year 1943

  1. B-17, Coastal Command RAF Benbecula 1943

    B-17, Coastal Command RAF Benbecula 1943

  2. Supermarine Spitfire

    Supermarine Spitfire

    Salerno, 9 September 1943 (Operation Avalanche): Supermarine Spitfires manned by American pilots lined up ready for action on an airfield near Salerno littered with the wreckage of enemy aircraft and aircraft parts. The enemy aircraft were destroyed in Allied bombing attacks on the airfield.
  3. F6F-3

    F6F-3

    Crash landing of F6F-3, Number 30 of Fighting Squadron Two (VF-2), USS Enterprise, into the carrier’s port side 20mm gun gallery, 10 November 1943 whilst en route to attack Makin Island. Lieutenant Walter L. Chewning, Jr., USNR, the Catapult Officer, is climbing up the plane’s side to assist the...
  4. F6F-3

    F6F-3

    A U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat after crashing on a U.S. Essex-class carrier off Peleliu in 1944. The plane had been shot up over Peleliu, taking out the hydraulics. With the shot up ailerons and a large hole in the right wing, the pilot managed a landing. However, he struck a gun turret and...
  5. 273805

    273805

  6. P-38-lightning-e1430959414779

    P-38-lightning-e1430959414779

  7. Medium tank T-34 m.1942-1943

    Medium tank T-34 m.1942-1943

    2 SS Panzer Division "Das Reich"
  8. Sturmpanzer iv italy

    Sturmpanzer iv italy

  9. Sdkfz-131-marder-ii-panzer-artillerie-regiment-hermann-gring_8308582524_o

    Sdkfz-131-marder-ii-panzer-artillerie-regiment-hermann-gring_8308582524_o

  10. 26211

    26211

  11. German tanks Kursk

    German tanks Kursk

    Panthers of Pz. Abt 51 alongside Tigers of the 13.Kp Pz.Rgt. GD - Kursk 1943.
  12. counter attack - Stalingrad

    counter attack - Stalingrad

  13. Canadian Dispatch Rider _ Norton Motorcycle

    Canadian Dispatch Rider _ Norton Motorcycle

  14. 44659

    44659

  15. Canadian War Correspondents Jeep

    Canadian War Correspondents Jeep

  16. 1943 Aircraft Insignia

    1943 Aircraft Insignia

  17. 11430001

    11430001

  18. Loyal Edmonton Regiment, Sicily 1943

    Loyal Edmonton Regiment, Sicily 1943

    Infantrymen of the Loyal Edmonton Regiment in a Universal Carrier, using an umbrella to provide shade in the sunlight, Valguarnera, Sicily 1943. The Loyal Eddies were part of Canadian 1st Division and their vehicles, like this carrier (see front of vehicle), would have been identified with the...
  19. Special Air service Africa 1943

    Special Air service Africa 1943

    A heavily-armed jeep patrol from L Detachment SAS in North Africa, 18 January 1943. http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205196152 This item is available to share and reuse under the terms of the IWM Non Commercial Licence. http://www.iwm.org.uk/corporate/privacy-copyright/licence
  20. 10510

    10510

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