WWII Military Air Operations

Images show military aircraft and ambulances at airfields, highlighting wartime logistics and repair efforts involving American and Australian forces.

Ninth Air Force fighter-bombers, flying ahead of the First Army thrust to Cologne, knocked out this loading platform in the railroad yard at Duren, Germany. In the early days of this offensive, Republic P-47 Thunderbolts of the 9th's three tactical
Ninth Air Force fighter-bombers, flying ahead of the First Army thrust to Cologne, knocked out this loading platform in the railroad yard at Duren, Germany. In the early days of this offensive, Republic P-47 Thunderbolts of the 9th's three tactical