Historical Military Operations

Vintage photographs from World War eras depict troops and operations, reflecting historical military contexts and personnel experiences.

Returning From A Mission Ahead Of U.S. Ground Forces Deep In Germany, Fighter-Bomber Pilots Of Brig. Gen. Richard Nugent'S Xxix Tactical Air Command Ring The Interogation Table To Describe Results Of The Attack. Strain And Tension Resulting From The Miss

Personnel Of The 90Th Photo Reconn Wing Printing In The Photographic Laboratory At An Air Base Somewhere In Italy.

Returning From A Mission Ahead Of U.S. Ground Forces Deep In Germany, Fighter-Bomber Pilots Of Brig. Gen. Richard Nugent'S Xxix Tactical Air Command Ring The Interogation Table To Describe Results Of The Attack. Strain And Tension Resulting From The Miss

At An 8Th Air Force Base Somewhere In England -- Crew Members Of The 458Th Bomb Group Hold A Last Minute Briefing Session Prior To Take-Off On Another Bombing Mission Against The Enemy Targets In Europe. 26 February 1945.

Officers relax in the Mediterranean Air Transport Service, British, officer's billets at La Senia Airport, La Senia, North Africa. 2 October 1943.

Aircraft, Burma, India &RECREATION War

Officers and men observing machine parts , Ordnance industry, Armories, Military officers, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

1St Lt. P.T. Palmer Of Wellington, Kansas, Bombardier On The Boeing B-17 "The Bad Penny", Gives A Final Check On A Gun Before The Plane Starts Out On A Mission Over Enemy Territory From Its Base In Cambridge, England. 5 May 1943.

Sgt. Hubert Hayes Of Parkersville, West Virginia, Waist Gunner On The Boeing B-17 "The Bad Penny" Checks His Gun Before Take-Off On A Mission Over Enemy Territory From His Base At Cambridge, England. 6 May 1943.

Capt. Owens And His Crew Of The 479Th Anti Submarine Group Pose In The Reading Room Of An Air Base In St. Eval, England. 1943.

Aircraft, Burma, India & Training

Men Of The 381St Bomb Group Are Interrogated After Returning To Their Home Base From The Group'S First Mission Over Enemy Territory. 22 June 1943, England.

Capt. Tex Mccrary Of Hollywood, Calif., A Member Of The 324Th Bomb Squadron, 91St Bomb Group, Signs For An Escape Kit Before Take-Off On A Mission From Bassingbourne, England On 24 June 1943.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,Transportation War

CHINA Capt. Azra Judd is Wing Photo Officer. Here he instructs Sub-Lt. Wei-Ta-Ming; Sgt. Fu-Yiu-Lum; and Sgt. Yen Shi in camera mounting. This officer goes on many bombing missions; makes pictures for Intelligence; checks automatic gun-cameras

Thanksgiving Day Exercises for men of the 2nd Service Group at an Air Force engineering shop at an airfield somewhere in Iceland. 26 November 1942

Intelligence Officer Briefs Crewmen Of The 303Rd Bomb Group On The Target Of The Day. England. 9 Dec. 1944.

Even K Rations Will Taste Good To These Boys Of The U.S. 8Th Af Who Are Making Their Last Trip Home As Part Of The Af Which Helped Win The War In Europe. S/Sgt. Joe Nemanik Of Chicago, Ill., At Left Hands Over A Case Of The Tasty Morsels To Receiver S/Sg

Erlander, Tage (depicted name).Erlander, Tage (depicted name)

French-American staff officers of the First Tactical A.F. solve the problems of this newest air force by their combined efforts, each staff section being represented by both American and French personnel. Left to right: Lt. Col. Roger DuHaze, France

Medics Of The 40St Bomb Group Scan The Skies For Sight Of Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Returning To Their Home Base After Bombing Enemy Installations At Kiel, Germany, 13 December 1943. England.

Aircraft, Burma, India &MEDICAL, EVACUATION,Air War

Gis Of The 410Th Bomb Group Stand In Line And Wait Their Turn To Be Served Chow By Mess Personnel At 9Th Air Force Station A-58 In France. 22 October 1944.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Sailors aboard HMS COCHRANE roll cigarettes using tinned tobacco.

Aircraft, Burma, India & Training

The Night Club At 'Rock Fella Center' Has Its Bar, Chairs, Stage And Dance Floor Made Out Of Bomb Packing Cases. The Gis Furnish Their Own Music Through A Radio Or Their Own Band, And They Furnish Their Own Variety Of Floor Shows. Italy.

