WW2 Photographs in Color | World War II Database

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Portrait of Eisenhower, 31 Dec 1943	A photo-reconnaissance variant of the P-40N Warhawk assigned to the 110th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron takes off from a steel runway on an island in the southwest Pacific, 1944-45.

A rest and recuperation area for US airmen in Yunnan Province, China, circa 1944	A US Navy Sailor and a WAVES personnel on duty as control tower spotters at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, United States, circa 1944-1945

Alfred Jodl, circa 1940s	American Blood Chit prepared for Operation Gratitude, the Raid into the South China Sea, as planners expected American airmen would be flying over French-Indochina (Vietnam) and other regions of southeast Asia.

American greeting card, printed during war time, 1 of 2	American greeting card, printed during war time, 2 of 2

American ground crew preparing to arm P-51 Mustang fighter at an airfield with six M2 machine guns and 0.50 caliber ammunition, date unknown	American M4 Sherman tanks in Italy, 1944

American servicemen learning the VW valve adjustment ritual on a captured Kübelwagen, 1944	B-17G Flying Fortress bomber of the US 100th Bomber Group at RAF Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, 1944; note Studebaker US6 truck and Jeep

B-24H Liberator “Gipsy Queen”/“Dusty’s Double Trouble” with the 755th Bomb Squadron at RAF Horsham St Faith, Norfolk, England, UK.	B-24H Liberator “Pegasus The Flying Red Horse” of the 784th Bomb Squadron landing at RAF Attlebridge, Norfolk. The parachutes were used for braking after the hydraulic system was shot out in combat.

Barracuda aircraft preparing for flight on an airfield in Britain, circa mid-1940s	Base Operations center of Peishiyi (Baishiyi) Airfield near Chongqing, China, circa 1944

Bomb bay gasoline tanks for B-25 Mitchell bombers sat at the North American Aviation plant awaiting assembly, Inglewood, California, United States, 1944	British WAAF radio operators intercepting German nightfighter communications with the Corona System, 1940s

British-equipped Chinese soldiers preparing to march from southern China into Burma, 1940s	Buildings occupied by American 'Flying Tigers' airmen, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, circa 1944, photo 1 of 2