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Parked R5D
Photograph. Douglas R5D parked on an airstrip. Personal caption on reverse: "C-54 R5D." Presumably Kwajalein Island,...
Parked SNJ
Photograph. SNJ Texan parked on an airstrip. Personal caption on reverse: "SNJ / 1945." Presumably Kwajalein Island,...
Parked Ventura, 1946
Photograph. Grainy. Lockheed Ventura parked on an airstrip. Personal caption on reverse: "Ventura 1946." Presumably...
PB4Y-2 landing on an airstrip
Photograph. A Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer landing on a concrete airstrip. Personal caption on reverse: "PBM-4Y2."...
PB4Y-2 Privateer taking off from an airstrip, 1945
Photograph. A Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer taking off from an airstrip. Personal caption on reverse: "Pb4Y2 / Take Off...
PFC John Diehl sitting on a wrecked German airplane, Germany, 1945
Photograph. Private First Class John Diehl sitting on the wing of a wrecked German bomber. Personal caption on reverse...
Photograph identifying where two U.S. crew members bailed out in Japanese territory in 1943
Photograph. Photograph identifying where two U.S. crew members bailed out in Japanese territory. "This is two of our...
Pile of downed German planes
Photograph. Parts from downed German planes piled by a shed. Location unknown. No date
Planes flying in formation
Photograph. Several squadrons of planes flying in formation. Presumably Saint-Lô, France. Circa 1944
Quonset hut and entrances to underground air raid shelters, Thurleigh Airfield
Photograph. Quonset hut and entrances to underground air raid shelters. Thurleigh Airfield, near Bedford, England. 1943...
R5D after a crash landing, 1946
Photograph. Douglas R5D parked on an airstrip after a crash landing. Personal caption on reverse: "C-54 / crash landed...
R5D taxingon an airstrip, 1945
Photograph. Side view of a Douglas R5D taxing on an airstrip. Personal caption on reverse: "C-54 Landing / 1945."...
Repair and maintenance crews looking out towards airfield, Thurleigh Airfield
Photograph. Repair and maintenance crews looking out towards airfield, tractor and bicycles also nearby. Thurleigh...
Sailors on a wrecked B-24
Photograph. Two sailors, one sitting and one standing, on a wrecked Consolidated B-24 Liberator; the engines and nose...
Sequence of two images showing a hit bomber going down in flames over Europe
Sequence of two images showing a hit bomber going down in flames. "Two shots of one of our bombers hit and going down...
Serviceman posing with a wrecked German airplane, Germany, 1945
Photograph. Serviceman leaning against a wrecked German bomber; another bomber is parked at the edge of a forest in the...
Serviceman sitting in a crashed Messerschmitt Me 262
Photograph. American serviceman sitting in a crashed Messerschmitt Me 262 "Schwalbe" ["Swallow"]. Location unknown. No...
Servicemen fueling a B-29, 1945
Photograph. Servicemen fueling and performing maintenance work of a B-29 Superfortress. Personal caption on reverse: "B...
Servicemen sitting on a Messerschmitt Me 262
Photograph. Two American servicemen sitting on the wing of a damaged Messerschmitt Me 262 "Schwalbe" ["Swallow"]....
Unidentified air crew man working on airplane wing, Thurleigh Airfield
Photograph. Unidentified air crew man working on airplane wing inside hangar at Thurleigh Airfield. Thurleigh Airfield...
USAAF planes engaging Axis air convoy off the coast of Sicily, Italy
Photograph, aerial. United States Army Air Force planes engaging an Axis air convoy over open water. Official caption...
Vapor trails in sky. Thurleigh Airfield
Photograph. Vapor trails in sky. Thurleigh Airfield, near Bedford, England. 1943-45
View from the ground of dozens of B-17 Flying Fortresses flying overhead, Thurleigh Airfield
Photograph. View from the ground of dozens of B-17 Flying Fortresses flying overhead, returning from mission. Thurleigh...
View from the ground of dozens of B-17 Flying Fortresses flying overhead, Thurleigh Airfield
Photograph. View from the ground of dozens of B-17 Flying Fortresses flying overhead, returning from 300th mission....
View of a formation of American B-24 bombers and the results of the bombs it just dropped
View of a formation of American B-24 bombers and the results of the bombs it just dropped. Probably in Italy. Probably...
Wreckage lines a Japanese airstrip at Puluwat in this picture made from the Navy Liberator piloted by Commander Norman M. 'Bus' Miller on 9 June 1944
404.Photograph. 'File No: 46573 September 21, 1944 Saga of Bus Miller--- Wreckage lines the airstrip at Puluwat in this...
Wreckage of a B-29, Tinian, 1945
Photograph. Servicemen standing next to the severed tail section of a B-29 Bomber. The surrounding area is littered...
Wreckage of German airplanes, Italy, 1944
Photograph. Wreckage of two German airplanes in a field; a shed is in the background. Personal caption on reverse: "Two...
Wreckage of German airplanes, Italy, 1944
Photograph. Wreckage of two German airplanes in a field; a shed is in the background. Tuscany, Italy. September 1944
Wrecked fuselage of a B-17 Flying Fortress, Thurleigh Airfield
Photograph. Fuselage of a B-17 Flying Fortress after it crashed into a Quonset hut on the airbase. Thurleigh Airfield,...
Wrecked German airplanes, Germany, 1945
Photograph. Three wrecked German bombers at the edge of a forest. Personal caption on reverse: "Pocking Germany."...

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