RAF & USAF: Разное

British South American Airways, Lancastrian 'Star Trial', being unloaded, possibly at Hurn, circa late 1940s.

 

Original Air Transport Command Flight Radio Operator wing as worn by Air Carrier Contract personnel assigned to the Army Air Forces; ATC civilian airline crews wore AAF uniforms with specofic ATC insignia and badges while operating transport aircraft operating outside the continental limits of the US. Hard to find badge; 2.3 inches wide, pinback, no hallmark.

 

TBD-1 DEVASTATOR of VT-5 at NAS NORTH ISLAND 1939

 

Curtiss SBC Helldiver

 

A shadowbox I (David Harvey) made a few years back for Alan Carlton, former B-24 pilot with the 567th Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group. He was shot down on his 15th mission over Germany in Feb 1944 and was a POW until being liberated by the Soviets in May 1945. I have also completed a packet recommending him for the Legion of Honor, which is currently under review by the French Consulate in Washington, D.C.

 

U.S. Navy Photographer

 

SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE
http://saafww2pilots.yolasite.com/links.php

 

Интересная штука - питьевой фонтанчик, сделанный из корпуса бомбы, а ручка краника сбоку - рычаг газа от "тандерболта".
Человек, пьющий воду - ас Боб Джонсон.

 

B-12 or B-18 Hawaii

 

1) Fuselage of a C-46 converted into a supply warehouse at a base in India.
2) An aerial view of the 1333rd Base Unit. Air Transport Command area at Chabua, Assam, India.
3) B-29 of the 793rd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group. This plane crashed and was destroyed on June 15,1944 running off the end of the runway at Pengshan,China.
4) The engine section at the Bengal Air Depot, India.
5) Trucks loaded with food and ammunition ready to be loaded on a plane as soon as one returns from a drop, ca August 1944.
6) Soldiers of the 11th Bomb Squadron, 341st Bomb Group, load a 2000-Lb B-25 Engine on a plane at Kunming, China. The engine will be transported to India for repairs, ca October 1942.
7) C-47's, carrying troops, flying in formation over China, ca August 1944.
8) A horse being lead down the ramp after landing at a base in China, ca December 1944.
9) Chinese student mechanics receiving instruction on the maintenance of aircraft at the 1340th AAF Base Unit, Kunming, China, 30 May 1945.
10) The nose turret of a fire-gutted B-24 where two .50 Caliber machine guns are being removed because they are still in working order, China.

 

1) An "Evasion Vest" (Vest Emergency Sustenance Type C-1 Modified) with all the equipment it holds in its pockets displayed at the 40th Bomb Group in India.
2) Parachutes drying at Sookerating, Assam, India. Reclaimed parachutes were dried here before being repacked.
3) Co-pilot of a B-29 based in India. The Co-pilot is not identified.
4) Looking toward the rear-gunners compartment of a B-29, India ca June 1945.
5) 1st Lt. Charles R. Lambert of the 9th Photo Recon Squadron, with his ground transportation, standing next to his F-5 recon plane "Ruth" at a base in India.
6) F/O Camillus D Conway of the 9th Photo Recon Squadron in the cockpit of his F-5 at an airbase in India. The F-5 was the recon variation for the P-38.
7) Colonel Philip Cochran, Commander, 1st Air Commando Group, preparing to get in his P-51A.
8) The C-47 "Assam Air Lines" of The 1337th AAF Base Unit, Air Transport Command, on a runway at Assam, India, 10 May 1945.
9) American employees leaving the Hindustan Aircraft Company in Bangalore, India, ca January 1945.
10) Captain James J. England (later Major), Commanding Officer of the 'Yellow Scorpion' Squadron, chats with his Crew Chief, T/Sgt. Eugene J. Crawford, Jr., prior to a mission in his P-51 "Jackie". "Jackie" was purchased outright (not with War Bonds) by the employees of the Universal Engineering Company in Plymouth Michigan.

