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| Total field mod. When your job is servicing the P-51s stationed on Iwo Jima, a motor scooter built from fuselage panels and cowling comes in handy. Notice the logo of North American Aviation on the scooter’s side. |
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| On wash day at North Field on Guam, Marianas Islands. A homemade washing machine is driven by a rotating propeller. |
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| While at war, there was understandably a shortage of chairs at camp. Luckily, some soldiers use the cockpit seats of inactive planes to keep themselves comfortable during their down time. It may not be a nice $400 leather office chair, but it certainly had the perks of a place to comfortably lounge. |
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| Looking for a trim on a South Pacific island? Look for the Warhawk Barber Shop with its barber pole made of a bomb shell. |
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| All air forces dropped their fuel tanks when empty, not just the Allies. This German tank was turned into a set of shelves by members of the 90th Photographic Reconnaissance Wing in Italy. |
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| This bomber crew in Italy built a house from wooden crates salvaged from deliveries of drop tanks and unassembled aircraft. |
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| Given a little downtime on Palau, a bomber crew of the 7th Air Force turned fuel tanks into racing sailboats. |
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| United States Army Air Forces Lockheed P-38L Lightning aircraft (serial 44-25734 ) and a ground crew member of the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, poses in his self-styled auto made from salvaged Lockheed P-38 Lightning parts including a fuel tank with wheels added and a Plexiglas windshield. This P-38 while assigned to 1st Fighter Group, 71st Fighter Squadron was shot down by AAA near Munich on April 15, 1945. |
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| Sergeant Ray Petit of the 15th Air Force in Italy built a chair using the wood crate from a belly tank. His chair is equipped with a reading light, ashtray, magazine rack, and a radio that turns off on a timer once he dozes off. |