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[Tuskegee airmen playing cards in the officers' club in the evening]

Photograph shows left to right: Walter M. "Mo" Downs, New Orleans, LA, Class 43-B and William S. "Bill" "Bubblehead" Price, III, Topeka, KS, Class 44-C. Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945. (Source: Tuskegee Airmen 33... More

Aerial view of Hiroshima after the bomb

New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. Official U.S. Army photo.

Bridgnet Michelin bombarding airplane ready to ascend, France

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. V18920. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DL... More

Join the Air Service Learn - earn.

Poster showing soldiers, airplanes, and airships around star insignia. Public domain photograph related to army, military forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

American Catalinas in the Far East For several months past American bu...

Photograph shows Catalina flying boats flying from Singapore to patrol the seas. Caption continues: Their work takes them on long distance patrols from the civilisation of Singapore to sparsely inhabited islan... More

Last moments of a flaming B-24 Liberator after raid over Austria

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photoprint by USAAF. No. 535631 AC.

Last days at Singapore. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Photograph shows bird's-eye view of Singapore during a Japanese air raid.

[Waves of Consolidated B-24 liberators of the 15th AAF fly over the ta...

Official Air Force photo. Photograph possibly taken by Richard R. Ganczak (1924-2014). No. 51982 AC. Forms part of: Ira Clarence Eaker Collection.

[Toni Frissell with Major George S. "Spanky" Roberts at Ramitelli, Ita...

Photograph shows Deputy Group Commander George S. "Spanky" Roberts with photographer Toni Frissell, at Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945. Frissell wrote "Just before take off in stripped down mustang--no guns--for r... More

[Crew chief Marcellus G. Smith, Louisville, KY, 100th F.S., Ramitelli,...

Photograph shows crew chief Marcellus G. Smith of Louisville, Kentucky, 100th F.S., working on an airplane. (Source: Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group pilots.) Also available as contact sheet in LOT 12447-1. ... More

Pre-strike aerial view of Hiroshima [...]

Date stamped on verso: Jun 26 1946. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. Official U.S. Army photo.

Theatre #23 - Southwest Pacific - It's D-Day in the South Pacific and ...

Title transcribed from item. No. 50753 AC. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Four P-51 Mustangs flying in formation. Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945]

Also available as contact sheet in LOT 12447-1. Forms part of: Toni Frissell Collection (Library of Congress).

Liberty for all Keep 'em flying.

Poster showing Statue of Liberty, aircraft carrier, and bi-planes in flight. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Lord Roberts' army advancing toward Johannesburg - 84th Battery and Ba...

Boer War, South Africa. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Singapore U.S. made "Catalina" flying boats of Britain's Royal Air For...

British Official photo. No. BO-425. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress).

U.S.N. scout bombers / George C. Ashley

Print shows U.S. Navy bombers in flight during World War II. This record contains unverified, old data from shelflist card, with subsequent revisions. Copyright claimant: S. & G. Gump Co., San Francisco. This r... More

Members of the Army Air Force 332nd Fighter Group in a briefing room, ...

Detail photograph from contact sheet shows a large group of Tuskegee airmen attending a briefing. Among those shown are: Hiram E. Mann, Cleveland, OH, Class 44-F; Newman C. Golden, Cincinnati, OH, 44-G; Bertram... More

"Enemy airmen successfully bombed one of our supply trains," official ...

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. V18927. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DL... More

Girl standing by the ruins of a building which is flying a British fla...

Forms part of: Toni Frissell collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph related to World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Professor Lowe's military balloon near Gaines Mill, Virginia

Inflation of the balloon Intrepid to reconnoiter the Battle of Fair Oaks; Lowe, not visible in this image, is standing to the right of the balloon. No. 2350. Inscribed on item: Copyright 1910 by Patriot Publis... More

Nagasaki, Japan under atomic bomb attack / U.S. Army A.A.F. photo.

Photograph shows atomic bomb mushroom cloud over Nagasaki. No. A-58450 AC.

[U.S. paratroopers landing in New Guinea] / U.S. Army A.A.F. photo.

