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Historic Military Aircraft Operations

A series of images depicting military aircraft in various settings, including maintenance, storage, and airfields, conveying historical significance and wartime efforts.

An Aerial View Of The Main Area Of A Dump Near Bamberg, Germany, Where 30,000 Tons Of American And Nazi Ammunition Are Stored.

Dummy anti-aircraft position on dummy strip at Buna, Papua, New Guinea.

Slavo the wonder Dog that makes parachute jumbs, peeps thru the nose turret of a bomber in England with his master, 2nd Lt. Hugh R. Fletcher, Cleveland, Ohio.

Mail is unloaded from a Douglas C-47 at the 38th Bomb Group base at Port Moresby, Papua, New Guinea.

Silhouettes of the planes that transported troops of the 124th Cavalry Regt, from Dinjan, India, to Myitkyina, Burma.

The 817th Aviation Engineers band entertains the men before the movie starts at a base in Saida, Algeria on 30 July 1943.

Direct hit in mid-air to a German ME-109 is made by fighter plane of U.S. 8th Air Force.

"Jo-Mo," mascot of the 38th Bomb Group Photographic Section, gets a bath at Port Moresby, Papua, New Guinea.

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

An American B-25 (Mitchell over the Japaneseanese airfield at Cape Gloucester in the aerial attack which blasted the way for its capture by U.S. Marines, commanded by Major General William H. Rupertus, U.S.M.C. (FIFTH AIR FORCE PHOTO)

Precision bombing by U.S. Army Air Forces bombardiers is rendering useless axis airports and installations on the Italian side of the Mediterranean. One principal object of this aerial assault has been Pantelleria airdrome on a small isle about

Bomb Damage In The Vicinity Of Cherbourg, France, 5 July 1944.

'Bombs Away' -- Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Over Italy. (Salerno Beachhead)/

American Supervisor, And Indian Workmen Give 'Belly' Tanks A Last Minute Checkup At The Hindustani Aircraft Factory In Bangalore, India. These Dropable Tanks Are Destined For Fighter And Bomber Planes In China.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Aircraft, GROUND,REPUBLIC War

Weather Installations At Grnld East Coast, Skjoldungen, Greenland -- Picture Showing The Unloading Of The Belle Isle. In The Foreground Is A Sled With Oil Durms. 25 October 1944.

This Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Of The 15Th Af Has Just Dropped Its Bombs On An Enemy Installation In Northern Italy.

Home port of Vichy fleet was target for 15 Air Force 105 Boeing B-17s escorted by 36 Lockheed P-38s which dropped 315 tons of HE from 19,600 to 23,080 feet on 24 November 1943. A cruiser, destroyer, torpedo boat, escort vessel, submarine, five E or R

A German troop carrier half-track stopped along a country road somewhere in occupied France is the target for attack of an 8th Air Force fighter.

9th Air force North American P-51s. France.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War

View Of The Lockheed P-38 Mobile Training Unit At An Air Force Base Somewhere In France. Lt. Juel G. Droubay, In Charge Of The Unit, From Toole City, Utah Is Entering The Door While S/Sgt. Herzog Cleans A Part Of A Plane.

Caught Flat-Footed On The Ground At A German Air Base In France, This Me-109 Was Strafed, Fired By Xix Tac Pursuit.

Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers lined up in the parking area at a forward base of the 20th USAAF Bomber Command somewhere in western China, prior to taking off to bomb the Japaneseanese at Yawata.

Battle damaged Boeing B-17 Flying ofrtress.

Crew Of One Of The Boeing B-29's Of The 40Th Bomb Group, Xx Bomber Command, Who Took Part In The Mission 9 Bombing Raid On Anshan, Manchuria, Enjoying Refreshments Before Interrogation.

Deputy Commander And Staff Of The 13Th Air Force Based On Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 19 April 1944.

16Mm Motion Picture Developing Machine At The General Staff Aerial Photo Processing Lab Of The 65Th Fighter Wing, Saffron-Walden, Essex, England.

Chinese soldier building a model of a Lockheed P-38 Lightning of bamboo and rice paper to aid in identification.

The daily communiques from the various battle front over the world invariably tell of the accomplishments of the USAAF. Subsequent news stories have developed tales of the deeds of individual airmen and air crews. But little publicity has been

Kuma class cruiser taking...

North Africa-T/Sgt. James Gooding of Cleveland, Ohio runs from the orderly tent as S/Sgt. Lawrence J. Noland of Chicago, Illinois sounds air raid siren.

A Portion Of The Finished Runway At Poashan, China. 3 Feb 1945.

Salamuau, New Guinea - Bombing.

GERMAN E-BOAT ATTACKED--Here is a photo-record of a U.S. Eighth Air Force fighter plane attack on a German E-boat recently in the North Sea. Picture No. 4. Smoke rises from the damaged craft as the American pilot scores hits.

Changing The Guard At Headquarters, 46Th Ferrying Squadron, Sheikh Othman Airport, Aden, Arabia. June 1943.

Salamaua, N.E. New Guinea-BOMBING

An RAAF Air Task Force, the 62nd Works Wing, grades an airstrip at Aitape, New Guinea. 25 April 1944.

