Air Force Operations in WWII

Vintage images of bomber crews and aircraft mechanics preparing for missions, highlighting teamwork and the intensity of war efforts in the 1940s.

Two Members Of The 439Th Troop Carrier Group Examine Flak Damage On A Douglas C-47 At An Air Base Somewhere In England. 7 June 1944.

Men Of The 386Th Bomb Group Examine Film Which Was Exposed During A Mission Over Europe On 7 May 1944. The Group Is Based At Great Dunmow, Essex, England.

When Scores Of B-24S Began Arriving At An Asc Depot In England, All Requiaring The Removal Of Their Landing Gear Struts For A Bearing Race Modification, Mechanics Were Compelled To Clamber On Wooden Platforms, Propped Under The Wings, In Order To Remove T

DN-SN-85-07574. Base: USS Enterprise (CVN 65)

Lt. Lucille V. Tarney, flying nurse of a 9th MS Air Force evacuation unit, is shown caring for a soldier patient as he is flown in a Troop Carrier transport to a general hospital. Lt. Tarney's home is in Hinsdale, N.H. Prior to entering the Air Corps

Col. Elliott Roosevelt, commanding officer of the photo reconnaissance outfit in North Africa is shown here checking maps with one of his ace pilots, Lt. Col. Frank L. Dunn, Riverside, Calif.

DN-SN-88-02226. Base: USS Meyerkord (FF 1058)

AE-22 Mauna Kea , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Still faintly visible under the roundel of the French Air Force is the star of the U.S.A.A.F. Frenchmen for months have flown with the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces, now under the command of Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker. Proof positive that other Marauder

The Royal Navy during the Second World War The coxwain at the wheel of HMS VERVAIN whilst on active service. Another sailor can be seen behind them.

North Africa Pix - Massicault, Tunisia. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

A member of a repair party stands over a hatch to feed more hose into a compartment during a firefighting drill aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). The LINCOLN's crew is receiving refresher training under the supervision of personnel from Fleet Training Group, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Country: Caribbean Sea

Anefo photo collection. Mn Merchant Navy / Anefo London series. Indonesian crew Dutch merchant ship deals maintenance. 10, 1943. Britain

A corporal driver to the maneuvering Submarine hunter Hr.Ms. Utrecht (D 817), 1958.

Aircraft, Burma, India &PHOTOGRAPHY, CAMERAS,STILL War

Trip to Bermuda: arrival at Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda, 12:55PM. White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff set up communications equipment for President John F. Kennedy's arrival in Bermuda from Palm Beach, Florida. Kindley Air Force Base, St. David's Island, Bermuda.

Lt. Bullock, Navigator Of The 322Nd Bomb Squadron, 91St Bomb Group, Seated At His Position On Board His Boeing B-17 Based At An 8Th Air Force Station In England. 2 May 1943.

On 18 April 1942, Airmen Of The U.S. Army Air Forces, Led By Lt. Colonel James H. (Jimmy) Doolittle, Carried The Battle Of The Pacific To The Heart Of The Japaneseanese Empire With A Surprising And Daring Raid On Military Targets At Tokyo, Yokohama, Yokosuka,

Anefo photo collection. Mn Merchant Navy / Anefo London series. Indonesian sailor paints lifeboat. 10, 1943. Britain

Trip to Bermuda: arrival at Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda, 12:55PM. White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff set up communications equipment for President John F. Kennedy's arrival in Bermuda from Palm Beach, Florida. Joseph W. Culbreth stands at far left. Kindley Air Force Base, St. David's Island, Bermuda.

V 6693. Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogshamn (depicted, City)

Franklin Roosevelt - General Scenes. November 23, 1940. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Anefo photo collection. Visit from Z. K. H. Prins Bernhard to Waddinxveen. Arrival Prince Bernhard per Helicopter in Waddinxveen. March 28, 1961. Waddinxveen, South Holland

A parachute rigger will attach this parachute arrestor to the tail of a glider participating in the 52nd Troop Carrier Wing maneuvers at Comiso Airfield in Sicily. 1943.

Sleeping arrangements in the shell of the Douglas C-47 which wrecked in Cathedral Valley, Alaska. Priority on space was given the three injured men. Large weather maps furnished insulation beneath sleeping bags.

A Bomb Trainer Of The 401St Bomb Group At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 8 November 1944.

