Wailuna Posted January 16, 2008 Share #201 Posted January 16, 2008 ....Capt. Clark Gable and Capt. Verl Shaffer, 351st Bombardment Group (Heavy).... Here's a picture of Lt. Clark Gable, about December 1942, while he was at gunnery school student at Tyndall Field, Florida. It looks like he is the only officer in his class. He went on to aerial photography training at Ft. George Wright, Washington, before joining 351st BG(H) at Biggs Field, Texas, late January, 1943. 351st moved to England about May 1943. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBMflyer Posted January 16, 2008 Share #202 Posted January 16, 2008 Here's one of my friend, Capt. F. McCarter, who flew P-40's and P-51's with the 16th FS, 51st FG. This is him in Kweilin, China with his 'N' model.-Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Michael Posted January 23, 2008 Share #203 Posted January 23, 2008 Nice photos one and all! Here is a new pickup. It came with 3 more pics, all of dead Japanese soldiers. I wonder where this was taken? Guam, Okinawa? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted January 26, 2008 Share #204 Posted January 26, 2008 Review of troops. The back ground looks similiar to the Desert Training Center at Fort Irwin, CA. Also notice the combination of equipment M-1 helmets and M1917A1 helmets, etc. Unfortunetly the caption for the photo is no longer with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted January 26, 2008 Share #205 Posted January 26, 2008 1944 Bomb Trainer photo from Harvard Nebraska. This photo was taken by the 244th Station Photo Section. THis came with a group of AAF photos that I got on EBay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted January 26, 2008 Share #206 Posted January 26, 2008 1944 Bomb Trainer photo from Harvard Nebraska. This photo was taken by the 244th Station Photo Section. THis came with a group of AAF photos that I got on EBay. Sorry the photo failed to upload. I'll try it again: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernanda Posted February 1, 2008 Share #207 Posted February 1, 2008 I never saw so many good pictures on a post like this.Some of my pictures. Leonard Joyner, taken in Tokio in 1946. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernanda Posted February 1, 2008 Share #208 Posted February 1, 2008 AAF officer George C. Cohan:Unidentified AAF crew man at pacific: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernanda Posted February 1, 2008 Share #209 Posted February 1, 2008 FIGHTIN BITIN 369th Bomber Squadron, 306th BG, 8 AAF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Michael Posted February 2, 2008 Share #210 Posted February 2, 2008 Fernanda, great photos! thanks for posting these very nice images. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bones Posted February 5, 2008 Share #211 Posted February 5, 2008 Here is a nice studio picture of a BAM. I do not have much info on her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bones Posted February 5, 2008 Share #212 Posted February 5, 2008 Here is a soldier wearing his gear. It is marked as his boot camp photo. He is carrying an 1903 Springfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
posse Posted February 12, 2008 Share #213 Posted February 12, 2008 Nice pics, guys! Here is my favorite from my collection: 17th airborne... No identification so far... Someone any idea how to learn more about those two officers? regards Bart Up to here, I have found out that these to officers are probably 513 PIR, F company. Anyway who can help me now? Rosters? Names? Please contact me! Thanks! Bart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCR79 Posted February 15, 2008 Share #214 Posted February 15, 2008 Here is a nice studio picture of a BAM. I do not have much info on her. Years ago I had a WM group with photo albums....I think that this woman's name was Deaun Heiskell and she was stationed at Quantico Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCR79 Posted February 15, 2008 Share #215 Posted February 15, 2008 Chief Raymond Bean 1942 Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeeVee Posted February 18, 2008 Share #216 Posted February 18, 2008 Here is my grandfather before WW2. He was in the USAFFE Corps of Engineers (reserve). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk914 Posted February 27, 2008 Share #217 Posted February 27, 2008 Here's some recent additions to the archives. Click the 'Caption' link to see the tag from the reverse of each photo. Mail Call! Former POWs heading to a well-deserved shower... Major General Nathan F. Twining, CO of the Fifteenth AF, mingles with returning POWs... Two brothers are reunited after one escaped from his Bulgarian captors... I have yet to identify the squadron/group this crew flew with, but I'm thinking it's a XV AF outfit. All images: Project 914 Archives (Steve O. Reno collection) Fade to Black... