U.S. 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in south Pacific during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces P-38 aircraft lined up on a taxi way. Men under the nose of the aircraft. Aircraft lined up.
U.S. 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in the South Pacific during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces P-38 Lightning aircraft lined up on a taxi way. Nose sections and fronts of the aircraft seen as camera rolls by several in a line. Aircraft lined up.
U.S. 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in the South Pacific during World War II. A personnel drives a jeep up to the operations hut. An A-2 intelligence officer seated at a desk as a messenger enters the 5th Bomber Command. He hands over the finished prints to the A-2 Intelligence officer at desk. The officer examines the Rabaul prints as he looks through a lens.
Building of a washing machine in the South Pacific during World War II. A jeep motor and a gasoline drum being used for the washing machine. Men standing nearby. Men working on the machine. A portable hand pump turns and transfers water in gasoline drums. A man is bathing. A tent in the background.
During World War II, Major John W. Mitchell (339th Fighter Squadron) is seated in the cockpit, the cockpit canopy opened. Smiling briefly, Mitchell puts on and adjusts his helmet with goggles. Mitchell closes the cockpit canopy. Another United States Army Air Force pilot of the 339th Fighter Squadron is seated and gives a thumbs-up at the camera. The pilot smiles and adjusts his helmet before closing the cockpit canopy. Another pilot adjusts his helmet as he smiles to the camera and closes the cockpit canopy. Pilots smiling at the camera before adjusting their helmets and closing their cockpit canopies. These are the 339th Fighter Squadron Pilots who intercepted and shot down Imperial Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. View of a Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
A group of United States Army Air Force pilots belonging to the 339th Fighter Squadron, who intercepted and shot down Imperial Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, walk together beside a Lockheed P-38 Lightning during World War 2. They sit together near the aircraft and discuss with a map. The commander, Major John Mitchell, holding the map points straight to his comrades before pointing something on the map. On his right are Lieutenants Besby Holmes and Rex Barber. To the left of Major Mitchell is Captain Tom Lanphier. The pilots are standing again near the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, discussing together. Major John W. Mitchell, wearing helmet and goggles, poses and smiles while holding a propeller’s blade.