“R.T.” AND BARBIE: (1st AIR COMMANDO GROUP) Another remarkable color image from the collection of Brad Smith of his father Colonel Robert “R.T.” Smith, standing in front of his North American P-51A Mustang fighter. The 1st Air Commando Group “Provisional” was created...
DOOLITTLE AND CREW: A great colorization of photo that was taken aboard the U.S.S. Hornet just prior to the legendary, April 18, 1942, carrier attack on the Japanese Home Islands, of General (then Lt. Colonel) Jimmy Doolittle and his crew. Pictured from left to right in front in one of the group’s...
One of the sixteen North American B-25B Mitchell “medium” bombers, that will participate on the April 18, 1942 Doolittle Tokyo Raid, is seen on the deck of the USS Hornet, as the Navy Attack Carrier and its escorting force steams towards the Japanese Home Islands.
Captain Robert Schultz of the “Lightning” equipped 449th Fighter Squadron, is seen at the nose of his twin engined, Lockheed P-38G Lightning fighter, the “Golden Eagle.” The 449th Fighter Squadron originally saw combat against the German Luftwaffe during the North African Campaign,...
Pilot’s and Crew Members of Number 681 Squadron, RAF are seen with one of their A De Havilland Mosquito FB MK VI fighter-bombers at Kumbhirgram in North Eastern India’s Assam Valley. Known as the “Wooden Wonder” because of its all wooden monocoque construction, which was conceived...
The Chinese and American people share a common heritage that was forged in the skies above China during the Second World War.