 

1) At an airbase in China, a crane helps to stack bombs, 10 May 1944.
2) A B-25, of the 14th Air Force, during a bombing mission over Tengchong, China, ca October 1944.
3) A truck loading 55 gallon drum gasoline incendiary bombs into a B-24 at a base in India, ca January 1945.
4) With the fighting over men of the 14th Air Force load a staff car into a C-54 at Peishiyi Airbase in Chungking, China, 10 October 1945.
5) Chinese soldiers waiting to board a C-46 while it's being loaded with equipment at a base in China.
6) Ann Sheridan, Ben Blue, and Jackie Miles performing a comedy sketch at Myitkyina, Burma, 16 September, 1944. Note the welcome sign hanging from the stage.
7) Draining the gasoline cargo tanks of a C-54 into barrels at a base in India by use of a pump, ca November 1943.
8) An elephant helps load gasoline drums onto a C-46 at Misamari, Assam, India.
9) 1st Lt. John R. Thomas of the 9th Photo Recon Squadron in the cockpit of his F-5, at a base in India. F-5 is the recon version of the P-38.
10) Captain Ottis Carey, Navigator on the B-29 "Windy City" of the 794th Bomb Squadron, charts a course for a raid on Rangoon, Burma, 3 November, 1944.

 

1) Gurkha soldiers listening to instructions from the Jump Master (facing camera) as they await the final word to go.
2) A P-38 is unloaded from a transport ship at Karachi, ca February 1943.
3) A canteen truck from the American Red Cross brings refreshments to the maintenance men of the 1337th Base Unit, Assam, India.
4) Members of the 7th Photo Tech Squadron getting ready to enter the "Midway Show" at a carnival in Bally, India, ca June 1945.
5) Crew members of a C-47 rest under the wings to escape the heat of Karachi.
6) A 10th Air Force C-47 takes off from a base in Assam heading to Myitkyina during a heavy rainfall. Note the circles of moisture outlining the arc of the propeller blades.
7) Soldiers of the Chinese 14th Division at Myitkyina bound for China.
8) Two gliders, one still being towed, in preparation for the operation at Meiktila, Burma. Note the glider to left still has the line attached - which also carries a communication wire (the frayed looking wire) between the towing plane and the glider.
9) Chinese soldiers grab a quick bite to eat before a trip over the "Hump".
10) Soldiers from the MARS Task Force boarding transport at Myitkyina, ca April 1945.

 

1) Views from a strike on the Loiwing Airdrome, China during a mission of the 436th Bomb Squadron, 7th Bomb Group, 3 March 1944.
2) Film clip being made by members of 10th Combat Camera Unit of a crew posing beside their plane that crash landed at Chakulia, India.
3) Members of the 9th Photo Squadron removing aerial prints from the drying room of the photo lab, India.
4) Lt. Colonel Douglas Gilbert (left) at an airfield near Calcutta after being freed from a Japanese prison camp by members of the British 14th Army as they advanced on Rangoon. He was serving as a liaison to the Chinese Army when he was captured and was held for 18 months.
5) A Japanese prisoner under escort in the 1st Air Commando Group area in Burma, ca January 1945.
6) A nurse speaking with recently released American POW's aboard a plane during their first leg of the journey home, Burma.
7) Chinese soldiers at an airfield in Burma relax before hopping a flight back to China, ca March 1945.
8) Private James P. Lauglin filling his cigarette lighter from an ox pulled gas cart, India, ca October 1944.
9) The 5th Liaison Squadron Chow line in Burma.
10) The landing gear on the C-46 locked while taxiing for take off causing it to crash into the C-47 that was parked, India ca November 1943.

 

1) A B-25 flies over an already smoking target near Akyab, Burma. The raid was led by the 83rd Bomb Squadron, 12th Bomb Group on January 26, 1945.
2) A Japanese freighter after being hit by B-24's of the 10th Air Force. The planes spotted the freighter near the island of Car Nicobar and seized the opportunity, August 23, 1944.
3) General Henry "Hap" Arnold's plane being serviced at an air base in India, 30 January 1943. The plane is the B-17 "Argonaut" that transported Arnold to the CBI Theater.
4) Jeeps carrying wounded to a plane for evacuation, Burma, ca May 1945. Note the jeep in the rear with the name "Donna" on it.
5) A C-47 of the 13th Ferrying Squadron, 1st Ferrying Group, parked in a dispersal area at the base of the India China Wing of Air Transport Command at Sookerating, Assam, India. July 1943.
6) A C-47 Tow Plane, with hook extended, flies toward the holding poles to pick up a glider off the ground at Asansol, India. September 1944.
7) A C-47 en route to Meiktila, Burma.
8) At Hailakandi, India, the Dental Officer maintained an outdoor clinic, using a grass awning for a sunshade. Here, he's giving treatment to one of the men of the 1st Air Commando Group.
9) A grader at work on a taxi strip being constructed for B-29's at a 20th Bomber Command Base in India.
10) Captain John V. Phelan briefing crews from a map showing the plane route to the target - the dock installations at Dalian, Manchuria.

