U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Biloxi (CL-80) launches a Curtiss SO3C Seamew floatplane during her shakedown cruise in October 1943. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
A U.S. Navy FM-2 Wildcat fighter flies a combat air patrol over the escort carrier USS Santee (CVE-29) during the Leyte Invasion in October 1944. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Boeing B-29 Superfortress “Thumper” appears at Boeing Plant No. 2 in August 1945. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
A U.S. Coast Guard Grumman J4F Widgeon amphibious aircraft flies on patrol over New York City in 1939. (U.S. Coast Guard Photograph.)
The fuselage of the veteran “Montana Sheep Herder,” a B-25D Mitchell of the 446th BS, 321st BG, is trucked into a 15th Air Force salvage yard in North Africa. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Original Caption: B-25 Mitchell bombers sit parked on the runway next to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, April 17, 2017. The 11 World War II-era aircraft landed at the museum to...
A Martin A-30 Baltimore in U.S. Army Air Force markings prior to delivery to the Royal Air Force under Lend-Lease. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Sunday religious services on board the USS Mobile (CL-63) in August 1943. (National Archives and Records Administration.)
USS Robalo (SS-273), a U.S. Navy Gato-class submarine, is launched at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin in May 1943. (U.S. National Archives and Records Admin. Photograph.)
After the end of WWII, the four U.S. Navy aircraft carriers USS Saratoga (CV-3), USS Enterprise (CV-6), USS Hornet (CV-12) and USS San Jacinto (CVL-30), from foreground to background, docked at Naval Air Station Alameda...
