Mid-WW2 Photos | World War II Database

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Aerial photo of Cotten underway off New York City, 14 Aug 1943	Portside midships of USS Nicholas during a patrol in the Solomon Island “Slot,” 14 Aug 1943. Note the depth charge launchers along the rail.	US Army Major General J. Lawton Collins and Major Charles Davis at New Georgia, Solomon Islands, 14 Aug 1943	5 cm PaK 38 gun in action, Kharkiv, Ukraine, mid-Aug 1943

Launching of large cruiser Alaska, Camden, New Jersey, United States, 15 Aug 1943	Launching of submarine Ling, William Cramp & Sons shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 15 Aug 1943	Mrs. E. J. Foy at the launching ceremony of submarine Ling, William Cramp & Sons shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 15 Aug 1943	Rear Admiral Robert Burnett greeting King George VI of the United Kingdom aboard HMS Belfast, Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom, 15 Aug 1943

A Canadian soldier inspecting a captured Japanese Type 96 machine gun, Kiska, Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, 16 Aug 1943	British admirals Irvine Glennie, Louis Hamilton, Robert Burnett (shaking hand), and Henry Moore with King George VI and Admiral Bruce Fraser of the United Kingdom aboard HMS Duke of York, Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom, 16 Aug 1943	Intrepid off Newport News, Virginia, United States, 16 Aug 1943	King George VI of the United Kingdom aboard HMS London at Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom, 16 Aug 1943

Map depicting the Allied landings on Kiska Island, Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, 15-16 Aug 1943	USS Bowfin prior to her first war patrol, 16 Aug 1943, Brisbane, Australia.	Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference, Canada, mid-Aug 1943	A TBF-1 Avenger with its gear, flaps, and hook down trying to catch the fourth (and last) arresting wire aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Wolverine on Lake Michigan, United States, 17 Aug 1943. Next stop, the barrier.

B-17F Flying Fortress bombers in flight over Schweinfurt, Germany, 17 Aug 1943	Launching ceremony of carrier Wasp, Bethlehem Steel Company shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States, 17 Aug 1943	Launching of Tang, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 17 Aug 1943	Launching party of Tang, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 17 Aug 1943