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Officieren, vliegtuigen

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U.S. NAVY DIVE BOMBER OVER THE PACIFIC A rugged U.S.

U.S. NAVY DIVE BOMBER OVER THE PACIFIC A rugged U.S. Navy dauntless dive bomber roars past a Pacific island on a mission against the Japanese. Carrying 1,000 pounds of bombs, the heavily armed dive bomber has a range of approximately 1,000 miles and a top speed of more than 250 miles per hour. Dauntless planes have played an important part in attacks on enemy shipping in the Pacific.

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Het bezit van Rendova bracht de belangrijke Japanse basis Kwajalein binnen het bereik van de Amerikaanse forten.

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U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS HUNT FOR JAPANESE FLEET IN PACIFIC. A U.S.

U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS HUNT FOR JAPANESE FLEET IN PACIFIC. A U.S. Navy Hellcat fighter plane rolls along the flight deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Pacific preparatory to taking off on a hunt for units of the Japanese Navy. In offensive sweeps challenging the enemy fleet to combat, U.S. Navy carrier task forces attacked enemy bases on Marcus Island, Wake Island and Rabaul, New Britain Island in the Sout Pacific. ...

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Het boordvliegtuig van Hr.

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Grumman Hellcats en Avengers U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS HUNT JAPANESE FLEET IN PACIFIC. U.S.

Grumman Hellcats en Avengers U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS HUNT JAPANESE FLEET IN PACIFIC. U.S. Navy Hellcat fighter planes aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific are warmed up preparatory to taking off in search of the Japanese fleet. With the greatest carrier fleet over asssembled, U.S. Navy task forces in the Pacific, between attacks on enemy bases, have been searching for the Japanese fleet. In an attack on the Japanese ...

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Curtiss Helldiver CREWMEN BRING BOMBS FOR PLANES ABOARD U.S. CARRIER IN THE PACIFIC.

Curtiss Helldiver CREWMEN BRING BOMBS FOR PLANES ABOARD U.S. CARRIER IN THE PACIFIC. As their aircraft carrier enters a combat zone in the Pacific, American crewmen trundle 500-pound bombs toward waiting dive bombers for installation before they take off on a mission against the Japanese. The bombers' wings are now folded to save space, but will be lowered into place when the pilot is ready to go.

Tekening Vliegtuig

Een potloodtekening van een vliegtuig. Rechtsonder gesigneerd: "J.S.". Met pen is toegevoegd: "J. Smith".

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K.N.I.L. Militaire Luchtvaart.

K.N.I.L. Militaire Luchtvaart. Een squadron 'FK-51's' toestellen, gebruikt bij de verdediding tegen de Japanners, aangezien de bestelde modernere toestellen te laat kwamen. Opgenomen in de buurt van Kalidjati, met de Boerangrang op de achtergrond. NI 6895 Koolhoven FK-51.

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Geen bijschrift

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Japanische Kampfmaschinen im Anflug auf Militärischen Ziele in Niederländisch-Indien. NI 489

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Boeing 'B-29 Superfortress'. Superforts serviced outdoors on Saipan.

Boeing 'B-29 Superfortress'. Superforts serviced outdoors on Saipan. Resting in bays adjoining the new American air base on Saipan in the Marianas Islands, a brace of B-29 Superfortress bombers are ready to take off for an attack on Japan. Hangars had not yet been built on the rapidly constructed field, which was used by the huge planes less than five months after the island was captured from the Japanese. Supefortresses ...

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Japanese planes and buildings smashed in U.S. raid on harbor of Saipan.

Japanese planes and buildings smashed in U.S. raid on harbor of Saipan. Smashed Japanese planes lie on an airstrip of Tanapag Harbor, on the western side of Saipan, as U.S. aircraft attack installations of the submarine and seaplane base. American troops, who landed June 14, 1944, gained control of Saipan, key island in the Marianas group of the Central Pacific, after nearly a month of fighting. Tanapag Harbor will be ...

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Boeing 'B-29 Superfortress'. 'Saipan Superforts prepared for Tokyo attack.

Boeing 'B-29 Superfortress'. 'Saipan Superforts prepared for Tokyo attack. Ground crewman prepare bomb for leading into a B-29 Superfortress, the 'Dauntless Dotty' at the new American air base on Saipan Island in the Marianas. The plane led the first Superfortress attack on Tokyo on November 23, 1944, giving the Japanese capital its first taste of American explosives in more than two and one half years. The bombers set ...

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Take off from the deck of the USS Hornet (CVA-8) of an army B-25 on its way to take part in the first U.S.

Take off from the deck of the USS Hornet (CVA-8) of an army B-25 on its way to take part in the first U.S. air raid on Japan, 18-4-1942.

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Wrecked Japanese planes bitter captured airdrome on Saipan Island. U.S.

Wrecked Japanese planes bitter captured airdrome on Saipan Island. U.S. bombardments demolished Japanese airplanes and hangars on Aslite airdrome, most important airfield on Saipan Island of the Marianas group in the Southwest Pacific. The Aslite airfield was captured by American forces on June 22, 1944, and renamed Isely Field in honor of Commander Robert Henry Isely of the U.S. Navy who has shot down by Japanese anti-aircraft ...

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Een B-25 Mitchell bommenwerper. 'U.S. Ground crewmen clean plane's cannon. Members of a ground crew, at a U.S.

