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 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.
An B-17 bomber of U.S. Air Force flies over runway strips and air field at Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands, during World War II. The landing strips and parking areas for fighter planes at the Guadalcanal base. Number of B-17 bombers and other fighter planes at the airfield. The strips of the airfield. Taxis and houses for airmen and officials at the airfield. A ship at the shore near the airfield. Tail of a B-17 as seen from the inside while take off.
Various general activities of the U.S. Air Force at Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands, during World War II. P-38 planes take off among palm trees and tents of the U.S. airmen. P-38 patrolling the sky as seen from a watch tower. A single engine plane flying among clouds in sky.
Airmen of the U.S. Air Force at Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands, during World War II. Lieutenant EC Rusi talks with fellow officers and airmen near the tents and palms. Bearded and barefooted Lieutenant Rusi shares his experience. He shows burn wounds and scars on his legs.
Air base of the U.S. Army Air Force at Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands, South Pacific during World War II. Airman checking blades of Bell Air cobra P-39 airplane. Other planes (P-38s) parked near side the runway. The tents of the airmen among dense palm trees. View of tents and parked fighter aircraft.
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