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cashman Posted February 29, 2008 Share #218 Posted February 29, 2008 Here is my father standing left in front of his Autocar U7144T somewhere in the Phillipines in 1945. The same truck later in 1946 near Seoul Korea during occupation duty. He was 40th ID, QMC, 377th Refrigeration Detachment. Thanks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JERRY COBB Posted March 18, 2008 Share #219 Posted March 18, 2008 [ attachment=61067:FIRST_RI..._2ND_SQD.jpg] These are picture copies of picture found on the website of the 12th Armored Division, 56th Armored Infantry Battalion. Daniel G. Knox, my late father-in-law, is in these pictures. Top pictures shows his Squad. He is second from left in the rear row. Second picture show him in the company group, third from left in front row. Third picture shows him as third from left in the rear row. These pictures were taken of a single roll of film that was left after the photographer was wounded and evacuated. This was the only roll that survived the war. Unfortunately, I did not find these pictures until last year (11 years after my F-I-L passed away). I should these to my M-I-L and wife and they were amazed. We did not these pictures existed until I did some research on the internet. Have tried to post another picture but it was to large to post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted March 25, 2008 Share #220 Posted March 25, 2008 Below is my wife's uncle, Westley M. Field. He arrived in England on 7 August 1943 with the 428th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group (B-17s). He was shot down on 10 October 1943 during the raid on Munster and was listed as missing in action. About a year after the war, a minister from the town of Ost Bevern on the German-Dutch border contacted my wife's grandmother (Wes' mother) via letter and informed her that he believed her son was buried in their town cemetery. She contacted the War Department and they confirmed that Wes and at least one other member of his crew were, indeed buried there. In 1947, he was returned to Lexington MA for burial in the family plot there. My wife's family also found out later that the townspeople and some of the German soldiers stationed there braved the fire, exploding machine-gun ammo, and possibility of bomb detonations to crawl into the wreckage and remove Wes' and Lisch's bodies from the wreckage before they were consumed by the fire. The next day the Germans gave them a funeral with full military honors. On the left is his graduation picture from Aerial Gunnery School (at Lowry AFB CO, I think). Center picture is Wes in flight gear during advanced pre-deployment training in Texas. On the right is Wes with two buddies. Elder Lisch is on the left. He was the radio operator and killed along with Wes on 10 October. Wes is in the middle and the Ball Turret Gunner, George Brassell is on the right. For some reason Brassell did not fly the 10 Oct Munster mission. However, Brassell did fly the group’s next mission to Munster on 22 December 1943 in the ball of another crew’s aircraft. On that Munster mission his plane was also shot down and he was killed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted March 25, 2008 Share #221 Posted March 25, 2008 The composite below is my late father-in-law, Arthur B. Field. He arrived in England on 30 July of 1943 with the 392nd Bomb Group (B-24s). He later also served with the 492nd and 490th Bomb Groups. Art survived the war but never got over the loss of his brother. He passed away after a short illness in 1976 and was buried alongside his brother in Lexington MA. The one on the left was taken just before deploying to England and the one on the right was taken near the end of the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collector Posted March 25, 2008 Share #222 Posted March 25, 2008 One of the shots of Col. Ditta (then 1stLt. or Capt. Ditta) with 'friend' Winnie on Samoa just before the 2/7 went to Guadalcanal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernanda Posted April 16, 2008 Share #223 Posted April 16, 2008 I found this one on NARA files.unknown bombardier from 8th AAF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timwil Posted April 17, 2008 Share #224 Posted April 17, 2008 I found this one on NARA files. unknown bombardier from 8th AAF. Wonderful photo! Got any others of this type from the NARA? Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernanda Posted April 17, 2008 Share #225 Posted April 17, 2008 Wonderful photo! Got any others of this type from the NARA?Tim Hello Tim! Yes. Another shot: Unknown soldier with DFC. This image was taken in september 4th of 1944, 381th BG. Cheers, Fernanda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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