Category Archives: photos

M4 Sherman Engine Repair

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

An M4 Sherman tank and crew of the 3rd Tank Battalion, 10th Armored Division await engine repair during training at Camp Gordon in Georgia. The 10th Armored (“Tiger”) Division was activated at Fort Benning, Georgia in July 1942, participated in … Continue reading →

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B-17 Nose Art: Thru Hel’en Hiwater

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

B-17G Thru Hel’en Hiwater was assigned to the 358th Bombardment Squadron, 303rd Bombardment Group (“Hell’s Angels”). The B-17 was lost, along with the 2Lt. Roy A. Larson and crew, during a mission to Hamm, Germany in April 1944. Thru Hel’en … Continue reading →

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Car in a Truck in a Railcar

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

German rail transport destroyed by Allied bombing raids in the railyards at Littorio, Italy. In an unusual combination, the Germans loaded a small car in the back of a truck which was then loaded in the railcar in the foreground. … Continue reading →

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U.S. and Allied Tanks in Color

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A selection of Life’s best color photographs of Allied tanks and AFVs in World War II. Click any thumbnail for a high-resolution copy of the image on Google Images.   The crew of a U.S. M4 Sherman tank on top … Continue reading →

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Fallschirmjäger and the Battle for Crete

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Photographs of the German Fallschirmjäger airborne invasion of Crete in May 1941. The German attack on Crete was the first major airborne offensive in WWII. [All photographs Bundesarchiv via Wikimedia, Creative Commons CC-BY-SA.]  

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128th Armored Field Artillery Photos

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

       John Glascock has uploaded over 300 black-and-white and color WWII photos of the 128th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 6th Armored Division:  • 128th Armored Field Artillery Bn Photo Gallery   Noteworthy color photographs include Red Cross Clubmobile … Continue reading →

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KO’d Panthers in the Bulge

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Photographs of Panthers and Jagdpanthers knocked out during the Ardennes Offensive. The upper left photograph shows destroyed Jagdpanthers of schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung 560 destroyed between Büllingen und Bütgenbach. The lower photograph shows Panthers of the 3rd Kompanie, 12th SS-Panzer Division … Continue reading →

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B-24D Liberator “Sherazade”

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Pilot and crew in front of the B-24 Liberator “Sherazade” of the 425th Bomb Squadron, 308th Bomb Group, Fourteenth Air Force in China in WWII. The bomber markings list ten missions with three Japanese fighters shot down and one boat … Continue reading →

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Captured Jeeps

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

 

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B-24 Liberator “Sabu”

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Elaborate nose art of a flying boxcar on an unknown B-24 Liberator:  

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