U.S. trucks wind along the Ledo supply road from India to Burma. (National Archives Photograph.)
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Grumman F6F Hellcat on Peleliu with a radar pod on the front of the starboard wing, 1944. (U.S. Marine Corps Photograph.)
Maintenance work is performed on Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Yankee Doodle” commanded by Brig. Gen. Ira C. Eaker on the first B-17 bombing mission against Europe, August 1942. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
The Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress “Thumper” of the 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group photographed after a belly landing in January 1943. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
On the crowded flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3), Grumman F6F-3 Hellcats, Grumman TBF-1 Avengers, and Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless prepare for a strike in November 1943. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Pilots and P-40 Warhawk aircraft of the 11th Fighter Squadron at Fort Glenn Army Air Base, Alaska, June 1942. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
A group of North American P-51 Mustang fighters from the 332nd Fighter Group take off from an airfield in Italy to escort heavy bombers. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
F-51D Mustang at Rogers Dry Lake at the NACA High-Speed Flight Station in 1955. (NASA Photograph.)
A P-47 Thunderbolt takes off for a bomber escort mission during World War II. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
B-24 Liberators of the 98th Bomb Group fly a low-level bombing mission against the oil refineries around Ploesti, Romania in August 1943. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)