A B-17F Flying Fortress undergoes final assembly and inspection in a hangar at Douglas Aircraft factory in Long Beach, California in 1942. (U.S. National Archives Photograph / Alfred T. Palmer.)
Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft receive maintenance and final inspections on the assembly line outside the aircraft plant, circa 1942. (U.S. National Archives)
Boeing B-29 Superfortress of the 29th Bomb Group at North Field, now named Andersen Air Force Base, Guam in July 1945. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Allied tanks and halftracks pass through the Arc de Triomphe and parade down the Champs-Élysées after the liberation of Paris. (Library of Congress.)
A P-40 Warhawk, P-51 Mustang, P-47 Thunderbolt and P-38 Lightning fly in formation during the 2015 Heritage Flight Training and Certification Course at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Ariz., March 1, 2015. Established in 1997, the...
Color photograph of B-26 Marauder “Clark’s Little Pill” leading a line of aircraft of the 322nd Bomb Group. (Imperial War Museum Photograph.)
Royal Air Force crew prepare to load 250 lb bombs into a Short Stirling bomber of No. 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire. (Imperial War Museum Photograph.)
B-17 Flying Fortresses in the winter snow at Rapid City Army Air Base, South Dakota during World War II. (Official U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
U.S. Marines ride an armored vehicle through Garapan on the island of Saipan in the Mariana Islands, June 1944. (U.S. Marine Corps Photograph.)
A Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless bomber on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) during the Battle of Midway, June 1942. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
