Dramatic photograph of a USAAF B-24M Liberator heavy bomber standing vertically on its nose after a fatal takeoff brake-failure accident at San Giovanni Airfield, Italy, April 1945. Read more
Historic photograph of US-built Lend-Lease aircraft—led by a B-25 Mitchell bomber with P-63 Kingcobra fighters and an A-20 Boston—flying over the Verkhoyansk Range in Yakutia, Siberia, 1944. Read more
Iconic photograph of Consolidated B-24D Liberator "The Sandman" emerging from dense smoke and fires over the Astra Romana refinery in Ploesti during Operation Tidal Wave, August 1, 1943. Read more
US infantrymen and an M3 Half-track of the 9th Armored Division advance along a snowy Belgian road during the Battle of the Bulge, January 1945. Read more
Ground mechanics at RAF Nuthampstead inspect the completely destroyed nose of B-17G (43-38172) after its miraculous return from a Flak strike over Cologne, October 17, 1944. Read more
A shocking head-on photograph detailing the catastrophic structural damage to the nose of B-17G (43-38172) after a direct 88mm Flak hit over Cologne, October 15, 1944. Read more
The incredible story of B-17G Fortress (43-38172) piloted by 1st Lt. Lawrence De Lancey, which survived a direct flak hit to the nose over Cologne and safely returned to England on October 15, 1944. Read more