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[Servicemen at air base in Iwo Jima]
Photographic group portrait of U.S. Navy servicemen at an air base in Iwo Jima, Japan, circa 1945-1952. A Douglas C-54 Skymaster aircraft and Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft are parked in the background. The men, including Jerry Michaud, are identified by first or last name in the inscriptions.Inscription: "Graff - Stanley - Swicegood- Conrody- Harder - Dave. Cass - Packo - Schrock - Pignatro -…
[Aircraft at Kadena Air Base]
Photograph of U.S. Navy aircraft of the USS Essex (CV-9) at Kadena Air Base, Japan, circa 1944-1945. Caption on album page: "Essex planes -- Kadena Airstrip."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1995.
[Aerial view of demilitarized Japanese bomber and other aircraft]
Oblique aerial photograph of a demilitarized Japanese bomber (right, with crosses) and other aircraft at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, August 25, 1945. The caption on a similar photo notes that the bomber, either "Bataan 1" or "Bataan 2," transported peace emissaries. Inscription: "25 Aug. 45 / 1105 (-g) F56 -- 8 1/4 Var. Yokosuka / 35-13N, 139-42E Honshu." Part of a disassembled album containing…
[Aerial view of demilitarized Japanese bomber and other aircraft]
Oblique aerial photograph of a demilitarized Japanese bomber (right, with crosses) and other aircraft at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, August 25, 1945. The caption notes that the bomber, either "Bataan 1" or "Bataan 2," transported peace emissaries.Caption on album page: "Plane with crosses is one that flew peace emissaries to meet with MacArthur in Manila."Part of a disassembled album containing…
[Vought F4U Corsair and General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft at Kadena Air Base]
Photograph of Vought F4U Corsair and General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft of Air Group 83, U.S. Navy, at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 20, 1945. Caption on album page: "Air Group 83 TBM's and F4U's -- Kadena Airstrip, Okinawa 5/20/45."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1995.
[Aerial view of Japanese aircraft at airfield]
Aerial photograph of Japanese aircraft at an airfield, Atsugi, Japan, circa 1945.Inscription on verso: "Atsugi -- 1945."
[General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft dropping bombs over Aomori Japan]
Photograph of U.S. Navy General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft dropping bombs over Aomori Japan, July 15, 1945.Inscription on verso: "Radar drop through a solid overcast on Aomori, Japan / 7/15/1945."Crossed-out inscription on verso: "July 15 1945 / Tsugaru Straits area, Northern Honshu / Clouds right down to surface. Dropped bombs by radar. Probably only time done by carrier planes in WWII."Caption…
[Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft and General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft in flight]
Photograph of five Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft and six General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft in flight over Honshu, Japan, July 15, 1945. Caption: "Five SB2C's and six TBM's of Air Group 83 over northern Honshu. July 15, 1945."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1945.
[Crashed Stinson L-5 Sentinel]
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, Japan. August 47."
[Stinson L-5 Sentinel aircraft at air base]
Photograph of Stinson L-5 Sentinel aircraft parked at an Eighth Army base in Yokohama, Japan, July 1947.Inscription on verso: "8th Army L-5 strip in down town Yokohama, looking east. P.X. Yokohama, Japan. July 47."