"T'ings Is Tuff", the Douglas-Tulsa-built Consolidated B-24H-15-DT Liberator, s/n 41-28931, 724th Bomb Squadron, 451st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force making a belly-landing at its base in Apulia Southern Italy after being damaged by Flak on a mission to Ploesti/Romania.

"T'ings Is Tuff" Belly Landing

An American fighter plane (Bell P-39D Airacobra) of the 35th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Group, 5th Air Force takes off from an airfield in New Guinea.
Airacobras first fought Japanese Zeros on 30 April 1942 in a low level action near Lae, New Guinea. From May to August 1942 combat between Airacobras and Zeros took place on a regular basis over New Guinea. Compilation of combat reports indicates the Zero was either equal to or close to the P-39 in speed at the altitudes of the various low level encounters.

P-39 Airacobra

42 nd Squadron Patch of the 11 TH BGH stationed at Hickam and was present during the Japanese Attack on 12/7/1941