World War II Support and Operations

Archival images capturing military support operations and logistics during World War II, featuring troops, aircraft, and humanitarian efforts.

The 13Th Day Of The Month Is Considered Unlucky By Fliers Of The 8Th Air Force In England, But These Participants In A Successful Raid Over Northwestern Germany On The 13Th Tell Red Cross Worker, Miss Rossanne Coyle Of 1412 East Aloha, Seattle, Wash., Tha

The 13Th Day Of The Month Is Considered Unlucky By Fliers Of The 8Th Air Force In England, But These Participants In A Successful Raid Over Northwestern Germany On The 13Th Tell Red Cross Worker, Miss Rossanne Coyle Of 1412 East Aloha, Seattle, Wash., Tha

Aircraft, Burma, India &Troops &Paratroops

Aircraft, Burma, India &PHOTOGRAPHY, Operations &MAPPING War

Sicily--Captain Jack W. Flowers, Little Rock, Ark., left, questions Major James H. Deering, Ventura, Calif., Squadron Commander (center) and Lt. William K. Modrall, Austin, Texas, immediately upon return from the first reconnaissance patrol covering

A Rough Set-Up, But Still Comforting Because He Is Going Home, Hospital Patient Captain Carl R. Embury Of New York City, Is Being Tied Down To The Floor Of A Consolidated B-24 Going To The States From A 14Th Air Force Base In China. Tying His Litter On T

Lt. George W. Morgan of Los Angeles, California and Lt. Lloyd W. Ward of Los Angeles, California, shown busy with their mail.

Aircraft, Burma, India &PHOTOGRAPHY,PROCESSING War

Men Attached To The 40Th Bomb Group, Xx Bomber Command, Talking Things Over In The Interrogation Room After The Mission 9 Bombing Raid Of Japaneseanese Steel And Coke Industries At Anshan, Manchuria, China. They Are Left To Right: S/Sgt. Charles D. Bacon, New

Enlisted Men Of The 439Th Troop Carrier Group Stand In Line In The Wash Room At Their Base Somewhere In England. 28 June 1944.

This is a section of the printing room of a Photo Recon Unit of the 9th AF. Left to right are: Cpl Ralph W. Libby, Banger, Maine; M/Sgt John H. Strobel, Louisville, Ky.; Cpl Marvin A. Darmstadter, Philadelphia, Penn.; and Sgt Louis P. Morse, Mobile

American airmen in the African desert. Capt. Hamilton A.C. dresses injured head of Sgt. Steven Tisdale of Milledgeville, Georgia. Another patient waits in the background.

Crew Of The 390Th Bomb Group Who Have Just Returned From Raids Over Stuttgart And Strasbourg, Germany, Are Interrogated At Their 8Th Air Force Base In England. 6 September 1943.

Aircraft, Burma, India &MEDICAL, EVACUATION,Air War

The interior of an AAF Squadron's recreation center in North Africa.

Receiving crew members of a 9th USAF Evacuation unit are shown loading a soldier patient aboard an ambulance bus. The casualty has just been transferred by troop carrier plane from an area several hundred miles distant.

Aircraft, Burma, India & Operations , Naga Headhunters War

In this section of one laboratory-only one of the many used by aerial reconnaissance section-several teams of men are at work making some of the prints that result from one photo-reconnaissance mission. The teamwork here pays off in increased

Rescue Operations Of 1352Nd Aafbu In China (99Degrees38'E, 25Degrees13'N) Boeing B-29, Aircraft No. 6276 Ta-6143, 24 December 1944.

Flight Officers Of The 44Th Bomb Group, Based At Norfolk, England, Are Welcomed Back After A Hard Two Month'S Mission In Africa. 27 August 1943.

Crew Chief M/Sgt. Gerberding, Lt. Horn And Lt. Brashere Examine Tail Section Of Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" (Aircraft No. 46883), 381St Bomb Group, With Stabilizer Completely Shot Away. England, 11 April 1945.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Ceremonies& Decorations, Awards, War

Glider Infantry Board A 9Th Troop Carrier Command Horsa Glider Somewhere In England Prior To D-Day Invasion Of France. 6 June 1944. As Corrected

American soldier distributing supplies to Vietnamese civilians during the Vietnam War. The soldier interacts with locals as part of the People to People program, promoting goodwill and assistance between the two groups. The date of the image is July 24, 1962.

