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Bristol Blenheim top turret gunner of the Finnish Air Force. |
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Captured Ilyushin Il-4 (earlier designation DB-3F) (DF-25) medium bomber in Finnish service, 1 April 1944. |
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Captured Ilyushin Il-4, Finnish Air Force. |
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Captured Ilyushin Il-4, Finnish Air Force. |
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Captured Il-4 with LaGG-3 in foreground in Finnish service. |
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Circa 1940: Fiat G.50 in Finnish markings (FA-11). |
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Fiat G.50 II Series, Finnish air force (FA-17). |
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Caudron C.714, Finnish air force. |
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Caudron C.714, Finnish air force. |
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Curtiss P-40M Warhawk, KH-51, LeLv 32, Finnish Air Force, Mensuvaara, August 1944, captured from the Soviets and the only P-40 in Finnish service. |
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Bristol Blenheim Mk I of the Finnish Air Force. |
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B-17 Flying Fortress "The Memphis Belle" is shown on her way back to the United States, June 9, 1943, after successfully completing 25 missions from an airbase in England. |
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The B-17 Flying Fortress "Memphis Belle" visiting Patterson Field on a War Bond campaign during World War II. |
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Boeing B-17F "Memphis Belle" fully restored and on display at the National Museum of the US Air Force. |
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Boeing B-17F "Memphis Belle" fully restored and on display at the National Museum of the US Air Force. |
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Italian Fiat G.50 and German Messerschmitt Me 110 (3U+CS) of Zerstörergeschwader 26 (ZG 26) in flight, North Africa, 1941. (Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-425-0338-16A) |
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A U.S. Army Air Force student pilot in an North American AT-6 Texan trainer "attacks" a USAAF Lockheed B-34 during gunnery training; circa 1942/43. |
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Tuskegee pilots during training with a Curtiss P-40 Warhawk. |
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Richard I. Bong with his girlfriend Marge in the cockpit of a Lockheed P-38 Lightning. |
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The one-two punch of carriers and planes scores a hit as the USS Wasp (named for the carrier lost at Guadalcanal) brings down a Japanese D4Y off the Ryukyus on 18 March 1945. |
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Last minute briefing for the Polish crew of a Vickers Wellington bomber. |
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Lieutenant Robert Faurot, 39th Fighter Squadron, 35th Fighter Group, made the first P-38 kill in the Southwest Pacific. |
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Brigadier General Ira Eaker and reporters. |
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Brigadier General Ira Eaker and reporters. |
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Dick Bong and Ernie Ambort in the Philippines. Ambort started his scoring with a Val on 31 October 1944. Insigne of the 9th Fighter Squadron on sign. |
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“Crashed Gliders—the landing zone at Ranville, 1944.” The wrecks of several crashed gliders; different parts of the aircraft are separated from the body and strewn on the ground. |
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Col. Thomas Lanphier on the left engaging in typical pilot conversation with Maj. John Mitchell in front of a P-38. |
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P-38 pilot Captain Thomas J. Lynch, commanding officer, 39th Fighter Squadron, on the wing of his P-38, killed in action in March 1944, with 20 confirmed victories. |
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Major Richard I. Bong, 49th Fighter Group. |
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Major Richard I. Bong, 49th Fighter Group. |
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John Rogers, Sr., with his P-40, was one of the original members of the 99th Pursuit Squadron. He was well-known for his outstanding ability as a dive bomber pilot. |
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John O'Neill, 9th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Group, 8 victories, in the cockpit of his P-38. |
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Lt. Herbert “Stub” Hatch with his P-38 'Mon Amy' with 5 kill markings. |
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Lt. Richard L. Bong in the cockpit of his Lockheed P-38 Lightning, New Guinea, 6 March 1943. |
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Replica of Lt. Gerard Bruggink's B-339C at the National Military Museum in Soesterberg, Netherlands. |
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Replica of Lt. Gerard Bruggink's B-339C at the National Military Museum in Soesterberg, Netherlands. |
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Brewster B-339C of the Vligtuig Groep V, ML-KNIL, Java, Autumn 1941. |
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Japanese Ki-77(A-26) carried on USS Bogue, 25 December 1945. |
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Captured Japanese A6M5 Zeros on board USS Copahee on their way to the US from Saipan, July 1944. |
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Caudron C.714, Groupe de Chasse I/145. This unit was composed of exiled Polish airmen. |
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Caudron C.714 fighter plane of Groupe de Chasse I/145, June 1940. |
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Ground staff personnel of No. 30 Servicing Unit, Royal New Zealand Air Force, overhauling a Lockheed PV-1 Ventura patrol bomber on Green Island, 21 December 1944. |
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Line-up of Nationalist aircraft after the Spanish Civil War includes Ju 52 transports and Savoia-Marchetti S.M. 75 bombers. |
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Lt. George Preddy with his P-40 Kittyhawk. |
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P-47 Thunderbolt (HO-P, 42-8500) nicknamed "Cripes A'Mighty" of the 487th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group. |
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Members of the 352nd Fighter Group gather around P-51D Mustang (HO-P, 44-13321) nicknamed "Cripes A' Mighty 3rd", flown by Major George Preddy after he had claimed six Me 109s, 6 August 1944. |
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George Preddy with his parents during a 30-day leave in September-October 1944. |
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Truck, Bomb Service, M6, 1½-ton, 4x4, used to tow bomb trailers and lift bombs on and off trailers. |
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Truck, ½-ton, 4x2, Bomb Service, M1 (Ford 19Y/Marmon-Harrington). |
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USAAF bomb trailer. |
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M5 Bomb Trailer and M2 Chemical Trailer. |
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Bomb trailer and fuel tankers. |
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Bomb truck. |
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M5 Bomb Trailer. |
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M1 Bomb service truck: 1941 Ford 19-Y 1½-ton, 4x4 (G085). |
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A pair of Chevrolet M6 1½-ton 4x4 Bomb Service Trucks with M5 Bomb Trailers, south side of Pier 1, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, Newport News, Virginia, 6 August 1943. |
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Tractor, Crane, 2-ton, M3, used by the Army Air Forces to perform light towing and lifting operations. |
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Tractor, Crane, 6-ton, M4, used by the Army Air Forces to lift aircraft engines into engine mounts. |
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Tractor, Crane, 2-ton, M5, used by Aviation Ordnance companies. |
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Tractor, High Speed, 7-ton, M2, used by the Army Air Forces to tow equipment over rough terrain. |
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Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada, December 1942: U.S Airmen pull a fuel trailer with an M2 High Speed Tractor on the U.S. Air Base in Goose Bay, Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada. |
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Cletrac tractor with P-47 Thunderbolt, France. |
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P-47 being towed by Cletrac tractor. |
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