwon Salvaging Fittings From An Old Chinese Made Belly Tank At An Air Base Somewhere In China.
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Bomb Damage In Northern Italy Caused By Bombs From 15Th Af Bombers. 12 May 1945.
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China -- Dinner Time At A Squadron Officers Mess Hall. Meals Are Prepared By Chinese Cooks Under The Supervision Of An American Officer And Mess Sergeant. Most Mess Halls Are Gaily Decorated To Add A Home Atmosphere, And 308Th Bomb Group Mess Halls Are No
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Member Of Ground Crew Lubricates Spakr Plugs At Parnamirim Field, Natal, Brazil. May 1943.
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North American B-25 crew viewing nickname "Midge" (Earthquaker) and insignia on their plane. EGYPT.
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The lighter comes roaring back across the field again, he chooses the same two planes as his target and again his guns rake the Luftwaffe planes from stem to stern. Puffs of dust from the hits obscure the first plane and move relentlessly back and
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Top Photo American Low Pressure Chamber At Combat Crew Replacement Center #1, Viii Bomber Command. This Chamber Is Used For The Indoctrination Of Flying Personnel In The Physiology Of High Altitude. Such A Chamber Is Also Used As A Diagnostic Aid In Dif
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Newest and most unique partner in the tactical reonnaissance team is the 155th photo reconnaissance squadron, specializers in the night photography shown here. Caught in the act of advancing from Germany into Belgium is a Nazi convoy on the night of
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25Th Statistical Control Unit Of The 13Th Air Force Based On Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 20 April 1944.
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Frankfurt, Germany After A Bombing Attack.
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Col Grant O. Williams, Left, Signal Officer, 1St U.S. Army, Awards The Air Medal To S/Sgt. Thomas W. Watson, Right, Of Brookfield, Mo.
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LOS NEGROS ISLANDS-Cpl Joe Z. Huntly, Chula Vista, California, checks the air compressor unit on the oxygen tank.
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Destruction Of Plauen: Civilians Carry Belongings Thru Plauen, Germany, Heavily Bombed By Allied Planes On 5Th And 6Th April 1945.
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Aircraft, Burma, India &RECREATION War
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Bomb Damage In Northern Italy Caused By Bombs From 15Th Af Bombers. 12 May 1945.
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Air-Sea Rescue Practice.
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THESE MEN BOMBED JAPAN, April 18, 1942. 3578 A.C.
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Native Court In Session. Roberts Field, Liberia, Africa. June 1943.
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Bell And Howell 16Mm Film Printer At The General Staff Aerial Photo Processing Lab Of The 65Th Fighter Wing, Saffron-Walden, Essex, England.
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Base Gym, 20 July 1945, Santa Maria, Azores.
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Collection of World War I Photographs, 1914-1918 that depict the military activities of British and other nation's armed forces and personnel during World War I.
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Plotting Table In The Operations Room Of The 65Th Fighter Wing, Saffron-Walden, Essex, England.
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Colonel William H. Blanchard, Chelsea, Massachusetts, C.O. Of The 20Th Bomber Command's 40Th Bomb Group, Explains A Point In The Enemy Ground Positions At The Briefing For The Raid On Okayama, Formosa, 14 October 1944. China.