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…
WAR & CONFLICT BOOKERA: WAR IN THE EAST
The Yanks mop up on Bougainville night at Japs would infiltrate American Lines. At Dawn, the doughboys went out and killed them. This photo shows tank going in its cover.…
Portrait – Joseph W. Jamro
WWII Staff Sgt. Joseph W. Jamro, 93, center, who was shot down as a tail gunner on a Liberator bomber over Romania in 1944 looks through a scrap book with…
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Army officers inspect the wreckage of Messerschmitt Bf 109E-1 (W.Nr. 3367) “Red 14” of 2./JG52, which crash-landed in a wheatfield at Mays Farm, Selmeston, near Lewes in Sussex, 12 August…
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Troops of the Polish 22 Transport Artillery Company (Army Service Corps, 2nd Polish Corps) watch as one of their comrades play wrestles with Wojtek (Voytek) their mascot bear during their…
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1915: Armenian deportees-women, children and elderly men. Woman in foreground is carrying a child in her arms, shielding it from the sun with a shawl; man on left is carrying…
German Female Prisoners of War 1945 (2)
British Auxiliary Territorial Service Lance Corporal Jean Burck of New Malden, Surrey, England speaks to a group of female German POWs at Camp Vilvoorde. The camp was managed by British…
“Lady Jeannette” Cut-a-way of the inside as Gustafson, the last survivor bailed out, just before the crash. Metzger had no parachute and Gott was a by the number flyer and command pilot, even if he could have, he would not, so both pilots rode her down. In the radio compartment is the radio operator, Dunlap. Not shown, is the fourth crewman, the tail gunner, Krimminger, whose parachute had gone over the tail plane and Krimminger had been trapped to hang under the tail plane.
“Lady Jeannette” Cut-a-way of the inside as Gustafson, the last survivor bailed out, just before the crash. Metzger had no parachute and Gott was a by the number flyer and…
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Squadron Sergeant Major William John Parkes of No. 3 Squadron, 2nd (Armoured) Irish Guards, killed when his Sherman tank was knocked out during the advance towards Eindhoven as part of…
A retired T-38 Talon sits in pieces inside the %22Boneyard%22 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ari
A retired T-38 Talon sits in pieces inside the “Boneyard” at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. Officially called the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, the “Boneyard” is a 2,600-acre…
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Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade led by Brigadier Lord Lovat (in the water, to the right of his men) land on Queen Red beach, Sword area, c. 0840 hours,…
The remains of a B-66 Destroyer sit palletized
The remains of a B-66 Destroyer sit palletized within the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. The aircraft was a light bomber with the…
German He 280
A Heinkel He-280 takes off for a test flight. Notice the missing engine cowling. Early flights were carried out with cowlings removed in order to minimize the risk of fire…
The 3/4th Queen’s at the Battle of Broodseinde in 1917
The 3/4th battalion of The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) was a territorial battalion that been formed in 1915 and went overseas in June 1917, joining 62nd Brigade, 21st Division, in August. Although…
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) sinking in Bikini Atoll lagoon after bomb damage sustained during the Baker atomic test of Operation Crossroads, at 1540h, 25 July 1946.
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) sinking in Bikini Atoll lagoon after bomb damage sustained during the “Baker” atomic test of Operation Crossroads, at 15:40h, 25 July 1946.…
Yanks dash for cover in Germany, 1945
Seventh Army riflemen dash for cover amidst rubble of destroyed buildings in (?) as enemy pours in intermittent artillery, nebelwerfers and small arms fire at advancing yanks (?). Road and…
USS Missouri Lego Battleship
Many small modifications have been added since the last photo was uploaded. Most notable are the funnel caps, main gun directors, and radar on the top mast. More photos to…
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Retired Lt. Col. Alston Daniels salutes out of the window of a Douglas C-47D Skytrain on static display at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., April 7, 2015. Daniels flew the…
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A Dutch school damaged by mortar fire, being searched for German snipers by Sergeant J Whawell and Sergeant J Turrell of the Glider Pilot Regiment. An empty weapons supply cannister…
A UH-34D Seahorse helicopter, which began service in 1952 as a Navy anti-submarine warfare helicopter and served as the primary Marine Corps assault helicopter of the Vietnam War
A UH-34D Seahorse helicopter, which began service in 1952 as a Navy anti-submarine warfare helicopter and served as the primary Marine Corps assault helicopter of the Vietnam War. This one…
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A Cromwell tank crew of 4th County of London Yeomanry, 7th Armoured Division, preparing a meal in front of their vehicle, 17 June 1944. Left to right: Trooper Arthur Nelson,…
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Ground crews refuelling and bombing up an Avro Lancaster of No. 75 (New Zealand) Squadron RAF at Mepal, Cambridgeshire, for a night raid on Krefeld, Germany. The bomb load consists…
In the track of the Hun. The first of our men to cross the Somme, near Peronne
Soldiers after crossing the River Somme. According to the photograph’s original caption these soldiers are the first to have crossed the River Somme. Some of them are clambering up a…
Men of No 3 Platoon, ‘R’ Company, 1st Parachute Battalion, 1st (British) Airborne Division armed with Bren gun and No. 4 rifles
Men of No 3 Platoon, ‘R’ Company, 1st Parachute Battalion, 1st (British) Airborne Division armed with Bren gun and No. 4 rifles defend a large shell hole outside Arnhem, during…
Fourth_Division_Marines_burrowed_into_the_black_sand_of_Iwo_Jima
A reserve of Fourth Division Marines, burrowed into the black sand of Iwo Jima, awaits its turn to move up on D-Day, February 19. Almost lost in the smoke haze…
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A left front view of a wrecked and stripped Israeli M50 Mark II Sherman tank, as the 22nd Marine Amphibious Unit redeploys back to ships of Amphibious Squadron 4, at…
Pz. VI Ausf E Tiger I of s.Pz.Abt 101, 1.Kompanie, 3.Zug, 3rd vehicle, commanded by SS-Oberscharführer Fritz Zahner passes the Hotel du Lion d’Or in the Rue André Carpentier, Morgny, Normandy. June 8 1944
Pz. VI Ausf E Tiger I #133 of s.Pz.Abt 101, 1.Kompanie, 3.Zug, 3rd vehicle, commanded by SS-Oberscharführer Fritz Zahner passes the Hotel du Lion d’Or in the Rue André Carpentier,…
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LUBANG, PHILIPPINES – MARCH 10: (CHINA OUT, SOUTH KOREA OUT) Former Japanese Imerial Army intelligent officer Hiroo Onoda attends a press conference on March 10, 1974 in Lubang, Philippines. Leutinant…
Results of one of the war’s fiercest struggles, the fight for Iwo Jima, lie in sorry heaps all over the island. The hand of a Japanese soldier killed by a bomb blast is seen in the rubble which covered the island.
