World War II Photograph Search [g boat]

276 items in this album on 14 pages.


Kingfisher aircraft of No. 1 Flying Boat Repair Depot RAAF at rest, Lake Boga, Victoria, Australia, Aug 1942	US Navy Lt Commander John D. Bulkeley receives the Medal of Honor from President Franklin Roosevelt, 4 Aug 1942. The medal was for his actions as a PT Boat Squadron commander in the Philippines, Dec 1941-Apr 1942

Electric Boat workers preparing submarine Harder for launching, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 19 Aug 1942	Boats arriving at Leningrad, Russia via Lake Ladoga, bringing food and other supplies, 1 Sep 1942

Life boat from SS Tilawa in process of sinking due to overloading as seen from cruiser HMS Birmingham, 25 Nov 1942.	Elco 80-foot torpedo boat PT-109 commanded by Ensign Bryant L Larson delivering 96 survivors from the sunken cruiser USS Northampton to Tulagi Harbor, Solomon Islands, 1 Dec 1942. Note the cruiser USS New Orleans at left.

Submarine Bowfin sponsor Mrs. Jane Gawne, Rear Admiral Thomas Withers, and Bowfin Maid of honor Miss Christine Gawne stand ready to christen the boat prior to her launch at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, 7 Dec 1942.	H8K flying boat, 26 Dec 1942

A Mark XIII aerial torpedo being launched from a PT Boat by simply dropping it over the side during tests in the Rendova area of the Solomon Islands, 1943.	A PT boat patrolled off New Guinea, 1943

Australian Catalina aircraft being serviced by No. 1 Flying Boat Maintenance Unit RAAF in Bowen, Queensland, Australia, early 1943	House boats near Changdi Street, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, 1943

Japanese sailors aboard a warship cheering their comrades in a rowboat, 1941-1943	PT-114 and other PT Boats of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 6 (MTBRon 6) on patrol in the Solomon Islands or the New Guinea area, 1942-43. Note twin Browning M2 .50 caliber machine guns in foreground.

PT-208, a Higgins 78-foot motor torpedo boat in zebra paint, receiving three new Packard W-14 M2500 replacement engines at Bizerte, Tunisia, 1943. Note the raised rocket launcher rails on the bow.	RAF Fortress Mark IIA of No. 220 Squadron at Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides west of Scotland, 1943. This aircraft sank two U-boats, U624 & U707, and shared in sinking of U575. Note ASV II radar antennae under the wing.

S.55 flying boat of the Romanian Air Force, circa 1943	The training aircraft carrier USS Wolverine steams past two sailboats on Lake Michigan, United States, 1943.

US Army Medical Detachment 1340 personnel with boat used for fishing expeditions during designated rest periods, Fiji, 1942-1944	US Marines unloading a motorcycle from a boat, US Territory of Hawaii, circa 1943