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OTD in 1942, US carrier forces and their escorting surface ships conducted aerial bombardment and naval artillery attacks on the Imperial Japanese Navy garrisons in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands.
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B-24H Liberator bomber “Blue I” (41-28853) of 783rd Bomb Squadron, 465th Bomb Group, US 15th Air Force exploding in mid air after being hit by anti-aircraft fire (Flak) over German, November 20, 1944. Lieutenant Colonel Clarence Jack Lokker, on his last mission, was leading B-24’s to their target at Bleclihammerm, Silesia, Germany. While over the target the plane received a direct hit and blew up. Some of the crew were able to bail out before the explosion.
- Pilot: Lieutenant Colonel Clarence J. Lokker – Killed in Action
- Copilot: Captain Milton Duckworth – Prisoner of War
- Navigator: 1st Lieutenant Joseph Kutger – Prisoner of War
- Radar: 1st Lieutenant Joseph Whalen – Prisoner of War
- Bombardier: 1st Lieutenant Robert Hockman – Prisoner of War
- Bombardier: 2nd Lieutenant Grosvenor Rice – Killed in Action
- Radio Operator: Staff Sergeant Edmund Miosky – Killed in Action
- Engineer/Gunner: Technical Sergeant Lee Billings – Prisoner of War
- Waist Gunner: Sergeant James Bourne – Prisoner of War
- Top Gunner: Sergeant Jack Rabkin – Killed in Action
- Tail Gunner: Sergeant Paul Flynn – Killed in Action
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Grumman F6F-3 "Hellcat" fighters of fighter squadron VF-10 “Grim Reapers,”landing on the USS Enterprise after strikes on the Japanese base at Truk, 17-18 February 1944. Flight deck crewmen are folding planes' wings and guiding them forward to the parking area.
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SS Robert Rowan (Liberty ship K-40) explodes amongst the Sicily invasion fleet. Hit with three bombs by JU-88 bombers on July 11, 1943. All 421 soldiers and sailors safely abandoned ship before the many tons of ammunition exploded. She was torn in half and burned for two days.
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B-29 “Thunderbird” of the 6th Bomb Squadron, 29th Bomb Group going down after being hit by flak while bombing an aircraft factory near Tokyo on August 8, 1945. All but two of the crew were lost in the crash. One was captured, tortured and executed and the other was captured, but survived.
These were among the last US servicemembers to die in the war, which in some ways is especially tragic. To make it that far and to be so close to making it through only to die the day before the 2nd atomic bomb was dropped. Hostilities ended about a week after this photo was taken and missions were still being flown until then, so lives were still being risked.
These were among the last US servicemembers to die in the war, which in some ways is especially tragic. To make it that far and to be so close to making it through only to die the day before the 2nd atomic bomb was dropped. Hostilities ended about a week after this photo was taken and missions were still being flown until then, so lives were still being risked.
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B-25 Mitchell bomber “Peggy Lou” and other B-25s of the 321st Bomb Group flying from Solenzara, Corsica bombing San Michele railroad bridge in the Brenner Pass region of northern Italy, 10 Mar 1945
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Operation Tidal Wave - an attack by the USAAF, (based in Libya and Southern Italy) on nine oil refineries around Ploiești, Romania on 1 August 1943. The Consolidated B-24 Liberator in the image was named 'The Sandman' by her crew. It was a very costly operation, on both sides.
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A FM2 (N-27) aircraft, coming in for a landing on USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95), either missed or broke an arresting hook and crashed into planes parked on the bow. Here N-27 crasher into N-33 pushing it over the bow, 19 December 1944. N-27 crashed into N-33, and both went over the bow. Ensign Woods, pilot of N-33, is seen lying on the deck amid flying wreckage of planes.
Ensign Woods, pilot of N-33, who was sitting in his airplane, was thrown clear, is being carried by stretcher to sickbay.
Ensign Woods, pilot of N-33, who was sitting in his airplane, was thrown clear, is being carried by stretcher to sickbay.
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