Military Reconnaissance Operations

Images of military technicians and personnel engaged in reconnaissance activities during wartime, showcasing teamwork and diligence.

Mail call for members of this Consolidated B-24 Liberator group of the 15th AAF is held in front of this unusual mailroom, built at their base in Southern Italy.

Technicians at a photographic reconnaissance unit with the 9th AF in France examine a roll of aerial film made by a photo reconnaissance plane. Left to right are: Sgt Lonnie W. Cameron, Denver, Colo.; Cpl Carl Knox, Syracuse, N.Y.; Sgt Robert S.

Mail call for members of this Consolidated B-24 Liberator group of the 15th AAF is held in front of this unusual mailroom, built at their base in Southern Italy.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Ceremonies& Decorations,INSPECTIONS &REVIEWS War

A Red Cross Artist Sketches Gis Of The 386Th Bomb Group Based At Great Dunmow, Essex, England On 18 July 1944.

Enemy on Kiska.

Pilots and ground crewmen in Col. Don Blakeslee's famous North American P-51 Mustang group "sweat out" another take-off. On top of this revetment at a fighter base in England they have watched the trim Mustangs return from trips to Russia, Berlin

These five fighter pilots-members of a crack North African Lockheed P-38 Lightning Squadron have probably done more than their share of handling the enemy the necessary knockout wallop over Sicily, Sardinia, and Italy. They have accounted for 19 of

Somewhere in Western Desert, Crew of North American B-25. L. to R., Sgt. B. Kuhlman, Gunner; 1st Lt. Don Castle, co-pilot, St. Joseph, Missouri; Pilot, 1st Lt. Bill Bryant, Denton, Texas; Navigator, 2nd Lt. Jack Cross, Austin, Texas; Radio-Gunner

Aircraft, Burma, India &Operations War

Coffee And Doughnuts From The Red Cross Clubmobile Were Especially Welcomed By Night Crews Of The 401St Bomb Group Who Worked All Hours Loading Bombs And Revving Up The Engines Of The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 5 November 1944.

Major General William O. Butler, Commanding 11th U.S. Air Force, awards Air Medal to Capt. Morgan A. Giffin, San Antonio, Texas, "somewhere in the Andreanoffs."

A Member Of The Air Transport Command Is Presented An Award During A Ceremony At An Airbase Somewhere In India.

Yugoslavian bomber crews, trained in the United States and given bombers by the President of the United States, are shown with one of their planes after they landed at John Payne Field, Cairo, Egypt on 31 October 1943.

The "Desert Warrior," a well-adorned B-25 North American "Mitchell" bomber of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force, preparatory to being sent back to the U.S. with its crew after completing some of the historic missions of the war from El Alamein to Sicily.

Lt. Robert Feddern, Navy Pby Flight Boat Pilot, Who Picked Up Brig. Gen. Nathan F. Twining, Commanding General Of The 13Th Af At Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides And His Combat Flight Party From Life Rafts In Which They Had Been Adrift Six Nights And Five Day

American And British Prisoners Of War Freed By Swift Allied Advanced Leave A Truck At An Air Base Somewhere In Germany Prior To Air Evacuation By The 9Th Troop Carrier Command. 27 April 1945.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War

Lt. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton Presents Awards To Men Of The 439Th Troop Carrier Group During An Award Ceremony At An Air Base Somewhere In France. 18 October 1944.

Jimmy Doolittle's own Tokyo Bombing Crew---Maj. Gen. James Doolittle, his Tokyo Bombing crew and some Chinese friends are pictured in China after the U.S. Airmen bailed out ofllowing the Doolittle Air Raid on Japanesean, April 18, 1942. Left to Right:

Pilots and their crews of a 9th Air force fighter group ride on a small railway captured with a German airport somewhere in France. The captured train was used to deliver supplies, ammunition and personnel to various parts of the base.

Ordnance Crew Load Bombs On A Bomb Trailer In Preparation For A Mission Of The 353Rd Fighter Group. April 1944. England.

Major Gen. Charles T. Myers Presents Awards To Men Of The 439Th Troop Carrier Group During A Ceremony At An Air Base Somewhere In France. 18 October 1944.

