Pilots of U.S. 9th Air Force consult maps on the wing of a P-47 Thunderbolt fighter-bomber near St. Mere Eglise, France in June 1944. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
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Maintenance work is performed on a Vought OS2U Kingfisher on a U.S. Navy cruiser off the coast of Japan in March 1945. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
The B-17 Flying Fortress “Lady Jane” from the 613th BS, 401st BG is stuck at the edge of the runway, July 1944. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
A formation of Douglas B-18A Bolo medium bombers flying over Miami, Florida on Army Day, April 1940. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Gunnery training with Oerlikon guns underway on the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) in May 1942. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Illustration of the M8 75-mm Howitzer Motor Carriage. (Source: U.S. War Department Technical Manual TM 9-1729A, 1944.)
Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighters of the U.S. Navy Fighting Squadron 40 (VF-40) on the runway at Espiritu Santo. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
The nose of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator “Howling Wolf” looms over Frank, the group mascot at an air base in southern Italy. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Prior to the invasion of Southern France, U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat of Fighting Squadron 74 (VF-74) are parked on the deck of the escort carrier USS Kasaan Bay (CVE-69), August 1944. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Maintenance work on the F6F Hellcat “Minsi II” on board the USS Essex off the coast of Saipan, July 1944. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)