Military Aircraft Operations

Images depict military personnel with aircraft, showcasing ingenuity and preparation. Includes mail transport in a P-40 and P-51 Mustangs ready for mission, highlighting teamwork.

Maintenance Men Refuel A Curtiss P-40 At Chengkung Airbase In China.
Maintenance Men Refuel A Curtiss P-40 At Chengkung Airbase In China.
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Douglas C-47 Being Refueled At Maiduguri Field, Nigeria, Africa. June 1943.
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Aircraft, Burma, India &PHOTOGRAPHY,MISCELLANEOUS War
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Headquarters Building At Nanning Air Base In China. 20 October 1944.
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Scoresby Sound, Walrus Bay, Greenland -- Panoramic View Of Army Weather Station Showing Prominent Features: 50-Caliber Machine Guns; Three Towers For Radio Receiving Equipment; Cluster Of Buidlings Comprising Operations; Mess And Warehouse; Theodolite Ob
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All engineering activities of the Army Aircraft Repair Ship, in the Philippines area, are directed by this office, which coordinates all repair activities with the AAF installations on shore. Left to right: Maj. Donald E. Hughes, engineering officer
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1st Lt. Verne B. Kelsey, of Long Beach, California receiving the Air Medal from Brig. Gen. P.L. Williams at a North African airfield.
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Barracks at Marrakech Field, Marrakech, Morocco. June 1943.
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Flying The 34Th Shoran Non-Visual Bombing Mission Of The 42Nd Bomb Wing, The 320Th Bomb Group Marauders Attacked The Vaihingen Barracks And M/T Workshops Area On 1 April 1945. Bombing Thru Almost 10/10 Cloud Cover, This Group Placed 138 X 500 Pound Demol
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1st Lt. Norman B. Mayse of St. Joseph, Missouri receiving the Air Medal from Brig. Gen. P.L. Williams at a ceremony held on a North African airfield.
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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
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The 158th Infantry band entertains the men of the 38th Bomb Group at Port Moresby, Papua, New Guinea.
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Planes lined up at North Airstrip, Myitkyina, Burma, waiting to transport troops of the Chinese 14 Division to China.
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Crew #32 Of The 385Th Bomb Group Standing By Their B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Pregnant Portia" After They Completed Their 5Th Mission. England - 3 August 1943.
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A North American B-25 takes off from its 38th Bomb Group base at Port Morseby, Papua, New Guinea.
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Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War
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Aircraft, Burma, India & Bombing,
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France - Fort De Royan Took The Worst Napalm Punishment On 15 April 1945. Shown Here, Approximately 10 Bombs Fall On The Target.
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Maj. Burwell in his plane "Eadie II". The plane was named after his wife. - CHINA
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History: 4" x 5" print received Dec 1944 from Signal Corps Photo Library. Stamped: Rel. for Pub., BPR. Was no. 183106. Copied and new neg no. assigned by NASM-IMD 29 Dec 1988.Category: PersonnelSubcategory: GroupsSubjects: EGYPT, PERSONNEL,GROUPSWar Theater Number: 15War Theater: Northern AfricaUS Air Force Reference Number: 121723ACPlace: EgyptPhoto Series: WWII. 1940 - 1983. National Archives at College Park - Archives II (College Park, MD). Photographic Print. Photographs of Activities, Facilities and Personnel
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Shown Here Is 'Goering Grave Yard', The Scrap Pile Maintained By The 492Nd Air Service Group Of The 9Th A.F., Commanded By Lt. Colonel Alan D. Catterall, Of Garden City, L.I., N.Y. This Scrap Pile Is Part Of The Once Powerful Luftwaffe. These Planes Will
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Piece Of Flying German Bomb That Exploded In England.
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16Mm Motion Picture Renovator At The General Staff Aerial Photo Processing Lab Of The 65Th Fighter Wing, Saffron-Walden, Essex, England.
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This Series Of Photographs Covers The Attacks On The Ingolstadt Kosching Ammo Dump By Martin B-26 Marauder Of The 320Th Bomb Group On 20 April 1945. The First Photo Shows The Target Before The Attack. The Rectangular Dump Contains 60 Ammo Bunkers Of The
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View of the interior of a transport plane loaded with bundles of supplies. Each bundle has its own parachute. As many as 40 large bundles are packed in the plane. India.
