Usaaf Collection

Mustangs leaving the Mersey Tunnel
Convoy of P-51 Mustang aircraft leaving the Mersey Tunnel, Liverpool

Tibbetts, Paul, Pilot as Col USaF beside Boeing B-29 Enola Gay

Black Widows in Liverpool
P-61 Black Widow aircraft passing the church in St Georges Dock gates, Liverpool

Unloading Mustangs in Liverpool
P-51 Mustang aircraft being transferred from floating crane to special carrier beam fitted to a 8-wheel trailer

North American P-51D Mustang N335 BARDAHL II
North American P-51D Mustang N335, BARDAHL II, race number 14 at Santa Monica, with sister-ship N335J just visible parked alongside

Myitkyina Airfield, Burma 1944
Myitkyina airfield seen from a Douglas C-47 transport of the US Army Air Force, circa 1944

North American P-51D Mustang N169MD
North American P-51D-25-NA Mustang N169MD (ex 44-73140) February 1945: Delivered to the United USaF. 7 June 1947: Delivered to the Royal Canadian Air Force as Mustang Mk.IV, s/n 9567. Date: circa 1968

Smoke and dust billow upward during a successful attack by United States Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortresses, after five minutes of concentrated bombing on Toulon harbour

Douglas DC-3S N1R (msn 4129) of the BROOKLYN DODGERS (Brooklyn National League Baseball Club), marked with Dodgers World Champions just behind the entry door

North American P-51B of 99th Fighter Tuskegee Squadron, 15th Air Force, USaF in Italy, cSept 1944

Stewart, James, Pilot as Col in USaF -began combat flying with 453rd Bomb Group, 31 March 1944

Streaking across the German sky, American B-17 Flying Fortress bombers of the US Eighth Army Air Force leave vapour trails high above the clouds as they head for their target

On the night of 29th - 30th April 1944, RAF Bombers attacked the Clermont Ferrand/Aulnat Airfield in German occupied France

Laister-Kauffman TG-4A NC46324
Laister-Kauffman TG-4A, (LK-10 Yankee Doodle 2 ), NC46324 awaiting launch at a gliding club in the US

Mustangs entering the Mersey Tunnel
Convoy of P-51 Mustang aircraft on 8-wheel trailers in transit from Ellesmere Port to Speke; entering the Mersey Tunnel, Birkenhead

WW11 USAAF B17 Flying Fortress bombers drop their bombs over Germany

An American bomber of the United States Army Force involved in an aerial battle over Germany during the Second World War, as indicated by the long ghost-like smoke trails in the sky. November 1943

A Wildcat plane passes over a US Navy Landing Ship as it discharges a Sherman tank onto a beach during pre-invasion training exercises in the United States

US 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress under heavy snow. Within the hour the bomber will
US 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress under heavy snow

Aerial view of Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft and gliders of the 9th Troop Carrier Command, a unit of the Ninth US Air Force

This synthetic oil plant at Bottrop, west of Gelsenkirchen, Germany, produced 100, 000 barrels of oil per month for the German war machine before it was wrecked from the air

Liberators and Flying Fortresses of the US Eighth Air Force struck at the source of the Luftwaffe during Mondays daylight operations, the 21st so far this month

The Gnome and Rhone aircraft factories at Limoges in German occupied France, which not only manufactures air engines for the Luftwaffe

United States Marine Corps - Douglas C-117D Skytrain 50835 (msn 43321, unit code WZ, call-sign 835 ) in 1963-65(WZ is tail-code for AIRFMFPAC - Air Fleet Marine Force)

United States Army Air Force Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain 41-18608 (MSN 4769) to USaF 25 October 1942, bailed to the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE), Boscombe Down

North American B-25J Mitchell 43-27774
Royal Air Force - North American B-25J-1-NC Mitchell 43-27774 (msn 108-34787), of RAF Mediterranean/Middle East Communications Squadron (retaining USAAF serial). Date: circa 1944

Pacific Theater, B-29 at Clark Field, Manila - March 1946
3036434 Pacific Theater, B-29 at Clark Field, Manila - March 1946; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, Mesquito at Clark Field, March 1946
3036352 Pacific Theater, Mesquito at Clark Field, March 1946; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, B-29's at Clark Field, March 1946
3036155 Pacific Theater, B-29's at Clark Field, March 1946; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

United States, Army Airforce A-2 Flight Jacket
3033518 United States

Pacific Theater B-25 nose art, in Clark Pool, March 1946 Luzon-Manila
3036798 Pacific Theater B-25 nose art, in Clark Pool, March 1946 Luzon-Manila ; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Jan. 1946 Manila - Clark Field
3036507 Pacific Theater, B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Jan

Pacific Theater, A-20's at Clark Field, April 1946
3036221 Pacific Theater, A-20's at Clark Field, April 1946; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, Fighter Planes Over Clark Air Base
3036160 Pacific Theater, Fighter Planes Over Clark Air Base; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, C-46's at Clark Field, Manila - April 1946
3036157 Pacific Theater, C-46's at Clark Field, Manila - April 1946; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, Nose art [Chute the Works] April 18, 1946
3036493 Pacific Theater, Nose art [Chute the Works] April 18, 1946; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, Gen.Wordsmith's B-17 [Ready Teddy] March 1946, Clark Field
3036484 Pacific Theater, Gen.Wordsmith's B-17 [Ready Teddy] March 1946, Clark Field ; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines, 1945-1946)

