Eighth Air Force Operations

Images of aircraft and bomb missions from the Eighth Air Force during World War II, showcasing bomb drops, plane modifications, and service operations.

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 8th Air Force drops tight concentrations of bombs on Darmstadt marshalling and railway workshop target area in western Germany.

With A Steel Bar And Sledge Hammers, A Hole Is Drilled Into A Rock. A Small Amount Of Gunpowder Is Detonated In The Hole To Split The Rock Into Small, Usable Pieces For Construction Of Airfield At Tushan, China.

Interior Of Enlisted Men's Mess Hall At Advanced B-29 Base In China. These Men Have Just Returned From Mission 13 Bombing Raid On The Omura Aircraft Plant On 25 October 1944.

Lt. Winkleman Demonstrating The Use Of A G-Suit. England - 10 August 1944.

EIGHTH AAF SERVICE COMMAND STATION-Here is a closeup of Hitler's newest headache. It's the auxiliary "jettisonable" gasoline tank and Eighth AAF Service Command technicians are shown locking it into place under a wing of a Lockheed Lightning. With

The Vultee L-5 plane in the foreground has just landed at the base in Poashan, China. In the background are the tents from which operation and maintenance is directed.

Lt. Duncan Couldn't Get The Wheels Of His P-40 Fighter Plane Down, Causing Him To Make His Second Crash Landing. He Came Out Of His Plane Smiling.

"Chug-A-Lug," famed Consolidated B-24 Liberator of the veteran 98th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force is shown returning from her last mission. Outstanding among her 105 missions were her three raids to Ploesti. She is now on her way to the states on a bomb

Prints Are Fed Into The Developer By The Printing Room Personnel Of The 21St Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron In China.

Lockheed P-38 makes a wet landing after raid on Attu.

Sgt. Tegstrom fills his truck from a German water tank left by the fleeing Nazis.

Lt. Estersohn's Crew Of The 486Th Bombardment Group In England.

A group of pilots of the 332nd Fighter Group, 15th Air Force, Italy, "shoot the breeze" in the shadow of one of the North American P-51's they fly. L to R: Lt. Dempsey W. Morgan Jr., 3062 Colfax St., Detroit, Mich., Lt. Carroll S. Woods, Rt. 4

Another plane that was blasted on July 30 1943 by Maj. Roberts. It is on fire.

Hits from the fighters blazing guns obscure the tracks of the troop carrier as the plane presses home the attack.

AIR SUPPORT COMMAND, 12TH ARMY AIR FORCE--Ornate ceremonies and full dress uniforms are out of the question when a fighter-bomber group is busy pounding German front-line troops in Italy, but an occasional simple ceremony can be sandwiched in between

Boeing B-29 Returns Home To A China Airbase From The 17 October 1944 Raid On Formosa And Taxies To Its Revetment.

Manus Island, part of the Admirality Group-Photo shows the accuracy of bombing. Bomb can be seen right at roof, showing a perfect hit.

Crew of a Boeing B-17. In waist gun window, left to right: S/Sgt. Hyman L. Pont, waist-gunner, 363 New York Avenue, Brooklyn, New York and S/Sgt. Roger E. Reinhart, waist-gunner, Milan, Ohio. Standing, left to right: 1st Lt. Wilbert A. Riemer

The final, homey touch, a doorbell, announces callers to "Ye Olde Squirrel Cafe." It's one of the best tents in any "Jungle Air Force" camp.

As thousands of Allied naval craft ferried to and from the beachhead in Northern France, a Martin B-26 Marauder of the U.S. Army 9th AF took this picture while enroute to bomb railway yards at Avranches, France.

Barracks For Transients At Accra Air Base, Accra, Gold Coast, Africa. June 1943.

A North American P-51 "Mustang" Of The 51St Fighter Group In A Revetment At Nanning Air Base In China.

Tec/3 Orren R. Glover, of the Field Artillery Battalion, a mechanic with the 103d division, air O.P. checks new air strip for looseness. The strip is a new innovation; burlap bags are laid on the ground and covered with so-called chicken wire

An Eighth Aaf Bomber Command Station, England - S/Sgt. Paul A. Vrabeck, 24, Of Clarksburg, Wv, Lounges Comfortably By The Twin .50 Calibre Tail Guns Of The 8Th Aaf "Flying Fortress" 'Sweater Girl' In Which He Has Flown 25 Times Against The Nazis. The Aaf

A Chinese Surveyor Gives Instructions During Construction Of An Airbase In Chengkung, China.

