World War II Combat Aircraft

Historical photographs of military aircraft operations, including aircraft maintenance and pilots receiving accolades during World War II.

Natousa Anti-Malarial Organization Aircraft Phase. Pt-17 Dusting In Lake Patria Area Being Directed By Radio Communication From A C-61. Italy.
Natousa Anti-Malarial Organization Aircraft Phase. Pt-17 Dusting In Lake Patria Area Being Directed By Radio Communication From A C-61. Italy.
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Checking a starter on a starter test stand. Left to right. S/Sgt. J.A. Barksdale, Houston, Tex. Supervising work done by Mr. Lau.
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Conference Of President Roosevelt, Premier Stalin And Prime Minister Churchill, November 28 To 1 December 1943, Incl. At That Historic Conference On The Portico Of The Russian Embassy At Teheran, Iran, Left To Right Seated, Are: Premier Josef Stalin, Pr
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Natives Unloading Supplies From A Truck At Salala Airfield, Salala, Arabia, June 1943.
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Twelfth Observation Squadron Sixty Seventh Observation Group. Colonel F. R. Anderson, And Staff.
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A Smoke Marker Points Directly To The Germany Focke-Wulf Plant At Cottbus, Germany As Bombs Burst During A Mission On 29 May 1944 By Planes Of The 92Nd Bombardment Group, 8Th Air force.
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FLAK BARRAGE-These were some of the formidable defenses that were poured into enemy skies to take its toll on the 8th AAF Flying Fortresses and Liberators during a raid over Northwest Germany recently. Despite heavy concentration of flak and fierce
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In heavily wooded localities such as Cape Gloucester, New Britain, protective concealment is attained by covering the aircraft with foliage, brush or kunai grass from the immediate location of the aircraft, so that it blends into the background and
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Italy - First Mate Dominique Mercurio, Veteran Sailor From Algiers And Monterey, Calif., Takes A Turn Swabbing The Foredeck Of The Rescue Boat.
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When Maj. Gen. Nathan F. Twining commander of the 15th USAAF and Maj. Gen. Fred A. Anderson, deputy to Lt. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz visited a Liberator base in Italy recently, a stop was made at the American Red Cross doughnut shop on the base. In the
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Manus Island, part of the Admirality Group-Close inspection shows bomb headed for the beach and houses.
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Mission #2-St. Omer-ofrt...
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Flight 'A', 201St Mexican Fighter Squadron, Frem, Clark Field, Luzon, P.I. Left To Right: 1St Lt. Graco Ramirez, Mexico, D.F.; 1St Lt. Carlos Varela, Mexico, D.F.; 1St Lt. Fernando From Jaurel, Mex., And Capt. Roberto Legurreta, Jucotitlan, Mexico.
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Aircraft, Burma, India &MINES(BOMBS) War
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Wreckage Of A United States Plane Caused By A Japanese Attack On Yonton Field, Okinawa On 24 May 1945. There Were 12 Planes That Made An Attempt To Land On The Field And Demolish Aircraft With Hand Grenades, Magnetic Mines, Knee Mortars And Various Forms Of E
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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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Captain Emmett S. Davis, Of Compton, Calif., Being Decorated By Brig. Genenral Paul B. Wurtsmith With The Air Medal. Shown On The Left Is Captain Philip Rasmussen, Of Boston, Mass., Who Also Won The Air Medal. Both Men Are Pursuit Pilots Flying Lockheed
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NATIVES FIRST MOVIES AT LOS NEGROS-After the show the natives gather around and have their picture taken. Army photos have these people so used to cameras that they're acting like Hollywood veterans.
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Bomb Damage To Nazi Rally Grounds At Nuremburg, Germany.
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M/Sgt. Roy Moyer, 603 Maple St., South Fork, Penn., lights his hot water tank, preparatory to taking a shower in his house, which he and three other men built. The stove is improvised from empty oil barrels and Italian stones.
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Lockheed P-38 of the 1st...
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This Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress""Sad Sack" Is Posed For Its Last Picture Before Being Removed From The 91St Bomb Group Base At Bassingbourne, England. 20 March 1944.
