Photos Colour and Colourised Photos of WW2 & earlier conflicts

[BravoZulu]

Chinese Vickers Mark E, captured by the Japanese during the Battle of Shanghai in August 1937.

 

[Conhoon]

54 Squadron at RAF Hornchurch, June/July 1941

Spitfire Mk Va KL-M "The Swan" (R7268), and the pilot is possibly Flying Officer Christopher Cookson.
On 23 July 1941, he was shot down in this Spitfire near Calais by a Bf 109 during Circus 59. He is buried in the Phien-les-Guines Communal Cemetery.
Colourised by Doug - Colourising History

 

[Conhoon]

23 July 1944
A group of veteran German prisoners captured at Maltot, south west of Caen, Normandy.

"We think that some or all of these 'Veterans' could be from the Grenadier Regiment 980 (formerly 348), 272nd Infantry Division (formerly the 216th), which had been decimated on the Eastern Front in July 1943.
They all are showing the The Iron Cross 2nd Class medal ribbon.
Three are wearing the Eastfront medal ribbon, three have the Wound Medal in Silver (2nd class) for being wounded three or four times).
One has the Wound Medal in Black (3rd class, representing Iron) for those wounded once or twice by hostile action).
The Grenadier in the centre also wears the Iron Cross 1st Class and a Silver Assault Badge.
(Source - © IWM B 7928 - Sgt. J Mapham J - No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit)"
(Colorised by Jecinci)

 

[Conhoon]

24 July 1918
#1 Officers of the 2/4th and 5th Battalions, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 62nd Division, conferring with French and Italian officers in the Bois de Reims during the Battle of Tardenois, 24 July 1918.
(Photo source - © IWM Q 11113)

#2 British, French and Italian wounded at a dressing station in the Bois de Reims during the Battle of the Tardenois.
24 July 1918.
The Brits are from the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) and the RAMC.
(Photo source - © IWM (Q 11114)

#3 24 July 1918 - Bois de Reims. Battle of Tardenois.
Men of the 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (62nd Division) examining two captured German Maxim 08/15 (Spandau) machine guns, with French and Italian second lieutenant of artillery officers. French officer’s regimental markings were obscured by the military censor. IWM (Q 11107)

During the First World War, the Tardenois was the site of intense fighting. During 22–26 July 1918, the Italian 2nd Corps, supported by two British divisions, launched an offensive that drove the Germans back behind Fère-en-Tardenois. This action took place during the Second Battle of the Marne and came to be known as the "Battle of Tardenois".

 

[Conhoon]

A German dog hospital, treating wounded dogs coming from the front, 1918.

 

[NebrHogger]

"Reviewing the British fleet, 1914"

 

[Ivan le Fou]

"Reviewing the British fleet, 1914"
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Man... imagine seeing that kind of display.

 

[santana]

Goose Bay 1942, US B-25 Mitchell Bombers.

 

[santana]

Goose Bay 1942, US B-25 Mitchell Bombers and their Crew

 

[santana]

Captured Messerschmitt Bf109 by US forces during Second World War.

 

[santana]

Two P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft of the 56th Fighter Group. 1944, England.

 

[BravoZulu]

'Sturmtruppen' 1917

 

[Redav]

A German soldier and young french woman stand talking together in the Place du Trocadéro overlooking the Eiffel tower, Paris 1941.

 

[Conhoon]

July 1917
L/Cpl. William Marsters (15568), a Maori soldier of the 1st (Canterbury) Regiment, buying cakes from a local woman in Belgium while halting on a training exercise. Other soldiers and another female vendor are nearby.
William Marsters of Christchurch NZ died 21/5/1940

(Photograph taken by Henry Armytage Sanders)
National Library of New Zealand - H32 - Ref: 1/2-012755-G

 

[BravoZulu]

Independence-class light aircraft carrier USS Cabot (CVL-28) underway at sea, 26 July 1945. On deck are aircraft of Carrier Air Group 32 (CVG-32). Cabot had departed Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii (USA), on 24 July as part of Task Force 12.3. En route to Eniwetok, the carrier launched three strikes on Wake Island on 1 August

 

[santana]

Thunderbolt P-47's nose art of the 19th FS, 318th FG, 7th AF. Le Shima, Ryukyu Islands, 1945.

 

[santana]

Lockheed F-5E (P-38) Lightning of 7th Photo Group, 22nd Photo Sqdn, Aircraft Serial Number 43-29006, was named 'Sis and Willie'.

 

[santana]

A detailed view of the tail section of a Martin B-26 Marauder, known for its sleek design and high-speed bombing runs. The B-26 earned the nickname “Widowmaker” early on due to its high landing speed—but became one of the safest bombers by war’s end.

 

[santana]

P-51 Mustangs of the 359th FG lined up at East Wretham, 1944.

 

[santana]

B-26's Marauder on a bombing mission during WWII.