Major B.K. Holloway Is Presented The Silver Star By Brig. General Claire L. Chennault During A Ceremony At Kunming, China On 27 October 1942.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Troops &Paratroops

Personnel Assigned To Unit 'B' Armament Shop Clean Barrels Of .50 Cal. Machine Guns At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 27 March 1944. 379Th Bomb Group.

These four airmen, P-38 Lightning pursuit pilots, each won the Air Medal at a presentation ceremony held at an advanced base in New Guinea. They are (left to right): 1st Lt. Donald J. Campbell, of Cincinnati, Ohio; 1st Lt. Gordon Willet

Men against the sky--are these three members of the Air Service Command as they prepare an airplane engine for installation of a re-conditioned propeller. The plane, a Consolidated B-24 Liberator, had made a crash landing on the shore of the Adriatic

Aircraft, Burma, India &RECREATION War

General Douglas Macarthur, Commander-In-Chief Of The Allied Forces In The Southwest Pacific Area, Photographed With Some Of His Landing Officers On An Island In The Southwest Pacific During The Generals Visit To American Troops, Who Immediately Afterward

Men Of The 19Th Service Group Put A Reconditioned Tail Elevator On A North American B-25 Of The 340Th Bomb Group Which Was Damaged By Cinders During The Eruption Of Mt. Vesuvius On 23 March 1944.

2nd Lt. Elizabeth Dodd, and 2nd Lt. Kathleen Dial, take time out to have some coffee served by an Australian Mobile Unit of the Salvation Army. Manus Is., Admiralty Group.

Color Guard Passes Before The Reviewing Party At Dedication Ceremony Of Meeks Field, Iceland. 2Nd Service Group, 24 March 1943.

Lt. Colonel Wright Hiatt, Winchester, Indiana, And Capt. Berwyn Fry, 7314 Bennett Ave., Chicago, Ill., Engineers With The 14Th A.F., And A Chinese Worker, With Two Of The Mines Removed From The Air Strip, At Liuchow, China. The Former 14Th A.F. Base At L

Decoration Ceremony Of The 94Th Fighter Squadron, 1St Fighter Group, At An Airfield Somewhere In Italy.

7Th Bomber Command Personnel Land At Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, Marianas Islands. 4 August 1944.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Maintenance,MISCELLANEOUS War

Lt. Commack And Crew Of The 401St Bomb Group Climb Into Truck Which Will Take Them To Intelligence Section For Interrogation After Mission, 6 January 1944. England.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,ARMAMENT War

A Crew Member Of The 379Th Bomb Group Who Was Wounded During A Mission Over Enemy Territory Is Removed From The Plane By An Ambulance Crew At An 8Th Air Force Base In England. 13 May 1944.

Lt. General Carl A. Spaatz Listens With Interest To The Intelligence Reports At An Air Base Somewhere In North Africa. 90Th Photographic Reconnaissance Wing, 1 July 1943.

At an air base near Bengasi, Cirenaica, Libya. 1st Lt. Dean Lear of Houston, Texas, pilot of a Ninth U.S. Air Force B-24 "Liberator" of the 376th Bomb Group, is questioned by an intelligence officer after return from the devastating raid on the

Airmen Of The 9Th Troop Carrier Command Stand At Attention During An Award Ceremony At Greenham Common, England. 29 November 1944.

"Rover Joe" -- A Gound-Air Tactical Method Used By Mediterranean Allied Air Forces To Coordinate Fighter-Bombers And Infantry Action In The Mountain Approaches. "Rover Joes" (Usually Former Pilots) Spot Enemy Targets And By Radio, Relay Locations To Maaf

Flying Surgeons of a 9th AF evacuation unit photographed in front of a "Skytrain" (Douglas C-47) of the 9th Troop Carrier Command which landed them in France. They were there to evacuate the first load of wounded brought back to England from

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

After The Japaneseanese Retreated From The Area Between Nanning And Luichow American Forces Brough In Equipment And Hospital Supplies. Shown Here Is The First American Convoy Being Received At Pinyang, China.

ENGLAND-This winter's weather--the worst 8th AF has had in three years of bombing Germany, caused a minor epidemic of common colds among mechanics working in rain, freezing ofg or snow falls until sulfa drugs were administered daily. At the

Bombing results on Bengasi...

