A U.S. Navy Brewster F2A-1 Buffalo in the markings of Fighting Squadron 3 (VF-3) photographed at the factory of Brewster Aeronautical Corp. in Long Island, New York. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
The prototype Brewster XSBA-1 scout-bomber awaits flight testing at the NACA Langley Research Center, Virginia in May 1943. (NASA Photograph.)
U.S. Navy mechanics at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas refuel a Curtiss SNC-1 Falcon trainer in August 1942. (United States Library of Congress Photograph.)
A de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito restored for the collection of the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Culver PQ-14 Cadet target drones photographed during maintenance and inspection at Tinker Field, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
A Hawker Osprey — the naval version of the Hawker Hart — aboard the British light cruiser HMS Enterprise in Haifa. (United States Library of Congress Photograph.)
A British Spitfire prepares for takeoff from the USS Wasp during a Malta reinforcement mission in May 1942. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
The Martin XA-22 (Martin Model 167) prototype photographed in April 1939. The type was used primarily by the British under the designation Martin Maryland Mk I. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Landing craft maneuver behind the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise in July 1942 during the Guadalcanal-Tulagi Operation. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph via U.S. National Archives.)
A gun crew from the 864th Antiaircraft Battery mans a 40mm antiaircraft gun at Isley Field on Saipan, Mariana Islands in July 1944. Thunderbolts and Avengers are visible in the background. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
