The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: WWII photo album 447
A personal album connected to the 447th Bombardment Group ranges from home-front lawns, where airmen pose in A-2 flight jackets, to sandbagged airfield defenses, tent encampments, and bombed European ruins. Scenes from the Pacific and the rubble of Manila show how wartime albums gathered postings, travels, and keepsakes well beyond one unit's own service.
Portrait of a US Army Air Forces Airman in A-2 Flight Jacket with Squadron Patch
War-Damaged European Building Viewed Through a Ruined Archway
Thatched Pile-Dwelling over Tidal Lagoon, Pacific Islands Setting
Group Portrait of Four Servicemen at a Tent Encampment
Unidentified Airmen Performing Excavation Duty in Earthen Pit, WWII U.S. Army Air Forces
Ten-Man B-24 Liberator Bomber Crew in Winter Flight Gear, 447th Bombardment Group, England
Portrait of Airman in A-2 Flight Jacket with Squadron Insignia Patch
GI Vocalist Performs with Camp Band, WWII Photo Album 447
Four Servicemen at Squad Tent Encampment, WWII U.S. Army Air Forces Personnel
Soldier with Bolt-Action Rifle at Sandbagged Foxhole, WWII Airfield Defense Position
U.S. Army Air Forces Airman in A-2 Flight Jacket Posing with Younger Boy on Residential Lawn, WWII Home Front
Civilian Women Beside U.S. Army Liaison Aircraft and Jeep at Forward Pacific Airfield, WWII
Ruins of the Manila Central Post Office Building Following the Battle of Manila, Philippines, 1945
U.S. Servicemen in Improvised Grass-Skirt Costumes, Pacific Theater Base, WWII
Rubble-Strewn Street with Horse-Drawn Calesa and Filipino Residents, Manila, Philippines, 1945
Airman in A-2 Flight Jacket with Younger Brother, Home-Front Snapshot, WWII Era
