Mid-WW2 Photos | World War II Database

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Submarine Whale off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 30 Jul 1942	USS Whale at Naval Air Station Alameda, California, United States, 30 Jul 1942	A damaged TBF-1 Avenger aircraft of US Navy squadron VT-8 having just landed on USS Saratoga, Aug 1942	A German soldier with headphones and binoculars at an open hatch of a tank, Southern Russia, mid-1942; note SdKfz. 251 halftrack vehicles and Panzer II tanks in background

A submarine section, possibly for the future USS Puffer, being constructed at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States, Aug 1942	A submarine, possibly the future USS Puffer, under construction at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States, Aug 1942	A training accident ends the career of this Waco CG-4A troop glider, 1942-43.	A training flight of TBF-1 Avengers lining up to drop practice torpedoes, late 1942, off the east coast of the United States. Photo 1 of 4.

A training flight of TBF-1 Avengers lining up to drop practice torpedoes, late 1942, off the east coast of the United States. Photo 2 of 4.	A training flight of TBF-1 Avengers lining up to drop practice torpedoes, late 1942, off the east coast of the United States. Photo 3 of 4.	A training flight of TBF-1 Avengers lining up to drop practice torpedoes, late 1942, off the east coast of the United States. Photo 4 of 4.	A-20 Havoc aircraft of US V Bombing Command targeting Japanese airfield of Ki-48 bombers, at Hollandia, New Guinea, 1942

Acres of Dodge WC54 3/4-ton field ambulances outside a factory, Detroit, Michigan, United States, Aug 1942	Aerial view of Stalingrad from a German bomber, Russia, Aug 1942	African-American soldiers of the US Army drawing rations, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Aug 1942	American officers LtCol Richard H Carmichael, 19th Bomb Group CO, MGen George C Kenney, 5th Air Force CO, and BGen Kenneth N Walker, V Bombing Command CO at Port Moresby, New Guinea, 1942

An OS2U Kingfisher float plane being towed ashore at Funafuti, Ellice Islands, mid to late 1942. Note the extremely oversized insignia on the wings.	As work finishes up on the side-wheel aircraft carrier USS Wolverine, work begins on converting the Greater Buffalo, left, into the second side-wheel aircraft carrier USS Sable, Buffalo, New York, United States, Aug 1942	Battleship Nagato, Kure, Japan, Aug 1942	Bedford QL truck being loaded onto a LCT large landing craft during a training exercise, circa 1942, location unknown.