B-24 Liberators of the 98th Bomb Group fly a low-level bombing mission against the oil refineries around Ploesti, Romania in August 1943. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless flies over the battleship USS Washington (BB-56) during the invasion of the Gilbert Islands, November 1943. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
A lone P-51 Mustang fighter flies with a formation of B-17 Flying Fortress bombers over England. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Model of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress being tested for ditching characteristics in Tank No. 2 at Langley Research Center. (NACA/NASA Photograph.)
Side view of the Consolidated A-11, an attack version of the Consolidated P-30 (PB-2) two-seat fighter aircraft. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
“All he needed was a little more gas!” — Charles Henry Alston, Office for Emergency Management, Office of War Information, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park.
Soldiers of the 161st Chemical Smoke Generating Company, U.S. Third Army, move a barrel of oil in preparation to refilling an M-2 smoke generator, which spews forth a heavy cloud of white smoke. These men are engaged in laying a...
Consolidated B-24D Liberator “Hellsadroppin’ II” of the 329th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force photographed in December 1942. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Illustration of the M5A1 Light Tank. (Source: U.S. War Department Technical Manual TM 9-1729A, 1944.)
A pilot from 333rd Ftr Sq, 318th FG flies his damaged P-38 Lightning “Ripper” back to Saipan after an attack on Iwo Jima. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
