Photos Taken in Alaska | World War II Database

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US carrier Ranger at anchor in Kachemak Bay near Homer, Territory of Alaska, 1936	PBY-5A Catalina patrol plane flying past Segula Island (just east of Kiska), Aleutians, Summer 1942.	Soldiers manhandling a 37 mm Gun M3 piece, US Territory of Alaska, 1942	US Navy Lieutenant William Thies (pilot, VP-41) and Captain Leslie Gehres (Commander, Fleet Air Wing 4) standing in front of Thies' PBY Catalina aircraft, Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, 1942

F5 photo reconnaissance aircraft on an airstrip at Amchitka, Aleutian Islands, 7 May 1942; note C-47 transport aircraft in background	B-26 Marauder with the 73rd Bomb Squadron armed with a Mark XIII aerial torpedo at Fort Randall Army Airfield, Cold Bay, Alaska, 11 May 1942	Buildings in Dutch Harbor in flames after Japanese strike, Unalaska Island, US Territory of Alaska, 3 Jun 1942	Japanese Navy Flight Petty Officer Tadayoshi Koga's A6M Zero fighter damaged by anti-aircraft fire over Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, 3 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2

Japanese Navy Flight Petty Officer Tadayoshi Koga's A6M Zero fighter damaged by anti-aircraft fire over Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, 3 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2	US Marines in a trench at Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, 3 Jun 1942; note burning fuel tanks in background	Japanese naval shells exploding in the harbor at Dutch Harbor, Aleutian Islands, Alaska as part of the Aleutian diversion for the Midway attack, 4 Jun 1942.	Two D3A1 carrier dive bombers from Junyo over Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, between 1800 and 1900 hours on 4 Jun 1942

Troops of the Japanese Special Naval Landing Force raising the Japanese naval ensign on Kiska Island, Aleutian Islands, 6 Jun 1942	Japanese Navy Flight Petty Officer Tadayoshi Koga's body after being recovered from the wreck of his A6M Zero fighter, Akutan Island, US Territory of Alaska, 11 Jul 1942, photo 1 of 2	Japanese Navy Flight Petty Officer Tadayoshi Koga's body after being recovered from the wreck of his A6M Zero fighter, Akutan Island, US Territory of Alaska, 11 Jul 1942, photo 2 of 2	US military personnel inspecting the 'Akutan Zero' wreck, Akutan Island, US Territory of Alaska, 11 Jul 1942, photo 1 of 3

US military personnel inspecting the 'Akutan Zero' wreck, Akutan Island, US Territory of Alaska, 11 Jul 1942, photo 2 of 3	US military personnel inspecting the 'Akutan Zero' wreck, Akutan Island, US Territory of Alaska, 11 Jul 1942, photo 3 of 3	Aerial photograph of North Head Kiska Harbor, Kiska Island, Alaska during a bombing mission, 17 Jul 1942. Note the notations made by the photo analysts.	Captured A6M Zero fighter 'Akutan Zero' being loaded onto a ship bound for the continental United States, US Territory of Alaska, Jul 1942