Photograph of the Douglas XB-19 long range bomber in flight. The single prototype built was the largest bomber aircraft built by United States during WWII. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
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An armorer loads ammunition in the guns in the nose of a P-38 Lightning fighter. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Early-model Boeing B-17B Flying Fortress shows its aerodynamic lines during takeoff. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
The remains of a wrecked Japanese Aichi D3A Val dive bomber in the Gilbert Islands, 1943. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Formation of B-24 Liberators from the 307th BG flies in World War II. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
A Brewster F2A-3 Buffalo fighter suffers a landing gear failure on board the USS Long Island in July 1942. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Sailors mount a 1000-pound bomb beneath a Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless on the flight deck of USS Ranger during Operation Torch in November 1942. (U.S. National Archives Photograph.)
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses conduct a bombing mission through heavy clouds over Bremen, Germany in November 1943. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
A Curtiss XSO3C-1 Seamew scout floatplane in the large wind tunnel at the NACA Langley Research Center, Virginia, October 1940. (NASA Photograph.)
A Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighter is photographed on the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown as the U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Boise (CL-47) passes alongside. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)