Een B-25 Mitchell bommenwerper. 'U.S. Ground crewmen clean plane's cannon. Members of a ground crew, at a U.S. airfield somewhere in the Pacific, ram home a cleaning rod in the barrel of a 75-mm. cannon mounted in the nose of a U.S. B-25 Mitchell bomber just below a pair of machine guns covered with cases from 75-mm. shells. The Mitchell is about to take off on a mission against Japanese installations in the Marshall Islands of the Central Pacific.'

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Boeing 'B-29 Superfortress'. 'A Superfortress tests its wings on Saipan.

Boeing 'B-29 Superfortress'. 'A Superfortress tests its wings on Saipan. Ground crewmen at the new American Superfortress base on Saipan Island in the Marianas, watch one of the giant planes take off on a dawn familiarization flight. Practice flights such as this preceded the Saipan-based Superfortress attacks on Tokyo on November 23 1944, first in a new phase of U.S. air assaults to bring the war to the Japanese homeland.'

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U.S. forces rebuild captured Japanese airfield. U.S.

U.S. forces rebuild captured Japanese airfield. U.S. Army Piper Club planes, used for observation flights, take cover behind an embankment thrown up for their protection while Seabees, members of the U.S. Navy's construction battalions, work with heavy equipment to rebuild an airfield captured from the Japanese in the Admiralty Islands of the Southwest Pacific. Seizing control of vital areas in the island chain, American ...

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Op de voorgrond een Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu model 11, Amerikaanse codenaam 'Rex'.

Op de voorgrond een Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu model 11, Amerikaanse codenaam 'Rex'. Het vliegtuig op de achtergrond is een Mitsubishi F1M2 type 0 ReiKan, Amerikaanse codenaam 'Pete'. Waarschijnlijk is de foto genomen op Morokrembangan in 1946. NI 7096

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Boeing 'B-29 Superfortress'. 'Superfortress takes off to attack Tokyo industrial targets.

Boeing 'B-29 Superfortress'. 'Superfortress takes off to attack Tokyo industrial targets. Its four engines roaring, a B-29 Superfortress takes off from its base on Saipan in the central Pacific Marianas to attack industrial areas in the Japanese homeland. U.S. soldiers watch with interest as the giant plane lifts from the smooth coral runway. War plants in Tokyo, the enemy capital, have been the favorite target for the ...

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Captain Walters in charge of paratroopers keeps in touch with aircraft overhead dropping supplies to survivors stranded ...

Captain Walters in charge of paratroopers keeps in touch with aircraft overhead dropping supplies to survivors stranded in hidden valley in Netherlands New Guinea. One of the survivors Sergeant Decker looks on. NI 4781

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Fliegerausbildung in Japan.

Fliegerausbildung in Japan. Nach dem Eintritt Japans ins den Krieg sah sich die Welt durch die überragenden Erfolge der japanischen Luftwaffe in Ersdtaunen gesetzt. Ein grosses Rätselraten setzte ein, welchen Erziehungs- und Lehrmethoden wohl die japanischen Flieger - wie die japanischen Soldaten überhaupt - ihre Haltung und Kampfweise verdanken. Härte, Festigkeit im Ertragen von Strapazen und ein unbändiger Kampf - und ...

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Duitse Dornier Merkus (Do B) in Japan.

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U.S. THIRD FLEET AIR ARMADA OFF JAPAN'S SHORES. More than 1,000 carrier-based planes of the U.S.

U.S. THIRD FLEET AIR ARMADA OFF JAPAN'S SHORES. More than 1,000 carrier-based planes of the U.S. Third Fleet stage an aerial show off the coast of Japan on August 22, 1945. A mighty air and naval armada moved into Tokyo Day before the signing of Japan's capitulation documents aboard the U.S. battleship Missouri on September 1.

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Bij de officiële overgave van Japan aan de Geallieerden. (Op de achtergrond de Missouri) NI 6147

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Japans Soldaten im Kriegseinsatz.

Japans Soldaten im Kriegseinsatz. Ein junger Chosenese (Koreaner), der sich von seinen Studienweg freiwillig zur japanischen Luftwaffe gemeldet hat, vor dem Start zum "Flug in die Heimat", wo er seine Verwandte und Freunde besuchen wird. Der Abschied von seinen Freunden, die ihn an diesen Ehrentage auf den Flugplatz, auf dem er seine Ausbildung genoss, besuchen, ist überaus herzlich.

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Japanische Marineflieger. Eine Formation Marinebomber auf dem Flug gegen den Feind.

Japanische Marineflieger. Eine Formation Marinebomber auf dem Flug gegen den Feind. Wo sie ihn antreffen, werden sie ihn stellen und zerschlagen.

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Japan als Luftmacht! Die Fliegerschulung der japanischen Jungpiloten. Vorbereitung im Frieden schafft Sieg im Kriege.

Japan als Luftmacht! Die Fliegerschulung der japanischen Jungpiloten. Vorbereitung im Frieden schafft Sieg im Kriege. Hierzu gehört auch eine gründliche fliegerische Ausbildung der männlichen Jugend. Japanische Jungflieger beim Tanken ihrer Maschinen. NI 1856

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Japanse industrie. Japanse fabriek voor verkeersvliegtuigen ("Kamikaze", "Nip pon"). NI 1911

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Japan als Luftmacht! Japanische Flieger bringen ihre Maschinen durch ein Wolkenmeer. NI 1877

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Military Aviation School. Good mechanics are no less indispensable than skilfull pilots.

Military Aviation School. Good mechanics are no less indispensable than skilfull pilots. In fact, the life of the pilot hinges directly upon the methodical attention and care his plane has been given by the ground crew. NI 1858