United States Army Air Corps

A blog following the history of the USAAC and later USAAF, from the birth of aviation through the early jet age. This blog is not affiliated with the US Air Force.

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A B-17D of the 5th Bomb Group in Australia on the way from Hawaii to the Philippines, 1941.

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B-17F Berlin Sleeper II of the 97th Bomb Group with her crew after 100 missions

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Senior pilots assemble in front of Flagship of the 92nd Bomb Group during a ceremony, June 1943

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Men of the 39th Troop Carrier Squadron pose with one of their C-47s at Archerfield Airfield, Australia, August 1943

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A P-47C of the 551st Fighter Training Squadron

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An F-5A of the 13th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron

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B-17F Murder Incorporated, 351st Bomb Group

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C-60A The Texas Wrangler at RAAF Cootamundra, Australia, 1943

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B-24D K. O. Katy and crew, 376th Bomb Group

Standing (L-R) Bernard Klosky - Radio Operator Ben Bell - Co-Pilot Isaac W. Ashburn, Jr. - Pilot Mark F. Hill - Navigator L. Hart - Bombardier

Kneeling (L-R) Marlowe I. Berg - Engineer John A. Masiewic - Gunner Robert B. Grove - Armorer Arthur E. McVey - Gunner Harry R. Fay - Ball Turret Gunner

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B-24Hs of the 465th Bomb Group in flight during a mission, 16 June 1944. The burning aircraft would go down with only three survivors

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Ground crews refuel P-43 Lancers and P-66 Vanguards in China

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P-51D Ole III, 358th Fighter Squadron

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In the nose of CAF Airbase Arizona's B-25J Maid in the Shade, a veteran of 15 bombing missions over Italy.

After 3 years of trying I finally got the flight I'd been looking forward to.

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A P2V-6 of VP-21 in flight near NAS Glenview, July 1956

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P-51D Miss Steve, 357th Fighter Squadron

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B-17C Pamela, a former 19th Bomb Group aircraft converted into a transport and used by the 317th Troop Carrier Group in Australia. She would crash at Mackay, Queensland on 14 June 1943, killing 40 of her 41 passengers and crew.

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The tail section of a C-47 that crashed at Cooktown, Australia, 13 June 1944