Caption on verso: Photograph shows another view of the U.S. paratroops landing in New Guinea. Below and to the right of the leading plane may be seen several parachutes in various stages of opening, swinging t... More

Royal Australian Air Force in Malaya ... flying American "Lockheed Hud...

British Official photo. No. BO-496. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress).

The Marifu railyard, 2 miles east of Iwakuni, and 2 miles south of Ota...

Aerial view by the U.S. Army Air Forces. No. 59117 AC.

Two North American B-25's churn the water with hits and near misses on...

Photograph by U.S. Army A.A.F. No. 58062 AC. Title transcribed from item. Ira Clarence Eaker Collection.

[Navy fighter pilots in the ready room of their aircraft carrier befor...

U.S. Navy photo. No. 301763. From the collections of Encyclopedia Britannica.

Bombs over Burma, gelatin silver print

Aerial view of bombs being dropped from two 20th Bomber Command Superfortresses. Photo by U.S. Army Air Force. No. 56310 A.C. Forms part of: Ira Clarence Eaker Collection.

Through the uncharted heavens she blazed the trail, dirigible R-34 at ...

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. V19216. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DL... More

Balloon Corps transport, with Lord Roberts' army - advance on Johannes...

Boer War, South Africa. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Nose art on a B24 Liberator]

Photograph shows a B24 bomber painted with red zig-zag stripes. Color transparency is filed as MISC-05-338. Written on slide mount: Striped Ass [...], 466 BG.

[Members of the 332nd Fighter Group attending a briefing in Ramitelli,...

Photograph shows members of the 332nd, from left to right: Robert W. Williams, Ottumwa, IA, Class 44-E; (leather cap) William H. Holloman, III, St. Louis, Mo., Class 44-?; (cloth cap) Ronald W. Reeves, Washingt... More

[Edward C. Gleed and two unidentifiedTuskegee airmen, Ramitelli, Italy...

Photograph shows Tuskegee airman Edward C. Gleed, Lawrence, KS, Class 42-K, with two unidentified crewmen adjusting an external seventy-five gallon drop takn on the wing of a P-5/D, "Creamer's Dream." Ramitelli... More

[Tuskegee airmen Marcellus G. Smith and Roscoe C. Brown, Ramitelli, It...

Photograph shows left to right, Marcellus G. Smith, Louisville, Kentucky, and Roscoe C. Brown, New York, NY Class 44-C. P-SC#11, "Tootsie," in background was assigned to Lowell Steward. Ramitelli, Italy, March ... More

The zeppelin raids: the vow of vengeance. Drawn for "The Daily Chronic...

Poster showing a soldier shaking his fist at a zeppelin following bombing.

[Pearl Harbor naval base and U.S.S. Shaw ablaze after the Japanese att...

U.S. Navy photograph. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

First Jap torpedo bomber, "Jill," flying through hail of AA fire towar...

Title transcribed from item. No. USN 231203. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Photograph of several Tuskegee airmen at Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945...

Photograph shows several Tuskegee airmen. Front row, left to right: unidentified airman; Jimmie D. Wheeler (with goggles); Emile G. Clifton (cloth cap) San Francisco, CA, Class 44-B. Standing left to right: Ro... More

[Photograph of Tuskegee airmen attending a briefing in Ramitelli, Ital...

Photograph shows Tuskegee airmen attending a briefing. Foreground (left to right): Joseph L. "Joe" Chineworth (partial view, wheel cap) Memphis, TN, Class 44-E; Emile G. Clifton, San Francisco, CA, Class 44-B; ... More

Aerial photo of bombing of Nakajima Aircraft Engine Plant, Musashino, ...

In album: "20th Air Force Operations," volume 1. Ira Eaker papers.

[Goats on runway, Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945]

Photograph shows goats on a runway, with airplanes in the background, in Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945. (Source: Photographer's notes and Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group pilots.) Forms part of: Toni Frissel... More

[Tuskegee airmen playing cards in the officers' club in the evening]

Photograph shows Tuskegee airmen playing cards. Seated, left to right: Robert "Bobby" Spurlock, Washington, DC; Harold M. Morris, Seattle, WA, Class 44-D. Standing, left to right: Conrad A. Johnson, New York, N... More

Lagg-3 fighters of the Red air force going into action, 1942-43

Photograph shows Russian fighter planes flying in formation during World War II.

