Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

9,479 items in this album on 474 pages.


Waco CG-4A glider and C-47 Skytrains on the Big Springs Auxiliary Air Field, Big Springs, Texas, United States, 1942.	Wildcat at Naval Air Station, Anacostia, Washington DC, mid- or late-1942	Willys MA jeep at the Desert Training Center, Indio, California, United States, Jun 1942	US Coast Guard cutter Spencer sailing as part of the war-time Navy serves as flagship for a convoy escort detachment in the North Atlantic, 1 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2

US Coast Guard cutter Spencer sailing as part of the war-time Navy serves as flagship for a convoy escort detachment in the North Atlantic, 1 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2	USS Juneau at anchor in New York City, New York, United States, 1 Jun 1942. Note that the upper surfaces retain the earlier camouflage scheme while hull has been repainted with different pattern.	Aircraft transport USS Long Island at North Island, San Diego, California, United States, 2 Jun 1942. Note F4F-4 Wildcats and SOC-3A Seagulls on the flight deck.	William Baldwin, first US Navy Navy African-American recruit for General Service, 2 Jun 1942

Explosion at Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, Jun 1942	Japanese bomb exploding in the water at Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, 3 Jun 1942	US Marines in a trench at Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, 3 Jun 1942; note burning fuel tanks in background	USS North Carolina off Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 3 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2

USS North Carolina off Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 3 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2	A B5N torpedo bomber approached Yorktown, 4 un 1942	A B5N torpedo bomber shot down by Yorktown's anti-aircraft fire crashing into the sea, 4 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2	A B5N torpedo bomber shot down by Yorktown's anti-aircraft fire crashing into the sea, 4 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2

A Japanese Type 97 torpedo aircraft (upper right) approached Yorktown during the mid-afternoon torpedo attack by planes from the carrier Hiryu, 4 Jun 1942	A Japanese Type 97 torpedo bomber flew near a 20mm gun of Yorktown, mid-afternoon of 4 Jun 1942	A Type 99 dive bomber attacked Yorktown, seen from cruiser Astoria, 4 Jun 1942	Astoria stopped to pick up downed pilot Lt (jg) Paul Holmberg, 1342, 4 Jun 1942; the SBD piloted by Lt Cmdr Maxwell Leslie in center of picture was also about to ditch from low fuel