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A U.S. Army Air Forces Martin B-26G-11-MA Marauder (s/n 43-34565) from the 497th Bombardment Squadron, 344th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force, enveloped in flames and hurtling earthward after enemy flak…
A fleet of C-5 Galaxies tower above the rest of the fighter and cargo aircraft
A fleet of C-5 Galaxies tower above the rest of the fighter and cargo aircraft inside the “Boneyard” of the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force…
Two soldiers watch as Cromwell tanks of the Guards Armoured Division of the 2nd Armoured Recon Battalion the Welsh Guards cross Nijmegen bridge in the Netherlands
Two soldiers watch as ‘Cromwell’ tanks of the Guards Armoured Division of the 2nd Armoured Recon Battalion the Welsh Guards cross Nijmegen bridge in the Netherlands, Thursday, the 21st of…
Wacos-Grave-OMG-XS
A serial of Douglas C-47 Skytrains of the 315th Troop Carrier Group, dropping 41 sticks of the 1st Polish Airborne Brigade into DZ “O” near Grave, southwest of Nijmegen in…
An infantryman of ‘A’ Company, 11th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment, on sentry duty in a captured German trench near the Albert–Bapaume road at Ovillers-la-Boisselle, during the ‘Battle of the Somme’ in July 1916
An infantryman of ‘A’ Company, 11th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment, on sentry duty in a captured German trench near the Albert–Bapaume road at Ovillers-la-Boisselle, during the ‘Battle of the Somme’…
British Paratroops at Arnhem ‘Operation Market Garden’. September 20, 1944.
British Paratroops at Arnhem ‘Operation Market Garden’. September 20, 1944. A 3-inch mortar team of Nº23 Mortar Platoon, Support Company, 1st (Airlanding) Battalion, Border Regiment, bombarding enemy positions from the…
‘Harvest’_in_Normandy,_17_July_1944_TR2107
The wreckage of a Ju-88 purported to have been shot down by the Canadian Spitfires of Johnny Johnson’s Wing lies not far from airstrip B-7 at Matragny, Normandy. The two…
P40k Warhawk – Midway Atoll
United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) 78th Fighter Squadron, stationed at Midway from January 23 until April 21, 1943 to protect the island, its garrison and fortifications and the submarine…
American forces are trying to recapture Winger-sur-Moder
American forces are trying to recapture this German town (unknown) from German mountain troops who infiltrated it during the night, dislodging American troops and taking a number of Prisoners. Hotel…
Unrecovered War Casualty Australian Army
Assorted personal items discovered with the remains of an Australian soldier who died in West Timor in February 1942. The artefacts unearthed include a water bottle, brass fittings from webbing…
