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U.S. civilian airline officials reach Paris on survey trip. Officials of Trans World Airline of Transcontinental Western Air arrive at Orly airfield near Paris at the end of September 1945, on a preliminary survey flight for the establishment of a regular civilian air service. They travelled in a C-54 transport plane, the first U.S. civilian plane to reach Orly airfield on such a mission. The officials ...

'Training in the U.S. A large draft of the Canadian Army Pacific Force which recently left Kingston to train at US Army camps, will later rejoin the Sixth Canadian Infantry Division at Fort Breckinridge, Kentucky. Shown here, amongst some of the luggage that will accompany the troops, three officers talk about the coming adventure. Left to right: Lt. Wurker, King St. West, Ingersol, Ontario; Lt. F. ...

Behind the scenes at third U.S. army field headquarters. A trailer housed the outdoor mechanism of the communications system of the Third U.S. Army. It also contained a telephone switchboard from which connections were made to all parts of the world. This outside and of the wire room expedited the work of connecting the trailer unit with the camp's lines and left the operators freedom of movement while ...

Foto van jonge man in R.C.A.F. uniform, Airgunner wings. Tekst achterop: "F/S Frank Needham. P.o.W. 13-9-42 Stadskanaal. Hampden L-4190 14 O.T.U".

Foto (portret) van een man (sergeant/navigator) in R.C.A.F. uniform staande voor een barak of gebouw. Tekst achterop: "Nav. Sgt. G. Coldron, 144. O.T.U., Hampden "S" 4109. K.i.a. 13/14-9-42. Stadskanaal".

' Nazi Prison Opened By U.S. Troops. Freed prisoners line the railings of their prison at Luttringhausen, Germany, after they were liberated April 15, 1945, by U.S. troops. J.F. Osten, Vice-Admiral of the Dutch Navy, stands near his country's flag as the freed inmates, most of whom are apparently Dutch, celebrate the birthday of Princess Juliana. A handmade American Flag also hangs on the railing.The ...

TOP-SCORING U.S. PILOTS. Twenty-two-year-old Capt. Duane W. Beeson, Boise, Idaho (right) and twenty-three-year-old Capt. Don S. Gentile, Piqua, Ohio, two top-scoring U.S. Mustang fighter pilots in England, examine the cluster to the D.F.C. which Gentile received from Brig. Gen. Jesse. W. Auton March 25, 1944. Gentile's score as of April 1, 1944 stood at 22 destroyed with Beeson's record of 21 running ...

Members of the Joint Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives are shown through the War Room of the former Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, in the schoolhouse in Reims, France, where the terms of Germany's unconditional surrender were signed May 7, 1945, ending the war in Europe. From left to right: Walt Horan Republican, Washington; Colonel Frank R. Williams of Duluth, Minnesota, ...

Foto van jonge man in R.C.A.F. uniform, Airgunner wings. Tekst achterop: 'F/S Frank Needham. P.o.W. 13-9-42 Stadskanaal. Hampden L-4190 14 O.T.U'.

Foto (portret) van een man/piloot in R.C.A.F. uniform. Tekst achterop: "Sgt. R. Carlson. P.o.W. 13/14-9-42 Hampden "S"4109, 14 O.T.U., Stadskanaal".

Foto (portret) van een man/piloot (sergeant) in R.C.A.F. uniform. Tekst achterop: "Sgt. R. Grabek. Pilot + 13/14-9-1942. 14 O.T.U., 4109 "S" Hampden. Stadskanaal".

Het prinselijk paar te Amsterdam. H. K. H. Prinses Juliana en Z. K. H. Prins Bernhard bezochten heden de R. A. F. - U. S. A. A. F. tentoonstelling 'Vleugels der Victorie' te Amsterdam. Bij deze gelegenheid werd den Prins het zilveren embleem van de 'Senior Officers Wings of the United States Army' uitgereikt. Het was de eerste keer dat een vlieger die zijn opleiding niet in Amerika had genoten deze ...