Results of one of the war’s fiercest struggles, the fight for Iwo Jima, lie in sorry heaps all over the island. The hand of a Japanese soldier killed by a…
Off Omaha Beach, American Liberty ships – ‘Corn Cobs’ were scuttled to provide a makeshift breakwater during the early days of the invasion
“Omaha Beach”American Liberty ships were deliberately scuttled off the beaches to provide makeshift breakwaters during the early days of the invasion somewhere in France. This scene shows 13 Liberty ships…
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Flying Officer R W Stewart, a wireless operator on board an Avro Lancaster B Mark I of No. 57 Squadron RAF based at Scampton, Lincolnshire, speaking to the pilot from…
German Soldiers Killed in Action during Battle of the Bulge
Grenadiers of the 12.SS Panzer Division “Hitlerjugend”, killed in battle with the US 509th Parachute Regiment during the offensive in the Ardennes, Dec 1944. Note the body center background frozen…
The Australian 12th M.G. Company, 45th Battalion, 12th Brigade, 4th Division, near Anzac Ridge at Polygon Wood in the Ypres Sector, where very heavy casualties were sustained. Photo taken on the 28th of September, 1917.
The Australian 12th M.G. Company, 45th Battalion, 12th Brigade, 4th Division, near Anzac Ridge at Polygon Wood in the Ypres Sector, where very heavy casualties were sustained. Photo taken on…
Members of the 101st Airborne Division walk past dead comrades killed during the Christmas Eve bombing of Bastogne, Belgium
Members of the 101st Airborne Division walk past dead comrades, killed during the Christmas Eve bombing of Bastogne, Belgium, the town in which this division was besieged for ten days.…
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German prisoners of war from Elverum camp prepare for embarkation from Norway to Germany. Before leaving the embarkation camp at Mandal a final screening of prisoners was carried out by…
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Avro Lancaster B Mark III, ED831 ‘WS-H’, of No 9 Squadron RAF, flown by Squadron Leader A M Hobbs RNZAF and his crew, taking off at Bardney, Lincolnshire, for a…
Royal_Air_Force_1939-1945-_Bomber_Command_CH12153
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited three Pathfinder stations on 10 February 1944. Here they are seen talking to ground crew of No 156 Squadron at Warboys, Huntingdonshire, beneath…
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Lancaster skipper, Flying Officer T Blackham of No. 50 Squadron, keeps a firm hold on the crew’s lucky mascot, as he is helped into his flying jacket by his flight…
RAF BBMF Lancaster Aircraft at Night
The Royal Air Force Memorial Flight’s Lancaster PA 474 undertakes a night engine run in preparation for the 2013 commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Dambusters raids of World…
F6F_Hellcat_crash_on_carrier_off_Palau_1944
A U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat after crashing on a U.S. Essex-class carrier off Peleliu in 1944. The plane had been shot up over Peleliu, taking out the hydraulics. With…
USS_Independence_(CVL-22)_burning
The U.S. light aircraft carrier USS Independence (CVL-22) afire aft, soon after the “Able Day” atomic bomb air burst test at Bikini on 1 July 1946 (Operation Crossroads). The bomb…
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Flying Officer J B Burnside, the flight engineer on board an Avro Lancaster B Mark III of No. 619 Squadron RAF based at Coningsby, Lincolnshire, checks settings on the control…
A_Bren_Gun_Carrier_brings_in_a_batch_of_German_prisoners
Bren Gun Carrier (Universal/Windsor) brings in a batch of German prisoners during 158 Brigade’s attack. 158 Brigade (53 Division) was tasked to cross the Escaut Canal near Lommel in order…
Unidentified men of the Australian 5th Division enjoying a smoke and rest by the side of the Montauban road, near Mametz, France, while en-route to the trenches. Most of the men are wearing sheepskin vests and woollen gloves, and are carrying full kit and .303 Lee Enfield rifles, December 1916.
Unidentified men of the Australian 5th Division enjoying a smoke and rest by the side of the Montauban road, near Mametz, France, while en-route to the trenches. Most of the…
Royal_Air_Force_Bomber_Command,_1942-1945._C4335
Vertical photograph taken during the night attack on the German tank and lorry depot near Mailly-le-Camp, France, by 346 Avro Lancasters of Nos. 1 and 5 Groups. A Lancaster, silhouetted…
