A Lot of Kodachrome ...

[C VEICH]

Those Corsair prop tip colors are definitely interesting

A lot of that going on in these pics. The Corsair, a Dauntless, and some of the Kingfishers have the red/yellow (a hold over from the pre-war days when they were red/yellow/blue I assume) while the B-24 has red tips and the B-29 has white.

[Mark Allen M]

Crewman Wash Fuselage of PBM-3 After Returning From Patrol.


A lineup of new P-47's in the CBI theater.


OS2U in Flight Over the Ocean.


N3N-3 Hoisted Out of Water.


F6F-3 Warms Up and Ready for Takeoff from the USS Yorktown (CVA-10)


F4F's & SBD's on Carrier deck.


F.J. Jayce, USN Pilot, Drinks Fruit Juice Before Going Aloft, USS Yorktown (CVA-10 )

[Mark Allen M]

Women's Reserve at NAOTC, Jacksonville, FL


TBF's being loaded with bombs.


PBY's parked in the Aleutian Islands.


PBY in the Aleutian Islands.


Mechanics Overhaul Engine of Dauntless.

[Michel Lemieux]

Mark!!! U the king.....

Thank you....

Sincerely and truly...

[Michel Lemieux]

Now this one would make for a fun story!!!! Background and all!!!

[Stoney]

^^ i like the text on the prop

[airnutz]

But the guys said this IS the propwash hose!!!

[Mark Allen M]

Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat of famous VF-11 'Sundowners' with White-8 & 24 preparing for launch leading group off of CV-12-USS Hornet in the summer of 1944. (Dad's outfit)


Flight Deck of USS Essex (CV-9) 1944.


Wreckage burns from two Marine F4U Corsairs that collided at what appears to be Barakoma airfield on Vella Lavella Island in the Solomons, late 1943 or early 1944.


USS Franklin (CV-13) approaches Manhattan as it prepares to dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on April 28, 1945.


The USS Midway (CVB-41) is launched on March 20, 1945, in Newport News, Virginia.


Pilots of North American A-36 Apaches (dive-bomber version of the P-51) return from a gunnery training mission.


On April 22, 1945, 1st Lt. Jeremiah O’Keefe shot down five Japanese kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa in his F4U Corsair and then brought down another two six days later.


Marines on Okinawa look over an abandoned Japanese Kawasaki Ki-61 'Tony' on April 9, 1945.


Marine flame throwing Sherman tanks set fire to Japanese aircraft in Sasebo, Japan, on November 2, 1945.


January 1943, a Martin PBM-3R receives dual Navy and Pan American Airways markings. Pan American operated Navy PBMs on regular transport runs between San Francisco and Pearl Harbor.


Aviation cadets in Tuskegee, Alabama, undergoing advanced training in AT-6's.


Armorers load North American AT-6 advanced trainers with ammunition.


An inspector with North American Aviation in Inglewood, California, looks over a Mustang Mk I fighter destined for the British Royal Air Force in fall 1942.


An intelligence officer briefs pilots for 'Operation Strangle' in spring 1944. They were to attack key supply lines keeping German forces operating in Italy.


Air traffic control trainees practice on model aircraft before working with the real thing.

[AG pilot]

Those are some of the best yet! Thanks for posting!

[DH82EH]

Agreed. Those are somw fantastic shots. Thanks for posting.
The man crouching on the wing at the North American factory looks like it could be Edgar Schmued.

Andy

[quemerford]

That shot of the USS Franklin really sparked the imagination. It also got me doing some research so I have now ordered a couple of books on the subject. Thanks Mark - it's great how someone else's kind gesture can kindle a new interest.

[Mark Allen M]

An Army Air Forces engineer examines a B-17 model undergoing wind tunnel testing.


Captain Michael Ragan, the Catholic chaplain of the 91st Bomb Group, blesses the crew of the Boeing B-17G “Fifinella” before a mission in mid-1944.


P-47 42-26628 Capt. Frederick J. Christensen Jr. of 62nd FS 56th FG.


PV-1 is Given Final Checkup at Vega Aircraft Corporation Plant in Burbank, California.


Mechanics at Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama, maintain an engine of a Vultee BT-13A Valiant. This aircraft was used for basic flight training for the Tuskegee Airmen.


Pilot and gunner training in an SNJ NAS Corpus Christie.


NAAS, New Orleans, Louisiana.


Naval aviation cadets check the morning roster for their primary training flights in N2S Yellow Perils, 1942-43.


Medal of Honor recipient David McCampbell waves his Landing Signal Officer (LSO) paddles while giving flight path guidance to an approaching aircraft on the USS Wasp.


Martin PBM-3D Mariner prepares to launch from a coastal Naval Air Station to patrol for German submarines, probably in late spring 1943.


Launching Ceremonies are held for the USS Twiggs (DD-591) and USS Hamilton (DD-590).


Carrier loaded with new SB2C's.


USS Jason (AR-8) in the background.


Crewmen Repair Tail Turret of PB4Y.


English women watch an Eighth Air Force maintenance crew work on a B-24 engine

[Mark Allen M]

On December 13, 1944, a kamikaze carrying a bomb under each wing crashed into the deck of the light cruiser USS Nashville (CL 43) with both bombs exploding. The kamikaze attack and resulting fires killed 133 and wounded 190, and the serious damage required the ship to return to the States for repairs and forced the ship out of the war in the western Pacific until May 1945.

USS Nashville had a distinguished history in WWII. Highlights include participating in the Doolittle raid on Tokyo in April 1942, cruising the north Pacific to defend Alaska and the Aleutian Islands from May to November 1942, shelling various Japanese-held Pacific islands in 1943 and 1944, serving frequently as flagship for General Douglas MacArthur including during his return to the Philippines, and fighting off 90 air attacks over 40 days in the Philippines between late October and early December 1944. Before the devastating kamikaze attack, Nashville had a couple of close calls. On June 4, 1944, a bomb dropped by a Japanese aircraft exploded next to the ship resulting in no casualties but causing moderate damage that took about one month to repair before she returned to battle. On October 26, 1944, a Japanese torpedo bomber released a torpedo that missed less than 15 yards off Nashville's stern.

Even before the kamikaze crash on December 13, 1944, Nashville's crewmen had witnessed suicide attacks on other ships and knew well the danger of a kamikaze crash. On November 1, 1944, a kamikaze plane hit the destroyer Abner Read (DD-526), and Nashville had to maneuver hard to avoid being struck when she released her torpedoes just before sinking. On December 11, 1944, three kamikaze aircraft hit and quickly sank the destroyer Reid (DD-369), and Nashville picked up 150 survivors.

The Japanese reported several times that Nashville had been sunk, but the light cruiser survived through the end of the war. After Puget Sound Navy Yard workers repaired Nashville's kamikaze damage, the ship returned to the western Pacific in May 1945 and spent the final months of the war primarily supporting operations in Borneo. In 1951, the US Navy transferred the ship to the Chilean Navy, who used her until finally sold for scrap in 1983

Below are a few photos of damage to the USS Nashville from a kamikaze attack on December 13, 1944.

WARNING GRAPHIC!!!!!

[bdk]

War is gruesome...

[Mark Allen M]

War is the absolute failure of human kind.