That's the place all right, and that's where they're going--to the United States after meandering around the jungles of the Pacific with the 13th AF the veteran Jungle Air Force, for more than three years. With the 13th's Lightning Lancers unit

ENGLAND-Lashing a 105 mm. gun in a 9th Air force CG4A glider.

With Nissen Hut For Backdrop, Lockheed P-38 Lightning Pilots Are Briefed For Mission Escorting Heavies. Italy.

Brazil'S Best - Young, Eager, Confident These Are Pilots Of The First Brazilian Fighter Squadron Being Briefed For Their Very First Mission. They Are All Air Veterans, All Volunteers For Their Present Overseas Job. Italy

In One Of The Villas Built By Gi'S At A 15Th Air Base In Italy, Are Left To Right: T/Sgt Jay E. Coder From Racine, Wisc., Radar Observer On A Consolidated B-24 Liberator; Cpl. Jack E. Sheehan, Seattle, Wash., Radio Mechanic; And Sgt. Abraham Rheingold, Ja

Collection of World War I Photographs, 1914-1918 that depict the military activities of British and other nation's armed forces and personnel during World War I.

"Rover Joe" - A Ground-Air Tacitcal Method Used By Mediterranean Allied Air Forces To Coordinate Fighter-Bombers And Infantry Action In The Mountain Approaches. "Rover Joes" (Usually Former Pilots) Spot Enemy Targets And By Radio, Relay Locations To Maaf

Poll photo collection. War volunteers in Malacca and Indonesia. Soldiers in a tent at Morib Beach camp on Malacca. March 1946. Malacca, Malaysia

A life saved! A medical team gives blood plasma to an injured gunner while the Marauder crash landed and caught on fire uponn return to its home base.

Atc Instrument Shop At The 1340Th Aaf Base Unit, Kunming Army Air Base, China, 14 February 1945.

British War Orphans Adopted By The 10Th Air Depot Group, Enjoy A Special Dinner Given In Their Honor On 13 November 1943 At Aaf Station 470 Somewhere In England.

After completing bombing mission to dock installations at Swinemunde, Germany in support of Russian land drive on Eastern Front, crew members of the 448th Bomb Grp. Consolidated B-24 Liberator "Jokers Wild," are interrogated by intelligence officers

Kuma class cruiser taking...

American Red Cross Field Director, Ray L. Goodridge, of 210 Lark Street, Rochester, New York, keeps the men of his fighter group up on their hobbies, even in the middle of the Libyan Desert. Here are Air Forces men are given some instructions

Cpl. Dominic L. Muscatell, Box #115, Rural Free Delivery #2, Lowellville, Ohio, Watching Cpl. Frank J. Shaffer, Medic, Of Enon, Ohio, Demonstrate Arasol Bomb. 807Th Engineer Aviation Battalion. Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto, 12 May 1945.

Combat Men Of The 401St Bomb Group Are Served Coffee And Doughnuts By Women Of A Red Cross Clubmobile Unit At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 5 November 1944.

At An 8Th Air Force Base Somewhere In England -- Crew Members Of The 458Th Bomb Group Hold A Last Minute Briefing Session Prior To Take-Off On Another Bombing Mission Against The Enemy Targets In Europe. 26 February 1945.

Russian Military Men Make A Tour Of Inspection At The 2Nd Base Air Depot In Lancashire, England. 13 April 1944.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War

Anefo photo collection. Groote Beer back in Amsterdam, comments. October 24, 1949. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Enlisted Men Of The 401St Bomb Group And Red Cross Women Discuss The Pet Show Sponsored By The Aero Club At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 20 September 1944.

Paratroopers fixing their static lines before jumping to their objective. Somewhere in England.

