Royal_Air_Force_Bomber_Command,_1942-1945._CE3
The damaged fuselage and mid-upper turret of Avro Lancaster B Mark I, R5700 ‘ZN-G’, of No. 106 Squadron RAF based at Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire, after crash-landing at Hardwick, Norfolk, following…
“A Still from the film ‘The Battle of the Somme’ showing a British soldier carrying a wounded comrade back from the front line. The scene is generally accepted as having been filmed on the first day of the battle, 1 July 1916.” (This man died 30 minutes after reaching the trenches)
“A Still from the film ‘The Battle of the Somme’ showing a British soldier carrying a wounded comrade back from the front line. The scene is generally accepted as having…
German Female Prisoners of War 1945 (1)
Female German Luftwaffe POWs at Camp Vilvoorde. The camp was managed by British forces of the 21st Army Group and housed over 12,000 Axis POWs, both men and women. Vilvoorde,…
Bf109_wrecks_North_Africa
Wrecks of about eight German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters in North Africa (Tobruk?), circa 1942. The first fuselage wears the markings of III. Gruppe (3rd Group) of a fighter wing,…
An Australian carrying his wounded mate to a medical aid post for treatment near Suvla on the Aegean coast of Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire, 1915. The view is looking north-west from Walker’s Ridge towards the Suvla Plain
An Australian carrying his wounded mate to a medical aid post for treatment near Suvla on the Aegean coast of Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire, 1915. The view is…
USS_Houston
Off San Diego, California, in October 1935, with President Franklin D. Roosevelt on board. She is flying an admiral’s four-star flag at her foremast peak, and the Presidential flag at…
Charley-and-Graham-2017-Gold-Beach
On Gold Beach, the German bunker which stood in the way of the Sherwood Rangers’ entry into Normandy still stands sentinel. On that spot this June 6th , the Sherwood…
German underground ball-bearing factory in Germany, 1945
A German underground ball-bearing factory in Germany, 1945, where all size bearings were made. Shown is a row of polishing and grinding machines used to finish the bearings. This might…
A_graphic_line-up_of_all_the_personnel_required_to_keep_one_Avro_Lancaster_of_RAF_Bomber_Command_flying_on_operations,_taken_at_Scampton,_Lincolnshire,_11_June_1942._CH15362
The personnel required to keep one Avro Lancaster flying on operations, taken at Scampton, Lincolnshire. Front row (left to right); flying control officer, WAAF parachute packer, meteorological officer, seven aircrew…
This photo was on the cover of ‘YANK’ Magazine, Continental Edition of January 14, 1945, entitled “PRESENT ARMS” it featured Pfc. Robert Leigh and his collection of enemy weapons taken by the 83rd Infantry Division during the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest. (MP.38 and MP.40’s, an MG.34 and an MG42)
This photo was on the cover of ‘YANK’ Magazine, Continental Edition of January 14, 1945, entitled “PRESENT ARMS” it featured Pfc. Robert Leigh and his collection of enemy weapons taken…
D-day_-_British_Forces_during_the_Invasion_of_Normandy_6_June_1944_B5110
Sherman tanks and other vehicles of 13th/18th Royal Hussars, 27th Armoured Brigade, aboard LCT 610 approaching the French coast, 6 June 1944. The Sherman tank in the foreground (T147161 ’10’…
1st Infantry Division in Bütgenbach
The 1st Battalion of the U.S. 26th Infantry Regiment passing through the railway viaduct north of Bütgenbach, Belgium, on the Monschauer St. (N647) towards Bütgenbach. The railway viaduct was part…
The Purple Heart Medal of Pfc. James T. Hull
Maj. Gen. Lester Simpson, commanding general of the 36th Infantry Division, receives the Purple Heart Medal of Pfc. James T. Hull from retired Command Sgt. Maj. Cecil Hull. (Credits: Maj.…
Shermans-loaded-in-LCT
U.S. Army M4 “Sherman” tanks of Company A, 741st Tank Battalion and other equipment loaded in an LCT, ready for the invasion of France, circa late May or early June…
B26 Marauder being shot down
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…
The_Hundred_Days_Offensive,_August-november_1918_Q7012
