Photos

Chinese Troops Prepare To Board A Consolidated C-87 At Yunnanyi Air Base In China. They Will Be Rushed To General Joseph W. Stilwell's Aid On The Burma Frontier. April 1944.

At NATC Patuxent River, Maryland, 31 May 1944.

At NATC Patuxent River, Maryland, 31 May 1944.

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General view of a camera mounted on a Lockheed P-38 of the 49th Fighter Group at Port Moresby, New Gionea, 22 August 1943.

Captain John W. Robinson at the photo machine used on his Lockheed F-4 (P-38) airplane. The camera is a 24" Fairchild, manufactured by the Fairchild Aerial Corporation of New York.

A USS HANCOCK (CV-19) SB2C-3 "Helldiver" flies below the overcast along the Eastern Coast of Formosa, en route to attack shipping at Kurin Ko, the principal North Coast Port, 13 October 1944. Note gun pod under the plane's wing, and nickname "Satan's Angel" by

Two USS LEXINGTON (CV-16) SB2C-3 "Helldiver" bombers fly over task force 58, enroute to Tokyo for their first raid on that city, circa 16 February 1945. Ships below include an "Essex" class carrier, a "New Orleans" class cruiser and a destroyer.

Flight Deck Officer on USS Hancock (CV-19) waves the take-off flag at a SB2C Helldiver bomber, during strikes on Manila Bay, 25 November 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

At Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, 18 December 1943.

At Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, 18 December 1943.

A late-production model of the useful JF/J2F series begun by Grumman in 1933. The original JF and the later J2F-1 thru -5 were built by Grumman. A last, post-Pearl Harbor, batch was ordered for manufacture by Columbia to allow Grumman to concentrate on fighter production. Contrary to the usual Navy designation practice, they were ordered under the Grumman designation of J2F-6 instead of under a Columbia designation. In this photo, dated 31 December 1943, this J2F-6 wears the 3-tone dark blue/intermediate blue/off-white camouflage adopted for ship-based airplanes early in 1943, with the star-and-bar national insignia with the blue border prescribed in September 1943. Note the dark blue on the forward float upper surface, also the two-tone dark blue/off-white combination on the wing floats.

A nearly completed PB2Y-3 patrol bomber parked under camouflage netting outside the plant building, July 1943. Photo by Jacobs.

Consolidated C-87 as seen from beneath the other

Consolidated C-87s before the takeoff

Boarding passengers at Treasure Island, California, January 1943. This plane was operated for the naval air transport service by Pan American Airways. Note San Francisco Bay Bridge in background.