Lt. Col. Marvin E. Childs, commanding officer of the 23rd Fighter Bomber Squadron and Capt. Cobb, engineering officer, read over script with M/Sgt. Anderson and S/Sgt. Toole, cameramen of the 1st Photo Squadron for the filming of their gunnery

Men Of The 401St Bomb Group Enjoy "The Pause That Refreshes" At The Sergeants Club At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 16 May 1944.

Capt. Fred Vickers (left) and Lt. James Huff (right) both officers in a B-24 Liberator Group of the 15th Air Force, watch Lt. Gerald W. Marshall of Los Angeles (center) demonstrate how Lt. Col. James A. Gunn, flew back from Bucharest, Rumania in a

Returning From Raid Over Wake Island, On 30 April 1944, Crew Members On The Consolidated B-24 Liberator 'Kansas Cyclone', Relax As They Sip Canned Grapefruit Juice. 26Th Bomb Squadron, 11Th Bomb Group, 7Th Bomber Command.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Operations War

Newly-arrived WACs do a bit of tidying up in their barracks at a camp somewhere in New Guinea. T/4 Minnie Holbenof Folgelsville, Pennsylvania, takes it easy on her cot while T/4 Gillie Tanksley of Bokoshe, Oklahoma, and Pfc. Thelma Boyer of St. Louis

After Bilibid Prison, Manila, Philippine Islands was taken, without a struggle, by U.S. tank destroyer units, Lt. Homer Hutchinson, Pasadena, Calif., breaks down the radio set which he built in the seat of a stool, from parts taken secretly from the

The 455Th Bomb Group Mail Clerk Is Always Popular. Even Though These Christmas Packages Have Been Delayed And Are A Bit Late, They Are Welcomed By The Men Stationed Near San Giovanni, Italy. 28 March 1944.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War

Aircraft, Burma, India & Training

Interrogation Of B-29 Crew Members Of The 40Th Bomb Group, Xx Bomber Command, Following 25 October 44 Bombing Raid On Omura, By Group Intelligence Officer. Seated Around The Table, (L To R) Sgt. David F. Logoy, Plattsburg, N.Y., S/Sgt. John K. Jenson, Lt

Aircraft, Burma, India &Operations War

Chaplain Charles E. Smith Conducts Services In A Quonset Hut, England. 2 July 1943.

After Returning From The First Fighter-Bomber Mission Flown From An Airstrip In Germany, Ix Tac Squadron Leader Relates Results To His Group Commander And Commanding General. The P-47 Pilots Destroyed 20 Locomotives, 80 Rail Cars And 23 Motor Transport,

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War

Aircraft, Burma, India &Operations War

HIS TOUR OF MISSIONS COMPLETED: 1st Lt. Leroy Faringer (wearing goggles) sits for final interrogation on his return from a bombing mission over northwest Germany on 22 Dec. Lt. Faringer, 27, of Texarkana, Texas, is navigator of ofrtress "Demo

Somewhere In North Africa, High Ranking U.S. And English Officers Discuss Strategic Operations. They Are, Left To Right: General Sir Harold R.L.G. Alexander, Unidentified English Officer, Colonel Elliott Roosevelt, Group Capt. Humperies, Unidentified En

These 3 Officers, Attached To A Parachute Battalion, Await Take-Off Time From Their Base In England For The Invasion Of Europe. They Are, Left To Right: Major Howard W. Cannon Of St. George, Utah, Co-Pilot Of The Carrier; Colonel Robert S. Wolverton Of E

Pilots returning from a mission over enemy territory "Queue Up" for hot coffee at "Steve's Cozy Drive," a corner of the pilot's room at an Air Base in England.

Members of the 82nd Airborne Division with their 75 mm Howitzer tided down inside a glider, taken during invasion training under direction of 5th Army, commanded by Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark, Oujda, Morocco, North Africa, 11 June 1943.

Booking office of the Mediterranean Air Transport Service, British, at Telergma Airport, Telergma, North Africa. 2 October 1943.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Troops &Paratroops

From The Control Tower At A Base In England, These Men Direct Take Offs And Landings Of The 353Rd Fighter Group Planes.

