P-51 Mustangs provide cover to a formation of Consolidated B-24 Liberators of the 8th Air Force over England. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
A U.S. Navy Consolidated XB2Y-1 used for field of view research at NACA Langley Research Center, Virginia in 1934. (NASA Photograph.)
A Stinson L-5 Sentinel flies over Burma during WWII, December 1944. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Original Caption: A World War II-era B-29 Superfortress bomber passes over Air Expo 2011, April 17, at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas. Airmen with the 11th Bombardment Group flew planes like...
Glenn Miller and his band perform for U.S. and Allied troops in England in 1944. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Color photograph of B-25 Mitchell medium bombers awaiting delivery at North American Aviation factory in Kansas City, Kansas. (U.S. Office of War Information Photograph.)
Douglas Boston aircraft of the South African Air Force in North Africa in 1943. (Imperial War Museum Photograph.)
Color photograph of a B-17G Flying Fortress of the 324th BS, 91st BG. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
A lineup of B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 381st BG prepares for a bombing mission over Europe during World War II. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Illustration of the M2 .50 Cal. Browning Machine Gun with Heavy Barrel. (U.S. War Department Technical Manual.)