Curtiss XP-42 prototype -- modified from a Curtiss P-36A Hawk -- used for stabilator tests at Langley Field. (NASA Photograph.)

Curtiss XP-42

February 21, 2017

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The sole Curtiss XP-42 prototype — modified from a Curtiss P-36A Hawk — photographed while being used for stabilator tests at Langley Field. (NASA Photograph.)

Curtiss XP-42 prototype -- modified from a Curtiss P-36A Hawk -- used for stabilator tests at Langley Field. (NASA Photograph.) — Curtiss XP-42 (NASA Photograph.)

A formation of Royal Air Force Airspeed Oxford Mark I aircraft serving with No. 6 Flying Training School at Little Rissington, Gloucestershire photographed in flight in 1942. (Imperial War Museum Photograph.)

Airspeed Oxfords

The U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCG-1 waits off Omaha Beach on the morning of D-Day tied up alongside an LCT. (U.S. Coast Guard Photograph.)

USCG-1 on D-Day

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