Sicily Invasion (1943)
#otd Sicily Invasion, S.S. Robert Rowan on fire and then blows up off Gela, 11 July 1943. She had been set afire by German Air Attack,...
HMS Reaper D82 (1944)
#otd British escort carrier HMS Reaper D82 underway, she was ex-USS Winjah CVE-54, 9 July 1944. She served in the Royal Navy from 1944...
Helldiver’s in filght (1944)
#otd Curtiss SB2C-1 Helldiver’s fly over task force 58 carriers, while returning to USS Yorktown CV-10 after strikes on Chichi Jima....
USS Honolulu CL-48
#otd crewmembers of USS Honolulu CL-48, stacking empty shell cases after the Battle of Kula Gulf, 5-6 July 1943. #usshonolulu #cl48...
USS West Virginia BB-48 (1944)
#otd USS West Virgina BB-48 off the Puget Sound Navy Yard, 2 July 1944. Note: This negative has been heavily retouched to eliminate all...
201st Fighter (1945)
#otd Lt. Reynaldo Perez, and Lt. Fernando Hermanez-Vega, Of Juarez, of Mexico, wait for their fellow pilots of the 201st Fighter Squadron...
351st Bomb Group (1943)
#otd The 351st Bomb Group takes over a former R.A.F. Base in England, 28 June 1943. #usaaf #wwii #351stbombgroup #aviationsafari...
Queen Mary arriving in New York City
#otd British Passenger Liner and Troopship Queen Mary arrives in New York City with thousands of U.S. troops on board, inbound from...
Hellcat Departing the deck
#otd A VF-1 "top hatter" F6f-3 fighter is launched from USS Yorktown CV-10, to intercept enemy forces during the "Marianas turkey shoot",...
6 in a day
#otd Lieutenant Junior Grade Alexander Vraciu, USNR; fighting squadron 16 "Ace", holds up six fingers to signify his "kills" during the...