 

1) Engineers load a bulldozer onto a glider of the 1st Air Commando Group, Lalaghat, India.
2) A view of the Radio School, 1328th AAF Base Unit, Misamari, Assam, India, February 1945.
3) Ground crew of a B-29 of the 462nd Bomb Group, XX Bomber Command, turning over the motor before take-off on Mission 9 to Anshan, Manchuria.
4) Lt. Robert A. Winters, Co-pilot of the B-29 "Eddie Allen", 45th Bomb Squadron, ca October 1944.
5) Brigadier General Edgar E. Glenn, Chief of Staff 14th AF, and Major Win Kivei Ling, Chinese Air Force Chief of Staff . I can't find anything on Major Ling in English language searches. The name does not look like it's completely correct - I took directly from source. Can any of our Chinese visitors give additional info on him? Also is is title correct? Thanks for any help!
6) Brigadier General Edgar E. Glenn, Lord Louis Mountbatten, and Major General George E. Stratemeyer, China 1943.
7) The crew and some passengers of the C-47 the "Virgin Sturgeon".
8) Major General Chennault and Brigadier General Adlai Gilkeson.
9) Two B-29's of the XXth Bomber Command are visible through the nose of a third as they begin a bombing run over the important railway yards and repair shops utilized by the Japanese at Kuala Lumpur, ca February 1945. Note the bombs already released by the B-29 on the left of the photo.
10) Staff Sergeant Ed Toy repairing instruments of P-40's at an aircraft factory in China.

 

1) A C-47 that had its nose blown off during a Japanese raid on Kweilin, China.
2) At Chengkung airfield a ground crew Refuels the P-40K "Lady Eleanor" of the 16th Fighter Squadron, 51st Fighter Group, China.
3) Lt. Richard J. Wordle, of the 436th Bomb Squadron, 7th Bomb Group is congratulated after receiving The Silver Star during a ceremony at a base in Panagarh, India, ca December 1943.
4) B-25D initially of the 490th Bomb Squadron. This particular plane was eventually transferred to the Air Transport Command and was used in searching for downed planes.
5) An L-5 Vultee set up on the Brodie System. The Brodie system was a method of landing light planes devised by James H Brodie, of the United States Air Force during World War II. The method of landing involved catching a hook attached to the plane with a sling which itself was attached to a cable. This system proved useful in landing aircraft in normally unsuitable terrain, such as the jungle or in mountains, and also afforded good camouflage.
6) Working on leveling the airstrip of the 1st Air Commando Group at Tamu, Burma.
7) Soldiers from the 900th Engineer Battalion helping to clear the area at Tamu, Burma so the airstrip can be enlarged for future use.
8) The operations tower gives the "Go" signal to the transports on the runway, Burma ca July 1944. Sign on left of photo near tower stairs.
9) The headquarters building of the 490th Bomb Squadron, 341st Bomb Group at Kurmitola, India, ca 1943.
10) Short term shelter for pilots of light planes that came to evacuate wounded, Broadway, Burma. A short stay became necessary when the Japanese attacked as the planes were landing and they sustained some minor damage.

 

1) Dust storm at Karachi Air Base.
2) Celebrations in the streets of Chungking after the learning the news of the Japanese surrender.
3) Chinese aircraft spotters during training to recognize American Aircraft. Here they study the P-40N "Peace Maker" of the 26th Fighter Squadron, 51st Fighter Group, Kunming, China.
4) A C-47, carrying a damaged wing clamped under the belly, lands at a repair depot in China, ca December 1944.
5) Enlisted men of the XXth Bomber Command enjoying Thanksgiving Dinner in 1944.
6) Airplane inside another airplane, a P-40 fuselage being unloaded from a Douglas C-47 at a U.S. air base in China.
7) A supply drop somewhere over China, ca August 1944.
8) During the evacuation of Suichwan Airfield a Chinese soldier stands guard with two C-46's as a backdrop.
9) Troops enjoying the comedy of Joe Brown at Dinjan, Burma, ca 1943.
10) A C-47 being loaded prior to the evacuation of Kweilin, China.