Battle of the Scarpe. Capture of the Greenland Hill by the 51st Division. Daylight patrol of the 1/6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders working forward towards Hausa and Delbar Woods. North-east of…
North American F-86 Sabre
A North American F-86 Sabre sits in pieces under the night sky at the “boneyard” of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. The Sabre was a transonic jet fighter aircraft mainly…
Flugzeug Heinkel He177
A He 177 having an engine maintenance overhaul – note the second cylinder’s exposed exhaust stub being even with the leading edge, an indication of the rearwards location of the…
B-24H Final Approach of the 752nd Bomb Sq
B-24H serial 42-52457 “Final Approach” (coded 7V-Q) of the 752nd Bomb Sq, 458th BG at Horsham St. Faith (AAF Station 123), UK. She went lost on April 9, 1944. All…
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Women Airforce Service Pilots pilots Frances Green, Margaret “Peg” Kirchner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborn, leave their B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft, called Pistol Packin’ Mama, during ferry training at Lockbourne…
Douglas_SBD_flies_over_USS_Enterprise_(CV-6)_and_USS_Saratoga_(CV-3)_on_19_December_1942
A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless flies over the aircraft carriers USS Enterprise (CV-6), foreground, and USS Saratoga (CV-3) near Guadalcanal on 19 December 1942. The aircraft is likely on…
Norway_After_Liberation_1945_BU9776
German prisoners of war from Elverum camp being processed prior to embarkation from Norway to Germany. Here prisoners play cards to pass the time at the embarkation camp at Mandal…
Bomber Marauder B-26, serial number 43-34565 Gratis Gladys, 7I-B, 497 Squadron, 344th Bombardment Group, 9th U.S. Air Force is crashing to the ground after receiving a direct hit
Bomber “Marauder” B-26, serial number 43-34565 Gratis Gladys, 7I-B, 497 Squadron, 344th Bombardment Group, 9th U.S. Air Force is crashing to the ground after receiving a direct hit in the…
Airborne_grave,_Arnhem_1945
The grave of a British airborne soldier killed during the battle of Arnhem in September 1944, photographed by liberating forces on 15 April 1945. On the cross is written in…
Ford-built B-24J assigned to the 755th Bomb Sq, 458th BG at Horsham St. Faith
Ford-built B-24J (serial 42-51939) assigned to the 755th Bomb Sq, 458th BG at Horsham St. Faith (AAF Station 123), probably taken in the early fall of 1944. In October it…
An American Medic and a GI of the US. 80th Infantry Division reading a comic at Reisdorf in Luxembourg near the German Border. 12th of February 1945 Left to right : Pfc Reynold H. Bush Middletown, Ohio , and Pfc Aurelio Maltese, New York
An American Medic and a GI of the US. 80th Infantry Division reading a comic at Reisdorf in Luxembourg near the German Border. 12th of February 1945 Left to right…
Urquhart_outside_his_headquarters
Major-General Roy Urquhart DSO and Bar (leader of the 1st British Airborne Division during the Arnhem Operation) plants the Airborne flag outside his headquarters (Hotel Hartenstein), the last British stronghold…
Royal_Air_Force_1939-1945-_Coastal_Command_CH10730
On 2 August 1943, Hampden torpedo bombers of No 455 Squadron RAAF attacked a convoy off the Norwegian coast. This aircraft (L4105/D) suffered massive flak damage to its tail –…
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A Russian team member (C) introduces digging techniques to Chinses partners on the Huoshao Mountain in Muling City, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, May 12, 2015. A one-month-long China-Russia search began…
An F-4 Phantom II
An F-4 Phantom II sits by itself in the “boneyard” at Davis-Monthan AIr Force Base, Ariz. The aircraft served as the principal air superiority fighter for the Air Force during…
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Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus announces the name of the Independence-class littoral combat ship LCS 24 as USS Oakland during a major league baseball game between the Oakland…
Baik_Sun-yup_and_Collins,_Righway_ather_1951-October-05
