Fighter pilot Grigory Rechkalov near his plane Bell P-39 Airacobra
The fighter pilot, deputy commander of the 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Red Army Air Force, twice Hero of the Soviet Union Grigory Andreevich Rechkalov near his Bell…
American soldier at the crossing of the Ruhr river
American soldier Michael Swinkin – infantryman from the 1st Infantry Division of the US Army in full uniform is waiting for crossing the Ruhr River in Belgium. Location: Belgium Date:…
B-17 bomber falls without one wing
The American heavy four-engine bomber Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, knocked down from the enemy’s anti-aircraft artillery, is dropped from the 97 bomber group without one wing. Location: Naples, Italy Date:…
An American soldier shoots a Thompson submachine gun
The American soldier of the US Army in the “Frog skin” camouflaged uniform is firing from the submachine gun M1928A1 “Thompson”. Training of street battles in the training center in…
American soldier Paul Romanik covers a 40-mm antiaircraft gun in Belgium
American soldier Paul Romanick covers a 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun from battery B of 103rd anti-aircraft battalion of the 1st US Army Infantry Division in a snowy field near…
American artillery soldiers are firing from the M1 mortar
American artillery soldiers from the US 3 Infantry Division of the US Army are firing from 81-mm mortar M1 (anti-personnel artillery mine M43A1). Corporal uses a field telephone to adjust…
American M4 Sherman tank at the military plant in the USA
American M4 Sherman medium tank of the US Army at a military plant in the United States of America. The Second World War. The American M4 Sherman is the main…
Model of an airplane in a wind tunnel
Model of an aircraft with a curved wing type “seagull” on a test bench in a wind tunnel. The NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics), since 1958 NASA. USA. The…
Bombers Consolidated B-24 Liberator in flight to Ploiesti
US Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers during the flight to the Romanian oil fields in Ploiesti during Operation Tidal Wave. In the foreground is the B-24 Joisey Bounce from the 93rd…
American Yorktown aircraft carrier and escort ships are firing near Midwaya atoll
The American Yorktown aircraft carrier of the US Navy and other reconnaissance ships are firing to repel the attack of Japanese torpedo bombers in the battle of Midway Atoll. “Yorktown”…