Pacific Theater, B-24's lined up in Clark Field Pool, Manila - May 1946
3036351 Pacific Theater, B-24's lined up in Clark Field Pool, Manila - May 1946 ; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, British Bomber at Clark Field, Jan 1946 Manila
3036216 Pacific Theater, British Bomber at Clark Field, Jan 1946 Manila; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, Nose art [Hi-Priority Stuff] April 1946
3036153 Pacific Theater, Nose art [Hi-Priority Stuff] April 1946, ; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, C-87 at Clark Field, Luzon - May 1946
3036159 Pacific Theater, C-87 at Clark Field, Luzon - May 1946; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Pacific Theater, January 1946 Manilla - Clark Field
3036167 Pacific Theater, January 1946 Manilla - Clark Field ; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base, Luzon Island, Philippines)

Naming an American Bomber, 6 July 1944, (1947). Creator: Unknown
Naming an American Bomber, 6 July 1944, (1947). King George VI and Queen Elizabeth with daughter Princess Elizabeth (future Queen Elizabeth II) at a bomber station of the USAAF

North American P-51D Mustang G-CBNM Twilight Team (msn 122-31590, ex USAAF 44-63864, R Swe AF 26158, Israel AF, 4X-AIM, N98CF), at Duxford. Date: circa 2007

North American P-51D Mustang SE-BKG (msn 122-31590, ex USAAF 44-63864, R Swe AF 26158, Israel AF, 4X-AIM. Became G-CBNM, N98CF), at Duxford. Date: circa 2000

Beechcraft UC-45J 67128
United States Navy - Beechcraft UC-45J 67128 (msn N-934), at NAS Alameda on 4 November 1967. (ex USAAF AT-7 41-21106 (MSN 1121) transferred to US Navy in 1946

Douglas C-54Q 50873
United States Navy - Douglas C-54Q 50873 (MSN 10555, ex USAAF 42-72450, ex R5D-3), at NAS Alameda on 28 October 1967. Date: 1967

Douglas R4D-8 50772
United States Navy - Douglas R4D-8 50772 (MSN 43337) (ex USAAF 43-49092 / 14908/26353). Modified to R4D-8 with new MSN 43337 and operated as JM 772 from September 1952 to June 1954

Ryan PT-22C Recruit N56421 855 (msn 1539, Model ST3KR, ex USAAF 41-15510) Date: circa 2010

Douglas DC-3 ZK-APB Popotea (msn 32693, ex USAAF C-47B-25-DK 44-76361), of N.A.C. (National Airways Corporation). at Whenuapai, on 21 October 1960. Date: 1960

Douglas DC-3 Viewmaster ZK-BYE Jean Batten (msn 16386 -33134, ex USAAF C-47A-25-DK Skytrain 42-93599), of South Pacific Airlines of NZ. at Whenuapai, on 1 April 1961. Date: 1961

Douglas DC-3 ZK-AOD (msn 27146-15701, ex USAAF C-47B-20-DK 43-49885), of Mount Cook Airlines. at Rotorua, on 21 February 1970. Date: 1961

Douglas DC-4 F-BELG (msn 10392, ex USAAF C-54A-15DC 42-72287), of TAI (Transports Aeriens Intercontinentaux), at Whenuapai, on 14 April 1962. (Possibly under lease to European Air Transport)

Douglas DC-3 ZK-AQU Pihoihoi (msn 16386 -33134, ex USAAF C-47B-30-DK 44-76802), of N.A.C. (National Airways Corporation). at Rongotai, on 15 November 1961. Date: 1961

Douglas DC-3 ZK-AQP Peho (msn 32897, ex USAAF C-47B-35-DK 44-76565), of N.A.C. (National Airways Corporation). at Whenuapai, on 14 April 1962. Date: 1962

Heinkel He 111 H-20 WerkNummer 701152
Heinkel He 111 H-20/R1 WerkNummer 701152, a troop-carrying version seen before restoration for display at the RAF Museum Hendon, London marked as NT+SL

Boeing-Stearman N2S-5 Kaydet G-AZLE (Model A75N1, msn 758543, ex USAAF 42-109510, ex USN 43449, ex N5619N, ex CF-XRD), at Booker Aerodrome Date: circa 1976

Boeing -Stearman N2S-5 Kaydett G-AZLE
Boeing -Stearman N2S-5 Kaydet G-AZLE (msn 758543, Model E75, ex BuNo 38749, ex USAAF 42-109510 ) Date: circa 1990

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EDITORS COMMENTS

"USAFF: A Legacy of Courage and Precision" From the iconic Mustangs leaving the Mersey Tunnel to unloading them in Liverpool, the USAFF's presence was felt across continents. The North American P-51D Mustang N335 BARDAHL II soared through the skies above Myitkyina Airfield in Burma, showcasing its unrivaled power. In a breathtaking display of strength, smoke and dust billowed upward during a successful attack by the United States Army Air Force. Their unwavering determination knew no bounds as they fought for freedom and justice. The North American P-51D Mustang N169MD stood tall as a symbol of excellence, while the Douglas DC-3S N1R transported brave souls to their destinations with utmost reliability. Tibbetts, Paul, Pilot as Col USaF posed beside Boeing B-29 - an embodiment of leadership amidst adversity. Even in times when racial barriers persisted, the 99th Fighter Tuskegee Squadron defied all odds with their North American P-51B. James Stewart took flight as Col in USaF - his combat flights etching tales of heroism into history books. Amidst twilight's embrace, the North American P-51D Mustang G-CBNM Twilight Team showcased its grace and elegance. And let us not forget about SE-BKG - another magnificent representation of this legendary aircraft. The USAFF's legacy lives on through these remarkable moments captured throughout history. With each image telling a story of bravery and sacrifice, we honor those who served with unwavering dedication.