Category Archives: photos

Bulldozer Removes Dummy German Plane

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A bulldozer from the 9th Air Force engineers clears a German dummy plane from a captured airfield on the Cherbourg peninsula of France. (U.S. Air Force Photo.)

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P-47 Mascot

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Unit mascot sits proudly in the nose of a P-47 Thunderbolt fighter. (U.S. Air Force WW2 Photo)  

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“Battleship X” is the USS South Dakota

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

After the Battle of Santa Cruz and Guadalcanal, “Battleship X” is identified as the USS South Dakota. Source: Newsmap, U.S. Army Service Forces, Army Information Branch, October 11, 1943. “BATTLESHIP X” IS THE USS SOUTH DAKOTA Because she was the … Continue reading →

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BB in Port

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

BB in Port, All Hands Magazine, August 1944. (U.S. Navy Photo.)

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XB-26H “Middle River Stump Jumper”

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The Martin XB-26H variant — nicknamed the “Middle River Stump Jumper” — of the Martin B-26 Marauder was a single test aircraft converted for tandem landing gear (“bicycle landing gear”). Th XB-26H was used to test the bicycle gear configuration … Continue reading →

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Panzer IV Color Photo

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Rare color photograph of a camouflaged Panzer IV knocked out in Normandy in 1944. From the markings and camouflage, the Panzer IV appears to be from the German Panzer Lehr Division. U.S. Air Force Photo.

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Perfect SB2C Helldiver Landing

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

An example of a “Perfect Landing” by an SB2C Helldiver on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier from Naval Aviation News, March 15, 1945. Pilot, landing signal officer, Fly 3 officer and hookman function like precision parts of a well-made machine in … Continue reading →

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Naval Aviators

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin
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Hellcat Tails Flaming Zeke

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin
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Battery of the Battleship USS California

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The shining 14-inch 50-caliber main guns, “sentinels of security,” form the forward main battery of the USS California (BB-44). The USS California was sunk on Battleship Row in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, but the ship was … Continue reading →

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