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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Bell Airacobra of the 67th Fighter Squadron on Guadalcanal, in 1942

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I have NEVER seen the meatball roundel with bars before.

NEVER.

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Same, that seems very unusual

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As though tempting fate, the crew named their ship Flak Happy.  She was shot down 20 June 1944 with 8 killed and 2 captured

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The wreckage of a C-53 at Bathurst Island, Australia, 1949. The aircraft had been destroyed on the ground by Japanese aircraft in 1942 and pushed off the airfield after being stripped for useful parts

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Portrait of a Boeing P-26 Peashooter pursuit aircraft and pilot.

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Republic P-47D, Introduced ( 1941 ) 😁

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Mock-up P-40Bs stored in revetments at the former MCAS Ewa Field, Pearl Harbor during the filming of Tora, Tora, Tora, 1970

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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