Interior of RAF Fighter Command's Sector 'G' Operations Room at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, September 1940. Interior of the Sector 'G' Operations Room at Duxford, Cambridgeshire. The callsigns of fighter squadrons controlled by this Sector can be seen on the wall behind the operator sitting third from left. The Controller is sitting fifth from the left, and on the extreme right, behind the Army Liaison Officer, are the R/T operators in direct touch with the aircraft.

At The Sperry Gyroscope Co., Ltd., At Oldbury House, Stonehouse, Gloucester, England, A School Is Set Up By Manufacturers To Insure Maximum Efficiency In The Handling Of Their Products. Instructor Sgt. A. Brandreth On Load From The Raf, Shows Sgt. James

Personnel Of The 322Nd Troop Carrier Squadron Are Briefed For A Mission At A 14Th Air Force Base In China.

Men Of The 410Th Bomb Group Are Briefed At Their 9Th Air Force Station In England, Prior To A Mission Over Enemy Territory. 31 August 1944.

Men Of The 364Th Fighter Group, 67Th Fighter Wing, Loading Shells At 8Th Air Force Station F-375, Honnington, England. 4 September 1944.

Released Prisoners Of War Being Processed By Recovered Personnel Team Number 68 At Yokohama Docks Before Boarding Hospital Ship. Japanesean, September 1945.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Fighter pilots of 816 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm in their flying gear in the air operations room on board HMS TRACKER and being briefed by the Air Staff Officer, Lieutenant Commander Smith, RAN (centre) during operations in the North Atlantic. These men fly the Seafires off HMS TRACKER.

Paratroopers Are Shown Aboard A 9Th Troop Carrier Command Douglas C-47, Prior To D-Day Invasion Of France. 6 June 1944.

Men Of The 346Th Engineer Aviation Battalion Are Shown Participating In Protestant Church Services At Their Base At East Harling, England. 1943.

Men Of The 381St Bomb Group Are Interrogated After Returning To Their Home Base From The Group'S First Mission Over Enemy Territory. 22 June 1943, England.

Aircraft, Burma, India &PHOTOGRAPHY, Operations &MAPPING War

General Patton, Commanding General Of The 3Rd Us Army Attends A Xix Tactical Air Command Air Briefing. Officers In The Front Row Are: (L To R) Brig. Gen. Homer L. Sanders, Commanding General, 100Th Fighter Wing; General Patton; Major General O.P. Weyland

Men Of The 364Th Fighter Group, 67Th Fighter Wing, Keep A Thorough Check On All Supplies At 8Th Air Force Station F-375, Honnington, England. 16 September 1944.

Far Into The Night With The Aid Of Artificial Lights Men Of The Ix Engineer Command, Building Airstrips In Germany For The Use Of 9Th Af Fighter-Bombers Race Against A Deadine In Order To Have The Field Ready So The Planes Can Fly In Cooperation With The

Lt. Darrow And Crew Of The 381St Bomb Group Are Interrogated After A Bombing Mission Over Enemy Territory On 18 August 1943.

Lt. Eldon H. Dahl (Right) Of Bozeman, Mt, A Member Of The 416Th Bomb Squadron, 99Th Bomb Group At Caserta, Italy, Is Interrogated By Lt. Colonel Arthur E. Sutherland After His Return To His Base From A Mission. Lt. Dahl'S Plane Was Shot Down Behind Enemy

Officers in factory , Ordnance industry, Armories, Military officers, Machinery, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Aircraft, Burma, India &ELECTRONICS,RADIO War

Anefo photo collection. DS. P.H. Meerburg with Korea volunteers from Schiphol to Korea DS. Meerburg supplies the camera. March 6, 1951

Officers in factory , Ordnance industry, Armories, Military officers, Machinery, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

A Semi-Rigid Litter That Is Wrapped Around A Wounded Airman, Maintains A Head-To-Hip And Hip-To-Toe Stiffness And Enables A Casualty To Be Removed From Cramped Quarters In Bombers And Loaded Into An Ambulance. The Litter Is Made Of Canvas And Is Strength

Officers and men observing exhibit , Ordnance industry, Armories, Military officers, Exhibitions, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Members Of The 439Th Troop Carrier Group Taking Notes At A Briefing Prior To A Mission Over France. England, 7 June 1944.

American airmen in Yugoslavia who have escaped from the Germans have been greatly aided by these containers packed with food, clothing and medical supplies dropped by one of the Air Crew Rescue Units who are evacuating these men aided by the

Officers and men observing machinery , Ordnance industry, Armories, Military officers, Machinery, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

The photo reconaissance pilot must act as his own navigator as well, on missions that require absolute accuracy in flight. To make assurance doubly sure, two pilots separately plot the course for a mission-which only one of them will fly, and check

At an air base near Bengasi, Cirenaica, Libya, men of the 98th Bomb Group are being briefed before the Ploesti, Roumania bombing raid.

