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Training blacks in the Air Force. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

Photograph of Lt. Louis Zamperini, Former NCAA [National Collegiate Athletic Association] Miler and Olympic Team Member, Bombardier, on Lt. Russel A. Phillips' Plane, Examining 20 mm Japanese Explosive Shell Hole in the Side of Fuselage

Original caption: War Theatre #23 (Funafuti, Ellice Island) Airplanes, Battle Damage. Black and White and Color Photographs of U.S. Air Force and Predecessor Agencies Activities, Facilities and Personnel - Wor More

Photograph of Lt. Lou Zamperini, Bombardier, Examining the Damage a Japanese Cannon Shell did to His Liberator

Original caption: Theatre #23 Funafuti, Ellice Island - Lt. Lou Zamperini, bombardier, examines damage a Jap cannon shell from an intercepting Zero over Nauru did to his Liberator, The Zero got three other cann More

A four ship formation of U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft assigned to both the 492nd and the 494th Fighter Squadrons, 48th Fighter Wing, at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, perform a Missing Man formation fly over the village of Koverska, Czech Republic, on Sept. 11, 2004. The formation is part of the 60th Anniversary of the Air Battle over the Ore Mountains Celebration, held to honor both the German and American Airmen killed over the skies of Kovarska, Czech Republic on September 11, 1944. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN Christopher Walkenhorst) (Released)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kovarska, Country: Czech Republic (CZE) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Christopher Walkenhorst,USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit More

Artwork: "Doolittle, 1944". Artist: Larrie Jenkins. US Air Force Art Collection

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

U.S. Air force MASTER SGT. Jeff Gentry and AIRMAN 1ST Class Bruce Conat, both assigned to the 48th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, render salutes after laying a wreath of flowers during the 60th Anniversary of the Air Battle over the Ore Mountains Celebration, held to honor both the German and American Airmen killed over the skies of Kovarska, Czech Republic on September 11, 1944. The Celebration is being held on Sept. 11, 2004. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN Christopher Walkenhorst) (Released)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kovarska, Country: Czech Republic (CZE) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Christopher Walkenhorst,USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit More

Photograph of Paratroopers just before They Took off for the Initial Assault of D-Day

Original caption: See You in Berlin. Resolute faces of paratroopers just before they took off for the initial assault of D-Day. Paratrooper in foreground has just read Gen. Eisenhower's message of good luck a More

Artwork: "Damaged Hangar and German Bomber from a Raid on Mourmelon, France, 1944". Artist: Arthur Rothenberg, US Air Force Art Collection

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Artwork: "German Raid on London, 1944". Artist: Arthur Rothenberg, US Air Force Art Collection

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Artwork: Italy, 1944 - Artist: Eric Joyner U.S. Air Force Art Collection OFFICIAL U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO (RELEASED)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Russell Gackenbach, back center, was the navigator

Russell Gackenbach, back center, was the navigator aboard the B-29 Superfortress, Necessary Evil, and is the last surviving member of the three crews that flew the atomic bomb mission over Hiroshima, Japan on A More

On Sept. 11, 2004 retired Czech Republic COL. Zdenek Tesinsky signs a lithograph during the 60th Anniversary of the Air Battle over the Ore Mountains Celebration, held to honor both the German and American Airmen killed over the skies of Kovarska, Czech Republic on September 11, 1944. During the war Colonel Tesinsky fled what was then Czechoslovakia to the United Kingdom where he was a Pilot in the British Royal Air Force. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN Christopher Walkenhorst) (Released)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kovarska, Country: Czech Republic (CZE) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Christopher Walkenhorst,USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit More

On Sept. 11, 2004 retired Czech Republic COL. L. Ulehla gives a salute after laying a wreath of flowers during the 60th Anniversary of the Air Battle over the Ore Mountains Celebration, held to honor both the German and American Airmen killed over the skies of Kovarska, Czech Republic on September 11, 1944. During the war Mr. Ulehla fled what was then Czechoslovakia to the United Kingdom where he was a Pilot in the British Royal Air Force and fought in Africa. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN Christopher Walkenhorst) (Released)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kovarska, Country: Czech Republic (CZE) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Christopher Walkenhorst,USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit More

At MacDill Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL), retired AIRMAN Roy Lang stands in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, similar to the one he flew as a Navigator in 1944 with the 96th Bomb Group (BG), part of the 8th Air Force

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tampa State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Chad Chisholm, USAF More

Aerial Photograph of the Landing Operation on the French Coast Showing Three LSTs Stuck in Shallow Water off Shore

Original caption: Aerial view of the landing operation on the French Coast shows three LST's stuck in shallow water a couple of hundred yards off shore. A line of tanks and vehicles scuttles through the heady More

Photograph of Men and Assault Vehicles Storming the Beaches of Normandy

Original caption: Men and assault vehicles storm the beaches of Normandy as allied landing craft make a dent in Germany's West Wall on June 6, 1944. As wave after wave of landing craft unload their cargo, men More

Artwork: "Home of the 446th Bomb Group, Bungay, England - April 4, 1945". Artist: John McCoy. US Air Force Art Collection

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Artwork: "B-17 at Hamilton". Artist: Jim Schwering. U.S. Air Force Art Collection

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Artwork: "Crews in Quonset Chapel, Early Morning Hours at Prayer Before Mission, 1945, Somewhere in Norfolk". Artist: Arthur Rothenberg, US Air Force Art Collection

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A wall with 233 signatures of the U.S. military service

A wall with 233 signatures of the U.S. military service members that died in World War II is on display at the Swan Hotel, Lavenham England, Jan. 20, 2020. The 487th Bombardment Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, arr More

Artwork: "Mission to Wesendorf, Germany - 04 April 1945". Artist: John McCoy, US Air Force Art Collection

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Artwork: "B-17E Flying Fortress Crew with Gear 1945". Artist: Edward B. Jaunsem, US Air Force Art Collection

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Artwork portrait of US Air Force (USAF) General (GEN) George C. Kenney, Commander of Far East Air Forces from 15 June 1944 to 29 December 1945

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hickam Air Force Base State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT R More

Artwork: B-17 Flying Fortress - Artist: Darrel G. Crow U.S. Air Force Art Collection OFFICIAL U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO (RELEASED)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Artwork: "Air Force Field at Debden England - April 1945". Artist: John McCoy, US Air Force Art Collection

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An aerial view of Bldg. 1535, occupied by HQ SAC until Feb. 1948, when the Military Air Trans. Service, later to become the Military Airlift Command, moved in. The Research and Development Command, later to become the Air Research and Development Command, replaced MATS in Jan. 1951. On April 1, 1961 the ARDC became the Air Force Systems Command (AFSC)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to P More

1947 Air Force Birthday Graphic

On September 18, 1947, President Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947 establishing the Department of the Air Force as a separate branch from the Army Air Forces. The act, which was a component of Pre More