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B-24L 'Stevonovitch II' of the of the 464th Bomber Group hit by German anti-aircraft fire over Lugo, Italy, 10 Apr 1945; out of the crew of 10 only 1, the bombardier, survived. | B-17G Fortress of the 401st Bomb Group based at Deenethorpe, England on the ramp at Poltava, Ukraine alongside a B-24 Liberator and a C-47 Skytrain, 11 Apr 1945. Poltava was used by US bombers during Operation Frantic. | A B-24L Liberator of the 459th Bomb Group based in Italy after arriving at Poltava Air Base, Ukraine, 12 Apr 1945. | Strike photo from the combined 8th Air Force raid on the gun positions at Royan, France Apr 14 1945 showing the aftermath of a friendly fire incident. See Comment below. |
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B-24J Liberators of the 579th Bomb Squadron drop incendiary bombs made from fighter plane drop tanks filled with napalm on targets near Royan, France, Apr 15 1945. Note the smoke marker dropped by the lead aircraft. | B-24M Liberator, pathfinder aircraft for the 707th Bomb Squadron, drops a smoke marker as well as its bomb load on the rail junction at MĂŒhldorf, Germany, Apr 20 1945 (Hitlerâs birthday). | PV-1 Ventura aircraft of US Navy patrol bomber squadron VPB-125 taking off from Natal, Brazil, 25 Apr 1945; note PB4Y-1 Liberator bombers in background | B-24H of the 732nd Bomb Squadron was force to land at a Luftwaffe airfield in France Feb 4 1944. It was repaired and flown by the Germans as A3+KB. It was then recaptured at Salzburg, Austria in May 1945 where it was examined here by SSgt JT Sipkovsky |
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FG-1D Corsairs from Marine Air Wing 4 at Iwo Jima's Motoyama Airfield No 2, 1945. Note the PB4Y-2 Privateer with the enormously tall tail, the B-29 Superfortress, and Mt Suribachi. | B-24L Liberator âRound Trip Ticketâ of the 33rd Bomb Squadron between missions at Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, Mar-Jul 1945. | Bat radar guided anti-shipping bomb on cables for hoisting to the under the wing mount on a US Navy PB4Y-2 Privateer of Patrol Bombing Squadron VPB-109, western Pacific, mid-1945. | P-51D Mustangs of the 47th & 531st Fighter Squadrons at South Field, Iwo Jima, May-July 1945. Note also the PB4Y-1 Liberator of Navy Patrol Squadron VPB-116. |
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B-24M Liberator âTop oâ the Markâ and other bombers of the 23rd Bomb Squadron over Allied invasion fleet at Balikpapan, Borneo, July 2 1945. | 12 Liberator bombers flew in four V formations over the Japanese surrender ceremony at Okinawa, Japan, 7 Sep 1945; note Japanese guns in center and M26 Pershing tanks in left corner | Japanese Nakajima Ki-49 âHelenâ bomber at Pitoe, Morotai with staff of Japanese Lt General Fusataro Teshima from Pinrang, Celebes (now Sulawesi) to surrender the Japanese Second Army to General Thomas Blamey, 9 Sep 1945 | PB4Y-2 Privateer (derived from the PB4Y-1 Liberator) in flight off the eastern shore of Oahu, Hawaii, 1945. Photo 1 of 3. |
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PB4Y-2 Privateer (derived from the PB4Y-1 Liberator) in flight off the eastern shore of Oahu, Hawaii, 1945. Photo 2 of 3. | PB4Y-2 Privateer (derived from the PB4Y-1 Liberator) in flight off the eastern shore of Oahu, Hawaii, 1945. Photo 3 of 3. | US Coast Guard PB4Y-2 Privateer, a B-24 variant, in flight, post 14 Jan 1947 | US Navy P4Y1P Liberator, SNB-2P, F4U-5P Corsair, F6F-5P Hellcat, F8F-2P Bearcat, F9F-5P Panther, and F2H-2P Banshee aircraft in flight, circa 1952; seen in Aug 1952 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation News |
203 items in this album on 11 pages.