The famous B-17 “Memphis Belle” visits NACA in 1943 after her return to the United States. (NASA Photograph.)
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A Douglas BTD-1 Destroyer torpedo bomber photographed at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland circa 1945. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
The U.S. Navy evaluates a captured Japanese Kawasaki Ki-61 fighter at the U.S. Navy Naval Air Test Center Patuxent River, Maryland in June 1945. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
U.S. Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers from VC-29 prepare for antisubmarine patrol on the flight deck of the escort carrier USS Santee (ACV-29) during operations in the Atlantic. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
American soldiers inspect captured German Henschel Hs 129B of 5.(Pz)/Schlachtgeschwader 1 at El Aouiana airport, Tunis, Tunisia, in May 1943. (United States Library of Congress Photograph.)
HMS Erebus, the Royal Navy monitor, photographed in 1944 during service in World War II. HMS Erebus was launched in June 1916 and served in both world wars, including the Normandy invasion. HMS Erebus primary armament was two 15...
A row of Curtiss SBC Helldiver dive bombers being used for training at the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in August 1942. (U.S. Library of Congress Photograph.)
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) under repair in the drydock at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard in May 1942. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
A U.S. Navy Brewster SB2A-3 Buccaneer with folded wings and open bomb bay photographed at the Naval Air Test Center Patuxent River, Maryland in November 1943. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
A formation of Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless dive bombers fly over the Caribbean in 1944 or 1945. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph, U.S. National Archives.)