Pictures of WWII Airplanes in the Pacific

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. Some actual air battle photos. Taken by the Army Signal Corps. These photographs are from the personal scrapbooks of Lt. Colonel O. Howard Davidsmeyer, Sr.

(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 air plane 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.)

B-24 Bomber in flight over Pacific Island

B-25

PBY Catalina Flying Boat?
British Flying Boat (Saunders-Roe?)

PBY Catalina Flying Boat?
QANTAS Airlines flying boat?

Unknown Japanese plane going down in flames
(a two-engine cargo/passenger plane, how many of those were there?)
Possibly a Japanese version of the DC-3?

B-17

 
Three B-17s

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

 
Unknown wreckage -- is that a sliding door on one?
Wrecked C-47?

 
Bombed out island
(click on image for larger view)

 
Looking at a camera in a plane

 
Piper Cub?
L-3(?) Artillery Spotter plane?

Okay, I have no idea what the above photo is. Is it Nose-Art, Ship-Art, who is Howe? If any one knows, please email me.

Lee Glaeser says, "I would guess the picture is of a bomb bay area of a B-24. Note the repaired bullet hole over the man's right shoulder. The size of the rivets look more like a plane than a ship."