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PACIFIC OCEAN Marianas Islands -- Aug 1945 -- The ground crew of the B-29 "Enola Gay" which drpped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Col Paul W Tibbets Jnr, the pilot is at the centre. USAAF photo -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / USAF
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Air Force; Alomogordo; Atomic Bomb; Bomb; Fat Man; Japan; Little Boy; Los Alamos; Manhattan Project; Military; Nagasaki; New Mexico; Plutonium Bomb; Uranium Bomb; Second World War; Trinity Test; United States of America; USA; War; Weapon; World War 2; WW2
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Atomic bombs of the types dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 'Little Boy' the uranium bomb dropped on Hiroshima and 'Fat Man' the plutonium bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
EUROPE -- 1940s -- A Republic P-47D Thunderbolt, nicknamed "Jug" During WW II, the P-47 served in almost every active war theater and in the forces of several Allied nations. Used as both a high-altitude escort fighter and a low-level fighter-bomber, the P-47 quickly gained a reputation for ruggedness -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / USAF
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IRAQ Fallujah -- 06 Jun 2007 -- US Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jonathan L Rodriguez performs a final inspection on his M1A1 Abrams tank before heading out to patrol the main supply routes surrounding Fallujah, Iraq. Rodriguez and his fellow Marines from the 2nd Tank Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 6 are patrolling the main supply routes to keep them clear of anti-Coalition force activity. USMC photo (Released) -- Picture by Samuel Corum / Lightroom Photos / USMC
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VIETNAM --320th Bomb Wing B-52F Stratofortress 57-0162 "Casper The Friendly Ghost" dropping Mk 117 750 lb (340 kg) bombs over Vietnam. This aircraft dropped the 50,000th bomb of the ARC LIGHT campaign. -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / USAF
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Militaria Society Military 1940 1944 aircraft Allied ammo aviation bomb bomber bombs fighter flight plane projectile Royal Air Force weapon weapons World War 2 WWII, WWII, WW2 planes
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INDIAN OCEAN Diego Garcia -- 07 Oct 2001 -- Ground crew members wave at a B-52H Stratofortress bomber as it taxis for take off on a strike mission against military installations of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, during the invasion of Afghanistan. US Navy photo (Released) -- Picture by Rebeca Luquin / Lightroom Photos / US Navy LRS02371
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US Navy image dated October 15 2005 of a naval aviator in the cockpit of his F/A-18C Hornet waiting to take off from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman in the Atlantic Ocean
Gazelle AH1 Helicopter Army Air Corps Battlefield Reconnaissance Ready For Action War British Army Military Cockpit Pilots Seat Flying Controls Instrument Panel
women; pilot; civilian; WW2; WWII; Second World War; female; WASPS; Women Airforce Service Pilots; US; American; glamour; glamor; flight suits; 1944; Frances Green; Margaret Kirshner; Ann Waldner; Blanche Osborn; Boeing; B-17; Fortress; Pistol Packin' Mama; heavy bomber; aircraft; aeroplane; airplane; classic; Lockbourne Army Air Field; four engine school; USAAF; parachutes
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These four female pilots leaving their B-17 Fortress "Pistol Packin' Mama" at the four engine school at Lockbourne Army Air Field, Ohio, in 1944 are members the WASPS (Women Airforce Service Pilots) who are being trained to ferry heavy bombers. Left to right they are Frances Green, Margaret "Peg" Kirshner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborn. USAAF photo (released) -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / USAAF *NB Not retouched for blemishes LRS00917