 

1) Basha huts used for living quarters near the base for the 1st Air Commando Group at Hailakandi, Assam, India.
2) A B-25 of the 81st Bomb Squadron takes off on a mission, November 1944.
3) Covering a root hole after it has been removed at Broadway, Burma.
4) Members of the 1333rd Base Unit, Air Transport Command, testing oxygen equipment at Assam, India.
5) Another improvised water heater - this one at Karachi.
6) An improvised water heater at a 1st Air Commando Group jungle base in India, ca January 1945.
7) A B-25 leaves the smoking target at Chauk, Burma behind, 17 February 1945.
8) Two WAC Officers and three Chinese boys give the 'Thumbs Up' sign during a sight-seeing tour.
9) Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek pose with a group of WAC's at an airfield in China.
10) Members of the 'Assam Dragon' Squadron stowing a mail bag in the belly tank of a P-40, ca December 1944.

 

1) Sgt. Charles McPherson, in a Chemical Protective Suit, demonstrates general tasks while in the suit during a class on Chemical Warfare at Kunming, China, ca January 1943.
2) Corporal Al Vranes, radio operator at a visual air warning post in Northern Burma, receives information from the lookout tower and relays it on. Note the Tommy Gun and the 10-in-1 Rations on the right side of the photo next to the map.
3) A Loran radar transmitter of the 4th Army Airways Communications Systems Wing at Puri, India, ca June 1945.
4) Men of the 1st Air Commando Group having a drink at the enlisted club at Anansol, ca June 1944.
5) At the Red Cross enlisted club in Calcutta two sailors duke it out while two soldiers wait for the next game.
6) The "hump" at Lekiang, China-Burma border.
7) Radar of the 10th Air Force, ca April 1945.
8) Lt. Melvin Kimball, 16th Fighter Squadron, 51st Fighter Group, lights a cigarette for his rescuer. After being forced down behind enemy lines, Kimball was trapped until Lt. Ira M. Sussky arrived to rescue him. While squadron members circled the area to suppress enemy fire, Sussky made nine attempts before he was finally able to take off from the soft earth around the crash site. The Stearman PT-17 seen behind them is the rescue plane.
9) Crew members of the B-29 "Raidin Maiden II" of the 793rd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group.
10) The crew of the B-24, "Hangar Queen", of the 7th Bomb Group.

 

1) Members of the 1st Air Commando Group at the field PX, India, December 1944.
2) The crew of the B-29, "Princess Eileen II", of the 678th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group.
3) The Priorities and Traffic crew, of the 1328th AAF Base Unit, that set new time records on Christmas Eve 1944, Misamari, Assam, India.
4) Field Marshall Wavell chatting with an American M.P. during his visit to Karachi.
5) Memorial to Glider troops, Broadway, Burma.
6) V-E Day activities of the 1337th AAF Base Unit, Air Transport Command in Assam India, May 8, 1945.
7) Members of the 9th Photo Squadron and Indian Air Task Force receive awards from Captain "Eddie" Rickenbacker during a ceremony at Pandaveswar, India.
8) Salvage crew prepares to move a P-40 which crashed during a forced landing at a 14th Air Force Base in China, 15 November 1944.
9) Soldiers of the 94th Chinese Army are shown in C-54 preparing for transport during the 'Cannon Project' - going from Liuchow to Shanghai, China to accept the surrender of 300,000 Japanese Troops in September 1945. If the identification of the Chinese unit is incorrect please note it below. I am only going by the source.
10) A B-25 that made a forced landing on one wheel when returning to its base in China following a mission, 12 December 1942.

 

1) Personnel of the Headquarters Squadron, 14th Air Force.
2) Chinese soldiers waiting to board transport at Liuchow, China.
3) Sgt. Thomas T. Crabtree, Crew Chief, relaxes in a C-47 of the 1st Air Commando Group, ca January 1945. The plane is loaded with pipe, each one weighing approximately 200 Lbs. and was used to help furnish China with much needed gas and oil pumped through Burma from India.
4) Gasoline being unloaded from the B-24 "Georgia Peach", Nanning, China.
5) A Chinese soldier watches from a burned out tank as a C-47 dumps supplies for soldiers fighting in Lungling, China.
6) Soldiers, at a visual air warning post in Northern Burma, pass the evening by playing a few hands of poker, ca February 1945.
7) The American Red Cross Enlisted Club at No. 8 Delhousie Square, Calcutta. The club opened in August 1943.

 

прикольное фото со слоном, их применяли на Бирманском фронте, но фото такие совсем нечастые

 

необычный эпизод войеы в воздухе - зацепили ни за что щвейцарца
Bf 109 E-3a
Oblt. R. Heiniger
Flieger Regiment 2
Fl Kp 7
Schweiz

Bauchlandung nach Beschuss durch eine P-51 der USAAF am 05.09.1944 in Dübendorf. Der Flugzeugführer wurde bei dem Angriff verletzt.