1942

Richard "Dick" Harris in service in Lewiston, Idaho, in 1942. Hand colored image. From February to October 1945, Richard Daniel Harris flew C-46 military transport aircraft between India and China through the Himalayas in support of the war effort against Japan, carrying every kind of material or personnel over "the Hump." Only a young man only in his early twenties...

WWII era pin up girl, 1942. Collected by Lt. Irving DeGon.

WWII era pin up girl, on a swing, 1942. Collected by Lt. Irving DeGon.

WWII era pin up girl, smoking a cigarette, 1942. Collected by Lt. Irving DeGon.

1st Lt. Irving Woodrow DeGon passes in front on tent carrying flying gear while in training. Finished on June 1, 1942, by Levingston's Photo Service, Lake Charles, Louisiana. This is during his period of advanced training at Barksdale Field, Louisiana.

2nd Lt. Nicholas Marich (sometimes spelled Marick), killed along the members of two other air crews on January 12, 1943, when two B-25 Mitchell bombers were practicing formation flying during a training exercise, when they collided at Chakulia, India. He had previously been shot down on October 25, 1942, during a mission to Hong Kong and evaded capture, eventually making...

A page from a magazine about the Doolittle Raid over Tokyo on April 18, 1942, as photographed by Wozniak.

Members of the 341st Bomb Group are presented awards in 1942 in China on 20 December 1942. They are: Lt. Dallas Clinger Col. Herbert Morgan Col. William E. Basye Capt. Campbell Sgt. Doug Radney Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

The line crew working on a Curtiss P-40 in a hanger at Kunming, China. 15 September 1942. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

Chinese-American mechanics work on P-40 fighter of the 76ht Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group, at Kunming, China, on November 20, 1942. These mechanics are: S/Sgt. Pak On Lee, S/Sgt. George Lunn, and S/Sgt. Phillip Pon. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.