Operations Room Of The 65Th Fighter Wing, Saffron-Walden, Essex, England.

Capt. Sandy Sanford of New York and an Italian custodian on the burned and rusted deck of the former Italian liner Countes De Savai. The Italian tells how a 200-lb bomb went through the deck and was followed by load of fire bombs.

Europe-Gun camera photo...

ITALY-Sgt Virgil A. Smith, Danville, Ohio, using his specially designed wrench for tightening push rod housing gland nuts on Pratt and Whitney R1830-43 and 65 engines.

With a wingman covering each element leader, these Lockheed P-38 Lightnings fly in battle formation to a target in Northern Italy.

Long range Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighters are now operating with the strategic bomber force of the Mediterranean Air Command.

This charred wreck of an American Bomber lies draped on the ruins in Horcheim, Germany, where it crashed.

Strafing attack by Republic P-47 in the European Theatre.

Joe E. Brown And Men Of The 38Th Bomb Group Singing 'God Bless America' During His Visit At Port Moresby, Papua, New Guinea.

Crew members of a North American B-25, back row left to right: Cpl. Glen Hoschouer; T/Sgt. Robert J. Martin, Oakdale, Neb.; Sgt. Robert E. Versaw, Ayer, Neb.; Cpl. Bernard Pavelka; S/Sgt. Quentin L. Lunger, Ogallala, Neb. Front row, left to right

Allied ship hit by German dive bombers, burns fiercely in Salerno Harbor. The motion picture cameraman, by "panning" the harbor, was able to record the huge scale of the landing operation. Backing up the Salerno landing, engineers built a landing

T/Sgt. Maurice K. Knutson, Clear Lake, Wisc., (crouched) gunnery instructor, directs Sgt. Alfred Goerig of Allentown, Pa., ofrtress gunner, at gun.

Squadron Mess. The highest degree of care is employed in preparing and serving the soldier's traditional "three squares" a day. Ample foodstuffs, containing the proper balance of necessary vitamins are cooked in modern kitchens

Ball Turret Gunner Rides In A Glass Bowl Suspended On The Under Side Of A Fort, Manning A Pair Of 50 Calibre Machine Guns. Those Guns, With An Almost Insatiable Steel Appetite, Are Fed From Ammo Boxes Inside The Ball. Prior To Climbing Down Into The Turr

A-2 Section Of The 13Th Air Force Based On Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 13 May 1944.

American airmen on the African desert. Lt. J. Sabin A.C. cleans up before breakfast.

U.S. Military Cemetery Near Cambridge, England.

Colbert And Mrs. Donald Strother Wearing Military Decorations. Distinguished Flying Cross & The Purple Heart

With most of the damage done and smoke erupting from many points along the quay, camera crews take a final look at Messina before heading home.

Boeing B-17 crashing in channel near Fe Camp, France.

Chinese Mechanics Work On A Plane Rudder At An Airbase In Kweilin, China. They Are, Left To Right: Chan Yik And Chow Men, Both Of Canton, China.

Gigantic explosion of enemy supplies as fighter planes of U.S. 8th Air Force effectively strafe railroad communications center. GERMANY.

All through the night the ground crew are busy readying ships for action. Here men are shown bomb loading.

Japanese airplane hangar on Leyte, Is., P.I. Hangar has since been covered with a tarp and is being used as a mess hall by aviation engineers.

Gun tube transfer trailer , Armories, Ordnance industry, Arms & armament, Carts & wagons, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

For Exceptionally Meritorious Conduct In Performing Outstanding Service, Major General C.L. Chennault Awards The Legion Of Merit To Lt. Commander Henry F. Shoemaker, Usnr, During A Brief Ceremony In The Headquarters Of The 'Flying Tigers' In China. Lt. S

Installations At Accra Air Base, Accra Gold Coast, Africa. May 1943.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,CREWS War

Communications Section Of The 13Th Air Force Based On Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 11 April 1944.

Cpl. Ted Brunner, 1333 South Norton Street, Los Angeles, Caliofrnia, is shown at the homemade drying rack (cheesecloth and scrap lumber) he and the other men of the photo lab of the Liberators of China have rigged up in the absence

North Africa-Camp area showing tents in scattered positions to avoid congestion in case of attack.

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Railway Bridge And Highway Bridge At Konz-Karthus, Germany, Both Of Which Span And Saar River At Its Junction With The Moselle River, Were Totally Destroyed By Concentrated 9Th Aaf Attacks.

