Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

9,500 items in this album on 475 pages.


Assembly and repair shop at Kaneohe Naval Air Station, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, date unknown	Cargo-passenger ship Ancon underway, circa 1939-1941

Destroyer Arashio as seen in the United States Navy Department Division of Naval Intelligence A503 FM30-50 booklet for ship identification, date unknown	Destroyer Sampson steaming near Saratoga, circa 1940; note TBD-1 Devastator aircraft parked near by

Duguay-Trouin as seen in US Division of Naval Intelligence booklet ONI203 published 9 Nov 1942, photo 2 of 3	Duguay-Trouin as seen in US Division of Naval Intelligence booklet ONI203 published 9 Nov 1942, photo 3 of 3

Early GMC CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 closed cab long wheel base transport with winch, Pontiac, Michigan, United States, 1940	Enterprise with with TBD and SBC aircraft parked on flight deck, circa 1940

F4F-3A Wildcat as it is being accepted from the factory at NAS St Louis, Missouri, USA, 1940. This particular aircraft was later destroyed by friendly fire near Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii the night of Dec 7 1941; the pilot was killed.	German battleship Scharnhorst underway as seen in US Navy booklet A503 FM30-50 for warship identification

German destroyers Z5 Paul Jakobi and Z1 Leberecht Maass seen in Division of Naval Inteligence of US Navy Department A503 FM30-50 booklet for identification of ships	German Ju 87B Stuka dive bomber in flight, circa 1940; as seen in publication US Navy Naval Aviation News dated 1 Sep 1943

GMC AFKWX 2 1/2-ton 6x6 transport truck, a predecessor to and cab-over version of the CCKW, date unknown	GMC CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 closed cab gasoline tanker, 1940; it was capable of carrying 750 gallons of fuel

Gunnery practice with a 5-inch gun aboard US Coast Guard cutter Spencer, Atlantic Ocean, circa 1940	Houston in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands, circa 1940-1941

Houston's baseball team, circa 1940-1941	In-flight photo of a Douglas B-23 Dragon assigned to Hickam Field, Oahu, Hawaii, 1940.

Ju 52/3m aircraft of Eurasia airline, a subsidiary of Lufthansa, at rest in China, 1935-1941	Liberty party from battleship California prepared to go ashore, 1940; note SOC-3 floatplanes atop Turret #3 and on after catapult