B-17 and B-25 Bomber Repairs

Images of WWII bombers undergoing maintenance and repairs, including B-17s and B-25s, showcasing mechanical work and the impact of aerial attacks.

A Member Of The 439Th Troop Carrier Looks Over A Captured German Junkers Piggy Back Plane Junkers Ju 88 And Focke Wulf Fw 190 At An Air Base Somewhere In France. 4 May 1945.

All that remains of a North American B-25 Mitchell of the 340th Bomb Group, after a Nazi aerial attack on an airfield at Corsica. 1944.

Boeing B-17 "Flying ofrtress" with left horizontal stabilizer damaged by falling bomb.

Mechanics Repair The Consolidated B-24 "Lady Lynn" Of The 63Rd Bomb Squadron, 43Rd Bomb Group, At An Airbase Near Nadzab, New Guinea. 1944.

Maintenance Men Of The 92Nd Bomb Group At Work On A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, England, 29 November 1943.

Maintenance Men Repair An Engine On The Boeing B-17 'Grinnin Bearit' Of The 92Nd Bomb Group At An Air Base Somewhere In France. 10 August 1945.

A Member Of The 439Th Troop Carrier Looks Over A Captured German Junkers Piggy Back Plane Junkers Ju 88 And Focke Wulf Fw 190 At An Air Base Somewhere In France. 4 May 1945.

A fork lift truck and pallet used for Vultee L-5 from a C-46 "Commando." Nichols Field, Philippine Islands-30 June 1945.

Mechanics Of The 464Th Fighter Squadron, 507Th Fighter Group, Ready Republic P-47 'Thunderbolts' For The Growing Aaf Offensive Against Japanesean. This Unit Is A Comparatively New Group, Based On Ie Shima, Ryukyu Retto.

Whenever a heavy bomber returns to this Boeing B-17 Flying ofrtress base in a crippled condition from a bombing attack over Germany, members of the ground crew are always on the spot to make the necessary repairs. As soon as this plane landed with

Cairo, Egypt-U.S. Army Douglas C-47's in the Middle East used for transporting Army personnel and supplies to the fighting men at the front.

Algiers, Algeria-13 July 1943. The only returning members of a Mitchell B-25 crew, which came back from Gerbini with 500 holes, examine some of the more serious damage to their ship. Left to right: 1st Lt. Claude A. Weaver, Brewton, Ala., co-pilot

Kuma class cruiser taking...

ITALY-Home from a mission, a French flown Martin B-26 taxies to its dispersal point. Ground crewmen gather to hear details of the flight.

Major John C. Herbst, Ace of the 23rd Fighter Group, 14th AF, and his North American P-51, "Tommy's Dad".

A Front View Of A Japaneseanese Four Engine Land Bomber. Atsugi, Japanesean, 5 September 1945.

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A sturdy Republic P-47 "Thunderbolt", ready to go on a minute's notice. This plane, along with the P-38 "Lightning", escorted ofrts and Liberators to the Wilhelmshaven Naval Base Nov. 3.

North Africa-Control mountings, which guided this plane on her missions shown painted on fuselage, are removed from pilots section to be reclaimed for stock, and reissue. Parts such as these are one of the most important taken from grounded aircraft.

TAKE OFF-A Republic P-47 of the First Brazilian Fighter Squadron in Italy heads for enemy lines. Though the Squadron has been in action for a few brief months, its record is impressive. Feb. 1945.

Broken Back Of The Luftwaffe Is Aptly Portrayed By This Ju-88 At Brunswick, Germany.

Boeing B-17 Gets An Engine Warm Up Prior To Taking Off On A Raid Over Germany, At An Airfield In Framlingham, England. 10 February 1944.

American troops unloading Aussie & Japanese rifles from a C-47

Useable Parts Are Salvaged From A Disabled Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Of The 390Th Bomb Group At An 8Th Air Force Base In England. 28 July 1943.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,GLIDERS War

Cause of crash landing of North American B-25. Locked brake on wheel of landing gear, 14 mile strip near Port Moresby.

