Closeup of the ball turret of the famous Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Memphis Belle.” (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
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A formation of P-51 Mustangs from the 374th FS, 361st FG of the Eighth Air Force photographed over England during World War II. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
A collection of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses parked at the 3rd Base Air Depot, Langford Lodge, Northern Ireland awaiting transfer to bomber units in England, April 1944. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
An ex-RAF Bell P-400 Airacobra photographed at Burtonwood Airdrome, England in March 1943. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Japanese aircraft attack the USS Kitkun Bay near the Mariana Islands during WWII operations in the Pacific, June 1944. (U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives.)
A TBM-1C Avenger receives the takeoff signal on the Independence-class light aircraft carrier USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) in May 1944. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Prototype of the North American XB-28 (NA-63) Dragon developed as a high-altitude medium bomber. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Douglas TBD-1 Devastator aircraft of torpedo squadron VT-3 line up on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Saratoga. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Sailors from the USS Lexington move an aircraft with a flat tire down the flight deck, November 1943. (U.S. National Archives Photograph.)
USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) launches a TBM Avenger for an attack on German submarines, January 1944. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)