Pilots Preparing for Flight Missions

Images of pilots entering the cockpits of various aircraft, showcasing preparations for flight and military readiness in historical settings.

D. R. Cuming, AFC Test flew the Umpire. May 21, 1947.

D. R. Cuming, AFC Test flew the Umpire. May 21, 1947.

A pilot of the 90th Photographic Reconnaissance Wing, steps into the cockpit of his Lockheed F-5 at an air base somewhere in North Africa.

A Pilot Of The 94Th Fighter Squadron, 1St Fighter Group Poses In The Cockpit Of His Lockheed P-38 Lightning 'Pegge Jane' At An Airfield Somewhere In Italy.

A pilot of the 90th Photographic Reconnaissance Wing, seated in the cockpit of his Lockheed F-5 at an air base somewhere in North Africa.

Maj. Rockofrd V. Gray, 30, of 1007 North Winnetka, Dallas, Texas, a fighter pilot with a 9th AF unit, was credited with his 5th, 6th and 7th kills recently, a trio of FW-190s downed over the invasion area. Maj. Gray was also credited with

FRANCE-Lt. Herman E. Ernst, of Chattanooga, Tenn., pilot of the 9th Air Defense Command P-61 "Borrowed Time," is shown here in the cockpit of his plane, ready for another mission to attack the fleeing German forces.

Lt. Col. Frank L. Dunn, Riverside, Calif. Both Col. Roosevelt and Lt. Col. Dunn have received the Distinguished Flying Cross for (distinguished achievement in photographic reconnaissance flying."

Step Up - Plenty Of Room -- An 88Mm Shell Going Through The Left Wing Of His Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Nearly Knocked 1St Lt. Alva D. Henehan Of San Diego, Calif., Out Of The Cockpit, And It Left A Gaping Hole Large Enough To Stand In With Room To Spare.

A Pilot Of The 90Th Photographic Reconnaissance Wing, Steps Into The Cockpit Of His Lockheed F-5 At An Air Base Somewhere In North Africa.

A Pilot Of The 90Th Photographic Reconnaissance Wing, Steps Into The Cockpit Of His Lockheed F-5 At An Air Base Somewhere In North Africa.

Defenseless Photo Planes must flee attacks, but Col. Leon W. Gray's Lockheed F-5A couldn't outrun a 20 mm shell, which came up behind over enemy territory.

A Pilot Of The 94Th Fighter Squadron, 1St Fighter Group, On His Lockheed P-38 Lightning At An Air Base Somewhere In Italy.

ENGLAND-21 June 1944 was the first time that long range Britain-based fighters have escorted 8th AF bombers on a shuttle raid to Russia. Capt. Neil Van Wyk, of 349 E. 18th St., Patterson, N.J., led one squadron of North American P-51 Mustang fighters

The Purpose Of The 9Th Air Force Combat Camera Unit Is To Obtain Accurate Information In The Form Of Pictures And To Present Them Clearly And Quickly As Possible. Photography Plays A Large Part In The Planning And Attacking Of Enemy Targets. Shooting The

Up Canada way, Cpl. Tom Patterson of Saugerties, New York models what the well-dressed MP will wear in Arctic climates.

North Africa-Curtiss P-40 pilot of the 9th AF's 57th Fighter Group in his plane ready for take-off to Russia. 1943.

Louis Christiaens Passes Sound Barrier. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

A Pilot Of The 94Th Fighter Squadron, 1St Fighter Group Sits In The Cockpit Of His Lockheed P-38 Lightning At An Air Base Somewhere In Italy. September 21 1945.

A Pilot Of The 94Th Fighter Squadron, 1St Fighter Group Poses In The Cockpit Of His Lockheed P-38 Lightning At An Airfield Somewhere In Italy.

A Pilot Of The 94Th Fighter Squadron, 1St Fighter Group, On His Lockheed P-38 Lightning At An Air Base Somewhere In Italy.

Lt. Farmer And His Ground Crew Stand Beside Their North American P-51 'Dibbo' Of The 339Th Fighter Group At The 8Th Air Force Station F-378 In England. 26 July 1944.

RAF Fighter Command 1940 A sergeant pilot in the cockpit of his Spitfire Mk I, demonstrating the firing button on the control column, September 1940.

Lt. Leroy W. Ista, Walcott, N.D., U.S. Army 8th Air force, is another member of Uncle Sam's Army Air force, is another member of Uncle Sam's Army Air forces who is making it rough for the Nazi "supermen"flying over occupied Europe and Germany.

