Original Caption: Chris Avery prepares his the F4U Corsair for takeoff during the “Wings Over Tyler Air Show” at Tyler Pounds Regional Airport, in Tyler, Texas, July 3, 2011. In addition to being a featured solo performer at...
Douglas A-20 Havoc twin-engine bombers are loaded aboard a cargo ship to be provided to Allies under Lend-Lease. (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.)
A lineup of P-51 Mustang fighters of the 359th Fighter Group, 20th Fighter Group, 353rd Fighter Group, and 357th Fighter Group photographed at RAF Debden, home of the 4th Fighter Group. (United States Army Air Forces Photograph.)
A pair of Goodyear FG-1D Corsairs flying over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
A Mark XI Spitfire reconnaissance aircraft of 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in Mount Farm, England during World War II. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
An F6F Hellcat’s propeller blades leave a visible trail of condensation on the USS Yorktown. (U.S. Navy Photograph / NARA.)
Destroyed Italian aircraft, including several Macchi C.202 Folgore fighters, at the edge of an airfield in Tunisia. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
The P-51 Mustang “Crazy Horse” performs maneuvers during an air show at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. (U.S. Air Force Photograph / Staff Sgt. Mike Meares.)
The U.S. Navy’s USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60), a Casablanca-class escort carrier, is photographed at anchor in February 1945. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
A squadron mascot guards a Northrop A-17 attack bomber of the 74th Attack Squadron, 16th Pursuit Group. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
