Photos

C-87 crew heading over the "Hump"

The pilot and co-pilot at the controls of their Consolidated C-87 of the 1330th AAF Base Unit, Air Transport Command, as they roar over the dangerous "Hump" in India. 8 November 1944.

C-87 Transport over the Hump

This Consolidated C-87 has flown over the "Hump" and is in the valley on the approach to the Tezpur Air Base, July 1943.

C-87 transport plane

Cargo plane of the India-China Wing Air Transport COmmand, in flight on its return from China to its home base in INdia. These planes do not fly in formation.

C-87 transport plane

Consolidated C-87 "Gulliver II" on runway at Waller Field, Trinidad, British West Indies. April 1943.

C-87 transporting locomotive parts

Alon, Burma. Railroad transportation in Burma is an acute problem. Pictured are India natives unloading parts of a locomotive off of a Consolidated C-87, flown in from Barrackpore, India. March 1945.

C-87 unloading, Kunming

At Kunming, China, Coolies Unload A Bomb From A Consolidated C-87. The Air Transport Command Plane Has Transported A Shipment Of Bombs And Miscellaneous Freight From Chabua, India, Over The "Hump" To The Base In China. 1943.

C-87, China

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.

C.C.F. SBW-1 (SB2C-1) (Bu# 21207)

At NATC Patuxent River, Maryland, 31 May 1944.

C.C.F. SBW-1 (SB2C-1) (Bu# 21207)

At NATC Patuxent River, Maryland, 31 May 1944.

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Camera mounting on a 49th FG P-38

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

Camera setup in F-4 Lightning

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.

Carrier raids on Formosa, October 1944.

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

Carrier raids on Japan, 16-17 February 1945.

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.

Carrier Raids on the Philippines, November 1944

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.

Columbia J2F-6 (BU no. 36935)

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