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Barrage balloon
Photograph. Barrage balloon hovering just above a field. Residential buildings are in the background. Location unknown...
Beechcraft Model 18/ C-45 Expeditor being towed, Thurleigh Airfield
Photograph. Beechcraft Model 18/ C-45 Expeditor being towed at Thurleigh airfield, near Bedford, England. 1943-45
Bomb bay of a B-29, North Field, Tinian, 1945
Photograph. Bomb bay of a B-29 Bomber loaded with 100lb M47A1 incendiary bombs. North Field, Tinian. 1945
Bow-on view of Commander Norman M. 'Bus' Miller's Consolidated Liberator 'Thunder Mug' on Eniwetok in September 1944
401.Photograph. Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator. 'File No: 46583 September 21, 1944 Saga of Bus Miller--- 'Bow-on' view...
C-46 taking off, 1945
Photograph. Front view of a Curtiss C-46 Commando taking off from an airstrip. Personal caption on reverse: "C46 / Take...
C-46 taking off, 1945
Photograph. Front view of a Curtiss C-46 Commando taking off from an airstrip. Personal caption on reverse: "C46 / 1945...
Captured Kamikaze Aircraft, Hickam Field, Oahu c.1945
US dubbed 'Baka' or Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka, "cherry blossom," a rocket powered human-guided kamikaze attack plane, "...
Coast Guardsman checking the sights of a cockpit machine gun
Photograph. Coast Guardsman checking the sights of a cockpit machine gun. Caption on reverse: "18433. From: Public...
Crashed B-24, 1945
Photograph. Crashed Consolidated B-24 Liberator on a beach; "480" is painted on the nose. Personal caption on reverse...
Crashed B-29 from the 505th Bomb Group, North Field, Tinian
Photograph. B-29 Bomber being towed from a ditch by two cranes. North Field, Tinian. 1945
Crashed Messerschmitt Me 262
Photograph. Front of a crashed Messerschmitt Me 262 "Schwalbe" ["Swallow"] in a field; the propellers are damaged....
Crashed Messerschmitt Me 262
Photograph. Side of a crashed Messerschmitt Me 262 "Schwalbe" ["Swallow"] in a field; the propellers are damaged....
Crashed Messerschmitt Me 262
Photograph. Side of a crashed Messerschmitt Me 262 "Schwalbe" ["Swallow"] in a field; the propellers are damaged....
Crashed Messerschmitt Me 262
Photograph. Side of a crashed Messerschmitt Me 262 "Schwalbe" ["Swallow"] in a field; the propellers are damaged....
Damaged B-29 from the 504th Bombardment Group on North Field, Tinian, 1945
Photograph. B-29 from 504th Bombardment Group with a heavily damaged tail. North Field, Tinian. 1945
Damaged B-29 on North Field, Tinian, 1945
Photograph. 58th Bomb Wing B-29 Bomber with a perforated wing damaged by antiaircraft fire. North Field, Tinian. 1945
Donald Schlenger standing in front of B-29 "Don ~ The Beachcomber", North Field, Tinian
Photograph. United States Army Air Forces officer Donald Schlenger standing in front of B-29 Bomber "Don ~ The...
Doubly-powered by the flow of jet units, a Navy Vought Corsair fighter plane roars down the deck of a carrier for a takeoff in September 1944
450.Photograph. Chance Vought F4U Corsair. 'File Number: 215656 September 9, 1944 Navy Ready to Use Jet-Assisted...
Downed aircraft
Photograph. Downed American aircraft near an island coast. Presumably Okinawa, Japan. 1945
Downed Nazi airplane
Photograph. Remains of a Nazi airplane sitting in a field; a railroad track is in the foreground. Presumably Italy. No...
F6F Hellcat taxing on an airstrip
Photograph Grumman F6F Hellcat taxing on an airstrip. Personal caption on reverse: "F6 taxiing 1945." Presumably...
Four images showing sequence of flak destroying an American B-24 bomber
Four images showing sequence of flak destroying an American B-24 bomber. "Sequence of four shots of one of our...
Front of a B-29
Photograph. Front of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress that is parked on an airstrip, engines are running. Personal caption...
German aircrafts in a field, Germany, 1945
Photograph. Field filled with downed German planes; some are damaged. Personal caption on front: 'ETO HQ-45-36136."...
German airplane wreckage
Photograph. The remains of a destroyed German Nazi aircraft. Europe. No date
Heavily damaged B-17 Flying Fortresses parked at airfield, Thurleigh Airfield
Photograph. Heavily damaged B-17 Flying Fortresses, one has damage to engine, the other is missing part of its wing....
Helicopter being escorted by planes, Hawaii, 1946
Photograph. Helicopter flying with three escort airplanes above it. Personal caption on reverse: "3 Escorts / 1...
Hellcat taxiing on an airstrip, 1946
Photograph. Side view of a Grumman F6F Hellcat taxiing on an airstrip. Personal caption on reverse: "Fighter plane /...
Holding a press conference at Eniwetok, Commander Norman M. 'Bus' Miller, USN, tells of his missions against the Japanese in the Pacific in September 1944
406.Photograph. 'File No: 46578 September 21, 1944 Saga of Bus Miller--- Holding a press conference at Eniwetok, the...
Individual propellers carried on triangular trailers for plane repair, Thurleigh Airfield
Photograph. Individual propellers carried on triangular trailers for plane repair, bicycles leaning against the...
Japanese serviceman in front of a Nakajima J1N1-S Gekko "Irving"
Photograph. Japanese serviceman standing in front of a parked Nakajima J1N1-S Gekko "Irving." The nose of the J1N1-S is...
Last flight of the 'Thunder Mug', famed Consolidated Liberator piloted by Commander Norman M. 'Bus' Miller, USN, of Winston Salem, North Carolina in September 1944
402.Photograph. Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator. 'File No: 46579 September 21, 1944 Saga of Bus Miller--- Last flight of...
Looking down at cloud bank from inside plane, England
Photograph. View from interior of nose cone of B-17 Flying Fortress looking down onto clouds below. Thurleigh airfield...
Parked A-26
Photograph. Douglas A-26 Invader parked on an airstrip. Personal caption on reverse: "A-26." Presumably Kwajalein...
Parked A-26
Photograph. Douglas A-26 Invader parked on an airstrip. Personal caption on reverse: "A-26." Presumably Kwajalein...
Parked B-29
Photograph. Front of a parked B-29 Superfortress. Personal caption on reverse: "B-29." Presumably Kwajalein Island,...

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