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Aircraft, Burma, India &Fields & Installations,CONSTRUCTION,Air Fields War
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General Henry H. Arnold, Cg., Aaf, Chats With Major General C. L. Ruffner, Chief Of Staff, Usafpoa, As Gen Arnold'S Plane Lands At Hickem Field, Oahu, T.H.
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Crew Of The 'Totin' To Tokyo', Boeing B-29 Of The 793Rd Bomb Sq., 469Th Bomb Group, Xx Bomber Command In China. Left To Right: Sgt. M.A. Martone, Watertown, Conn., Radar Operator; Sgt. W.A. Innes, Dallas, Texas, Tail Gunner, Sgt. J.T. Matalauskis, Chicag
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Capt. Crum With General Willis H. Hale. Funafuti, December 43.
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Gun camera picture of enemy planes being strafed at an airfield in Cologne, Germany.
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A typical scene in German-occupied territory is this exploding engine under attack by U.S. 8th Air Force fighters.
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France - Normandy Beaches Looked Like This In The Radar Scopes Of 8Th Air Force Bombers During Pre-Invasion Reconnaissance Flights. Despite Solid Clouds, Coastline And Built-Up Areas Of The Various Towns Showed Up Clearly. (An/Aps-15).
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Aerial View Of The Port Of Civitavecchia, Italy. 25 Sept. 1945.
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Battle damaged Boeing B-17...
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One of the many Martin B-26 Marauders of the Ninth Air force is shown over the coast of France during the early morning giving a cover to the landing craft shown on the sandy beaches below. These hard hitting medium bombers with their fighter escort
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Natives Place Palms On Roof Of Enlisted Men's Barracks, Roberts Field, Liberia. May 1943.
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Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War
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Maria's Crew Of The 8Th Af's 398Th Bomb Group By Their B-17 'Diana' At Their Base In England, 17 September 1944.
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Col. C.F. Necrason pins the Air Medal and DFC on T/Sgt. Frank Cunio of Lawrence, Mass.
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Operations, Priorities And Transportation Buildings, Santa Maria, Azores. 20 July 1945.
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Chapel, 20 July 1945, Santa Maria, Azores.
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Headquarters for the 315th Air Service Group at Castel Benito Airport, Tripoli, Lybia. 6 May 1943.
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North American P-51 D Canopy.
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Natives Laying Pipeline Near Val De Caes Field, Belem Brazil. April 1943.
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Major General Claire L. Chennault At At Staff Meeting Held On 2 November 1944 At 14Th Air Force Headquarters In China.
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These are crew members, attached to a Bomb Group of the 15th AAF, shown during Easter Services held in open air church near runway.
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"Echelon Right"--a formation over italy.
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Major General Carl Spaatz, Commanding General Of The Air Forces, Euousa, Of Earleville, Pennsylvania And Abrig. General Ira C. Eaker, Llane County, Texas, Are Shown When They Awarded Decorations To Airmen In Polebrook, England. 12 Sep 42.
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UP IN THE BOMB BAY, Cpl. Earl H. Johnson (left), McAdenville, N.C. and Sgt. Wm. Polak, Binghamton, N.Y., are meanwhile checking the bomb releases before cranking the bomb into position. Over the target the bomb bay doors
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A force of four German tanks maneuvering through a cross-roads in Belgium, 24 Dec 44, under attack by 2nd Lt. Frank W. Chwateck, a 9th AF Fighter-bomber pilot. In the center panel the lead tank has just been hit by .50 calibre incendiary bullets.
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Air Service Command Advanced Depot In England--Chow Time In The Eto! Always An Important Item In The Daily Schedule Of Fightin' Yanks In The European Theatre Of Operations. Cpl. Ralph A. Almack, 21 Of Coshocton, Ohio, Gives The Mashed Potatoes A Last He
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Bomb Damage In The Vicinity Of Cherbourg, France, 5 July 1944.
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Bombing of Ammunition ship in Mediterranean Sea.
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Anefo photo collection. The Spanish Civil War Recording. April 8, 1964
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Bomb Damage In The Marshalling Yards At Mainz, Germany.
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Aircraft, Burma, India &RECREATION War