A Pilot Of The 94Th Fighter Squadron, 1St Fighter Group Sits In The Cockpit Of His Lockheed P-38 Lightning At An Air Base Somewhere In Italy. September 21 1945.

Lt. C.R. Livingston Of The 367Th Fighter Group, Poses Beside His Lockheed P-38 'Moonlight Cock-Tail' At An Air Base In Belgium. 11 December 1944.

1St Lt. R.F. Brubaker Of Clearwater, Florida, Bombardier On The Boeing B-17 "Our Gang" And A Member Of The 324Th Bomb Squadron, 91St Bomb Group, Is At His Post Operating The Nose Gun During A Mission. Bassingbourne, England, 24 June 1943.

1st Lt. Irwin D. Lebow, 1878 Harrison Ave., New York City, N.Y., set all-time record for the Mediterranean allied Tactical Air Force on 8 Feb. 1945 when he piloted a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt of the 12th AF in a "Rover Joe" directed attack against

1St Lt. Virgil K. Meroney Of Pine Bluff, Ark., Steps Out Of His Republic P-47 At An Air Base In England, With Five Fingers Raised, Indicating He Has Just Knocked Out An Me 109, His Fifth Victory In Less Than Two Months.

ENGLAND. Directing a Consolidated B-24 Liberator to the runway for a takeoff is the control jeep manned by Corporal Larry Roth, 2279 McDonald Avenue, Brooklyn, New York and Corporal Wallace E. Merquardt, Fremont, Wisconsin. Both men are members

AN ACE. .. A SMILE. .. ANOTHER NAZI SHOT DOWN. .. Maj. Rockofrd V. Gray, 1007 North Winnetha St., Dallas, Texas, 9th Air force Republic P-47 Thunderbolt pilot who has 130 missions and 9 enemy aircraft shot down to his credit, talks

Pilot Of The 94Th Fs, 1St Fg, Poses On His Lockheed P-38 Lightning At An Airfield Somewhere In Italy.

12/31/1957. San Javier (Murcia), 1959. An image of Don Juan Carlos at the Murcia Military Aviation School.

Lt. Col. Francis S. Gabreski, U.S. Fighter Pilot, and crew: (left to right) Cpl. Felix Schacki, Gary, Ind., ass't crew chief, Col. Gabreski, and S/Sgt. Ralph H. Safofrd, Ionia, Mich.

Commonwealth Air Aces of the Second World War Group Captain A G 'Sailor' Malan, a South African who became an ace during the Battle of Britain and finished the war with 35 aerial victories. Photographed in the cockpit of his Supermarine Spitfire at Biggin Hill, Kent.

A Lockheed P-38 Lightning Fighter Of The 94Th Fighter Squadron, 1St Fighter Group, Poses For The Photographer At An Air Base Somewhere In Italy.

Upon His Return From A Successful Mission In A Lockheed P-38 Lightning, A Pilot Of The 94Th Fighter Squadron, 1St Fighter Group, Is Congratulated By Another Member Of The Squadron At An Airfield Somewhere In Italy.

ENGLAND-BACK FROM GREATEST ATTACK-Two Eighth Air force fighter pilots who participated in the history-making attack of 20 February, against German fighter aircraft industry, shown talking it over after fighters had returned to base after destroying

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Award Lieutenant Colonel Jessurun. Lieutenant Colonel R.E. Jessurun receives in Tjililitan from Consul-General Dr.Walter C. Foote Two US awards, namely the Air Medal and the Medal of Freedom. General E.T. Kengen salutes, standing for a bomber. August 7, 1946. Indonesia, Kemajoran, Dutch East Indies

A Pilot Of The 94Th Fighter Squadron, 1St Fighter Group, Sits In The Cockpit Of His Lockheed P-38 Lightning At An Air Base Somewhere In Italy.

Aircraft, Burma, India &CREWS,FIGHTER War

Lt. Howard E. Cain Of The 367Th Fighter Group, Poses Beside His Lockheed P-38 'Killer Diller' At An Air Base In Belgium. 11 December 1944.

A Pilot Of The 94Th Fighter Squadron, 1St Fighter Group Stands On His Lockheed P-38 Lightning At An Air Base Somewhere In Italy. September 21 1945.

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. The crew of a Martin Maryland of the SAAF, buckle on their parachutes before taking off from Ma'aten Bagush, Egypt.