Photograph of Crew Members of the Truculent Turtle During a Press Conference in a Terminal in Columbus, Ohio.

Major General Bonesteel And Other Air Force Personnel At Plotting Board In Control Room, Camp Tinker, Iceland. 2Nd Service Group, 28 April 1943.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War

Flight Leaders Of The 38Th Fighter Squadron, Based At Nuthampstead, England, Gather For An Informal Briefing By Major Milton Joel Of Richmond, Virginia, Just Before A Mission Over Enemy Territory. They Are, Left To Right: 1Lt James Hancock Of Sebring, F

General Whitehead's staff meeting was held in the war room at Clark Field, 16 June 1945, with the 5th and 13th Air Forces participating. They discussed missions that took place to this date; also losses of Allied and enemy aircraft over the targets.

Dugout officer of U.S. Fighter Group Supply Section stationed in North Africa. Left to right: Sgt. W.H. Greer, Muskogee, Okla., 1st Lt. Guy E. Burnette, Altavista, Va., and Sgt. John R. Bartie.

Personnel of the 408th Medical Collecting Company load wounded personnel into a Douglas C-47 of the 317th Troop Carrier Group for evacuation from Luzon, Philippine Islands. 29 June 1945.

In two battles with heavily-armed Rod troops on the northern banks of the Han River, HMAS Murchison gave the Communist troops a warm time, but did not emerge without damage or casualties, Gunnery Officer Mr. F. Smith, of Bass Hill, Sydney, points to a hole punched in the hull an anti-tank shell. It finished up in splinters on the other side of the engine-room, superficially wounding two hands. With Mr. Smith is Leading-Seaman N.B. Cramp, of Rockdale, NSW. September 29, 1952. (Photo by Public Relations Section, HQ BCOF, Japan).

The commander of the Nederland Nederland (CZM) vice-admiral mr. A.N. Baron De Vos Van Steenwijk visits the renewed cruiser Hr.Ms. The Seven Provinces (Zipprov) (C 802) (1954-1975).

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

Vital protection from enemy flak--Combat men shown in supply room drawing their flak vests. Left to right: T/Sgt. Wm. Scheible, top turret gunner and engineer (wearing new flak helmet), of Youngstown, Ohio; S/Sgt. Jack Hobson, tail gunner of Denver

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War

Wrapped In Blankets, Huddled Together To Keep Warm, The Evacuees Are On Their Way Back To Italy. They'Re Holding White Bread They Are Eating, The First They Have Had In Many Months. Officers Of Air Crew Rescue Invariably Carry Along A Few Loaves Of Whit

LOOKING THINGS OVER--Working out a simulated navigation problem under the expert eyes of Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle, Commanding General of the 8th AF in the European Theatre of Operations and Brig. Gen. Edmund W. Hill Commanding General

Royal Observer Corps Hold Full Scale Exercises Over Scotland - Men and Women of the Observer Corps seen around the plotting table and on the balcony above, working on messages at the H.Q. of 31st Group, Edinburgh, the "Nerve Centre" for S.E. Scotland during the Royal Observer Corps Full Scale exercises over Scotland. November 28, 1951.

Men Assigned To The Motor Pool Play Cards And Read In The Barracks During Off-Duty Hours. 401St Bomb Group, England, 25 March 1945.

A Crew Of The 381St Bomb Group Is Interrogated After A Bombing Mission Over Enemy Territory. 22 June 1943, England.

Anefo photo collection. Radar instruction ship HR. Ms. "SOEMBA". Interior radlar appliances. July 1, 1947

General Orde Charles Wingate Has Dinner With An Unidentified British General At Lalaghat, India, Before Making A Flying Tour Of The 1St Air Commando Force Fields At Broadway And Chowringhee, Burma.

Members Of The 90 Photo Reconn Wing Sort Aerial Photos At An Air Base Somewhere In Italy.

A British Solider Assists An American Enlisted Man, Of The 90Th Photo Reconn Wing, Store Film In A Vault At An Air Base Somewhere In Italy.

Crewmen Listen Attentively As Intelligence Officer Discloses The Target For The Day'S Bombing Mission. 303Rd Bomb Group, England. 9 Dec. 1944.

Combat crews of the 394th Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Group "Bomber Barons," are transported in a truck to the line where their planes are parked, ready and waiting to be flown on a bombing mission from Borneo, Netherlands Eas Indies. July 1945.

Five-Hundred Pound Bombs In Bomb Bay Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Of The 381St Bomb Group. England 27 September 1943.

Anefo photo collection. Navy Navy Anefo London series. board Dutch cruiser southwest Pacific Ocean. Head engineer (left). {1940-1945}

Laboratory Technicians Of The 94Th Fighter Squadron, 1St Fighter Group, Make Analysis Test At An Airfield Somewhere In Italy.

