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United States Army Air Corps Collection

Background imageUnited States Army Air Corps Collection: Nose Art on Mr. Fala

Nose Art on Mr. Fala
On the side of the B-26 Marauder bomber Mr. Fala shows the President's Scottie running down Berlin's Wilhelmstrasse and encountering a fire hydrant with Hitler's head atop it. Lt

Background imageUnited States Army Air Corps Collection: Pilot Receiving Pointers Before Takeoff

Pilot Receiving Pointers Before Takeoff
Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Davis talks to Lieutenant Charles Dryden (in cockpit) before he takes off in a P-40 Warhawk at an army air base

Background imageUnited States Army Air Corps Collection: Pilot Eddie Rickenbacker with Flight Crew

Pilot Eddie Rickenbacker with Flight Crew
Pilot Eddie Rickenbacker, the most decorated American pilot during World War I, with other soldiers of the 94th Squadron in France

Background imageUnited States Army Air Corps Collection: Keystone Panther Bomber in Flight

Keystone Panther Bomber in Flight
(Original Caption) Airplanes participate in commencement exercises at the Pennsylvania military college, Chester, Pennsylvania

Background imageUnited States Army Air Corps Collection: Claire Chennault and Wingmen

Claire Chennault and Wingmen
Claire Chennault and his two wingmen, Luke Williamson and Billy McDonald, of the Flying Trapeze, an Army precision-flying team, at an airshow in Miami

Background imageUnited States Army Air Corps Collection: Captain Charles E. Yeager

Captain Charles E. Yeager
(Original Caption) Washington, D. C.: Captain Charles E. Yeager, "Chuck" is credited with shooting down 13 German planes in fifteen months with the Eighth Air Force in Europe

Background imageUnited States Army Air Corps Collection: African American Men in Recruitment Office

African American Men in Recruitment Office
A group of African American men enlist in the United States Army Air Corps. They will be assigned to the 99th Pursuit Squadron at Chanute Field, Illinois

Background imageUnited States Army Air Corps Collection: Dedication Ceremony for the 99th Pursuit Squadron

Dedication Ceremony for the 99th Pursuit Squadron
Major General Walter R

Background imageUnited States Army Air Corps Collection: Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. in Cockpit

Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. in Cockpit
Captain Benjamin O. Davis in the cockpit of a training aircraft in 1942. The following year he organized the 332nd Fighter Group, the "Tuskegee Airmen"

Background imageUnited States Army Air Corps Collection: General George C. Kenney with B-24 Bomber Crew

General George C. Kenney with B-24 Bomber Crew
(Original Caption) 6/6/1942-New Guinea: As U.S. fliers stepped out of their bomber on their return from blasting an 8, 000-ton enemy transport, they were met by General George C

Background imageUnited States Army Air Corps Collection: Pilot on Wing of Fighter Plane

Pilot on Wing of Fighter Plane
Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Davis talks to Lieutenant Charles W. Dryden before he takes off

Background imageUnited States Army Air Corps Collection: Eddie Rickenbacker Shaking Hands with Orville Wright

Eddie Rickenbacker Shaking Hands with Orville Wright
(Original Caption) At Wright Anniversary Dinner

Background imageUnited States Army Air Corps Collection: Giving Liberator Bombers to Yugoslavia

Giving Liberator Bombers to Yugoslavia
President Roosevelt watches from his automobile as four heavy bombardment planes (four-engined Liberators) are dedicated and turned over to the first Yugoslav combat unit in the U.S

Background imageUnited States Army Air Corps Collection: Fleet of Bombers

Fleet of Bombers
(Original Caption) This photo gives a part of the pictorial account of the Air Forces largest raid on Germany

Background imageUnited States Army Air Corps Collection: Collier Trophy Awards Ceremony

Collier Trophy Awards Ceremony
(Original Caption) General Arnold Gets Collier Trophy

Background imageUnited States Army Air Corps Collection: Chaplain Talking to Flying Fortress Crew

Chaplain Talking to Flying Fortress Crew
(Original Caption) Before taking off on a mission a Flying Fortress crew in England receives a talk from 26-year-old Chaplain James O

Background imageUnited States Army Air Corps Collection: Aerial Bombing On Amsterdam Schipol

Aerial Bombing On Amsterdam Schipol
(Original Caption) 01/25/1944. 8th Air Force Heads For Home. Somewhere in occupied Europe

Background imageUnited States Army Air Corps Collection: American Colonel Cochran and British General Wingate Briefing Officers

American Colonel Cochran and British General Wingate Briefing Officers
American Army Air Forces Colonel Philip Cochran (R), leader of the first Air Commando Force, and British Major General Orde Charles Wingate

Background imageUnited States Army Air Corps Collection: Army Pilot Tells Neighbors Stories of World War II

Army Pilot Tells Neighbors Stories of World War II
(Original Caption) Captain Richard I. Bong, 23, sits on the grocery counter at Poplar, Wisconsin, telling proud neighbors about how he bags Japanese planes in the the South Pacific

Background imageUnited States Army Air Corps Collection: Martin B-26 Bomber Planes in Flight Over Belgium

Martin B-26 Bomber Planes in Flight Over Belgium
American Martin B-26 Marauder medium range bombers making a bombing run on tracks and freight cars at the Namur rail yards in Belgium during World War II

Background imageUnited States Army Air Corps Collection: World War II USAAF Republic P-47 Thunderbolts in Formation

World War II USAAF Republic P-47 Thunderbolts in Formation
(Original Caption) 5/29/44-Farmingdale, NY: A potent weapon of the U.S

Background imageUnited States Army Air Corps Collection: Air Force Gunners Comparing Short Snorter Paper Money

Air Force Gunners Comparing Short Snorter Paper Money
(Original Caption) Rehabilitation hospital at Pawling, N.Y. Pawling, New York: Group of AAF gunners back from the war fronts, comparing their short-snorter bills. Left to right: Sgt. John F

Background imageUnited States Army Air Corps Collection: Scene from Twelve O'Clock High

Scene from Twelve O'Clock High
Majors Harvey Stovall and Joe Cobb (Dean Jagger and John Kellogg) discuss something while Brigadier General Frank Savage (Gregory Peck) reads a report, in the war drama Twelve O'Clock High

Background imageUnited States Army Air Corps Collection: Billy Mitchell in Uniform of Commander

Billy Mitchell in Uniform of Commander
(Original Caption) Billy Mitchell (1879-1936) as Commander in Air Force of AEF in France, 1917

Background imageUnited States Army Air Corps Collection: U.S. Army Airborne Paratroopers in C-47

U.S. Army Airborne Paratroopers in C-47
US Army Paratroopers. UPI color slides

Background imageUnited States Army Air Corps Collection: Soldiers Write Aircraft Movements on Plotting Board

Soldiers Write Aircraft Movements on Plotting Board
(Original Caption) Writer's cramp is only a small part of the occupational hazard for Gerald Rein (left), Glidden Wis. and Robert Wolf, Slinger, Wis. in their duties at Truax Field

Background imageUnited States Army Air Corps Collection: Red Buttons in Sayonara

Red Buttons in Sayonara
Red Buttons as Airman Joe Kelly, a publicity photo from the 1957 film Sayonara


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