Box PCA0430
Container
Contains 184 Results:
Revetment housing the tool shed, battery charging rig – purpose of tanks unknown. Several motorcycles were found around the base. Kiska, August 23, 1943. No: 5615. Date: 23Aug1943. Unit - Fleet Air Wing Four., 1943-08-23
Item — Box: PCA0430
Identifier: PCA0430-69
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains 92 black and white, mostly 8x10, images of military installations, construction, personnel and activity on Kiska Island during World War II. The collection includes photos of landing craft, wrecked Japanese aircraft, bombed-out areas, a submarine beaching railway, and a small Japanese shrine. Places on Kiska Island include Jeff Cove, Navy Town, Gertrude Cove, Witchcraft, Wilson Point and Broad Beach. Most of the photos were taken in August and September 1943 by...
Dates:
1943-08-23
Area once protected a machine shop. Heavy pieces of metal left standing are set in concrete and are being tackled by an army bull dozer. Kiska, August 23, 1943. No: 5616. Date: 8-23-43. Unit - Fleet Air Wing Four., 1943-08-23
Item — Box: PCA0430
Identifier: PCA0430-70
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains 92 black and white, mostly 8x10, images of military installations, construction, personnel and activity on Kiska Island during World War II. The collection includes photos of landing craft, wrecked Japanese aircraft, bombed-out areas, a submarine beaching railway, and a small Japanese shrine. Places on Kiska Island include Jeff Cove, Navy Town, Gertrude Cove, Witchcraft, Wilson Point and Broad Beach. Most of the photos were taken in August and September 1943 by...
Dates:
1943-08-23
Overturned and wrecked machinery on an unfinished Japanese air-field. Kiska 8/23/’43. No: 5617. Date: 8-23-43. Unit – Fleet Air Wing Four., 1943-08-23
Item — Box: PCA0430
Identifier: PCA0430-71
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains 92 black and white, mostly 8x10, images of military installations, construction, personnel and activity on Kiska Island during World War II. The collection includes photos of landing craft, wrecked Japanese aircraft, bombed-out areas, a submarine beaching railway, and a small Japanese shrine. Places on Kiska Island include Jeff Cove, Navy Town, Gertrude Cove, Witchcraft, Wilson Point and Broad Beach. Most of the photos were taken in August and September 1943 by...
Dates:
1943-08-23
Making Kiska Airfield. Army Engineers put the finishing touches on by smoothing up the surface and hauling rocks away by means of stone boat. No: 5619. Date: 8-23-43. Unit - Fleet Air Wing Four., 1943-08-23
Item — Box: PCA0430
Identifier: PCA0430-72
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains 92 black and white, mostly 8x10, images of military installations, construction, personnel and activity on Kiska Island during World War II. The collection includes photos of landing craft, wrecked Japanese aircraft, bombed-out areas, a submarine beaching railway, and a small Japanese shrine. Places on Kiska Island include Jeff Cove, Navy Town, Gertrude Cove, Witchcraft, Wilson Point and Broad Beach. Most of the photos were taken in August and September 1943 by...
Dates:
1943-08-23
Army Engineers put the finishing touches on airfield by smoothing the surface and hauling rocks away by means of a stone boat. Kiska 8/23/’43. No: 5618. Date: 8/23/43. Unit – Fleet Air Wing Four., 1943-08-23
Item — Box: PCA0430
Identifier: PCA0430-73
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains 92 black and white, mostly 8x10, images of military installations, construction, personnel and activity on Kiska Island during World War II. The collection includes photos of landing craft, wrecked Japanese aircraft, bombed-out areas, a submarine beaching railway, and a small Japanese shrine. Places on Kiska Island include Jeff Cove, Navy Town, Gertrude Cove, Witchcraft, Wilson Point and Broad Beach. Most of the photos were taken in August and September 1943 by...
Dates:
1943-08-23
3” A.A. [Anti-Aircraft] gun. South Head, Kiska, 8/23/’43. No: 5621. Unit - Fleet Air Wing Four., 1943-08-23
Item — Box: PCA0430
Identifier: PCA0430-74
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains 92 black and white, mostly 8x10, images of military installations, construction, personnel and activity on Kiska Island during World War II. The collection includes photos of landing craft, wrecked Japanese aircraft, bombed-out areas, a submarine beaching railway, and a small Japanese shrine. Places on Kiska Island include Jeff Cove, Navy Town, Gertrude Cove, Witchcraft, Wilson Point and Broad Beach. Most of the photos were taken in August and September 1943 by...
Dates:
1943-08-23
A bit of irony. A Japanese 20 mm mounted on U.S.A. dud bomb. South Head, Kiska, 8/23/’43. No: 5620. Date: 8-23-43. Unit: Fleet Air Wing Four., 1943-08-23
Item — Box: PCA0430
Identifier: PCA0430-74a
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains 92 black and white, mostly 8x10, images of military installations, construction, personnel and activity on Kiska Island during World War II. The collection includes photos of landing craft, wrecked Japanese aircraft, bombed-out areas, a submarine beaching railway, and a small Japanese shrine. Places on Kiska Island include Jeff Cove, Navy Town, Gertrude Cove, Witchcraft, Wilson Point and Broad Beach. Most of the photos were taken in August and September 1943 by...
Dates:
1943-08-23
Army intelligence inspects a large caliber gun that suffered a direct hit. South Head, Kiska. No: 5622. Date: 8-23-43. Unit - Fleet Air Wing Four., 1943-08-23
Item — Box: PCA0430
Identifier: PCA0430-75
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains 92 black and white, mostly 8x10, images of military installations, construction, personnel and activity on Kiska Island during World War II. The collection includes photos of landing craft, wrecked Japanese aircraft, bombed-out areas, a submarine beaching railway, and a small Japanese shrine. Places on Kiska Island include Jeff Cove, Navy Town, Gertrude Cove, Witchcraft, Wilson Point and Broad Beach. Most of the photos were taken in August and September 1943 by...
Dates:
1943-08-23
Interior of deeply reveted living quarters for men attached to A.A. [Anti-Aircraft] Battery on South Head, Kiska, 8/23/1943. No: 5625. Date: 8 23Aug1943. Unit - Fleet Air Wing Four., 1943-08-23
Item — Box: PCA0430
Identifier: PCA0430-76
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains 92 black and white, mostly 8x10, images of military installations, construction, personnel and activity on Kiska Island during World War II. The collection includes photos of landing craft, wrecked Japanese aircraft, bombed-out areas, a submarine beaching railway, and a small Japanese shrine. Places on Kiska Island include Jeff Cove, Navy Town, Gertrude Cove, Witchcraft, Wilson Point and Broad Beach. Most of the photos were taken in August and September 1943 by...
Dates:
1943-08-23
Radar station on South Head. Little Kiska in background. Operating board in cave in small hill to right. Note two 155mm shells removed from “booby traps” inside caves. No: 5628. Date: 23Aug1943. Unit - Fleet Air Wing Four., 1943-08-23
Item — Box: PCA0430
Identifier: PCA0430-77
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains 92 black and white, mostly 8x10, images of military installations, construction, personnel and activity on Kiska Island during World War II. The collection includes photos of landing craft, wrecked Japanese aircraft, bombed-out areas, a submarine beaching railway, and a small Japanese shrine. Places on Kiska Island include Jeff Cove, Navy Town, Gertrude Cove, Witchcraft, Wilson Point and Broad Beach. Most of the photos were taken in August and September 1943 by...
Dates:
1943-08-23