Airplanes, Military

Richard Beckman stands next to an abandoned Nazi German Focke-Wulf 190 at an airfield near Zulenroda, Germany. Beckman was a United States Army Criminal Investigation Detachment Agent during World War II.

This is a view of three abandoned Nazi German bombers in a field near Zulenroda, Germany.

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) fighters are covering the advance of United States Marines on maneuvers near Dikili, Turkey. All are unidentified.

This is a photograph of a chartered plane that Richard Beckman flew on from Spa, Belgium to Paris, France.

A United States military airplane is sitting on tarmac with door open and stairs ejected.

Two military pilots sit in the cockpit of a military airplane.

Four unknown men are inside of a military plane that flew over Japan.

An unknown man turns for the camera while standing in the cockpit of a military plane while two pilots navigate.

Stereograph of German observation balloon shot down by incendiary bullets from a American plane. A German soldier is in a small wicker basket under the balloon. Donor: George J. Paulson to HST 3-3-66.

This view captures the celebration of a combined Armed Forces Day and "I Am An American Day" held at the Presidio in San Francisco, California. An overall view of the Navy exhibit area on the parade grounds is shown with a U.S. Navy jet airplane visible in the center of the view. Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews was in attendance for the event and was the principal speaker.