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Mikið er um myndir á netinu frá Íslandi á stríðsárunum, hér eru nokkrar sem eru vistaðar á:

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Þetta eru mjög stórar og flott teknar myndir, flestar úr safni flughersins.
A Military Man Of The 2Nd Service Group, Stands Guard During A Snow Storm At Camp Tripoli, Iceland. 16 March 1943.
Köld varðstaða við camp Trypoli 16. mars 1943, en hann var vestur á Melum.
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Churchill kannar liðsmenn landgönguliða ameríska flotans.
Air Corps Troops Arrive At Keflavik, Iceland. 2Nd Service Group, 20 June 1943.
Hermenn að koma að landi í Keflavík 20. júní 1943.
Hermenn komnir að landi í Keflavík.
Lt. Colonel Morris Speaks To His Troops On Board The U.S.A.T. American Legion While Enroute To Iceland. 6 August 1941.
Lt. Colonel Morris talar yfir liðsmönnum sínum um borð í  U.S.A.T. American Legion á leiðinni til Íslands 6. ágúst 1941.
Air Force Personnel Are Greeted With Refreshments Upon Their Arrival At A Sea Port Somewhere In Iceland. 2Nd Service Group, 28 June 1944.
Hermenn fá hressingu á höfninni við komuna til Reykjavíkur 28. júní 1944. Í fjarlægð má sjá kolabinginn hjá Kol og Salt og glittir í Hegran.
Air Force Personnel Are Greeted With Refreshments Upon Their Arrival At A Sea Port Somewhere In Iceland. 2Nd Service Group, 28 June 1944. .
Ekki slæmt að fá kaffi og kleinuhring eftir siglingu.
Air Force Personnel Are Greeted With Refreshments Upon Their Arrival At A Sea Port Somewhere In Iceland. 2Nd Service Group, 28 June 1944..
Meira af kaffi og kleinuhringjum við höfnina og Hegrin í baksýn.

Flugslys.

Á stríðsárunum urðu mörg flugslys enda stórjókst flugumferð yfir Íslandi.
Curtiss P-40 (A C 41-13428) Which Crashed At An Airfield In Iceland. 30 August 1941.2
Þarna brennur Curtiss P-40 (A/C 41-13428) sem rakst á dráttarvél við lendingu á Reykjavíkurflugvelli 30. ágúst 1941. Breskir flugvallarslökkviliðsmenn berjast við eldinn.
 Lt. General Frank M. Andrews
3 maí , 1943.
Trúlega umtalaðasta flugslys stríðsárana var þegar B-24 Liberator brotlenti, en þarna fórust 14 manns og aðeins einn komst af. Meðal þeirra sem fórust voru , Lt. General Frank M. Andrews og  Adna Wright Leonard Biskup næstráðandi hans. Frank. M. Andrews var æðstur í herafla Bandaríkjanna í Evrópu er hann fórst á Fagradalsfjalli eftir að flugvélin hafði reynt árangurslaust að lenda á Keflavíkurflugvelli.

Curtiss P-42 A C 41-13445 Which Crashed At An Airfield In Iceland. 2Nd Air Base Group, 15 April 1942
Curtiss brotlendir.
Douglas A-20 (Ac #43-21744), 2Nd Service Group, Somewhere In Iceland. 16 May 1944
Douglas A-20
Consolidated B-24 (Ac #42-51535) Which Crashed Somewhere In Iceland, In Spite Of The Efforts Which Were Made By Hard Working Fire-Fighters. 2Nd Service Group, 24 August 1944.1
Consolidated B-24
 Members Of The 2Nd Service Group Salvage Usable Parts From A Curtiss P-40 Somewhere In Iceland. 26 August 1943. Fitjar skorradal

Curtiss P-40 Fitjar-Skorradal 26. ágúst 1943.

 Members Of The 2Nd Service Group Hoist Salvaged Of A Wrecked Curtiss P-40 Onto A Truck, Somewhere In Iceland. 26 August 1943.

Members Of The 2Nd Service Group Salvage Usable Parts From A Curtiss P-40 Somewhere In Iceland. 26 August 1943.

Members Of The 2Nd Service Group Salvaged Parts Of A Wrecked Curtiss P-40 Onto A Truck, Somewhere In Iceland. 26 August 1943.

Members Of The 2Nd Service Group Salvaged Parts Of A Wrecked Curtiss P-40 Onto A Truck, Somewhere In Iceland. 26 August 1943..

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