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...
The Sullivan Brothers
#otd The Five Sullivan Brothers board USS Juneau CL-52, during her commissioning ceremonies at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, 14 February 1942....
Captured FW-190
Here is something completely different, a look at a captured FW-190 at the end of WWII during testing by the USAAF. #fw150 #fockewulf...
Anzio Landings (1944)
#otd Troops and equipment come ashore on the U.S. Fifth Army Beachhead near Anzio, January 22, 1944. USS LCI-20 is burning at left, after...
USS Birmingham CL-62 (1945)
#otd USS Birmingham CL-62 off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 21 January 1945. #ussbirmingham #cl62 #wwii #bigguns #navalsafari...
PBY-5 Catalina WWII
#otd PBY-5 Catalina attached to PATWING TWO based at Seymour Bay, Galapagos, 17 January 1942 as a crew from USS Richmond CL-9 attempted...
USS Alabama BB-60 (1943)
We look back at USS Alabama BB-60 during a shakedown period battle practice, January 1943. Note 16"/45 guns, Mk. 38 director atop her...