A violent explosion staggers Japanese destroyer escort frigate after b...

Photograph by U.S. Army A.A.F. No. B-58114 AC. Ira Clarence Eaker Collection.

[Tuskegee airmen exiting the parachute room, Ramitelli, Italy, March 1...

Photograph shows Tuskegee airmen leaving the arachute room. Left to right: Richard S. "Rip" Harder, Brooklyn, NY, Class 44-B; unidentified airman; Thurston L. Gaines, Jr., Freeport, NY, Class 44-G; Newman C. Go... More

[Members of the 332nd Fighter Group in Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945]

Photograph shows left to right, William A. Campbell, Tuskegee, AL, Class 42-F; Thurston L. Gaines, Jr., Freeport, NY, Class 44-G in Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945. (Source: Photographer's notes and Tuskegee Airme... More

[Photograph of several Tuskegee airmen attending a briefing in Ramitel...

Photograph shows several Tuskegee airmen attending a briefing. First row: 1. Hiram E. Mann, Cleveland, OH, Class 44-F; 2. Unidentified; 3. Newman C. Golden, Cincinnati, OH, 44-G; 4. Bertram W. Wilson, Jr., Broo... More

[Wreckage of a German Albatross D. III fighter biplane]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a biplane aircraft, pilot, aviator, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

American Brewster buffalo fighter planes over Malaya

Aerial view of planes flying in formation. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress). No. BO756.

American fighter planes over Malaya American fighter plans have arrive...

British official photograph: X-1226. No. BO-755. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress).

[Douglas SBD "Dauntless" dive bomber balanced on nose after crash land...

Title from caption card and item. AM-CR-11-55053. Official U.S. Navy photo. This record contains unverified data from old caption card, with subsequent revisions. See printout for notes written by EBP. Unsure of source.

[American cargo ship exploding after being hit by Nazi dive bombers in...

U.S. Coast Guard photo. Public domain photograph related to World War Two, National Socialism, The Third Reich, Europe under Nazi occupation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Sgt. William P. Bostic, 301st F.S. in control tower, March 1945]

Photograph shows Sgt. William P. Bostic, 301st F.S. in control tower. Control tower directed traffic with red, amber, and green lights and a flare gun to indicate special situations. Ramitelli, Italy, March 194... More

An unidentified Tuskegee airman standing on an airfield, looking at ai...

Also available as contact sheet in LOT 12447-1. Forms part of: Toni Frissell collection (Library of Congress).

Bomb damage in Osaka, Japan. Public domain, Post-war Japan.

Aerial view of Osaka after bombing, showing bomb craters. Photograph by U.S. Army Air Forces. No. C-58589. Ira Clarence Eaker collection.

Edward C. Gleed, Tuskegee airman, three-quarter length portrait, weari...

Detail photograph from contact sheet shows Tuskegee airman Edward C. Gleed of Lawrence, Kansas, Class 42-K, Group Operations Officer. Includes P-5/D in background, "Creamer's Dream," generally flown by Charles ... More

Over there! Skilled workers On the ground behind the lines - In the Ai...

Soldier holding wrench and waving to airplane in flight; includes list of occupations available, such as chauffeurs, wood workers, auto mechanics, photographers, and motorcyclists, "and men from 40 other trades... More

Lord Roberts' infantry crossing the Zand River - balloon watching ahea...

De1915 U.S. Copyright Office. Boer War, South Africa. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The zeppelin raids: the vow of vengeance. Drawn for "The Daily Chronic...

Poster showing a soldier shaking his fist at a zeppelin following bombing.

Your opportunity to learn a trade Join the Air Service, United States ...