Bomb Damage To The Rail And Communication Center Of Saarbrucken, Germany. Damage Was Caused By Bombing Of The 9Th Af.

Bombardment Group Supply Office. Benina Field, Bengasi, Libya.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War

This Nazi Supply Train Loaded With German Ju-87 Planes Never Reached Its Destination; Allied Air Power Put It Out Of Commission Just Outside 'Pied Piper' Village Of Hameln, Germany.

Allied fighter planes strafe long lines of vital German supplies en route to armies at the front. As first wave of planes sweep across railroad siding, clouds of black and white smoke billow upward from the direct hits. GERMANY

Strangling Rail and Inland Waterways Transportation--Fighters of the 8th AAF have been conducting several attacks daily on rail and water transport behind the lines in Nazi occupied Europe in an efofrt to completely sever the Nazi lines of supply.

AXIS PORT IN SICILY FEELS STING OF LIBERATOR'S BOMBS: From dawn to dusk in January, Messina, important Axis shipping port in Sicily, was bombed heavily by Consolidated B-24 Liberators, with direct this scored on the railroad ferry terminus. Seven

These Men Were Decorated With The Air Medal At Ceremonies At Adak, Aleutian Islands, November 30, 1943. The First Four, Left To Right, Are: Colonel John V. Hart, Major Russel Caleb, Capt. Jerome J. Jones, And Lt. Merle E. Arthur.

One Of The 2759 V-1 Robot Bombs Destroyed By The Guns Of Antwerp X.

Italy - A Sailor'S Life Has Several Points In Its Favor. This Is One Of Them. Two Crew Members Of The Air Service Command'S Air-Sea Rescue Boat Are Relaxing On Deck.

G.I.S Give Forth With Smiles And Laughter As Movie Celebrity Pat O'Brien Stops Long Enough From Autographing To Tell One Of His More Popular Jokes In His Own Inimitable Irish Brogue Fashion. Seated Left To Right Are - S/Sgt Quisenberry, Kansas City, Kans

A Consolidated B-24 takes off to bomb the Japaneses.

Under strafing attack of fighter planes of U.S. Eight Air Force, German supply train explodes as first of formation scores direct hits. GERMANY.

Col Grant O. Williams, Left, Signal Officer, 1St U.S. Army, Awards The Air Medal To S/Sgt. Comma O. Smith, Right, Of Joplin, Mo.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,INSIGNIA War

Hundreds Of Men, With One Object In Mind "This Work Will Aid Us And Our Allies In Driving The Japaneseanese From Our Homeland:, Construct The Laohwangping Air Field, China."

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.

Aircraft, Burma, India &RECREATION War

Aircraft, Burma, India &RECREATION War

Shot of smoke being spread on the Bellows Field line, New Guinea by Republic P-47

Flight Surgeon'S Section Of The 13Th Air Force Based On Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 11 April 1944.

Injured Pilot, Is Dragged From Cockpit Of His Crash-Landed Plane In A Haystack Near A Newly Captured German Town By Men Of 5Th Armored Division, 9Th Us Army.

Men In The 503Rd Operations Room In England. 10 September 1944.

From All Indications, The 'Stew' Is Coming Out Alright In The Above Photo With Such Beautiful 'Cooks' As Miss Ruth Carrell, Miss Betty Yeaton, And Miss Jinx Falkenburg, Hollywood Stars Who Visited Enlisted Men's Mess Of The 'China Blitzer' Fighter Squadro

Baseball Game At A Caribbean Air Base (No Individual Identification). Nos. 5, 5A And 5B: Recreational Facilities Of All Kinds Are Provided At Army Air Corps Bases In The Caribbean Area. The Principal Interest Is In Baseball, Which, As Here Illustrated,

BACK FROM BRUNSWICK---The Eighth AAF Flying ofrtress "F for Frenesi," piloted by Lt. Cely, with his crew, including three wounded gunners, returned to its base "just a series of holes held together by some metal" after dropping its bombs on the

Brig. General Caleb V. Haynes (left) and Colonel John F. Egan pose with Major P.C. Droz (right), who was just awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Sookerating, India.

27 Jan. 1944, thru BPR, Hdqtrs. 8th AF, Eng.

As the fire and flames increase, smoke hides the tail of the ME-109-F and the 8th AAF fighter drops back to await and watch developments. France.

3Rd Photo Reconnaissance Squadron Area On Saipan, Marianas Islands. 30 September 1944.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Strafing &Combat War

AFTER: American fighter planes strafe the Zeros, destroy every one.

Bomb Damage In The Vicinity Of Cherbourg, France, 5 July 1944.

Bomb Damage To Bielefeld.

Bombing of Ammunition ship in Mediterranean Sea.

Japanese Zero-Buna Strip

Bombs from Flying Fortresses fall on Toulon in a raid 24 November.

The Volcania munitions...

Composite Of Pilots Of The 383Rd Fighter Squadron, 364Th Fighter Group, 67Th Fighter Wing, Based At 8Th Air Force Station F-375, Honnington, England. 11 January 1945.

Approved insignia for: 8th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Battalion. Country: Unknown

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