Major General Earle E. Partridge Seated In The Cockpit Of A North American P-51 Of The 353Rd Fighter Group, While On Inspection Tour Of The Group At An Airbase In England.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,ARMAMENT War

An Eighth Fighter Command North American P-51 Mustang armorer cleans the barrel of one of the four .50 caliber machine guns set in the wings of the plane. His pilot has just landed from one combat mission over France and the guns must be cleaned

Douglas C-47S Of The 9Th Troop Carrier Command Have Just Landed At Le Bourget Field, France With Wounded Casualties. The Waiting Ambulances Will Take These Wounded To Nearby Hospitals For Treatment. 18 April 1945.

Salvaged Lockheed P-38 "Lightnings" at Shemya Island, Aleutian Islands.

Wreckage of U.S. Air Force planes lines the runway at the Lingayen Air Strip, Luzon, Philippine Islands. 20 May 1945.

T/Sgt. Robert N. Nash, Rapid City, Sd., Installs Rocket Tubes Onto A P-47 Fighter Bomber At This Advanced First Tac Af Fighter Field In France. The Tenacious, Hard-Hitting P-47S Strafing And Bombing The Enemy On This Front, Press Home The Air War With Tr

Douglas C-47s parked on an airstrip at Cape Gloucester, New Britain. 6 February 1944.

Burma - 27 Jan 45 - Wounded British Soldier Is Loaded On Vultee L-5 Plane To Be Flown To India For An Emergency Operation. He Was Wounded On Ramree Island And Had Both Feet Shattered By Mortar Fire And A Bullet In His Brain.

This German FW 190 crash...

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,ARMAMENT War

Tunis, Tunisia-This Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress," piloted by 1st Lt. Kenneth R. Bragg of Savannah, Georgia, was on a bombing mission over Tunis on 1 February 1943 when a ME 109 dove at the ship. The Fortress fired on the attacking plane and

S/Sgt. Michael Volp Of Valley Stream, Long Island, New York, Crew Chief Of A Republic P-45 'Thunderbolt' Catches A 'Catnap' On The Wing Of His Plane. Ie Shima, Ryukyu Retto.

Men Of The 14Th Air Force Ground Crew Siphon High Octane Gasoline From Full Drums Into The Gas Tank Of A Republic P-47 At A Base Somewhere In China. Note Chinese Guards Standing By The Plane. August 1944.

North American B-25's of the 9th Air Force, come in over wrecked Nazi planes to land at their base in North Africa. 1943.

FRANCE--Bristling with .50 caliber guns, 500-pound H.E. bombs, and a 100-pound white phosphorous bomb, this Republic P-47 Thunderbolt of the First TAC AF is ready for another mission against Germany. Assistant crew chief Cpl. Percy M. Freer, Winlock

A Grader, Operated By A Member Of An Engineer Aviation Battalion, Levels Area On Ie Shima, Ryukyu Retto. 1945.

Curtiss P-40S Land At Munda Field, New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands After It Was Captured By The American Forces. 14 August 1943.

A pilot of the 90th Photographic Reconnaissance Wing, poses on the wing of his Lockheed F-5 at an air base somewhere in North Africa.

Bullet Holes In The Fuselage Of A North American B-25 After A Mission That Ended In A Forced Landing On One Wheel At Its Base In China. 12 December 1942.

1St Lt. William S. Davis (Center), P-51 Pilot From Camilla, Georgia Chats With Cpl. Oda D. Stanford, Armorer From Raymond, Washington, And S/Sgt. Carl K. Wood, Crew Chief From Richmond, Virginia, After Returning To His Base In England From A Mission Again

When The Boeing B-29 (A/C/ No. 263395) Of The 468Th Bomb Group, Xx Bomber Command, Returning To Its Home Base In China After Bombing Enemy Installations At Muken, Manchuria, Was About Thirty Feet From The Runway, The Plane Dropped Almost Straight Down To

Italy - Fire Fighters Of The Air Service Command Work Their Way Into The Base Of Flames That Were Fast Consuming The Wing Of A 15Th Af Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Despite The Damage Caused By A Fire Of Unknown Origin, The Fort Will Fly Again.

G.I. Mechanics Of An Aircraft Assembly Squadron In Italy And Italian Laborers Prepare A Wing Of The Heinkel 111 For Shipment To The United States. The German Bomber Landed In Italy.

Claiming speed record for P-47 engine change, these 9th AF mechanics in Belgium did job in 4 1/2 hours. L. to R. are M/Sgt. Ernest Worle, Lewiston, Idaho, Sgt. Bill Schiering, Mt. Healthy, Ohio, and S/Sgt. Rom Zimbleman, Philipsburg, Kansas.

