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General Twining congratulates pilots of the 339th Fighter Squadron, on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during WWII
Major General Nathan F. Twining, Commanding General, 13th Air Force. arrives to congratulate fighter Pilots of the U.S. Army Air Forces, at Henderson Field, on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, during World War 2. (The 339th had successfully accomplished a highest priority mission, shooting down Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's airplane on April 18, 1943.) Major General Twining, wearing a pith helmet, steps out of his jeep and walks towards a group of 339th Squadron Pilots. He examines the nose wheel of a P-38, as a group of pilots stand around him. General Twining converses for a while with Major John W. Mitchell, Commander, 339th Fighter Squadron, who led the mission to down Admiral Yamamoto's airplane. Later, members of the 339th Squadron are photographed in conversations with one another.
General Twining congratulates Pilots of U.S. Air Force who shot Japanese planes, in Guadalcanal Solomon Islands during WWII.
General Twining arrives to congratulate fighter Pilots of the U.S. Air Force, in Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands, during World War II. General Nathan Twining steps out of his jeep and walks towards a group of Air Force Pilots. He congratulates Captain John Mitchell and then speaks to Pilots of the 339th Fighter Squadron. General Twining and other Pilots stand in front of a P-38 fighter airplane and talk. Pilots who shot three Zero Fighters and three bombers of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) over Ki hill Airfield near Munda Point. The three Pilots, Captain Thomas Lamphier, Jr.,, Lieutenant Busby Frank Holmes and Lieutenant Alex E Barber pose for a photograph. (These three would later participate in U.S. Operation Vengeance, on April 16, 1943, in which they engage a group of Japanese aircraft, including one carrying Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the architect of the Pearl Harbor attack. He would perish when they down the Mitsubishi G4M bomber carrying him.) Pilots leaving in a jeep. A Pilot stands on the wing of P-38 fighter, besides its canopy.
A runway strip under construction by Seabees at Banika Island during War II.
A runway strip under construction by Seabees,during World War II, at Banika Island (part of the Russell Islands, in the Solomon Islands). Aerial view of the runway strip under construction on the site of a coconut plantation. (This is the South Strip. Another airfield was also built across the bay, on the north side of the island.)
A bombardier fires at enemy positions from B-17 bomber of U.S. Air Force, Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands during World War II.
An island as seen from a U.S. Air Force plane in Guadalcanal, during World War II. Interiors of cockpit a B-17 bomber flying over islands of Guadalcanal. Pilots operate control levers. A bombardier aims and fires at enemy positions with a 50 caliber machine gun from the plane.
Henderson Field runway as seen from a B-17 bomber of U.S. Air Force, Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands during World War II.
B-17 bomber of U.S. Air Force takes off from runway strip in Guadalcanal, during World War II. Other planes, jeeps and airmen at the air fields as seen from the B-17 during take off. Tail of the B-17. Interiors of a B-17 bomber flying over islands of Guadalcanal. Camera man taking shots from inside the plane. The Henderson Field runway and landing strip for fighter planes. The strip and parking areas for planes.
Carney Field runway as seen from a B-17 bomber of U.S. Air Force, Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands during World War II.
A B-17 bomber of U.S. Air Force flies over runway strips in Guadalcanal, during World War II. B-17 bomber flying over newly completed runway at Carney Field in the islands of Guadalcanal. Landing strips for fighter planes at Carney Field. The strip and parking areas for planes.
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