5,172 items in this album on 259 pages.
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G4M1 bomber of Japanese Navy 4th Air Group commander Lieutenant Masayoshi Nakagawa, moments before crashing into sea during attack on USS Lexington off Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 20 Feb 1942. Photo 2 of 2 | A TBD-1 Devastator bomber flew over Wake Island during the American attack of 24 Feb 1942; note thick smoke in lower center |
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A Jeep being loaded into the sizeable fuselage of a C-46 Commando cargo plane, while another waited to be driven up the ramp, Mar 1942 | A Mustang Mk I fighter being test flown in Inglewood, California, United States in 1942 before being delivered to the British Royal Air Force |
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A TBF Avenger of Torpedo Squadron VT-8 at Norfolk, Virginia, United States, Mar 1942. Note the red and white rudder stripes that were authorized for only four months. | Aerial gunners of 3rd Bomb Group, US 8th Bomb Squadron (Light) pose with an A-24 Banshee aircraft at Charters Towers, Australia, Jan-Mar 1942 |
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Aircraft transport ship USS Kitty Hawk at Berth F-1, Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Mar 1942. Note AT-6 Texans and J2F Ducks on top deck with wings removed and trucks on lower deck. | Albacore aircraft of No. 820 Squadron, British Fleet Air Arm taking off from HMS Victorious, which was on distant cover for Arctic convoys, Mar 1942 |
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An early model B-17 Fortress captured by the Japanese and repainted with Japanese markings, circa 1942. | B5N1 taking off from carrier Akagi, circa Mar-Apr 1942 |
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German crewmen Hoffmann and Berger cleaning the machine gun barrel of Bf 109 fighter W. Nr. 8673, which belonged to Hans-Joachim Marseille, Martuba, Libya, Mar 1942 | German Field Marshal Hugo Sperrle visiting an airfield, France, spring 1942, photo 1 of 5 |
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German Ju 87D Stuka dive bomber on the ground in Russia, Mar 1942; note Ju 52 aircraft in flight above | Hans-Joachim Marseille with a British Hurricane fighter that he had shot down, Libya, Mar 1942, photo 1 of 3 |
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Hans-Joachim Marseille with a British Hurricane fighter that he had shot down, Libya, Mar 1942, photo 2 of 3 | Hans-Joachim Marseille with a British Hurricane fighter that he had shot down, Libya, Mar 1942, photo 3 of 3 |
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PBY-5A Catalina patrol plane dropping a Mark XIII aerial torpedo during the torpedo’s testing period, 1942 | Wheeled variant of the Naval Aircraft Factory OS2N-1 Kingfisher (contract versions of the Vought OS2U-3) at rest at the Naval Aircraft Factory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 1942 |
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Wildcat fighter in flight, Jan-May 1942 | Wildcat of VF-41 in flight, circa early 1942 |
5,172 items in this album on 259 pages.