Photos

A-27s parked at Nichols Field, Philippines

Two North American A-27s of the 17th Pursuit Squadron at Nichols Field, Philippines, in 1941.

BUNO 35107, view of tail section showing the .50 caliber machine gun position with a gunner at the sights. Taken at an east coast airfield, circa summer 1943. Note red-outlined "Star and Bar" insignia used only in July to August 1943. Also note aircraft in the background including: JM, PV, and SNJ types.

North American PBJ-1D Mitchell patrol bomber (Bureau # 35094) Undergoing flight tests at Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland, circa Summer 1943. A Mark XIII torpedo is hung below this PBJ's bomb bay. See Photo # 80-G-408567 (complete caption) for more information on this airplane. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

An Air Force officer stands beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" which has flown over 200 missions. Note the markings on the nose of the plane. Hickam Field, Hawaii.

Officers of the 6th NFS Detachment A in front of their Douglas P-70 night fighter, 3-Mile Drome, New Guinea

Aerial view of Ondongo Airdrome looking northwest of Munda, New Georgia Island in the Solomons.

Assigned to USS MISSISSIPPI (BB-41), circa 1941.

Demonstration photo of the new Lockheed P-38 gas tank ambulance, designed for fast evactuation of wounded.

A Lockheed P-38 is parked in a revetment at Kila Airfield, Port Moresby, New Guinea. 14 September 1943

A Lockheed P-38 Lightning damaged during Jap retaliatory raid on Middleburg landing strip, Middleburg Island. Most of the damage was suffered by parked planes.

A Lockheed P-38 Lightning damaged during Jap retaliatory raid on Middleburg landing strip, Middleburg Island. Most of the damage was suffered by parked planes.

Lockheed P-38 Lightning "Hammer's Destruction Company", at a 10th Air Force airbase in India, 8 July 1945

A Lockheed P-38, the first AAF plane to land on Okinawa Island, 20 April 1945

Lockheed P-38 landing on the almost completed strip on Morotai Island, the first plane to make a scheduled landing.

Lockheed P-38 landing on sand strip, Tacloban, Leyte Is., Philippin Islands