Some of the enlisted men who are resting at the Manila Leave Center stand in line to get a cup of coffee at the Red Cross snack bar located in one end of the lounge; others read the latest newspapers; while some just talk. Luzon, Philippine Islands

Men Of The India China Wing Of Air Transport Command Lines Up To Hear Brig. General Earl S. Hoag'S Address After Receiving The Distinguished Merit Badge. Upper Assam, India, 17 February 1944.

Lead Crew Of Bombing Mission To Furstenau, Germany, In Front Of A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 359Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group, England. 24 March 1945.

Philippine Islands, 22 May 1945. Flight nurse taking pulse reading of litter case at Rosales Airstrip before take-off in a Douglas C-47 to go to Lingayen, where they will embark for Leyte, Hollandia, New Guinea, or the states, depending on the extent

Major General Lewis H. Brereton, General Dwight Eisenhower And Major General Carl A. Spaatz Chat With Officers Of The 386Th Bomb Group While They Stand On The Catwalk Of The Control Tower, Waiting For The Group'S Planes To Return From A Mission Over Enemy

Most of these North American P-51 Mustang pilots have not yet visited London, but they are on their way to take off on the first long range fighter escort mission from England to Russia. They carry with them 16 maps to show the route; chocolate bars

At an air base near Bengasi, Cirenaica, Libya. Intelligence officer interrogates Air Force crew members of the 376th Bomb Group, after the group's return from the devastating raid on the Ploesti, Roumania oil fields and refineries.

Major General Bonesteel And High Ranking Officers Review Troops Prior To Departure From The 2Nd Service Group Airfield In Iceland. 18 June 1943.

To assure top-notch coordination of tank and dive-bomber tactics during smashes at the Siegfried Line, the 9th Air Force in France is assigning number of pilots to armored units. The pilots ride with the tanks, directing air support. One of the

Left To Right: Major General Nathan Twining & Brig. Gen. Charles Born Are Shown Briefing Bombardier Lt. Robert V. Smith Of 704 Virginia Street, Charleston, Wv, Before The Lt. Takes Off On An Important Mission Over Southern France.

1St. Lt. Elmer Tarbox Of Higgins, Texas Is Congratulated By Brig. General Claire L. Chennault After A Receiving The Silver Star During A Ceremony At An Air Base Somewhere In China On 20 December 1942.

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

First sergeants 372nd Infantry , Military officers, United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 372nd. Jack Miller Collection

The Crew Members Of The 324Th Bomb Squadron, 91St Bomb Group, Are Interrogated After Returning To Their Base At Bassingbourne, England From Another Bombing Raid Over Enemy Territory. 24 June 1943.

Interrogation of Superfortress crew at XX Bomber Command forward area base in Western China ofllowing the arduous, longest bombing mission in history, the June 15 attack on the Imperial Iron and Steel Works at Yawata, Japanesean.

Project 19 - Operation Sandstone (Enewatak) Test Activities. Man Monitored for Radioactivity Following Washdown of Sampler B-17 Drone. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

A Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Poses For The Photographer At An An 8Th Air Force Base In England On 3 November 1943.

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

England

Crew Members Of 410Th Bomb Group Read The Latest Events About Their Country From A U.S. Newspaper At Their 9Th Air Force Base In France.

If a member of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force in the Libyan Desert needs advice or help in solving problems he can receive it from the American Red Cross men stationed with the forces. Here Ray L. Goodridge, right, Red Cross Field Director, of 210

ARVN soldiers and Vietnamese marines gather for a formal ceremony during the Vietnam War in July 26, 1962. This image captures the members of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, highlighting their involvement in the conflict as they prepare for military activities.

The 381St Bomb Group Band At 8Th Air Force Station 167 In England. 27 August 1944.

A Chinese interpreter employed by the Air Ground Section explains to a surprised Japaneseanese officer that a Tenth Air force mission landed in Canton to bring aid to Allied prisoners there. The mission was carried out on 19 August 1945, two weeks beofre

Maintenance men of the 394th Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Group, work far into the night preparing their planes for a mission. Borneo, Netherlands East Indies, July 1945.

Air Corps Troops Arrive At Keflavik, Iceland. 2Nd Service Group, 20 June 1943.

