Thanks for the kind response to my last thread about 1942, after the attack on Pearl Harbor. I have some more here I've collected for these series, I hope to present, 1943.
All photos are from U.S.F.G., unless otherwise noted.
OS2U Kingfisher fly in echelon formation over NAS Jacksonville in 1943 -
A U.S. Army Air Forces Beechcraft AT-10-GF Wichita (42-34584) in flight. This was one of the batch of 600 aircraft built by Globe Aircraft at Fort Worth, Texas (USA). Date circa 1943 -
Monochrome photograph of the XC-105 in 1943, shown in Panama at Allbrook Field with the airplane's flight crew posed in front of the nose which is painted with an elephant carrying supplies and the name "Grandpappy". One of the crewmen is Master Sgt. Laird N. Rosborough, the radio operator. The one-of-a-kind aircraft was previously designated the Boeing XB-15. It was scrapped in 1945 at Allbrook Field.
A U.S. Navy Vought OS2U Kingfisher following an aerial target near Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida (USA), in 1943.
A formation of U.S. Marine Corps Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless dive bombers from Marine Scouting Squadron VMS-3 Devilbirds in flight near the Virgin Islands. Based at MCAS Bourne Field, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, during the entire course of its existence, the squadron logged patrols from 1934 to 1944. Included among them were flights on 11-14 May 1942 to circumvent the expected escape attempt of the French Fleet for Guadaloupe. Note the Atlantic Theater camouflage on the aircraft. Date circa 1943-1944
Senior pilots in front of B-17F-105-BO 42-30455, of 325th Bomb Squadron, 92d Bomb Group, at Alconbury Airfield, England, after a successful mission to Hülser Berg, Germany in late June 1943.
Equipped with radar, this aircraft flew several missions as the lead aircraft of the group.
This aircraft went down in North Sea 16 November 1943 while returning from Norway after being transferred to the 390th BG/569th BS at RAF Framlingham in Suffolk. 10 crew MIA. MACR 1400
Beaufighter Mk.VIf of the 416th Night Fighter Squadron at Grottaglie Airfield, Italy, in November 1943. (U.S. Air Force photo)
21st Bombardment Squadron B-24 Liberator Amchitka Alaska Mar 1943. Sleds were used to transport bombs to the aircraft in the snow.
YP-61 Black Widow. The antenna of the radar set, either a SCR-520 or SCR-720, can be seen in the partially transparent nose.
Date 1943
U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1 Corsair fighters of Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-124 Whistling Death on Guadalcanal, in April 1943. VMF-124 was the first Corsair unit to enter combat, in February 1943. -
A U.S. Army Air Forces Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning (s/n 42-13545) assigned to the 54th Fighter Squadron, 343rd Fighter Group, approaching Amchitka Army Airfield, Alaska (USA). Date circa 1943
A U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat of fighting squadron VF-1 launches from the hangar deck catapult on board the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) during her shakedown cruise in the waters off Trinidad, 3 June 1943.
A A side view of a section of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) that shows the hangar deck (with hangar deck catapult) and flight deck. A Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat of Fighting Squadron VF-1 is visible on the latter. Yorktown was placed in commission on 15 April 1943. Date 1943 -
A plane parker signaling to the pilot of a Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat of fighter squadron VF-12, Carrier Air Group 12 (CVG-12), aboard the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) in November 1943. -
Emergency wheels-up landing of Boeing B-17G-45-BO (S/N 42-97272) (BN-T) "Duchess Daughter" of the 303rd Bomb Group, 359th Bomb Squadron. Lt. Mathis was lead bombardier for a mission on March 18, 1943, when the "Duchess" was hit by flak. Lt. Mathis, although seriously wounded, completed the bomb run. He died soon after.
U.S. Marine Corps Major Marion Eugene Carl in 1943. The photo was probably taken when Carl commanded Marine Fighting Squadron 223 (VMF-223) in the Solomons.
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