United States officers standing on bridge of MV Norsel, a Norwegian ship. Four crewmen standing in front of an Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw helicopter. The Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw helicopter on deck the MV Norsel. The flag of Norway is waving on the foremast of MV Norsel. The MV Norsel, with the H-19 helicopter on deck, is docked in Keflavik bay.
United States airmen play volleyball at Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) during Operation HIRAN
An RB-50 Superfortress flies over Naval Air Station Keflavik. The RB-50 Superfortress lands and taxis. Front view of RB-50 Superfortress taxiing after landing. United States airman uses hand signals to aid the RB-50 in parking on the airfield.
Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw helicopter unloaded from a C-124C Globemaster II aircraft by United States ground crewmen. Truck is used to pull the Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw into hangar.
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.
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