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Aerial View Of North American P-51 "Mustangs" Of The 78Th Fighter Group On The Line At 8Th Air Force Station F-357 In Duxford, England. 7 June 1945.

Sea Bird Makes Ready. This image depicts a group of U.S. Coast Guard officers preparing for a routine patrol over the Atlantic coast.

A Formation Of Curtis C-46 Commandos Of The 9Th Troop Carrier Command Passes Over An Allied Airfield Somewhere In France. 21 March 1945.

On 13 November 1943, a North American B-25 skidded while landing on the runway at Alexai Point, Attu, Aleutian Islands, and cut into the tail of another B-25 which was taxiing for a take-off. Here, a member of the 11th Air Force examines the damage

Crew Members Of The 51St Troop Carrier Wing Turn Over The Props Before They Leave Their Italian Bases, Carrying British Paratroopers Into Greece. They Went In Unarmed, But Escorted. Veterans Of Many Balkan Missions, They Have Evacuated 10,000 Partisan A

Ordnance Men Prepare To Load A 500 Lb. Bomb Under A Wing Of The Republic P-47 'Patricia Baby' Of The 353Rd Fighter Group At A Base In England, April 1944.

MAIN CAPTION: Highly-trained units of the Chinese forces have occaisionally taken to the air as a means of transportation to vital areas of the Far Eastern war front. Transport planes of the India-China Wing, U.S. Army Air forces Air Transport

Empty gas drum unloaded from Consolidated B-24 of the 15th AAF in Lyons. Barrel will soon be filled with gas pumped out of Liberator wing tank.

All that remains of a Consolidated B-24 "Liberator" of the 340th Bomb Group, after a Nazi aerial attack on an airfield at Corsica. 1944.

On 6 March 1944, Preparrations Were Underway For Transportation By Douglas C-47 Of Troops, Mules And Equipment From The 1St Air Commando Base At Hailakandi, India, To The Prepared Field At 'Broadway', Burma. This Mule Is Being Led On Easily.

Wreckage Of A United States Plane Caused By A Japanese Attack On Yonton Field, Okinawa On 24 May 1945. There Were 12 Planes That Made An Attempt To Land On The Field And Demolish Aircraft With Hand Grenades, Magnetic Mines, Knee Mortars And Various Forms Of E

Armorers Of The 525Th Bomb Squadron, 379Th Bomb Group Load A Bomb On A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" In Preparation For A Mission Over Enemy Territory. 29 February 1944, England.

ENGLAND-Silhouetted against the sky in the early morning light of dawn this 9th AF Marauder crew is ready for a new mission which will further a bit more the day of complete victory. This photo was made by W. Wedon J. Allen, 2624 University Drive

Aircraft, Burma, India &PHOTOGRAPHY, MOTIONPICTURES War

FRANCE-Ninth Air force crewmen clear the snow off their Martin B-26 Marauders in preparation for another assault against roads, bridges, and towns constituting von Rundstedt's supply and communications networks. Systematic hammering of these targets

Aircraft, Burma, India &Troops & PARATroops,MEIKTILA War

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One Of The Men Injured During The Japaneseanese Attack On Broadway Field, Burma Is Placed In An Ambulance At Hailakandio, Assam, India, During The Evacuation Of The Wounded. 1St Air Commando Force.

Ground crews working on last-minute check-ups at a North American P-51 Mustang base of the U.S. 8th Air force just before the powerful fighters took off on a mission over Germany. Through the camera's eyes, the Mustang, "Mama", gives the impression

When The Boeing B-29 (A/C No. 265252) Was Taking Off From Its Base In India For A Flight Over The Hump, Its Electrical System Blew Out As A Result Of A Sudden Surge Of Power From The Generators. The Pilot, 1St Lt. William R. Mcguire, Circled The Field Fo

Lt. Colonel Wilson R. Wood Of Chico, Texas, An Officer Who Rose From Private To Lt. Colonel In Five Years, Is Shown At The Controls Of A Martin B-26 At An Airbase Near Colchester, England. Colonel Wood Is Commander Of The B-26 Group And Has Flown Over 15

Men unload supplies from Douglas C-47's at Nadzab Airstrip in New Guinea. 11 September 1943.

