USS Yorktown CV-10 (1943)
#otd USS Yorktown CV-10 Commissioning ceremonies on the flight deck, at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, 15 April 1943. #ussyorktown...
USS Iowa BB-61 (1943)
#otd USS Iowa BB-61 underway during her shakedown period, 15 April 1943. #bb61 #ussiowa #wwii #battleship #navalsafari #aviationsafari...
US aircraft arriving in England during WWII
#otd U.S. Army Air Forces Aircraft await assembly in an English field, after being transported by ship across the Atlantic. 13 April 1944....
Captured FW-190
Here is a look at a captured FW-190 in US markings. That must have been a hoot to fly as the test pilot. #fw190 #wwii #luftwaffe...
Kamikaze Damage WWII
#otd USS Rodman DMS-21 and USS Witter DE-636 receiving repairs at Kerama Retto on April 9, 1945. Both had been hit by kamikaze attacks on...
WWII Corsair
A look back at F4U-1A 55995 of VF-17, March 1944, at the end of VF-17's Solomons combat tour. #f4u #corsair #wwii #solomons...
Devastator leading the strike
#otd a rare image of a Devastator, Lae-Salamaua strike, 10 March 1942 taken from a VT-5 plane, a Douglas TBD-1 Devastator showing ships...
USS Canberra CA-70
Per request, USS Canberra CA-70 center undergoing battle damage repairs in the floating drydock ABSD-2 with USS Claxton DD-571 at left,...
Dauntless SBD-5’s
#otd Eniwetok Operation, four SBD-5 bombers fly over the northern part of Eniwetok Atoll, on 18 February 1944. It is impressive how long...
B-17 Crew (1945)
#otd the lead crew on a bombing mission to Dresden, Germany, in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress from the 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb...
