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Photograph of a United States Air Force serviceman posing with a Douglas A-24 Dauntless aircraft (tail number 28777), circa 1940s-1950s.

Photograph of a sunset taken from the 158th Liaison Squadron's operations area at Komaki Air Base, Japan, March 1947.Inscription on verso: "One of the many beautiful sunsets on the Island of Japan – Looking from the 158th Liaison Operations – Komaki.…

Photograph of the tail fin of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (tail number 483411) at Komaki Air Base, Japan, April 1947. The tail bears the emblem of the Fifth Air Force, United States Army Air Forces. The inscription notes that the plane belonged to…

Photograph of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft (tail number 483411) parked at Komaki Air Base, Japan, April 1947. The tail bears the emblem of the Fifth Air Force, United States Army Air Forces. The inscription notes that the plane belonged to…

Photograph of a sunset taken from the 158th Liaison Squadron's operations area at Komaki Air Base, Japan, March 1947.

Photograph of a Stinson L-5 Sentinel aircraft crashed upside down on a beach near Nagoya, Japan, August 1947. The plane bears United States Army Air Forces markings.Inscription on verso: "The L-5 the Infantry cracked up in the river bottom. Nagoya,…

Photograph of a control tower on top of a concrete hangar at Komaki Air Base, Japan, circa 1947. A fire truck is parked inside the hangar.

Photograph of concrete hangars at Komaki Air Base, Japan, January 30, 1947. The inscription notes that the hangars, originally used by the Japanese military during World War II to store Mitsubishi A6M Reisen "Zero" aircraft, were used by the 158th…

Photograph of Captain Townsend (right) and Sergeant Keifer (left) at an unidentified air base in Japan, April 1947. The plane behind them is a Stinson L-5 Sentinel of the United States Army Air Forces. Mount Fuji is visible in the…

Photograph of the sign for the base operations building at Komaki Air Base, Japan, April 1947. The sign reads: "Base operations. Komaki Airdrome. NAAB [Nagoya Army Air Base]. APO 710. Elevation 78 feet."Inscription on verso: "Our new base ops. I work…