1945
Wed Dec 24, 2014 10:40 pm
Just posting a few more by year. like I started. Hope these are appreciated.
All photos are from U.S.F.G. unless otherwise noted.
P-51C-10-NT Mustang s/n 43-25050 503rd FS, 339th FG, 8th AF Assigned to 1st Lt. Esteban A. Terrats KIA in this aircraft on the March 2,1945 escort mission to Ruhland,Germany. Photo taken at RAF Fowlmere, England -
U.S. Navy firefighters battle flames engulfing a U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1D Corsair of Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-112 after a crash on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CV-20). VMF-112 was assinged to Carrier Air Group 82 aboard the Bennington. The carrier joined Task Group 58.1 on 8 February 1945 at Ulithi. Operating out of Ulithi, she took part in the strikes against the Japanese home islands (16–17 February and 25 February) -
Three U.S. Navy Douglas R5D Skymaster transport planes in flight south of Miami, Florida (USA), all with different paint schemes used during the Second World War. Date circa 1945 -
A U.S. Navy Curtiss SB2C-4E Helldiver of Bombing Squadron 6 (VB-6) in flight over the Pacific Ocean. VB-6 operated SB2C-3, -3E, -4, and -4E versions of the aircraft during its combat tour aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CV-19) from March to September 1945. Note letter U on the tail identifying the aircraft as being assigned to that carrier, which replaced the "G-symbols" in July 1945. The aircraft features nose art, rare on carrier-based aircraft, proclaiming it to be "The Hannah Special". "Hannah" was the nickname of USS Hancock.
A-26 Invader attack aircraft dropping bombs on the Siegfried Line. Date 1945 -
A captured German Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8 (W.Nr. 681497, "White 11") of 5./JG 4 at St. Trond airfield, Belgium, circa 1 January 1945. This aircraft was flown during on 1 January 1945 by Corporal Walter Wagner who was hit by flak during the attack over St. Trond airfield. The engine died and he had to make an emergency landing. The weapons have obviously been removed. The photo was taken by the resident USAAF 404th Fighter Group. -
Ground crew members of the 459th Fighter Squadron, nicknamed the "Twin Dragon Squadron", working on a Lockheed P-38 at an air base in Chittagong, India - January 1945.
This World War II photograph shows future Astronaut Donald "Deke" K. Slayton (on right) and 1st Lt. Ed Steinman (on left) beside a Douglas A-26 bomber in the Pacific Theater of Operations during the summer of 1945. While the exact location is unknown, the photograph was most likely taken on Okinawa. Date Summer 1945 -
A U.S. Marine Corps Grumman F6F-5N Hellcat of VMF(N)-511 is launched from the deck of the escort carrier USS Block Island (CVE-106) off Okinawa on 10 May 1945. Mechanics dubbed this aircraft the "Hangar Queen" because it had been "down" several times in one week for minor repairs. Here, "Hangar Queen" is about to head for Sakashima in support of the Okinawa campaign. The catapult officer in the foreground resembles a baseball umpire calling a strike on the Japanese by launching this plane. -
A United States Army Air Force Douglas A-24B-15-DT Banshee (s/n 42-54735) of Headquarters Flight Section, 13th Air Force, on Morotai Island, Halmahera Islands, Netherlands East Indies, on 1 January 1945. -
A Kawanishi N1K1-J "George" painted in the markings of the Army Air Forces Technical Air Intelligence Unit, Southwest Pacific Area pictured on the ground. Date 1945 -
A U.S. Navy Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer (BuNo 59602) in flight. Date 1945 -
U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1D Corsair aircraft of Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-321 "Hells Angels", 4th Marine Air Wing, on Iwo Jim -
A U.S. Marine Corps Grumman TBM-3 Avenger of Marine Torpedo Bomber Squadron VMTB-332 pictured dropping supplies for Close Air Support Training out of Marine Corps Air Station Ewa. Date 1945 -
29th Bombardment Group B-29s at North Field, Tinian, 1945
Deak Parsons (right) supervises loading the Little Boy bomb into the B-29 Enola Gay. Norman Ramsey is on his left, with his back to the camera. Date 5 August 1945 -
That's Bout It!
Robbie
All photos are from U.S.F.G. unless otherwise noted.