Nurses, stationed at Mai Harbor, Eritrea, sort through their mail to find the most interesting letters to read first. 14 November 1942.

Hook bolt and trolley at point of staging collapse , Armories, Ordnance industry, Beams, Bolts & nuts, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

U.S. Headquarters, 20 July 1945, Santa Maria Azores.

An 8th AF pilot makes a pass at a locomotive hauling supplies along a rail line somewhere in Nazi occupied Europe. His hits have caused an explosion and clouds of steam are pouring from the sorely stricken engine.

England -- Wishing To Insure The Children Of England A Merry Christmas, Cpl. Anthony Perez, Of Los Angeles, Utilizes His 'Off Duty' Hours By Making Dresses And Other Clothe Toys. Serving As A Parachute Folder And Repair Man At This Fighter-Repair Base, Cp

CONSTRUCTION OF A CHINESE AIRFIELD: The mud is taken from the bottom of a stream which saves the labor of mixing dirt with water. Note the three mounds in the water behind this soldier. Chinese laborers always leave mounds like these

Formation Of Douglas C-47's Over Wideawake Field, Ascension Island. May 1943.

Typical Of The Terrian Over Which Our Forces Must Battle In Northern Italy Is This Jagged Pass At Della Stelvio. These Are The Austrian Alps On The Italian German Border. The Many Angled White Strip Is A Road.

Sgt. Ted Miller, 1St C.C.U., Standing On The Wing Of A German Me 262 In Front Of The Jet Assembly Plant In Obertraubling, Germany. Damage Was Done By The 15Th Af Bombers.

A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress of the 15th Air Force enroute to hammer the railroad and highway bridges at Brod, Yugoslavia, on 19 January 1945. Boeing B-17's and Consolidated B-24's of the 15th Air Force have been pounding the Hun's transportation

T/Sgt. Richard P. Lesueur, 1005 Harrow Road, Toledo, Ohio, Receiving The Air Medal From Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell, Cbi Theater Commander. Sgt. Lesueur Is A Radio-Gunner On A Heavy Bomber In China.

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Photograph of Ulithi Harbor full of United States Ships"Ulithi Harbor full of U.S. ships. Representing the largest task force ever assembled. Ready to leave for Okinawa and invasion." Phtographer: Ensign Steinheimer.

ESCAPE-AND RUIN: A Mitchell bomber, winging over the caked lava and bush slopes of Vulcan volcano, speeds out of Simpson Harbor. Hugging the tree tops, we escaped from Simpson Harbor to the southeast. Vulcan volcano, lined with anti-aircraft guns,

Bomb Damage To Revereto Railroad Bridge At Brenner Pass, Mantova, Italy. 10 May 1945.

Night view from the cabin of a First Tactical Air force Beaufighter. The plane in the distance, which can be seen clearly, is another Beaufighter of this formation.

Souvenir Of Tokyo Raid. This Plaque Was Presented To Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle , Friday Night, April 19, 1947, At Miami Beach, Florida During The 5Th Anniversary Reunion Of Members Of The Doolittle Raid On Tokyo. The Plaque Contains A Fragment Of 'Whi

Bomb Damage In A Hangar At Villecoublay France Bombed By The 9Th Af 21 Sept. 1944.

Approach to target at Shanghai, China, photographed through opened bomb-bay doors of Boeing B-29 attached to the 462nd Bomb Group, 20th Bomber Command. forced to turn back from the primary target, at Omura, Japanesean

July 26: This Time 54 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Dropped 348 - 500 Pound Gp Bombs & 234 Incendiaries, 250 Pounds Each. The Heaviest Concentration Fell On Howaldts Shipbuilding Yard. (A) The Second Wave Of Bombs Is Developing (B) The Newhefer

FORCE COMMANDER: Major John P. Henebry, 25-year-old commander of the Third Attack Group, was leader of all shipping strike forces engaged in the Simpson Harbor mission. He is a veteran of 80 strafing missions against the enemy. His bomber was

V-1 Explodes In Mid-Air - 2000 Pounds Of Death And Destruction Headed For The Port Of Antwerp Is Destroyed Harmlessly In Mid-Air By The Guns Of Antwerp X.

Surgical photograph ... prepared under the supervision of ... War Department, Surgeon General's Office, Army Medical Museum. Civil War Photograph Collection . Disabled veterans, 1860-1870, Skulls, 1860-1870, Soldiers, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Medical aspects, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel.

Fort Sumter--after the evacuation by the Confederate forces. The Robin G. Stanford Collection, Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil War Photography. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, South Carolina, Morris Island

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