A Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighter is transferred from USS Kitty Hawk to USS Long Island at Fila Harbor, New Hebrides in August 1942. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
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A De Havilland Mosquito flown at NACA Langley Research Center, Virginia for longitudinal stability and control studies in January 1945. (NASA Langley Research Center Photograph.)
A 240mm howitzer of Battery B, 697th Field Artillery Battalion prepares to fire near Mignano, Italy during WWII. (U.S. Army Photograph.)
U.S. Army Air Force Republic P-47N Thunderbolts loaded on the flight deck of the escort carrier USS Casablanca (CVE-55) in July 1945. (U.S. National Archives Photograph.)
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 8th Air Force prepare to takeoff from an air base in England on a bombing mission over Germany. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
A North American XP-51 Mustang photographed at Langley in September 1943. (NASA Photograph.)
Vultee BT-13 Valiant basic trainer parked at Minter Field, California, March 1943. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Lockheed Hudson aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force in formation over Malaya. (U.S. Office for Emergency Management Photograph.)
A Supermarine Spitfire Mark IA of No. 19 Squadron RAF at Fowlmere is prepared for the next mission. (Imperial War Museum Photograph.)
Aerial photograph of Hawkins Field on Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands in March 1944 with a variety of aircraft visible. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)