This most unusual photograph of a bombardier is of 1st Lt. Arnold C. Swain of Asheville, North Carolina, veteran of 19 raids over enemy-occupied Europe. He is shown in his Martin B-26 Marauder bombardier compartment prior to another take-off for a

Sailor aboard a United States destroyer paints another Japanese flag on the windshield around the wing of the bridge. This destroyer claims two Japanese ships sunk and five enemy planes knocked down by anti-aircraft fire. March 23, 1943. (Photo by Official US Navy Photograph).

Personnel by carriage after train accident.

Block Lines For Censor -- Cross-Section of a Sub. - Naval officers examining the interior of one of the Jap midget subs. One will be exhibited in Sydney towards the end of next week. July 18, 1942.

Twelve (12) views of Shuttle emergency training in JSC, Bldg. 9A. Training Officer R. Terry Neal with Astronaut Gerald P. Carr. 1. Astronaut Gerald P. Carr 2. Terry Neal JSC, Houston, TX

The torpedo room.SB page between the tubes seen aft .. Kockums AB (depicted name), shark (depicted name)

Australian-made 3.7-inch anti-aircraft guns, in practice show on the Australian coast have demonstrated their high quality these modern weapons are quickly moving down Australia's production lines. In the Army Inspection Bond, 3.7-inch anti-aircraft are painted, checked before and after proof, packed and ***** to emplacements in various parts of Australia. July 11, 1950.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Maintenance,MISCELLANEOUS War

Air Force Personnel Operate Teletype Machines At 7Th Photo Tech. Squadron Headquarters At An Air Base Somewhere In India. 25 October 1944.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Duffel coated bluejackets (Royal Marines) hoisting a depth charge on to its thrower on deck in the snow at Rosyth.

Captured German Gliding Bomb, England. 10 September 1944.

DN-SN-88-09245. Base: Naval Air Station, Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

Capt. Kirke B. Everson Sitting In The Cockpit Of His North American P-51 Mustang. Seated On The Wing Of The Plane Is His Crew Chief. England - 29 April 1945.

DF-SN-86-12633. Base: Arnold Air Force Station State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DD-833 Thomas , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

German Me 163 Rocket Plane, Shown In Hangar At German Airfield In Poltzen, Germany, Near Leipzig, Which Was Overrun And Captured By Combat Command A, 9Th Armored Division, 1St Us Army. Camouflaged Planes Were Found In Woods Around Airfield, But Most Of T

Members of the 2nd Army Airways Communications Wing direct airplane take-off and landings from the control tower at Mellaha, Tripolitania, Libya. 14 May 1945.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Operations War

A G.I. Reads The Latest Edition Of 'Yank' While Getting A Trim At The 386Th Bomb Group Barber Shop At A Base In England On 18 August 1943.

T/5 Alfred Walker Of New York City, Working With The Psychological Warfare Bureau, Works On A Layout Map Somewhere In Italy. This Map, Published In The American Propaganda Leaflet, "Frontpost" Was Used To Show The German Soldiers Where The Front Lines We

Pilots in the 1940s. A group of swedish pilots are studying the map together prior their flying assignment. They are pilots at the swedish airforce school of pilots at Grangärde. Sweden February 1942

Removal of Ill Seaman from Tanker SS Gulf Service. This image depicts a rescued seaman disembarking from a Coast Guard rescue helicopter.

Men Assemble An M-26 Parachute Flare At A 379Th Bomb Group Base In England. 18 December 1943.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Poerwokerto - Banjoemas - Wirasaba. Repair and construction of Wirasaba airport at Klampok. January 31, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Artwork: "Thunderbirds '81" Artist: Jeanette Syprzak. Country: Unknown

Anefo photo collection. Arrival HR. Ms. Kortenaer 1945. Sailor with package with magazines "The Pen Gun" comes from Liège. October 10, 1945. Amsterdam

Sgt. R.G. Stallmeyer, 321 Trevor St., Covington, Ky, A Ground Crewman At A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Base In The 15Th Af, Italy, Is Framed By A 150 Pound Airplane Tires As He Rolls Another One. The Pictured Shows Two Good Reasons For Rationing Tires

France - 1St Lt. Charles O'Mahoney, 21 Year Old Martin B-26 Marauder Pilot From Crafton, Pa., Illustrates How He And His Crewmembers Dress For Their Flights Over Germany. From The Fundamental 'Long-Johns' To The Complete Toggery, Lt. O'Mahoney Wears Equi

Photograph of a Coast Guardsman Gazing at a Batch of Invasion Equipment Taken Aboard His LST for the Channel Crossing to the French Invasion Coast. Do You Drive It or Milk It Coast Guardsman James Bottorff, Seaman Second Class, of Miami, Florida, gazes in bewilderment at a batch of invasion equipment taken aboard his LST for the Channel Crossing to the French invasion coast. Some one told him that when the jeep breaks down, you hop on the motorcycle; and when the motorcycle breaks down, you hop on the bicycle. What, James No roller skates.

