A US B24H Liberator from 783rd Squadron, 465t BG, 15th Air Force is hit by anti-aircraft fire over Germany - 1944 #worldwar2 #ww2 #liberator #b24 #germany #antiaircraft #usaaf #history

A formation of US B17’s on a mission over Germany - date unknown #ww2 #worldwar2 #usaaf #b17 #germany #usairforce #mission #history #aviation

A US B-24M Liberator Pathfinder aircraft for the 707th Squadron drops a smoke marker as well as its payload on the rail junction at Mühldorf, Germany - 20th April 1945. CREDIT : VoicesofWW2 #ww2 #worldwar2 #usaaf #usairforce #muhldorf #rail #payload #liberator #germany #history

Westover Field Massachusetts Airport Postcard
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#Postcard #VintagePostcard #Postcards #Ephemera #Aviation #MilitaryAviation #USAAF #ArmyAirForces #WestoverField #Massachusetts #Airbase #HistoricAviation #Planes #Airfield #avgeek

USAAF fighter Ace Richard West (14 victories) with his Curtiss P-40 Warhawk at Finschhafen Airfield - New Guinea 1942.CREDIT:world war 2 aviation #ww2 #worldwar2 #papuanewguinea #newguinea #p40 #curtiss #warhawk #usaaf #pilot #history

A US B-17 Flying Fortress from the 398th BG returns home with significant nose damage - England, date unknown. Credit : IWM #england #b17 #ww2 #worldwar2 #usaaf #flyingfortress #damage

USAAF ground crew ready a Lockheed P-38 Lightning at RAF Goxhill - Lincolnshire, England 1942 #ww2 #worldwar2 #goxhill #lincolnshire #england #lockheed #lightning #usaaf #p38

#OperationMeetinghouse, the #FirebombingOfTokyo across two days, began on #ThisDayInHistory in 1945. The #USAAF dropped 1665 tons of ordnance, setting the #Japanese capital ablaze in a #WarCrime that destroyed 16 square miles, killed 100,000 people, and left one million homeless.

A US B-17G drops food supplies over the Dutch countryside to help starving civilians. The German commander arranged a truce so that USAAF & RAF aeroplanes could drop life-saving rations - March 1945 #ww2 #worldwar2 #usaaf #raf #royalairforce #usairforce #holland #dutch #countryside #b17

USAAF aircraft set off on a mission to locate an airfield at Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944 #ww2 #worldwar2 #usaaf #usairforce #peleliu #palau