Sailors at work during the dog watch during the trip to the West of Cruiser Hr.Ms. De Ruyter (C 801) in September 1955.

Exhibit , Ordnance industry, Armories, Exhibitions, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Gunnery Training At The 8Th Bomber Command Air Base Was Constant And Careful. Here, M/Sgt. Robert M. Baylis, Mansfield, Wash., Gunner, Improves His Skill In The Operation Of The .50 Caliber Machine Gun.

1St Lt. James A. Long Of Rockwood, Tennessee (Center) Instructs 1St Lt. Frederick B. Farrell Of Caledonia, Ny., Left, And Lt. Roy A. Burton Of Kansas City, Missr., On Procedures Of Night Landing. They Are Being Instructed On The Drem Lighting Table. Bov

Sgt. Frank Peruzzi of Denison, Iowa, and Sgt. Burton H. King of Belvedere, New Jersey, assisted by a Chinese crew member, adjust static lines to parachutes attached to supplies which soon will be released to Chinese troops in Japanese-besieged Hengyang

At The Warrington Burtonwood Air Depot In England, Where Flak-Torn Planes Are Repaired And Modified For Future Missions, These Men Put A New Skin On A B-17 Horizontal Stabilizer Before It Is Reassembled On The Plane. 30 October 1943.

US Army University, Shrivenham, England, UK, 1945 British women advise students at the US Army University, Shrivenham on various issues. Amongst the GIs seeking advice are Corporal Wilfred Hoenninger, in the foreground, being shown a leaflet about the city of Cambridge by Meredydd Saunders-Davies. Next in line (moving away from the camera) is Captain Edward K Austin, who wishes to go to Scotland. According to the original caption, 'dark-haired Diana Phipps perched on stool in background is a niece of the Duchess of Gloucester'. In the foreground, another GI looks at a pile of copies of the 'Shrivenham Post', the university newspaper.

The Grand Opening Of The Officers' Club At Poltava Airbase Was Held On Thanksgiving Night, 30 November 1944. Here, American And Russian Officers Make A Toast To The Success Of The Shuttle Bombing Missions Flown From This Base In Russia.

Aircraft, Burma, India &PHOTOGRAPHY, Operations &MAPPING War

Military personnel shaking hands , Military personnel, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Brig. General John P. Mcconnell Presents An Award To A Member Of The 14Th Air Force During A Ceremony At An Air Base Somewhere In China.

Brig. Gen. Howard M. Turner, Gen. Carl A. Spaatz And Lt. General James H. Doolittle Discuss 8Th Air Force Operations During The Latter'S Visit To Hdq., 1St Bomb Division, Based In England On 31 March 1945.

Blitz Repair Squad's London Camp- Everyday Life With the Blitz Repair Teams, London, England, UK, 1944 It is 6:30am, and builders of the 'Blitz Repair Squad' prepare for the day ahead in the bedroom of their billet in London's Onslow Square. Six men share a room in a large house on the Square, which had originally been intended for use by refugees from Normandy. Five men can be seen here getting dressed and ready for work, including one fastening his shoes, and another putting on his braces. There is one man, however, who is still in bed!

These girl operators of the women's Auxiliary Air Force are plotting the movement of German raiders. In the detection posts of the Royal Air Force, personnel keep watch day and night while the actual operation is done by specially selected and trained girls who come from all sections of the community. Radio-Location stretches out far beyond Britain's srores to send back warnings of the approach of enemy aircraft. At headquarters, the Radiolocator's messages, and those of the Royal observer corps, are communicated instantly to R.A.F. operations rooms where they are plotted on large table maps. June 18, 1941. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Crowd , Armories, Ordnance industry, Crowds, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Once Every Four Or Five Months, Men Of The 14Th Air Force In China, Stage A Show Under The Auspices Of Special Services. Here Is A Scene From A Skit Where A Soldier, Dressed As A Red Cross Nurse, Goes To Heaven Inhabited By G.I.'s As Saint Peter Sends He

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,EQUIPMENT War

Officers and men observing machinery , Ordnance industry, Armories, Military officers, Machinery, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Three Ninth Air force fighter-bomber pilots from Caliofrnia, who shot down five FW-190's among them during, the first day of von Rundstedt's counter offensive, compare notes in the squadron ready room in Belgium. They are, left to right: first man

Members Of The 2Nd Army Airways Communication Wing At Work In The Radio Receiving Station At An Air Base In Turkey.

Artillery measuring department to camp

Photo Intelligence Department of the 5th AF Hdqs., A-2 Section-Clark Field, Luzon in the Philippine Islands. 13 June 1945.

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