Inspection by leading figures of the UN Forces nearby Punchbowl, Korea. (Left to right: Gen. J. Lawton Collins, Gen. Matthew Ridgway, Gen. James Van Fleet, X Corps commander Maj. Gen.…
The Lost Tommies – 6
An unconventional pose, highlighting the more casual approach to many of these photos. This man has Two Years Overseas Service chevrons on right sleeve and a Good Conduct (Three Years)…
Fourth_Division_Post_Office_on_Iwo_Jima
Hell’s island gets letters from heaven. Marines of the Fourth Division receive airmail in the most literal sense of the word when planes flew over Iwo and parachuted mail bags…
B26 Flak-Bait German Shrapnel
After retrieving an original floor board of the plane from storage as part of the reconstruction and conservation project, conservators found a previously undocumented surprise: a German round lodged in…
A_Cromwell_Mk_V_tank_of_4th_County_of_London_Yeomanry,_22nd_Armoured_Brigade,_7th_Armoured_Division,_leads_a_column_of_armour_and_soft-skin_vehicles_inland_from_Gold_Beach,_Norma
A Cromwell Mk V tank of 4th County of London Yeomanry, 22nd Armoured Brigade, 7th Armoured Division, leads a column of armour (including a Sherman Firefly immediately behind) and soft-skin…
Royal_Air_Force_Bomber_Command,_1942-1945._C5083
Vertical aerial photograph taken over Pforzheim, Germany, during the first and only area-bombing raid on the city. High explosive and incendiary bombs explode in the target area at the height…
French-Algerian Army meet up US troops, Rhine.
Infantrymen meet a patrol of the French Army on a fork of the road leading into (?), Germany. The (?) came down from the east side of the Rhine to…
Panzergrenadiers – Kampfgruppe Hansen – Wacht am Rhein
Panzergrenadiers from Kampfgruppe Hansen (one of the three large kampfgruppe of the Leibstandarte Division) take a cigarette brake. Such a state was the norm during combat operations. This photograph was…
USS_Independence_CVL-22
The new U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Independence (CVL-22) in San Francisco Bay (USA) on 15 July 1943. Note that she still carries Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers. Before…
Loading_8000_lb_Cookie_on_Lancaster_WWII_IWM_CH_12595
An 8,000-lb HC bomb (‘super cookie’) is brought by tractor to a waiting Avro Lancaster of No. 106 Squadron RAF in its dispersal at Syerston, Nottinghamshire. The target on this…
Lancaster_crash-landed_on_FIDO_Feb_1944_IWM_CE_135
Avro Lancaster B Mark I, ME590 ‘SR-C’, of No. 101 Squadron RAF, lies on the FIDO (Fog Investigation and Dispersal Operation) pipework at Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire, after a successful crash-landing…
“Lady Jeannette”
“Lady Jeannette” Damage consisted of the right wing, #4 outboard engine and cowling gone, with a fire blowing past the tail. The #3 inboard engine was the only engine that…
pjortiz-usn-cross-photo-01
One Marine assigned to covert activities in Europe with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was Capt Peter J. Ortiz, who was twice decorated with the Navy Cross. Here he…
Løslatte_falstadfanger_(1945)_-_Released_Falstad_prisoner_(1945)_(6729995799)
Two couples from Frol/Levanger, Ingeborg and Martin Sivertsen and Hilda and Olav Holberg, were in January 1945 arrested as hostages for their sons. They were imprisoned at Falstad until Liberation.…
Capt. Ray L Obenshain – P40 Warhawk
Two years after surviving his accident at Midway Atoll, Capt. Ray L. Obenshain, Assistant Operations Officer of Fresno, California, checks his jungle pack at the 47th Fighter Squadron, 15th Fighter…
The_first_two_gliders_to_touch_down
The first two gliders to touch down, their wing tips interlocked after colliding on landing. In the foreground are the Headquarters Artillery Group. Nearly all the vehicles of the 1st…
Major John W. Forth, Chaplain of The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (right), Canadian 3rd Infantry Division, helping the unit’s Regimental Aid Party treat a wounded comrade during the Battle of Caen, France, 15 July 1944.
Major John W. Forth, Chaplain of The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (right), Canadian 3rd Infantry Division, helping the unit’s Regimental Aid Party treat a wounded comrade during the Battle of…
