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By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on May 7th, 2011%
A photograph of a destroyed German self-propelled 37-mm antiaircraft gun mounted on a halftrack, along with a late-model RSO towing an antitank gun. Source: Light, Intense, and Accurate, Headquarters, 65th Fighter Wing, August 1945.
By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on January 30th, 2011%
A mobile training unit instructs B-17 crew and ground crew in the servicing of the B-17 oxygen system at a U.S. base in England in 1944. The veteran B-17 Flying Fortress “Flak Alley Lil” of the 305th BG is parked in the background. (U.S. Air Force Photo.)
By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on January 29th, 2011%
Color photograph of the B-17 Flying Fortress “Idiots’ Delight” of Eighth Air Force in England. The original caption states the M/Sgt is Penrose A. Bingham of Reading, Pennsylvania. The B-17 “Idiots’ Delight” served with the 332nd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group and later with the 710th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
 B-17 Flying Fortress "Idiots' Delight" (U.S. Air Force Photo.)
By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on January 28th, 2011%
During WWII in France in 1945, two soldiers change the carbon rods in a carbon arc searchlight. In this type of searchlight, the carbon rods are slowly eroded during use and must be regularly replaced to maintain the proper performance. The soldiers are identified in the original caption as Sgt. Arthur Grahame of Akron, Ohio and Pvt. James Nolin of Columbus, Georgia. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on January 26th, 2011%
Flickr Finds — Three sets of veteran’s WWII photographs from the Flickr photo website.
- Jack Cravens in WWII — Photographs from Jack Cravens during service in the U.S. Army in the Alaska and the Aleutian Islands.
- WW2Vet — Large set of photographs from the ETO showing U.S. and German tanks, armored cars, softskin vehicles and aircraft.
- H.Q. Squadron — Headquarters squadron of the 29th Armoured Brigade with a number of interesting tank photographs.
By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on January 3rd, 2011%
Douglas A-20 Havocs and Spitfires on a water-covered airfield in Italy during WWII. Despite the weather conditions, the airfield is still ready to be used for bomber and fighter missions against the Axis. (U.S. Air Force Photo)
By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on December 26th, 2010%
A formation of three famous U.S. fighters of WWII over Saipan: a North American P-51 Mustang, a Lockheed P-38 Lightning, and a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt of the 318th and 15th Fighter Groups. (U.S. Air Force Photo)
Continue reading Fighters over Saipan
By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on December 24th, 2010%
A collection of WWII-themed wallpapers for the iPad and other computer desktops are listed below. All images are sized to 1024×1024 pixels.
 | P-51 Mustang
P-51 Mustang flown by pilot Ed Shipley in a heritage flight at the air show at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. (U.S. Air Force photograph by T/Sgt. Ben Bloker via AF.mil.) |  | B-17 Flying Fortress
Formation of B-17 Flying Fortresses over Germany from the 398th Bombardment Group en route to Neumunster, Germany in April 1945. (U.S. Air Force photograph via AF.mil.) |  | Bastogne, Winter 1944
U.S. Army infantrymen advance during the harsh winter weather near Bastogne in winter 1944 (World War II Signal Corps via ARMY.mil.) |  | We Can Do It!
WWII “Rosie the Riveter” poster from War Production Board. (U.S. National Archives.) |  | A-20 Havoc Bomber
Douglas A-20 Havoc bomber being serviced at Langley Field, Virginia in July 1942. (Photographed by Alfred T. Palmer via Library of Congress.) |  | MPs of the Big Red 1
Military policemen of the 1st Infantry Division “Big Red 1″ in Normandy shortly after D-Day, June 1944. (U.S. National Archives photograph.) |  | M3 Tanks
U.S. M3 tanks during armored training at Fort Knox, Kentucky in summer of 1942. (Photographed by Alfred T. Palmer via Library of Congress.) |  | Luftwaffe FW 190
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-9 in the collection of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photograph.) |  | B-29 Superfortress
B-29 “Gravel Gertie” of 882nd BS, 500th BG suffered collapsed landing gear on Saipan. (U.S. Air Force photograph.) |  | Tank Attack
U.S. tank drives over defeated Germany to attack Japan. (Cover of “Army Motors”, May 1945, Sgt. Tirman.) |
Instructions to save an image as wallpaper on the iPad:
• Step 1: When browsing the Internet in Safari on the iPad, simply press and hold on an image and a menu will appear to save the image in “Saved Photos” on your iPad.
• Step 2: On your iPad home screen or desktop, open “Settings” and then choose “Brightness & Wallpaper.” Touch that to open it, and a “Wallpaper” box will appear. Click on the “Wallpaper” box to select images from your “Saved Photos”.
By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on December 23rd, 2010%
Photographs of German Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) captured near Cassino, Italy, from Report of the New Weapons Board, Office of the Commanding General, Army Service Forces, Washington, D.C., April 1944.
Italian Fifth Army Area — Ordnance Materiel
 Captured German self-propelled gun. Later used as target for bazooka demonstration.  German self-propelled 75-mm PAK 40 AT gun captured near barracks north of Cassino.  Rear view of German self-propelled 75-mm PAK 40 AT gun captured near barracks north of Cassino.  Closeup of German self-propelled 75-mm PAK 40 AT gun captured near barracks north of Cassino.
By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on December 22nd, 2010%
WWII B-24 Liberator nose art from 864th, 865th, and 866th Bombardment Squadrons of the 494th Bombardment Group and 392nd Bombardment Squadron of the 30th Bombardment Group. Source: U.S. Air Force photographs.
 B-24 "Lady Leone" of the 864th Bombardment Squadron, 494th Bombardment Group. (U.S. Air Force Photo) Continue reading B-24 Nose Art
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