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American twin-engined fighter P-38H «Lightning» (Lockheed P-38H Lightning) No. 42-67079 in flight over California.
Crashed on the island Agattu (Agattu) Alaska American bomber “Lockheed Ventura» (Lockheed Ventura).
Fighter pilot U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. William Freeman (William B. Freeman) in the cockpit F4U «Le Corsaire” at the airport in the North Island in San Diego, California.
The connection of American warships and aircraft maneuvers.On the water with distance: the battleship “Arizona» (USS Arizona, BB-39), then the class battleship “New Mexico» (New Mexico).In the air: torpedo deck Douglas TBD-1 (Douglas TBD-1s), deck bombers Northrop BT-1 (Northrop BT-1), deck-reconnaissance aircraft Curtiss SBC (Curtiss SBC), carrier-based fighter Grummen F2F-1 and F3F-3 (Grumman F2F-1s or F3F-3).
American bomber B-34 Lockheed Ventura (Lockheed B-34-VE) in flight.
The pilot of the 77th Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, Major Gilbertson Merle (Merle J. Gilbertson) looks through a hole in the cockpit of his fighter P-51 “Mustang”, obtained during a raid on a German airfield Espershtedt in the German town of Gotha. Not far from the plane exploded Gilbertson German fighter Fw 190, and its debris damaged the lantern.
British soldiers and civilians posing in rubble of German Messerschmitt aircraft Bf.110.On this plane May 10, 1941 in England, Hitler’s deputy arrived at the party and the Reich Minister without Portfolio, Rudolf Hess. He planned to land near the estate of Lord Hamilton, however, the approach and not finding a suitable location, bailed out and surrendered to the local farmers. Hess was going to enter into peace negotiations between Germany and Britain, but was arrested after the war was brought before the Nuremberg Tribunal, where he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot Grummen XF5F-1 “Skyrocket» (Grumman XF5F Skyrocket) in flight.
View of the Castel Benito airfield in Tripoli after the Allied air raid. In the foreground - the British officer and soldier considered the remnants of an Italian aircraft.
American wounded gunner-radio operator Kenneta Bratton pulled out of the plane Grumann Avenger TBP (Grumann TBF Avenger) on board the aircraft carrier “Saratoga» (USS Saratoga). Wounds were obtained during a raid on Rabaul.