Photos

Lt. General George Kenny's plane, the Boeing B-17 "Sally", was the only Flying Fortress in New Guinea with its natural aluminum finish. Port Moresby, New Guinea. 20 March 1943.

A G3M of the Kisarazu Kokutai flies over the tomb of Sun Yat Sen in China.

View taken from a TBD-1 from VT-5 showing Japanese ships maneuvering below, off Salamaua, and making smoke. Note pair of TBD-1s carrying two bombs a-piece.

View taken from a VT-5 plane, a Douglas TBD-1 "Devastator" showing two Japanese ships maneuvering off Salamaua. Note pair of TBD-1s at upper left, each carrying a pair of 500-pound bombs. Arrows and numbers indicate Japanese ships underway in Huon Gulf, below.

View taken from a VT-5 plane, a Douglas TBD-1 "Devastator" showing ships below maneuvering off Salamaua. Plane at upper right is TBD-1 (BuNo 0319) flown by Lieutenant Joe Taylor, USN Commanding Officer of VT-5. Radioman is ACRM (PA) H. S. Nobbs, USN. Note weathered markings and individual plane No. (1) on fuselage.

Holding a K-25 camera, in the rear seat of a Curtiss SB2C aircraft that has just landed on an aircraft carrier, January 1945. He was a member of Edward Steichen's wartime photographic unit. Note name "R.L. Johnson" stenciled on plane, and .30 caliber machine g

In the cockpit of a Vought OS2U Kingfisher aircraft, circa 1942-43. He received the Air Medal during the North African Campaign of November 1942.

Standing on the wing of an SB2C "Helldiver", circa 1944.

A Lockheed P-38 covered with snow after a snowstorm at Ladd Field, Alaska, 12 February 1944

Wreck of a Lockheed P-38 "Lightning", Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses", parked in a dispersal area at an Air Force base in the SOlomon Island Area, are loaded with bombs in preperation for a striking mission against the Japs.

Ground crew personnel load wing tank on the Lockheed P-38 "Little Red Head", Isley Field, Saipan, Marianas Islands, November 1944.

Ground crew personnel load wing tank on the Lockheed P-38 "Little Red Head", Isley Field, Saipan, Marianas Islands, November 1944.

Lockheed P-38 "Georgia Peach II" in flight over Panama

Lockheed P-38 "Lightning"

Lockheed P-38 "Lightning"