U.S. Army Air Service recruiting poster showing men on an airfield with airplanes flying overhead, and six halftone illustrations of classrooms for the "welding department, motor transport department, practical... More

Office of War Information loc.gov photo collection (Pre-War and WW2)

(Source: researcher C. Weber, 2018) Negative not titled and probably not printed by FSA/OWI/OEM. Images with neighboring call numbers that are similar in appearance may have titles based on agency captions. To... More

[U.S. Army Air Force personnel fight fires resulting from mid-day Japa...

Caption on verso. No. 55505 AC. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Edward C. Gleed, Tuskegee pilot, standing, three-quarter length portr...

Photograph shows Tuskegee airman Edward C. Gleed of Lawrence, KS, Class 42-K, Group Operations Officer. Includes P-5/D in background, "Creamer's Dream," generally flown by Charles L. White, St. Louis, MO, Class... More

[Portrait of Tuskegee airman Edward M. Thomas, standing]

Photograph shows Tuskegee airman Edward M. Thomas of Chicago, IL, Class 43-J. Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945. (Source: Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group pilots.) Also available as contact sheet in LOT 12447-1. ... More

[Ground crew sweats in a mission]

Photograph shows three Tuskegee airmen looking skyward, Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945. (Source: Photographer's note on contact sheet.) Also available as contact sheet in LOT 12447-1. Forms part of: Toni Frissel... More

[Nose art on a B24 Liberator] - A black and white photo of a woman on ...

Photograph shows nose art on a B24 bomber depicting a pin-up with the name "Bonnie" written next to the image. Written on back: 466BG ; 2E AD, Attlebridge, Eng.

Q.M. warehouses destroyed in Paris air raid - Saint-Denis, September 1...

Photograph shows the destruction to a U.S. Quartermaster Corps warehouse in Saint-Denis caused by an air raid on the night of September 15, 1918. In album: Photographic supplement to historical record of quart... More

London is still "taking it" - A black and white photo of a city

Photo shows St. Paul's Cathedral, London, amid smoke and flames of night air raid, Dec. 1940. Photograph from International News Photo. No. 924119. Gift from the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

"Yak" fighter planes, for the Red air force, on the assembly lines at ...

Photograph shows an interior view of a factory with Russian fighter planes being manufactored on an assembly line. Photo from: British Ministry of Information, no. RUS.3371 (XT).

Bombing of Hansa Bay, New Guinea / U.S. Army A.A.F. photo.

No. 25397 AC. Public domain photograph - United States during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Black fighter pilot series: "Escape kits" (cyanide) being distributed...

Photo shows (seated): Theodore G. Lumpkin, Jr. Standing (left to right): Joseph L. "Joe" Chineworth, Memphis, TN, Class 44-E; Robert C. Robinson, Asheville, NC, Class 44-G; Driskell B. Ponder, Chicago, IL, Clas... More

First atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan by B-29 superfortresses on Au...

"Official photograph furnished by Headquarters, A.A.F. AC/AS-2" stamped on back of print. "If published credit U.S. Army, A.A.F. photo" stamped on back of print. Photo number: A-58914 AC. Forms part of the Nat... More

[Second atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan]

Official U.S. Army Air Force photograph. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 268.

[Members of the 332nd Fighter Group in a briefing room, Ramitelli, Ita...

Photograph shows members of the 332nd in a briefing room. First row, left to right, 1. Gentry E. Barnes, Lawrenceville, IL, 44-D; 2. Samuel W. Watts, Jr., New York, NY, 44-E; 3. Wendell M. Lucas, Fairmont Heigh... More

Paratroopers landing at Kamiri Strip, Noemfoor Island. Boeing B-17 kee...

No. 53212 AC. Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Tuskegee airmen Woodrow W. Crockett and Edward C. Gleed, Ramitelli, I...

Photograph shows standing, Woodrow W. Crockett, seated, Edward C. Gleed, Lawrence, KS, Class 42-K, Group Operations Officer. Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945. (Source: Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group pilots.)

Two bombs tumble from a Vietnamese Air Force A-1E Skyraider over a bur...

Photograph credited to United States Air Force. No. 94736 USAF. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

First Army photos of the bombing of the Hickam Field, Hawaii, Dec. 7, ...