Crew members of the Ninth Air Force being interrogated after a bombing mission over the Mareth Line. Intelligence officers get invaluable informations from these men who have just returned from flying over the enemy line. EGYPT.

Crew Members Of The 359Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group Participate In The Victory Squadron War Bond Drive. England, 1 August 1944.

Men Of The 390Th Bomb Group Are Presented Medals During A Ceremony At An 8Th Air Force Base In England. 14 September 1943.

Crew Of The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Fitch's Bandwagon" Of The 401St Bomb Group Put Their Flying Equipment Into A Truck After They Have Returned To Their Base In England, 11 April 1944.

A group of Boeing B-17 Flying ofrtress Co-pilots, ready to take off on a bombing operation in support of the ground forces fighting in France, pause for a moment to hear the latest news from the beachhead. Thus far, the airmen, because of thick

Colonel E. B. Miller, Jr., Commanding Officer Of The 30Th Bomb Group, 7Th Air Force, Poses With Colonel James Walker (Center) And Major E. S. Pardee (Right) On Nanumea Island, Ellice Island, 10 December 1943.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War

Midway Heroes At Hickam Field, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, After The Battle Of Midway Island. 7 June 1942.

Algiers, Algeria-Salvage worker tightening top of reclamation drum used for cleaning and salvaging of small parts such as nuts and bolts, washers, etc. April 1943.

Colonel Wangman And Crew Of The 453Nd Bomb Group After Completion Of A Bombing Raid. England, 5 February 1944.

North Africa-Setting up an underground radio station at a newly formed U.S. airdrome in North Africa.

Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker, Commanding General Of The Mediterranean Allied Air Forces, Is Shown Here On An Inspection Tour Of The All Negro Fighting Group, With Officers Of That Unit. Left To Right: Lt. Colonel Beaufort Buchanan, Executive Officer Of A Fighte

Victor Chapman, Elliott Cowdin, Wm. Thaw, Norman Prince, K. Rockwell, Bert Hall, Lieut. Delnage, J.R. McConnell, Capt. Thenault

Crew members of a Consolidated B-24 of the 530th Bomb Squadron, 380th Bomb Group at Fenton Field, Australia who participated in a bombing mission over Balikpapen, Borneo. They are, left to right: S/Sgt. Charles Carlson of Vinton, Iowa, waist

Plenty of athletic equipment is needed by the men of the U.S. 9th Air Force stationed in the Libyan Desert. They get it from American Red Cross Field Director Ray L. Goodridge, of 210 Lark Street, Rochester, New York, shown here distributing the

Anefo photo collection. Recruits ML-KNIL (Military Aviation Royal Dutch Indian Army) Training Camp St. Ives Bradfield Park Sydney (New South Wales) .oldate B.H. Berkhoff Nijmegen meal awarded cook Lac B. Lyons Sydney. completed education, Berkhoff act telegraphist. left Netherlands March 1, 1945 plane Canadians Wolverhampton, England, training, travel United Australia. July 1945. Australia, Sydney

Hundres Of 5 Gallon Jerry Tanks Are Filled With High-Octane Gasoline At A 353Rd Fighter Group Base In England. April 1945.

Three German snipers picked up by American troops outside of Cherbourg, France, are given a lift on the front end of a jeep back to the stockade.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Ceremonies& Decorations, Awards, War

Aircraft, Burma, India &Troops &Paratroops

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,WACS War

R.A.F. ground crews in Malta work a seven day week. But they still have an opportunity for worship. Every Sunday the padre comes to the airfield in a lorry and conducts divine service. His congregation is made up of men who a few moments before were

Eight wounded survivors of the 10 man crew of a B-24 Liberator bomber of the U.S. Army 13th Air Force, which returned safely to its base after an air battle over Rabaul, New Britain Island. Three Japanese Zeros were definitely shot down and 5 others

The Weather Reports Are Being Written On The Weather Board At Fc Operations Tent. The Men In The Picture Are: S/Sgt. Milo Caskey Of Hale Center, Tex.; Sgt. Joel C. Nichols Of Birmingham, Ala.

Ignoring the howls of a...

Men Of The 381St Bomb Group Being Briefed At 8Th Air Force Station 167, 19 September 1943.

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