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NEW U.S. ARMY DIVE BOMBER The A-31, a new U.S. two-seater bomber, is shown in a test flight. Powered by a single air cooled radial engine, it has an unusually long range of operation. The A-31, called the Vengeance by the British, has been in mass production for some time for shipment to United Nations' fighting fronts.

Ein S.A.-Motor-Staffel-Mann. Er trägt am linken Arm auf schwarzem Grund eine silbernes Rad, an dem man die Zugehörigkeit zur Motor-Staffel erkennt. Wie die 4 Sterne auf dem linken Uniform-Spiegel erkennen lassen, ist dieser Man zugleich Sturmbannführer.

U.S. supplies landed at Aitape. A supply-laden truck is swung into a landing barge from a U.S. Liberty ship which is anchored off Aitape, on the northern coast of New Guinea, where American troops stormed ashore on April 22, 1944. Immediately after U.S. amphibious forces established beachheads at Aitape and at two points flanking Hollandia, to the west, landing craft pushed ashore with supplies and ...

Wounded at St. Sauveur. A member of a U.S. Army medical unit gives a blood transfusion to a wounded American soldier in a courtyard after the battle for St. Sauveur, Normandy. St. Sauveur was captured by American troops of the Allied Expeditionary Force after a bitter fight during their advance across the Cherbourg Peninsula.

Australian A.T.S. leader. Lady Bowyer-Smythe (at desk), Senior Leader of the Motor Transport Section of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, in her office at a Surrey training depot. Lady Bowyer-Smythe, an Australian from Sydney, New South Wales, is completely responsible for the welfare and discipline of girls trained at the depot. Her husband, Sir Philip Bowyer-Smythe, has just been gazetted to Australia ...

Op zondagochtend 6 december 1942 bombardeert de Britse luchtmacht de Philipsfabrieken in Eindhoven. Het bombardement wordt ook het "Sinterklaas" bombardement genoemd. Philips produceerde onderdelen voor Duitse militaire apparatuur. De fabrieken staan verspreid in de stad. Ondanks de verliezen - er verongelukken 14 van de 93 vliegtuigen - is Operation Oyster een militair succes. Grote delen van de Philipsfabrieken ...

U.S. doctor treats French baby. A U.S. Army medical officer reassures a worried French mother as he examines her sick baby at an American medical center in Normandy. Allied civili affairs personnel went along with the first troops to land in France to aid civilians as soon as the Germans were driven from the Normandy towns. Following closely in the wake of advancing ground troops, these well-trained ...

U.S. FLYER DISPLAYS NEW PROTECTIVE HELMET. A U.S. flyer, operating a machine gun aboard a plane, wears a new-type helmet designed to provide protection from enemy anti-aircraft fire to the head and neck of aerial gunners. Lined with sponge rubber to reduce shock and concussion, the helmet is made up of many small metal squares and is draped over the shoulders to overlap the protective vest worn by ...