On This Day…January 7th

Almost a year before the infamous attack on Pearl, this is an aerial view of Ford Island, Hawaii, 7 Jan 1941. Pearl Harbor Naval Operating Base is seen in the foreground and the carrier USS Lexington (CV-2) on the farthest side of Ford Island.

The 7th January was the day that the first Supermarine Seafire flew in 1942. These first Seafires were essentially heavily modified Spitfire Vb's but the marque quickly took on a whole new identity and evolution.

Ad in the 'Aeroplane' journal January 7th, 1944.

Polikarpov R-5 reconnaissance plane shot down by Finnish anti-aircraft gunners, 7th of January 1940, Suistamo, Finland.

January 7, 1943. - "New M-4 tanks, which will soon be hurling their might against the Axis, in the Schenectady, New York, plant of the American Locomotive Company."
Photo by Howard Hollem - for the 'Office of War Information'