United States Army Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers in Berca Airfield, Benghazi, Libya during World War II. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers flying low over Berca Airfield. A bomber approach to land on runway. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber landing in Berca Airfield. Crewmen gather beside the nose of the parked Consolidated B-24 Liberator (“Let’s Go”). A Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber taxiing and turning in airfield runway. A motorized cart drives past a parked Consolidated B-24 Liberator. A crewman signaling to a Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber to stop. A Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber parked in desert terrain.
A burning United States Army Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber in Berca Airfield, Benghazi, Libya during World War II. Thick black pillar of smoke rises from a burning Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber. The wreckage of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber after a belly landing. Ammunition exploding from aircraft wreckage. Black clouds of smoke significantly envelopes the airfield. Wreck in flames. Fire crewmen with hose shooting streams of water into burning plane. Other crewmen watch the burning aircraft from a distance.
Side view of United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber (“Rawls’ Gravy Train”, Tail Number: 47-0040) in flight during World War II. Close view of the nose with nose art. Nose art shows a cartoon train and words that read “Rawls’ Gravy Train”. Camera moves away from the nose to show aircraft in flight. The Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber flies over snow-capped mountains. The camera moves back to show engines and nose of the B-29 bomber. Side view of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber in flight.
United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber (Tail Number: 46-9770) flying during World War II. Side view of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber. The camera moves for a closer view of the middle portion of the aircraft. Closer view of the plane belly showing the bomb bays. The camera focuses on B-29 bomber modification showing large rounded area in middle of plane.
View of Angaur island at sunrise at start of Battle of Angaur in World War II. Aerial view of aircraft carrier. Conning tower on USS Essex. Crew member speaking on on radio headset. Pilot in cockpit of Grumman F6F Hellcat. Fighter planes gathered on deck of the USS Essex (CV-9) near the Palau Islands. Grumman F6F fighters on board start after signal from crew in conning tower. Fighters take off from flight deck. Another Grumman F6F fighter is raised to deck using aircraft lift and takes off. Fighters in formation in the air. Battleship USS Tennessee (BB-43) and four cruisers bombard Japanese positions in Angaur. Explosion on top of a hill. Trees destroyed on the coast as seen from a United States Navy ship. Naval artillery firing at Angaur. Landing craft being deployed from ships to land on Angaur.
United States 81st Infantry Division troops relax in the middle of the Battle of Angaur in the Solomon Islands during World War II. Naked servicemen bathe and wash clothes. 81st Infantry Division “Wildcats” soldiers prepare a meal from a portable camp stove. Two of the soldiers are smoking cigarette and pipe. The soldier stirs from the metal can. He scoops some soup to taste. The soldier makes an “OK” hand gesture after tasting the soup. A soldier picks up a stray goat. They smile as they hold and pet the goat. A group of soldiers play with a Japanese record player. They laugh at the high-pitched warbled music from the record player.
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