Interrogation After Yawata Mission.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,WACS War

Cpl. Lawrence Hopps, Jamaica, New York And Cpl. Eugene A. Manus, Ashtabula, Ohio, Of The 13Th Air Cargo Re-Supply Squadron, Pack A Parachute Into A Canvas Cover Which Will Be Stripped Off By A Static Line. They Are Based At The Edge Of Kadena Air Field O

Anefo photo collection. Preparation exercises emergency guard Amsterdam, the notification this morning at 8 a.m. June 6, 1963. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Personnel Of The 322Nd Troop Carrier Squadron "Do Justice" To A Buffet Supper At A 14Th Air Force Base In China.

A Crew Member Of The 379Th Bomb Group Who Was Severely Wounded During A Mission Over Enemy Territory Is Given Blood Plasma As He Is Removed From The Plane At Its Home Base In England. 11 September 1944.

Men of the 21st Photographic Squadron watch a homecoming plane. CHINA.

Capt. Alan F. Tucker, Hood River, Ore., left, signs for his wallet after completing his tour of operations with a raid over Leipzig.

Members Of The 9Th Troop Carrier Command Pack Parapacks At An Air Base Somewhere In France. 15 January 1945.

During A Short Rest Period From The Construction Of An Airfield, Chinese Laborers Look At 'Life' Magazine Held By Lt. Otto Of Troy, New York. China.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War

Taken by Frank Muto, Bur. Pub. Rel. Photographer.

""Where Do We Go From Here, Boys"". Coast Guardsmen and Marines, back aboard their assault transport from the swift conquest of Eniwetok Atoll, appear happy about newest victory over the Japs. Their faces and uniforms are black from the smoke of battle and the coral dirt through which they stalked the sniping Nips.

20Mm Shells From Nazi Fighter Planes Ripped Out The Tail Section Of This Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" During Mission To Wiener Neustadt, Germany, On 10 May 1944. Italy. Left To Right: 2Nd Lt. Clyde Bennett, Okland, Ore., Co-Pilot 1St Lt. Glenn A. Reyno

Two members of the RAF attached to a Ninth U.S. Air Force base in the Middle East, are shown attacking message container to one of the homing pigeons used by Yank fliers in case of radio failure. The birds accompany the American bombers and have

The Brazilian Cantina Or Px At The Base Of The First Brazilian Fighter Squadron In Italy. The Only Difference Between The American And Brazilian Px Is That The Brazilians Say 'Erka Gurka' Instead Of 'Have A Coke'.

Brig. Gen. Howard M. Turner, Gen. Carl A. Spaatz And Lt. General James H. Doolittle Discuss 8Th Air Force Operations During The Latter'S Visit To Hdq., 1St Bomb Division, Based In England On 31 March 1945.

Anefo photo collection. Education of Dutch Mariniers in Camp Lejeune (North-Carolina, USA). 1945. Camp Lejeune, North-Carolina, United States of America

Officers Of The 4Th Photo Reconnaissance And Map Group On Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. 20 July 1943

These 8th Air Force Boeing...

Anefo photo collection. Groote Beer back in Amsterdam, comments. October 24, 1949. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Personnel stationed at Amchitka, Aleutian Islands, line up for chow outside the mess hall. 12 October 1943.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War

Pow Millinery Modes Are Fashioned By Liberated Airmen. Man At Left Wears Gi Wool Cap, Considered Quite Chic. Black Fur Job Was Bartered From Russian Slave Laborer. Fancy Wool Chapeau At Right Was Bought From A German Guard For Two Cigarettes.

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.

TRAINING

Royal Air Force Technical Training Command, 1940-1945. An sergeant instructor shows aircraft apprentices how to load a bomb into the racks of an aircraft using hand winches, at No. 1 School of Technical Training, Halton, Buckinghamshire.

S/Sgt. Ben. F. Warmer, San Francisco, California Waist gunner on a Flying Fortress of the Northwest African Air Forces, is shown here loading the gun with which he shot down 7 Axis planes in a recent engagement over Gerbini.

Photo Fact Finding Building Of The 401St Bomb Group Is Nicknamed 'The Blip Hut' At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 12 April 1945. Here The Photo Interpreters Collect Data From Aerial Photographs.

American paratroopers on their way to Sicily.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RELIGION War

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