Sgt. Roger Mcdermott, Detroit, Mich, Ball Turret Gunner In The Boeing B-17 "The Great Speckled Bird" Holds His Breath And Crosses His Fingers As He Looks At The Hole Where A .20 Mm Cannon Shell Entered His Ball Turret, Circled Around Inside And Left Him U

Coast Guard Eyes Look Grimly Ahead. This image depicts a pilot preparing to take off for anti-submarine patrol.

HUMPHREY BOGART in PASSAGE TO MARSEILLE (1944), directed by MICHAEL CURTIZ.

T/Sgt. Harold P. Loch of 1226 West Mason Street, Green Bay, Wisconsin, engineer and top turret gunner on the Boeing B-17 Flying ofrtress "Memphis Belle".

Lt. Colonel Glenn T. Eagleston, Alhambra, Ca., Ace Fighter Pilot Of The 354Th Fighter Group, In The Cockpit Of His North American P-51 At An Airfield In Ober Olm, Germany. 17 April 1945.

U. S. Army in France. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Lt. Colonel Robert T. Smith, Commanding Officer Of The Medium Bomber Squadron Assigned To The 1St Air Commando Force, Poses Beside The North American B-25 'Barbie' At Hailakandi, India. Formerly Colonel Smith Was A Pilot With The American Volunteer Group

An Axis Ship Is His Target -- A U.S. Navy gunner takes aim by means of the Navy's three-ringed sight, a device which enables the gunner to pour more lead per second into an enemy plane or ship because of the sight's feature compensating for the difference in the speed of the gunner's plane and the speed of the target. November 16, 1942. (Photo by Interphoto News Pictures, Inc.). ;An Axis Ship Is His Target -- A U.S. Navy gunner takes aim by means of the Navy's three-ringed sight, a device which

At The Warrington Burtonwood Air Depot In England, Capt. W.W. Ott, A Test Pilot, Discusses The Repair Of The Plane In The Background With Its Ground Crew, Pvt. Micheal F. Biagi Of Memphis, Tenn., And Pvt. Jasper P. Howard, Oklahoma City, Okla. At This Hu

AN EIGHTH AAF BOMBER COMMAND STATION, ENGLAND. 2nd Lt. Owen D. (Cowboy) Roane, pilot of the Eight Air force Boeing B-17 Flying ofrtress "Torchy III," sits beside the 20 mm cannon shell hole blasted into the wing of his big bomber by Nazi fighters

021206-M-3031H-041. Base: Guadalcanal Country: Solomon Islands (SLB)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Return to and liberation from Kediri. Radio telegraphist eats out of a can. December 24, 1948. Indonesia, Kediri, Dutch East Indies

Crew Chief Marcellus G. Smith of Louisville, Kentucky, 100th F.S., Working on Airplane, Ramitelli, Italy, Toni Frissell, March 1945

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'Les Etats-Unis dans la guerre; Le sergent aviateur americain James Roger MacConnell, tombé au champ d'honneur en combat aerien la veille du jour de l'entrée de son pays dans la guerre', 1917. USA: First World War - American aviator James Rogers McConnell who was killed in an aerial battle the day before his country entered the war. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Close-up of a corner of British-made dummy tank used during World War One. The tank, made of rubber, was designed to be inflated when in use. In this image, the valve used for inflation can be seen.

2nd Lt. Bernard Smith, 511 Durston Avenue, Syracuse, New York, of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, climbs into the cockpit of his plane at an air base in England.

Lt. Schaper Stands Beside His Lockheed P-38 Lightning Of The 94Th Fs, 1St Fg, Italy.

France, February 1919 - American pilot, 91st Aero Squadron.

Photograph of Ensign Robert J. Barnes, USNR, of Air Group 20"NAVAER-452A. Ens. Robert J. Barnes, USNR, of Air Group 20.".

ENGLAND-Twin combat team in...

Lt. Steward Standing Beside His North American P-51 Mustang At An Airbase In England. 26 July 1945.

Tuskegee airman Edward C. Gleed, Lawrence, KS, Class 42-K, with two Unidentified Crewmen Adjusting External Drop Tank on Wing of a P-5/D Airplane, Ramitelli, Italy, Toni Frissell, March 1945

021206-M-3031H-027. Country: United States Of America (USA)

All Ringed Up To Photograph The War From The Air Is S/Sgt. Henry M. Temple, 400 Locust Ave., Washington, Pa, Formerly A Commercial Photographer, Now With The 12Th Air Force Combat Camera Unit In Italy.

Wings of the Navy. on Board HMS Formidable in the Mediterranean, December 1942. Lieut (A) D M Jeram, RN, Grumman Martlet fighter pilot 888 Squadron, who shot down two French aircraft in the initial North African Offensive, walking to his aircraft.

