Men in uniform looking at bombers on airfield at Yakutat, Alaska; Cdr. Foster, (U.S. Navy) far right Note: The aircraft are Royal Canadian Air Force Number 8 Squadron Bristol Bollingbrook reconnaissance bombers, a copy of the British Bristol...
Title from verso. Photograph of B-24's in flight over the Aleutians. Verso reads: "Aleutians -- On their way to bomb Japanese outposts on the Island of Kiska, these U.S. Army B-24 Liberator Bombers wing to the west from their base. ...
View of a bomber flying in formation. The photograph was taken from another bomber in the formation; the engine and wing of that plane are partially visible in the shot. The bombers were from the 77th Bombardier Squadron of the Eleventh Air Force. ...
Title taken from front. People gathered around two Army DH-4 bombers enroute to Alaska, while stopped at Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. Also from front: "Copy from a lantern slide, Nat[iona]l Archives." 1920.
Title from verso. Photograph of bomb damage from an air raid on Kiska Island. Verso reads: "Aleutian Islands -- Pillars of smoke rise from Japanese barracks and military installations on the Island of Kiska, as bombs from U.S. Army...
89 second, color with sound, film clip. From title frame: Excerpt from "Report from the Aleutians", a 1943 War Dept. film produced, directed, and narrated by John Huston. Note from catalog record: Produced by the U.S. Army Signal Corps. ...
(3:36 min.) (09 of 28) 9. WWII in North Africa
George worked his way across North Africa. He describes air raids in Cairo, how Rommel was pushed back, how war was declared while he was on the ship to Africa. Bombers ferried across the...
Title taken from creator's notes. Photograph of a B-25 on display at an airshow held at Ladd Field Notes and captions are from Cecil H. Kornegay 7-5-2000.
Mr. Gary Lewis of Ellerslie, Georgia (USA Retired) who researches B-25 aircraft,...
From verso: "Douglas B18 Bolo from the 73rd Bomber Squadron taxies up the landing strip, the first bomber to use the new facility at Yakutat" (note from Alaska Geographic, v. 22 (4) 1995 "World War II in Alaska", p. 22). n.d. Original photograph...
Military personnel, assembled outside a Quonset hut, study a map of Kiska Island, receiving instructions from Col. W. O. Eareckson (Alaska Life, January 1943, p. 32)