P-51C-10-NT Mustang s/n 43-25050 503rd FS, 339th FG, 8th AF Assigned to 1st Lt. Esteban A. Terrats KIA in this aircraft on the March 2,1945 escort mission to Ruhland,Germany. Photo taken at RAF Fowlmere, England -
U.S. Navy firefighters battle flames engulfing a U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1D Corsair of Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-112 after a crash on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CV-20). VMF-112 was assinged to Carrier Air Group 82 aboard the Bennington. The carrier joined Task Group 58.1 on 8 February 1945 at Ulithi. Operating out of Ulithi, she took part in the strikes against the Japanese home islands (16–17 February and 25 February) -
Three U.S. Navy Douglas R5D Skymaster transport planes in flight south of Miami, Florida (USA), all with different paint schemes used during the Second World War. Date circa 1945 -
A U.S. Navy Curtiss SB2C-4E Helldiver of Bombing Squadron 6 (VB-6) in flight over the Pacific Ocean. VB-6 operated SB2C-3, -3E, -4, and -4E versions of the aircraft during its combat tour aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CV-19) from March to September 1945. Note letter U on the tail identifying the aircraft as being assigned to that carrier, which replaced the "G-symbols" in July 1945. The aircraft features nose art, rare on carrier-based aircraft, proclaiming it to be "The Hannah Special". "Hannah" was the nickname of USS Hancock.
A-26 Invader attack aircraft dropping bombs on the Siegfried Line. Date 1945 -
A captured German Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8 (W.Nr. 681497, "White 11") of 5./JG 4 at St. Trond airfield, Belgium, circa 1 January 1945. This aircraft was flown during on 1 January 1945 by Corporal Walter Wagner who was hit by flak during the attack over St. Trond airfield. The engine died and he had to make an emergency landing. The weapons have obviously been removed. The photo was taken by the resident USAAF 404th Fighter Group. -
Ground crew members of the 459th Fighter Squadron, nicknamed the "Twin Dragon Squadron", working on a Lockheed P-38 at an air base in Chittagong, India - January 1945.
This World War II photograph shows future Astronaut Donald "Deke" K. Slayton (on right) and 1st Lt. Ed Steinman (on left) beside a Douglas A-26 bomber in the Pacific Theater of Operations during the summer of 1945. While the exact location is unknown, the photograph was most likely taken on Okinawa. Date Summer 1945 -
A U.S. Marine Corps Grumman F6F-5N Hellcat of VMF(N)-511 is launched from the deck of the escort carrier USS Block Island (CVE-106) off Okinawa on 10 May 1945. Mechanics dubbed this aircraft the "Hangar Queen" because it had been "down" several times in one week for minor repairs. Here, "Hangar Queen" is about to head for Sakashima in support of the Okinawa campaign. The catapult officer in the foreground resembles a baseball umpire calling a strike on the Japanese by launching this plane. -
A United States Army Air Force Douglas A-24B-15-DT Banshee (s/n 42-54735) of Headquarters Flight Section, 13th Air Force, on Morotai Island, Halmahera Islands, Netherlands East Indies, on 1 January 1945. -
A Kawanishi N1K1-J "George" painted in the markings of the Army Air Forces Technical Air Intelligence Unit, Southwest Pacific Area pictured on the ground. Date 1945 -
A U.S. Navy Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer (BuNo 59602) in flight. Date 1945 -
U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1D Corsair aircraft of Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-321 "Hells Angels", 4th Marine Air Wing, on Iwo Jim -
A U.S. Marine Corps Grumman TBM-3 Avenger of Marine Torpedo Bomber Squadron VMTB-332 pictured dropping supplies for Close Air Support Training out of Marine Corps Air Station Ewa. Date 1945 -
29th Bombardment Group B-29s at North Field, Tinian, 1945
Deak Parsons (right) supervises loading the Little Boy bomb into the B-29 Enola Gay. Norman Ramsey is on his left, with his back to the camera. Date 5 August 1945 -
That's Bout It!
Robbie
Re: 1945
Thu Dec 25, 2014 6:55 am
Thank you sir!
Merry Christmas Robbie.
Andy
Re: 1945
Thu Dec 25, 2014 11:31 am
I especially like the NMF A-24. Don't think I've seen that pic before. Now, where did I put that old Monogram SBD kit?
Re: 1945
Thu Dec 25, 2014 5:26 pm
I like the Atlantic scheme R5D m'self