 
Twin Dragon Squadron
Ground crew members of the 459th Fighter Squadron, nicknamed the "Twin Dragon Squadron", working on a Lockheed P-38 at an air base in Chittagong, India - January 1945. (72611 A.C.)
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Posted: 1/29/2008
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448th Sub Depot
Men at work at the 448th Sub-Depot, 381st Bomb Group, England, 22 April 1944. (66134 A.C.)
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448th Sub Depot
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P-47s on deck
Close-ordered as infantrymen, these Republic P-47s stand on the deck of a small aircraft carrier to be taken to a theater of operation. The Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, the AAF's greatest shipping outlet, is keeping the warehouses empty.
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P-51s on deck of British carrier
North American P-51s are loaded onto the deck of British aircraft carrier for delivery to other American ports in the European Theater of Operations (ETO). Liverpool, England, 1 February 1944.
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Vultee Aircraft Co., Inc.
Vultee Aircraft Co, Inc., Downey, California, Vultee "Vengeance" assembly line.
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Douglas Aircraft Co. Inc.
Douglas Aircraft Co. Inc., Santa Monica, California, Douglas B-18A airplane under construction.
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Loading the first bomb
A U.S. 8th AAF Fighter Station - "Careful, boys," cautions 1st Lt. Herbert K. Fields, pilot of a P-47 Thunderbolt, "thats the first bomb ever to be loaded under an American fighter plane flying from England." Sgt Carl E. Trabin, Philadelphia, Pa., Cpl. Loren Toycer, Colfax, Wisc., and Sgt William Woods, Baltimore, MD., are making doubly sure that the little surprise for Hitler is properly racked.
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Mobile Repair Unit
Mobile repair units for crashed aircraft, like medical units for injured personnel, follow their planes and make emergency repairs. The 8th Air Service Command maintains units which travel wherever disabled planes have landed. This plane's four engines and ball turret were damaged in an emergency landing, but the bomber was able to take off from a make-shift runway after the mobile unit had completed the repair job.
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