A lineup of B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 381st BG prepares for a bombing mission over Europe during World War II. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Archive - June 2014
Illustration of the M2 .50 Cal. Browning Machine Gun with Heavy Barrel. (U.S. War Department Technical Manual.)
Photograph of the Douglas XB-19 long range bomber in flight. The single prototype built was the largest bomber aircraft built by United States during WWII. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
An armorer loads ammunition in the guns in the nose of a P-38 Lightning fighter. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Recognition of Heavy Tanks and Self-Propelled Guns. (U.S. Army Information Branch, Newsmap, January 11, 1943.)
Route map of the XX Corps, nicknames the “Ghost Corps,” through Europe during World War II.
Early-model Boeing B-17B Flying Fortress shows its aerodynamic lines during takeoff. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
The remains of a wrecked Japanese Aichi D3A Val dive bomber in the Gilbert Islands, 1943. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Formation of B-24 Liberators from the 307th BG flies in World War II. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
A Brewster F2A-3 Buffalo fighter suffers a landing gear failure on board the USS Long Island in July 1942. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)