P. 3 of U.S.A.A.F. Medium Bomber Groups, South Pacific, WWII

   Shown below are photos of American aircraft, mostly B-25 Mitchell Bombers, and personnel in the 38th & 345th Bomb Groups of the 5th Army Air Force and the 42nd Bomb Group, 13th A.A.F. during World War Two. There are even a few shots of B-25s in the 5th AAF's 3rd Attack Group.
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   Here are some links to very informative web sites you can go to learn more about the aircraft shown below and the men who flew them.
3rd Bombardment Group
Pacific Wreck Database
Aerothentic Publications, The U.S. 5th Air Force experts
5th AAF, 38th Bomb Group Site
13th AAF, The Jungle Air Force
13th AAF, 42nd Bomb Group Page
Joe Baugher's Home Page (Great lot of Aircraft serial number links)
The Air Force in WW II
The WWII Fighter Gun Debate (incredibly informative)
Cargo cults in Melanesia

Photo 1. From an original 4"x5" acetate negative. 5th AAF B25 J Mitchell medium bomber showing damage to the windscreen that resulted from flying through exploding debris. Bare metal on the fuselage is visible where paint has been stripped by the ferocious blast of the .50cal machine guns. © Sea Bird Publishing, Inc., 2001, All rights reserved	Photo 2. From an original 4"x5" acetate negative. B-25 Mitchell in the 5th AAF showing damage from a low level strafing/bomb run like the ones shown on p.1 & p.2. © Sea Bird Publishing, Inc., 2001, All rights reserved	Photo 3. Detail scan of photo 2. Note the pilots face visible in the cockpit and the broken plexiglass windscreens. © Sea Bird Publishing, Inc., 2001, All rights reserved
Photo 4. From a copy negative. B-25s were reliable and tough. Here you see one that made it back to base although half of its tail assembly has been shot away.	Photo 5. From a copy negative. Another view of the damaged B25 shown in photo 4.	Photo 6. From an original 4"x5" acetate negative. 5th AAF aircraft weren't the only thing to come back from missions damaged. Here an injured aircrewman receives some TLC from a nurse. © Sea Bird Publishing, Inc., 2001, All rights reserved
Photo 7. From an original 4"x5" acetate negative. 5th AAF personnel unload a Curtiss C-46 Commando at a S.W. Pacific base. © Sea Bird Publishing, Inc., 2001, All rights reserved	Photo 8. From an original 4"x5" acetate negative. 5th AAF personnel in a "Duece and a half" truck after unloading a Curtiss C-46 Commando at a S.W. Pacific base. © Sea Bird Publishing, Inc., 2001, All rights reserved	Photo 9. From an original 4"x5" acetate negative. 5th AAF personnel playing cards at a S.W. Pacific base. © Sea Bird Publishing, Inc., 2001, All rights reserved
Photo 10. From a copy negative. Photo of a young man who served in the 38th Bomb Group & his Harley MC. Motorcyles seemed to be universally popular with aircrew personnel. Something about fast and dangerous I guess.	Photo 11. From an original 4"x5" acetate negative. This young man shows up in a lot of the 38th BG photos in Sea Bird Publishing's collection. Here he is in what appears to be a photo supply shack at a forward base in the S.W. Pacific. The map on the wall appears to be one of New Britain. © Sea Bird Publishing, Inc., 2001, All rights reserved	Photo 12. From a copy negative. 5th AAF aircrews had to be resourceful when faced with problems in a forward area. Here is a "problem solving" session undeway.
Photo 13. From a copy negative. Torrential tropical rains often created flood conditions at forward bases the 5th operated out of. Here is a shot that really shows this well. Note that the man on the cot is pushing a floating object about like a kid in a bathtub. A photo like this makes it pretty clear why more news journalists covered the war in Europe than in the S.W. Pacific.	Photo 14. From a copy negative. For men in the 5th life wasn't all being shot at, dealing with weather, bugs and weird jungle critters though.	Photo 15. From a copy negative. Actress Carol Landis (left) and singer/actress Martha Tilton at Nadzab, New Guinea. They were traveling with the Jack benny U.S.O. show.
Photo 16. From a copy negative. A nurse, probably traveling with the Jack benny U.S.O. show, and some 5th AAF service personnel chat.	Photo 17. From a copy negative. Many of the bases that the 5th and the 13th flew out of were on remote, primitive islands where the locals had never before seen such technology as our fighting men brought with them. A result of this interaction was the creation of "Cargo cults" among many of the islanders in Melanesia and islands near New Guinea where the locals wait still for the return of cargo bearing foreigners.	Photo 18. From a copy negative. Melanesian village on a remote S.W. Pacific tropical isle that the 5th AAF was based on.
Photo 19. From a copy negative. Here some locals perform a dance ceremony for personnel in the 5th & 13th AAF.	Photo 20. From a copy negative. A Melanesian King's yam bin. The men of the 5th and 13th certainly were exposed to some different cultures.	Photo 21. From a copy negative. Here is the Melanesian King, whose yam bin is shown in the previous photo, standing in front of his palace.
Photo 22. From a copy negative. Aircrewman in the 71st BS (Wolfpack) in the doorway of the base entertainment center.	Photo 23. From a copy negative. Aircrewman in the 71st BS (Wolfpack) in the doorway of the base entertainment center.	Photo 24. From an original 4"x5" acetate negative. 5th AAF officer's club in the Phillipines. © Sea Bird Publishing, Inc., 2001, All rights reserved
Photo 25. From a copy negative. Young man in the 5th AAF gets a haircut. If you know more about where or when this one, or any of the other photos on this page, were taken please email me and I'll give you credit in the amended caption(s).	Photo 26. From a copy negative. "The rumor roost."	Photo 27. From a copy negative. Intro page of a report on statistical data of the 38th BG's second year of combat, 1943 - `44.
Photo 28. From a copy negative. Shot of the 38th Bomber Group's base on Okinawa.	Photo 29. From a copy negative. War correspondant Ernie Pyle's grave on Ie Shima island off Okinawa.