A jeep and a halftrack towing a howitzer lead a convoy of vehicles ashore on a floating causeway from the Mulberry harbor at Omaha Beach, June 1944. (U.S. Army Signal Corps Collection, U.S. National Archives.) Omaha Beach...
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Factory workers perform final checks on a Lockheed PV-1 Ventura at the Vega Aircraft Company plant in Burbank, California. (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Photograph.) Lockheed PV-1 Ventura (National...
A Short Sunderland Mk I flying boat of No. 10 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), based at Oban, Argyll in Scotland, takes off from Oban Bay in August 1940. (Collection of Imperial War Museums.) Short Sunderland Mk I...
A starboard view of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-12) underway in September 1944 displaying the dazzle camouflage pattern Camouflage Measure 33. (U.S. Library of Congress Photograph.) USS Hornet (U.S...
A formation of Martin B-26 Marauder bombers attack the railroad bridge across the Moselle River at Trier-Pfalzel, Germany in December 1944. (U.S. Library of Congress Photograph.) B-26 Marauder (U.S. Library of Congress...
A Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat fighter from Fighting Squadron Three (VF-3) prepares for takeoff on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3), circa 1941. (U.S. Navy Photograph, U.S. National Archives.) (U.S. Navy...
Tractor tugs tow Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighters from the harbor to their airfield in North Africa. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.) (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
The wreck of a German Junkers Ju 88 lies abandoned in North Africa, typically identified as a reconnaissance variant belonging to Aufklärungsgruppe 121. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.) (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
The crew of a North American B-25 Mitchell, nicknamed “STUD”, poses with their aircraft, a veteran of over fifty missions, before flying back to the United States to tour the country promoting War Bonds. (U.S. Air...
A Martin B-26 Marauder medium bomber takes off for a mission from an airfield somewhere in North Africa. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.) (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)