Lockheed P-38 of the 1st...

ITALY-Captain Wendell O. Pruitt, 23m, of St. Louis, Mo., one of the leading pilots in the 15th Air Force makes sure that he leaves his valuable ring with his smiling crew chief, S/Sgt Samuel W. Jacobs, 24, of Los Angeles, California.

A Pilot Of The 94Th Fighter Squadron, 1St Fighter Group, Stands Beside His Lockheed P-38 Lightning At An Air Base Somewhere In Italy.

Maloney's Pony. Country: Unknown

Fleet Air Arm Series, on Board HMS Victorious. September 1942. Fleet Air Arm pilot, S/Lt Pearson RNVR.

Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, air base, by Toni Frissell, Rametti, Italy, March 1945.

Capt. Spencer, pilot of the 90th Photographic Reconnaissance Wing, poses on his Lockheed F-5 at an air base somewhere in North Africa.

Pvt Grace M. Merryman with K-20 serial camera leaving a Consolidated B-24 Liberator. 1944.

Lt. Charles L. Brock, Lockhart, Texas, Flies A P-51 Of The 8Th Air Force In England.

Aircraft, Burma, India &CREWS,FIGHTER War

Captain Alva Temple, Lieutenant Harry Stewart, and Lieutenant James Harvey. Captain Alva Temple, Lieutenant Harry Stewart, and Lieutenant James Harvey. "This trio comprised the winning team in the conventional type aircraft division of the recent Air Force Gunnery Meet held at Las Vegas Air Force Base from May 2 through May 11th, 1949. Members of the 332nd Fighter Group from Lockbourne Air Force Base, Columbus, Ohio, they are left to right: Captain Alva Temple, Lt. Harry Stewart, Lt. James Harvey.".

Eugene Ely

A Crew Member Of The 96Th Bomb Group Checks A Gun Camera Of A Republic P-47 At An 8Th Air Force Base In England. 6 July 1943.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,ARMAMENT War

Crew Members Of The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Miss Bea Havin'.

Lt. Richard Bong of Poplar, Wisc, in cockpit of his Lockheed P-38 Lightning in New Guinea. 6 March, 1943.

Coast Guard Combat Photographer. Assigned to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Spencer, Warrant Officer Jack January, Coast Guard combat photographer, shot the pictures of the Spencer sinking the U-boat. January, a former St. Louis newspaper cameraman, is wearing a helmet as protection against shrapnel and heavy weather gear.

Lt. Nicholas W. Vozzy, Pilot Of A P-51 Of The 8Th Air Force. England.

Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945. Flight Lieutenant L H Abbott, Air Ministry official photographer, on his return to Bari, Italy, after photographing Douglas Dakotas of No. 267 Squadron RAF over the Balkans. He is holding a Fairchild K-20 hand-held aerial camera, which has a 6-inch f.4.5 lens, which took 50 5'x 4' exposures on each roll of film. Examples of his work from this assignment can be seen under negative numbers CNA 3328, CNA 3333, CNA 3335 and CNA 3336. Like most of the photographers employed by the Air Ministry, Flt Lt Abbott was a professional press photographer, having worked for Planet News before the War.

T/Sgt. James R. Holmes, Newton, Miss., Is Engineer And Waist Gunner On A B-24 Of The 8Th Air Force In England.

JOHN GARFIELD in AIR FORCE (1943), directed by HOWARD HAWKS.

Pilot William C HOPSON, of the United States Mail service in winter flying gear, Omaha, Nebraska, 1926

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Russians as well as Americans go for the brown-trimmed, white "Gaffney Jacket," designed by Brig. Gen. Dale V. Gaffney, Commanding General of ATC's Wing, when he was organizing the Cold Weather Test Det., at Ladd Field, Fairbanks, long before Pearl

021206-M-3031H-058. Country: South Pacific

Royal Air Force Bomber Comand, 1942-1945. An aircrew member of a Bristol Blenheim Mark IV at Wattisham, Suffolk, holds a Type F.24 aerial camera fitted with a reflecting mirror for photographing during the low-level bombing raids undertaken by No. 2 Group.

ENGLAND-Lt. Robert D. MacGeorge, Montclair, N.J., pictured after a mission over Germany. He has 30 missions to his credit and holds the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Departure from the first transport of women's corps KNIL parachute folders to Hollandia in New Guinea. Farewell to the airport. January 4, 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

German Flying Equipment. Germany.

DF-SN-86-11882. Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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