Category Archives: photos

Panther at Hotel des Ardennes in Ligneuville

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Officers of the Ninth Air Force pose with a German Panther tank of Kampfgruppe Peiper knocked out in front of the Hotel des Ardennes in Ligneuville, Belgium on December 17th, 1944. The Panther was commanded by SS Untersturmführer Arndt Fisher … Continue reading →

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Fighters over Saipan

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A formation of three famous U.S. fighters of WWII over Saipan: a North American P-51 Mustang, a Lockheed P-38 Lightning, and a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt of the 318th and 15th Fighter Groups. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

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WWII iPad Wallpapers

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A collection of WWII-themed wallpapers for the iPad and other computer desktops are listed below. All images are sized to 1024×1024 pixels. P-51 Mustang P-51 Mustang flown by pilot Ed Shipley in a heritage flight at the air show at … Continue reading →

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Sturmgeschütz at Cassino

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Photographs of German Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) captured near Cassino, Italy, from Report of the New Weapons Board, Office of the Commanding General, Army Service Forces, Washington, D.C., April 1944. Italian Fifth Army Area — Ordnance Materiel  

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B-24 Nose Art

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

WWII B-24 Liberator nose art from 864th, 865th, and 866th Bombardment Squadrons of the 494th Bombardment Group and 392nd Bombardment Squadron of the 30th Bombardment Group. Source: U.S. Air Force photographs.

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Destroyed Panther in Normandy

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Here is an interesting photo of a destroyed Panther in Normandy that was recently posted on Flickr. • Panther Side View • Panther Rear View According to the website, the German Panther tank was destroyed near Val-de-Breuil on August 16-17, … Continue reading →

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Wartime Kent

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Wartime Kent is a small, but interesting, set of photographs on Flickr of Kent during WWII. The set includes several photographs showing damage from V-2 rockets in 1945.  

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B-24 from Maxwell Field, Alabama

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A Consolidated B-24 Liberator from the four-engine pilot school of the Eastern Flying Training Command at Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama (now designated Maxwell Air Force Base or Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base). The U.S. Army Air Forces established a specialized … Continue reading →

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B-17 and B-52 iPad Wallpaper

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

U.S. Air Force photographs of B-17 Flying Fortress “Thunderbird” and a B-52 Stratofortress participating in a Heritage Flight at the Defenders of Liberty Airshow at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The wallpaper images are sized to 1024×1024 pixels and 1024×768 … Continue reading →

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Sd.Kfz. 10 Halftrack

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Shown below are Bundesarchiv photographs of the German Sd.Kfz. 10 halftrack. (Sd.Kfz. = Sonderkraftfahrzeug or special-purpose motorized vehicle.) The Sd.Kfz. 10 was used extensively by the German military throughout WWII as a light tractor and prime mover with over 14,000 … Continue reading →

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