Tests of GB-4 bombs (precision guided munition) in the United States during World War II. A U.S. Army Air Force B-25 Mitchell bomber taxis and takes off from an air strip. A pilot and a copilot in the cockpit of the B-25. An antenna mounted on a side of the aircraft. Technicians put a cover on the front of camera equipment mounted under a GB-4 bomb. The B-25 Mitchell in flight with the GB-4 mounted on its fuselage. Aerial view of Auxiliary One airstrip at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
A U.S. Air Force C-74 Globemaster cargo aircraft at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. Flight engineer's Instrument panel in the C-74 aircraft with view of cockpit to the left, with double bubble windows. Loran set screen seen to left of the cockpit, at Navigators station. Exterior view. "Beetle" double cockpit windows clearly visible. Crewmen examine nose wheel. Interior of cockpit, with main flight control wheel and, to its left, at knee position of pilot, the nose wheel steering wheel can be seen. Flight engineer opens hatch in floor of cargo compartment and crawls through superstructure of aircraft to perform maintance. C-74 takes off, retracting landing gear as it climbs out. Several views of C-74 in flight, including one accompanied by another aircraft, and one in which it is operating on only two engines, with engines number 3 and 4 shutdown and feathered. C-74, descending for landing, with landing gear extended. It touches down quite long on the runway and appears to employ reverse thrust on its engines during ground roll.
Planning of last bomber attack on Japan by the U.S. Army Air Force ( USAAF ) during World War II. An officer points out positions on a section of map of the Pacific in in Guam, Mariana Islands.
A U.S. Army Air Force ( USAAF ) B-29 Superfortress bomber in flight over Japan soon after World War II. Aerial view of the B-29 aircraft in flight. Mountainous terrain below.
U.S. Army Air Force ( USAAF ) B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft at an air base in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft parked on the air base. A maintenance crew working on a B-29 aircraft. A quonset hut in the background. Crated engines in the foreground.
The U.S. Navy survey ship USS Bear (AG-29) departing Boston, Massachusetts. Dogs and men aboard the ship at a dock in Boston. As well-wishers wave from the pier, the USS Bear gets underway with members of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (AKA Admiral Byrd’s third Antarctic Expedition) aboard.
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