U.S. Army Signal Corps photo. No. SC-127009. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Tuskegee airmen Roscoe C. Brown, Marcellus G. Smith, and Benjamin O. ...

Photograph shows left to right, Roscoe C. Brown, New York, NY, Class 44-C; Marcellus G. Smith, Louisville, KY; Col. Benjamin O. Davis. Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945. (Source: Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group ... More

[Pilot from the 332nd Fighter Group signing Form One Book]

Photograph shows a pilot from the 332nd Fighter Group signing the Form One Book, indicating any discrepancies of aircraft, prior to take off. (Source: Woodrow W. Crockett, 332nd Fighter Group pilot, Tuskegee A... More

Join the Air Service Learn - earn.

Poster showing soldiers, airplanes, and airships around star insignia. Public domain photograph related to army, military forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Naval airmen make high scores in aerial target practice

Photograph shows J.W. Buckley and J.A. Fenstrom, Chief Machinest Mates, U.S. Navy, as they "pepper the target with machine gun hits and lead all competitors. A high score of 214 hits in 53 seconds was scored." ... More

[Biplanes] / Printed by Hill, Siffken & Co., Ltd. (L.P.A. Ltd.), Graft...

Poster showing biplanes in flight. Poster has no text, but blank space for text to be added. No. 78.

Aerial bombs dropping on Montmedy

Photograph shows an aerial view of bombs being dropped on Montmédy, France, during World War I. Photo by U.S. Air Service, Photographic Section, American E.F. Attributed to photographer Edward Steichen by the ... More

A North American P-51 nicknamed "My Girl" takes off from Iwo Jima, in ...

Man in foreground is giving signal to take off, Pacific theater. No. 58999A.C. Ira Clarence Eaker collection.

[Abandoned boy holding a stuffed toy animal amid ruins following Germa...

Forms part of: Toni Frissell collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - historical image of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Col. Benjamin O. Davis at Ramitelli, Italy, March, 1945, presenting ...

Photograph shows Col. Benjamin O. Davis presenting war bond for best kept A/C. Left to right: Crew chief Marcellus G. Smith, Louisville, KY, 100th F.S.; James A. Walker, Manning, SC, 43-E; unknown airman; Georg... More

[Nose art on a B24 Liberator]

Photograph shows nose art on a B24 bomber including bombs, probably representing missions flown ,a picture of a young woman removing her skirt or slip, and the word "Jamaica?". The pilot's name, Lt. Larry Boot... More

Professor Lowe's military balloon near Gaines Mill, Virginia

Liberty for all Keep 'em flying.

Poster showing Statue of Liberty, aircraft carrier, and bi-planes in flight. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Dutch Air Force in British Malaya

Photograph shows ten Dutch and Royal Air Force officers discussing patrol plans alongside an airplane. KF. 3. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information; 1946.

Nagasaki, Japan under atomic bomb attack / U.S. Army A.A.F. photo.

Photograph shows atomic bomb mushroom cloud over Nagasaki. No. A-58450 AC.

Col. Ramsay Potts of Memphis, Tenn., Director of Bombers at bombing pl...

Photograph shows Colonel Ramsay Potts looking at documents at a table in the United States 8th Air Force headquarters operations room, possibly outside London, England during World War II. Title from related co... More

Observation balloon fatally pierced by incendiary bullets from America...

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. V18923. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DL... More

The eyes of the army, view of German town from American airplane

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. V18922. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DL... More

Tuskegee airmen Woodrow W. Crockett, Edward C. Gleed, and an unidentif...

Detail photograph from contact sheet shows Tuskegee airman Woodrow W. Crockett, standing at center, Edward C. Gleed, Lawrence, KS, Class 42-K, Group Operations Officer, seated on the right, and an unidentified ... More

Body of a German aviator in his wrecked machine back of the French lin...

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. V18891. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DL... More

[Wreckage of a German Albatross D. III fighter biplane]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a biplane aircraft, pilot, aviator, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. observation airplane on west front, France

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. 19191. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DLC... More

Through the uncharted heavens she blazed the trail, dirigible R-34 at ...

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