The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Quincy (CA-71) prepares to launch Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplanes during the Invasion of Southern France, August 1944. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Sailors sleep at their quad 40mm gun position on the USS New Jersey (BB-62). (National Archives Photograph.)
Curtiss XP-42 prototype created from a P-36A with a extended, streamlined nose. (NASA Photograph.)
A U.S. Marine observation plane flies over Naha, Okinawa. (U.S. National Archives Photograph.)
Douglas TBD Devastators of the U.S. Navy Torpedo Squadron Six (VT-6) prepare for launching from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) during the Battle of Midway, June 1942. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
The Bell XP-59A Airacomet jet aircraft lifts off from the surface of Rogers Dry Lake in October 1942. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Color photograph of a Consolidated B-24D Liberator of the 93rd Bomb Group. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Engines are heated on a Lend-Lease Douglas A-20G in Alaska in preparation for delivery to Russia. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Overturned German Jagdpanther destroyed by air attack near Altenkirchen, Germany. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
A Miles M.27 Master III advanced trainer built by Miles Aircraft Ltd. photographed over the United Kingdom. (Imperial War Museum Photograph.)