Bombing results on Bengasi...

Bell 39's Are Assembled In Hangar "B" By Men Of The 2Nd Air Base Group At An Airfield In Iceland, 2 February 1942.

Gunnery Practice Is One Of The Most Important Phases In A Fighter Pilots Training. Here Is A Lockheed P-38 Making A Strafing Pass At A Stationary Target At An Air Base In Panama.

Martin B-26 damaged by flak. They come home when flak damage is no worse than this. U.S. planes, while tough, are not as AA-proof as some manufacturers' advertisements indicate so it pays to take all possible anti-flak measures. This B-26

Sousse, Tunisia-Paratroops boarding plane on Karouan Airfield.

Gen. Williams looks over dinghy with sail up which was on display as part of operational equipment; men in flying gear are lined up under wing of Boeing B-17. Maj. Louis Magee, Adjutant, is on the right and Col. Claude Putnam, Group Commander, is in

Aircraft engine being changed by the 386th Air Service Squadron on Lingayen Airstrip, Luzon Island, Philippine Islands. 27 April 1945.

The Crew Of The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Receives Last Minute Instructions Before Taking Off From The 91St Bomb Group Base At Bassingbourne, England On Another Mission Over Berlin, Germany, 1944.

Brig. Gen. Ned Schramm Of Miami, Fla., And Seattle, Wash., Pictured Awarding The Air Medal To 9Th Air Force Fliers At A P-61 Black Widow Night Fighter Base Somewhere In France. 8 October 1944.

The Escort Ship which accompanied the "Memphis Belle" on her way home to America, after 25 operational flights.

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The Nazi pilot of this ME-109 dared to fly over the American sector in Normandy. He was hit and shot down by U.S. Army 9th Air Force fighters. Credit for the kill was given to the Mustang Fighter Group led by Col. George Bickell, instead of to any

Boeing B-29 "Superfortresses"' Of The 21St Bomber Command, Parked On The Line At An Airfield On Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands.

The pilot of this glider of the 52nd Troop Carrier Wing which participated in maneuvers over Sicily in 1943, looks for a good spot to land his glider at Ponte Olivo Airfield.

6' Barbette carriage model 1900 with shield removed , Arms & armament. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Preparing to take off 2nd Lt. Helio Carlos Cox, Rio de Janeiro, is serving as a pilot of a Republic P-47 with the First Brazilian Fighter Squadron in Italy. Lt. Cox got his Anglo-Saxon surname from his British Grandfather.

Vultee L-5 'Sentinels' Lined Up On An Air Strip In Burma In Preperation For An Air Show. 1 August 1945.

This Jap transport plane "Topsy" was found in spite of the Japanese attempt to hide it. Philippine Islands.

Wrecked U.S. Planes After Japanese Air Attack On Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto, On The Night Of 24 May 1945. Some Of The Damage Was Caused By The Demolition Squadron Of Japaneses That Poured Out Of "Suicide Sally" - The Only One That Got Close To The Fiel

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American-Russian Ground Crew Personnel Repair One Of The Engines On A Consolidated B-24 'Liberator' At Poltava Airbase, One Of The Shuttle Mission Base In Russia. 8 January 1945.

Overall view of the airdrome at Maison Blanch, Algeria, taken 24 November 1943. 36th Air Depot Group.

Poised for another strike at German targets, ranging from rail lines and bridges to troop concentration and positions, P-47 Thunderbolts fighter-bombers of a crack 9th Air force unit crowd a runway awaiting the take-off signal. In a year of

Philippine Islands. M/Sgt. Wainman, Vultee L-5 pilot posing next to his plane which is used to evacuate wounded men from forward areas. These L-5 ambulance planes were donated by civilian groups in the states. This particular plane was

Lt. Colonel Burton R. Baldwin, Tracy, Calif., Looks Over The Shattered Tail Of His B-17, Photo Reconnaissance Plane, Which Was Damaged During The Historical Airborne Invasion Of Wesel, Germany. 16 April 1945.

Douglas C-47 transport planes of the 1st Air Commando Group in Burma lined up for action.

The Consolidated B-24 "Liberator," "Jita", At An Airfield On Funafuti Island, Ellice Islands, April 1943.

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