Photographs from the US Air Force | World War II Database

432 items in this album on 22 pages.


Official Boeing photograph comparing the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber and its successor B-29 Superfortress bomber, circa late 1944	B-17G bomber returned to Nuthampstead, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom after being damaged on bombing mission over Cologne, Germany, 5 Oct 1944

A-20 Havoc bombers of US 416th Bomb Group making a bombing run over Europe, circa late 1944	Lightning aircraft in flight, post-Apr 1944

P-38 Lightning aircraft at rest on an airstrip in Chico, California, United States, 1 Dec 1944	A-25A Shrike aircraft (USAAF version of Navy's SB2C Helldiver) parked beside a B-25 Mitchell bomber at Sanborn Airfield at Legaspi, Luzon, Philippines, 1945

A-25A Shrike aircraft in flight with bomb bay doors open, 1944-1945	A-26 Invader aircraft in flight, Aug 1943-Jan 1947

A-26B Invader aircraft in flight, date unknown	A-26B-35-DL Invader aircraft in flight, Aug 1943-Jan 1947

Aerial view of Howaldtswerke shipyard, Hamburg, Germany, 1940s	Aircraft mechanics of the USAAF 398th Bombardment Group change a B-17 engine, Nuthampstead, England, United Kingdom, May 1944 to Apr 1945

American pilot Captain Don S. Gentile posing in front of his P-51 Mustang fighter, during WW2	Armorers handling an HVAR air-to-surface rocket, circa 1945, location unknown. Note the rocket fuse on the ground at left.

B-25 Mitchell bombers of the US 42nd Bomb Group, 69th Bomb Squadron at Cape Sansapor, New Guinea, Sep 1944-Feb 1945	B-25J Mitchell bomber at an airfield, circa 1945

B-25J Mitchell medium bomber trainer, 1945-1947	B-26 Marauder bomber 'Flak Bait' and another aircraft of same model in flight, Mar 1945. 'Flak Bait' was the first US bomber in Europe to record 200 bombing missions.

B-26G Marauder bomber resting at an airfield, Aug 1943-Jan 1947	B-29 bomber of Army Air Field Training Command B-29 Transition School at Maxwell Field flying over the Alabama River in training, Aug 1943-Jan 1947