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This aerial view of unassembled gliders of the 9th Air force await only their wings to take off, carrying in them a cargo instrumental in the liberation of enslaved Europe.
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Bomb damage at Palermo.
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A-3 Section Of The 13Th Air Force Based On Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 13 May 1944.
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Lockheed P-38 over Tacloban strip, Leyte Is., P.I.
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Tec/5 Andrew Duchon, Shamokin, Pa., Of The 6Th Armored Div., 3Rd Us Army, Removes The Camouflage Netting From One Of 50 Partially Assembled German Ju-88S Which Were Captured In Lancensalza, Germany.
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Checking the gear preload-left to right M/Sgt. E.H. Lansing, Yakima, Wash., supervising Mr. Mow Pung, chinese mechanic.
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Remains Of A Consolidated C-87 Which Crashed In The Vicinity Of Kunming, China. All The Crew Was Killed In The Crash.
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Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,ARMAMENT War
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Control Tower At Advanced B-29 China Base.
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Ordnance Section Of The 13Th Air Force Based On Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 10 April 1944.
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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.
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The Number Of Stripes On Your Arm And Being In The Air Forces Doesn't Necessarily Excuse You From Footwork Once In A While. The Camera Caught Some Of The 308Th Bomb Group Men Keeping Up With The Tune, "Hup, Two, Three, Four ---", Somewhere In China.
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During the tremendous joint Eleventh Air Force-U.S. Navy co-ordinated attack on Kiska Island July 22nd, when 575,000 pounds of bombs and projectiles were released on the enemy installations and personnel (not to soften them up but to destroy them)
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Quartermaster Section Of The 13Th Air Force Based On Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 11 April 1944.
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Troop Carrier planes load for airborne mission.
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Motion Picture Titling Machine At The General Staff Aerial Photo Processing Lab Of The 65Th Fighter Wing, Saffron-Walden, Essex, England.
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Bomb Damage Done To The Muhldorf Marshalling Yards In Germany By The 15Th Af Bombers.
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A close-up view of a Boeing B-17 (Flying Fortress) of the United States Army's 12th Air Force over the French Riviera, October 31, 1943, when the bomber and others attacked an important railroad viaduct near Cannes, obscured in the picture by smoke.
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A daylight raid on ofrd and General Motors plants in Antwerp by U.S. Army Air forces heavy bombers inflicted heavy damaged on the installations which have long since been converted into major motor shops for the German war efofrt. Tons of bombs were
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These 2 Photos Present The Results Of 2 320Th Bomb Group Marauder Attacks Consisting Of 54 Aircraft Which Dropped 423X500 Pound Bombs On The Klein Engstingen Ammo Dump, 8 April 1945. This Important Installation Is Seen Here Enveloped In Explosions And Fi
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Member Of The 93Rd Bomb Group Stands In Hole Of Shattered Plexiglass Turret Removed From A Plane During A Mission Over Enemy Installations. England.
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Aircraft, Burma, India &RECREATION War
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Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War
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Officers' Mess, Val De Caes Field, Belem, Brazil. June 1943.
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Photo reproduction of a print present the death of Sir Ralph Abercrombie during the Battle of Alexandria; Battle of Alexandria.-Death of Sir Ralph Abercrombie ...
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Whenever a heavy bomber...
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Aerial View Of Ascension Island. May 1943.
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Bombing of Vunakanau...
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View Of Joe E. Brown's Show At The 14Th Aaf China Base. After Giving His Show Here, Brown Made An Extended Trip, By Air, Of The Outlying 14Th Aaf Installations.
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Bomb Damage To Hitler'S Guest House At His Hideout At Berghof, Germany Done By The 15Th Af Bombers.
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Doolittle's men require Air Raid Shelter, Too---Maj. Gen. James Doolittle's Tokyo raiders are grouped outside this shelter carved from the mountainside. They lives here for 10 days after assembling from their Chinese Mountain retreats.
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U.S. service rifle, Harpers Ferry, Virginia. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 110, Title from item, Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 2, Original in PR 12 LOT 12251. Rifles, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Equipment & supplies.
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Composite Of Pilots Of The 385Th Fighter Squadron, 364Th Fighter Group, 67Th Fighter Wing, Based At 8Th Air Force Station F-375, Honnington, England. 4 January 1945.
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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.