A formation of Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver dive bombers from the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) fly over the U.S. Navy fleet on the way to attack targets on Iwo Jima in February 1945. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
A U.S. Marine Corps Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber takes off for a mission over Luzon, Philippines in 1945. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Sailors on the destroyer USS Ault (DD-698) watch a Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat from Fighting Squadron 87 (VF-87) land on the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) in July 1945. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
A Supermarine Seafire fighter sits on the flight deck of HMS Smiter after a nose over landing accident in 1944. (Imperial War Museums Photograph.)
A trio of P-51 Mustangs fly in formation with a U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon during the 2017 Heritage Flight Training and Certification Course at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. (U.S. Air Force Photograph by Airman...
Three Grumman F3F-3 fighters from U.S. Navy Fighting Squadron 5 (VF-5) from the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) fly over southern California in 1939. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
A collection of U.S. Navy Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters from Escort-Fighter Squadron VGF-27 parked alongside Fighter Strip No. 1 on Guadalcanal in February 1943. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
American soldiers from the 4046th QM Truck Company search captured Luftwaffe Fw 190 fighters for souvenirs to send home. (U.S. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.)
B-29 Superfortress “The Cultured Vulture” from the 39th Bomb Squadron, 6th Bomb Group photographed on Iwo Jima in March 1945. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
A lineup of U.S. Navy Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters from Fighting Squadron 9 (VF-9) and Fighting Squadron 41 (VF-41), of Carrier Air Group Four (CVG-4), calibrate guns aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-4)...