1LT Henry Morrow conducts a tour of the F-111F aircraft for Sarah Jane Walker, a handicapped girl visiting the air base through a program initiated by the Norwich Police Department. Looking on is Cliff Ling, a police constable. Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

Cpl. Margaret G. Curry Of Yelm, Washington, A Member Of The 12Th Replacement Control Depot At Ston, England, Leaves In Her Patrol Car For M.P. Duty. 30 July 1943. Or Cpl. Marie G. Curry Of Yelm, Washington, A Member Of The 12Th Replacement Control Depot

Poll photo collection. Soldiers in Amersfoort. Soldier on guard. undated. Amersfoort

"Tomahawk" fighter. September 23, 1940. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Anefo photo collection. The Israeli peace pilot Abie Nathan paints his Netherlands ship white, Amsterdam Abie Nathan with painting volunteers. June 16, 1969. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Officers under instruction repairing a marine condenser in the college fitting shop at the Royal Naval Engineering College, Keyham, Devonport. Here officers are trained for the engineering branch of the Royal Navy.

Coast Guard Navigation. This Coast Guard watch officer, a graduate of the Coast Guard Academy at New London, Conn. Connecticut, takes a bearing on the bridge of a Coast Guard patrol vessel in the Atlantic as the ship maintains its anti-submarine patrol to keep the sea lanes free of enemy submarines and safe for merchant shipping. The U.S. Coast Guard is performing a multitude of jobs in this global war.

Anefo photo collection. Conference large 4 Berlin Allied Cont. Comm. The Russians bring their own typewriters. January 18, 1954. West-Berlin, West Germany

Rolls of film, taken on a photo reconnaissance mission over Leyte, Philippine Islands, is shown here being developed in the laboratory at a base somewhere in New Guinea. The film will later be used to plot target maps for a future mission.

Keith Smith (abc). September 18, 1953.

A Meteorologist Prepares A Weather Map For The 379Th Bomb Group Based In England. 11 August 1944.

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship (DEMS) ratings from merchant ships in Colombo harbour practice in the Dome Attack Teacher where films of aircraft are projected on the domed walls and ceiling at the Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship Gunnery Training School. Great realism is achieved by the addition of a sound track. Here DEMS gunners of the Allied nations keep up to date with the weapons and methods used to defend their ships. Men from the Ceylon garrison artillery and Ceylon NVR also use the battle training school.

Photo collection prints Anefo Rousel. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection of photo collection prints Anefo Rousel, photo number 157-0539. 1956

S/Sgt. Herbert Houston, Johnston City, Tenn., Aerial Gunner, Receives Excellent Medical Treatment At An 8Th Bomber Command Hospital Somewhere In England.

Lt. Com. G.L. Carden

Col. Geo. T. Bartlett

British Equipment at An American Airfield- Anglo-american Co-operation in Wartime Britain, 1943 Private A Steinberg, an ex-waiter from Manhattan, New York, services a B17 Flying Fortress using oxygen from British-made tanks and a British oxygen regulator at an airfield, somewhere in Britain. The name 'Teddy' can be seen on the fuselage of the aircraft.

Anefo photo collection. Navy Navy Anefo London series. board Dutch cruiser southwest Pacific Ocean. infirmary, ship's doctor provides crew injured head heavy weather. beds infirmary headphones listen radio broadcasts. doctor recently operated sailor American merchant ship blind gut. Ten days later, restored patient land .. {1940-1945}

"Idalize" The Insignia On A Boeing B-17 Of The 303Rd Bomb. Group Stationed In England, 15 Sept. 1944.

Maj. McFadden, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Parachutists in action during the 2nd police action. Parachutist looks into the camera aboard a plane. December 19, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Even Though The Rate Of Occurrence Of Frostbite Has Declined In Recent Months The Total Number Of Cases Of Frostbite Has Increased Because Of The Expansion Of The Air Forces In This Theatre, And The Increase In The Number Of Men Who Have Been Dispatched O

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command 'Pinocchio', a veteran Halifax of No 102 Squadron at Pocklington, has the bomb symbol for its 26th operation painted on its fuselage by a member of the ground crew, April 1943. The ice cream cornets represent raids on Italian targets and the key indicates the aircraft's 21st operation.

Leading Torpedoman, 1937.Artist: WA & AC Churchman

The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Lady Luck" Of The 401St Bomb Group At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 11 November 1944.

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