Aerial view of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) underway in the Pacific, March 1944. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
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A Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer photographed at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland in July 1944. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
An SBD Dauntless dive bomber takes off from the training aircraft carrier USS Wolverine (IX-64) in March 1943. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
A plane captain inspects the landing gear of a Grumman TBF Avenger on the flight deck of a training escort carrier, circa 1943. (U.S. Navy Photo/National Archives.)
A formation of Royal Air Force North American Mustang Mark IIIs of No. 19 Squadron RAF flying over the U.K. in April 1944. (Imperial War Museum Photograph.)
A closeup view of the nose of the B-29 Superfortress named “Fleet Admiral Nimitz” after its landing at Guam, 1945. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplanes receive maintenance and engine overhauls on the deck of the battleship USS South Dakota (BB-57) during World War II. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
A full-scale model of the Vought SB2U-1 Vindicator is used in drag reduction research in Langley’s 30 x 60 Full Scale Tunnel in September 1937. (NASA Photograph.)
In port, a TBF Avenger is hoisted aboard the escort carrier USS Santee. (U.S. National Archives and Records Photograph.)
