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World War II pictures of seaplanes and military planes of the US Army and
Navy, both on the ground, in flight, and on bombing runs. These airplane pictures taken by
the Army Signal Corps. Photographs are from the personal scrapbooks of Lt. Colonel O.
Howard Davidsmeyer, Sr.
Pictured right: B-24 Bomber in flight over Pacific Island
Note: I am no plane expert and didn't know what planes these were. Thank
you to the following people for help in identifying these WWII airplane pictures: Lee
Glaeser, John W. MacDonald. Any additional help would be appreciated. Send email to "combatTV" -at- jodavidsmeyer.com or leave comments
on the Forum.
Series of pictures of this plane and its crew and passengers
were taken on October 8, 1942. Does anyone know what kind of plane this is?
(see all pictures in the series)
PBY Catalina Flying
Boat?
Quantas Airlines
Unknown Japanese plane going down in flames
WWII Airplanes : B-25 Pictures
Mitchell B-25D Bomber "Miss Snafu" at air field somewhere in Pacific.
Airplane was part of the 90th Bombardment Squadron that took part in the air attack at
Rabaul.
According to Michael Claringbould of Aerothentic.com web site:
Miss Snafu was a B-25 serial #41-12487 of the 90 BOMB SQUADRON 3 BOMB GROUP, lost near Lae
on 16 May 1943. This aircraft had been participating in a night attack on Lae. the
approach being from the Markham Valley to Nuon Gulf. It is thought that it may have
crashed on the seaward end of Lae. Her crew consisted of:
1st Lt Nelson P. Ingram Jr, 0-790345, Pilot
2nd Lt John A. Key Jr 0-668009,Co-Pilot
S/Sgt Walter F. Clifford, Gunner
S/Sgt Redus W Harrell 6971071, Gunner
I believe this photo to the left is of Captain Charles Howe, Commander of
the 90th Bombardment Squadron, alongside his Mitchell B-25D bomber called "Here's
Howe." For more information about this plane visit aerothentic
web site.
B-25 in flight
Four B-25s or Four C-47s
(anyone else care to venture an opinion?)
(a two-engine cargo/passenger plane, how many of those were there?)
Possibly a Japanese version of the DC-3?
B-17 Pictures
General MacArthur's B-17 "Bataan" at 17 Mile Strip
Three B-17 Flying Fortresses at 17 Mile Strip - Moresby, Papua New Guinea
"Schwimmer 17-Mile Aerodrome" was a base used for
fighter and medium bombers during WWII. Now abandoned.
Crashed B-17
Unknown plane wreckage —
looks like a chin turret?
British Wellsy bomber?
P-38?
Cockpit close-up P-38
Long View P-38 Lightning
Unknown wreckage -- is that a sliding door on one?
Wrecked C-47?
Bombed out Isthmus
(click on image for larger view)
