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Aviation cadet at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Aviation cadet at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

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One of America's new warships of the air, a mighty YB-17 bomber, is pulled up at a bombardment squadron hangar, Langley Field, Virginia It is all set to taxi out to a runway and take off

One of America's new warships of the air, a mighty YB-17 bomber, is pu...

12002-31. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

B-25H, parked with a jeep - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

B-25H, parked with a jeep - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...

Images of the 77th Bomber Squadron, serving in the Aleutian Campaign during World War II

A black and white photo of a propeller plane. Plane aircraft war plane.

A black and white photo of a propeller plane. Plane aircraft war plane...

Wartime images: Free images of war, available for commercial use and free download. Copyright-free, no attribution required.

Flexible performance of C-47 transport planes is due in part to their two 1,200 horsepower radial engines and to their three-blade variable-pitch propellers, Long Beach, Calif. Picture taken at the Douglas Aircraft Company. The versatile C-47 performs many important tasks for the army. It ferries men and cargo across oceans and mountains, tows gliders and brings paratroopers and their equipment to scenes of action

Flexible performance of C-47 transport planes is due in part to their ...

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Woman machinist, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

Woman machinist, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Feeding an SNC advanced training plane its essential supply of gasoline is done by sailor mechanics at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Feeding an SNC advanced training plane its essential supply of gasolin...

Photograph shows standing on the wing is Floyd Helphrey who came from Iowa to join the Navy early in the year. At right is W. Gardner of Illinois who used to be a crane operator.

Putting the nose section of a mighty transport plane in place in the fuselage mating fixture at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Putting the nose section of a mighty transport plane in place in the f...

12002-19. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Marine lieutenant, glider pilot in training at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

Marine lieutenant, glider pilot in training at Page Field, Parris Isla...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A giant of the skyways poises for flight, Langley Field, Virginia The four powerful engines of a YB-17 bomber are warmed up before a takeoff

A giant of the skyways poises for flight, Langley Field, Virginia The ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women are trained to do precise and vital engine installation detail in Douglas Aircraft Company plants, Long Beach, Calif.

Women are trained to do precise and vital engine installation detail i...

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Aviation cadet in training at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Aviation cadet in training at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

World War II (WWII) area photograph of US Marine Corps (USMC) Major (MAJ), George L. Hollowell, taken at Marine Corps Air Station, El Centro, California (CA). MAJ Hollowell is an Ace Pilot credited with 8 kills

World War II (WWII) area photograph of US Marine Corps (USMC) Major (M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Facility, El Centro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rele... More

Marine lieutenant with the towing plane for the gliders at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

Marine lieutenant with the towing plane for the gliders at Page Field,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

P-51 ("Mustang") fighter planes being prepared for test flight at the field of North American Aviation, Inc., plant in Inglewood, Calif.

P-51 ("Mustang") fighter planes being prepared for test flight at the ...

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B-25 bombers lined up at North American Aviation, Incorporated, almost ready for their first test flight, Kansas City, Kansas

B-25 bombers lined up at North American Aviation, Incorporated, almost...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A C-87 transport plane, just off the assembly line, at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation field, Fort Worth, Texas

A C-87 transport plane, just off the assembly line, at the Consolidate...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wright R–2600–8 Engine in the Engine Propeller Research Building

Wright R–2600–8 Engine in the Engine Propeller Research Building

A Wright Aeronautical R–2600 Cyclone piston engine installed in the Engine Propeller Research Building, or Prop House, at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Aircraft Engine Research Laborato... More

B-25H parked in the snowy Aleutians

B-25H parked in the snowy Aleutians

Images of the 77th Bomber Squadron, serving in the Aleutian Campaign during World War II

The Yakovlev Yak-25 Flashlight - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

The Yakovlev Yak-25 Flashlight - U.S. National Archives Public Domain ...

Original caption: Soviet Union 2302.0112 Aircraft: Jet-Propelled -- FLASHLIGHT Ft Leavenworth: Signal Corps Photograph Collection: Country File

North American B-25 bomber is prepared for painting on the outside assembly line, North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif

North American B-25 bomber is prepared for painting on the outside ass...

12002-38. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Marine lieutenant with the power towing plane for the gliders at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

Marine lieutenant with the power towing plane for the gliders at Page ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jaktflygplan J 9 märkt nummer 71 från F 8 Barkarby i luften.

Jaktflygplan J 9 märkt nummer 71 från F 8 Barkarby i luften.

Jaktflygplan J 9 märkt nummer 71 från F 8 Barkarby i luften.

Low flying planes from which dust or insecticide is spread onto crops by men who "follow the season" up the east coast, Seabrook Farm, Bridgeton, N.J.

Low flying planes from which dust or insecticide is spread onto crops ...

Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

With careful Douglas training, women do accurate electrical assembly and installation work, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif

With careful Douglas training, women do accurate electrical assembly a...

12002-39. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Aviation cadets in training at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Aviation cadets in training at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Tex...

Public domain photograph related to navy, naval warfare, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

B-25 bomber planes at the North American Aviation, Incorporated being hauled along an outdoor assembly line with an "International" tractor, Kansas City, Kansas

B-25 bomber planes at the North American Aviation, Incorporated being ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

An experimental scale model of the B-25 plane is prepared for wind tunnel tests in the plant of the North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif. The model maker holds an exact miniature reproduction of the type of bomb the plane will carry. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 bomber used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

An experimental scale model of the B-25 plane is prepared for wind tun...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Marine glider at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

Marine glider at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

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Marine Corps lieutenant studying glider piloting at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

Marine Corps lieutenant studying glider piloting at Page Field, Parris...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

This girl in a glass house is putting finishing touches on the bombardier nose section of a B-17F navy bomber, Long Beach, Calif. She's one of many capable women workers in the Douglas Aircraft Company plant. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model of the B-17 which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude heavy bomber, with a crew of seven to nine men, and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

This girl in a glass house is putting finishing touches on the bombard...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Marine Corps gliders in flight out of Parris Island, S.C

Marine Corps gliders in flight out of Parris Island, S.C

12002-32. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Rubber keeps them flying. This bomber needs thousands of pounds of rubber for the landing wheels and bullet-proof fuel tanks. The flyers and ground crews can do none of the important work entrusted to them unless we keep their planes supplied with the prodigious amounts of rubber they require

Rubber keeps them flying. This bomber needs thousands of pounds of rub...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War In...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp., Bethpage, Long Island. Interior III

Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp., Bethpage, Long Island. Interior II...

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

US Air Force (USAF) Structural Maintainers prepare to paint a World War II (WWII) era P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft Static Display, outside the 9th Air Force Headquarters Building at Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC). Pictured left-to-right: SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Derek Hendrix, SRA Joshua Joslin, and AIRMAN (AMN) Jeffery Targ

US Air Force (USAF) Structural Maintainers prepare to paint a World Wa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Josef E. Cole III, USAF Relea... More

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War In...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

aahs_p002126, US Navy Photogrpah

aahs_p002126, US Navy Photogrpah

Bell L-39 Experimental Aircraft.Head on view Public domain photograph of jet aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bombs lie on an Allied airfield ready to be loaded into Royal Air Force Liberators. The British bombers of the Mediterranian Allied Air Forces worked with American Liberators to strangle German supply lines feeding Nazi troops on the Anzio, Cassino and Eighth Army fronts. French airmen also participated in the operation

Bombs lie on an Allied airfield ready to be loaded into Royal Air Forc...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War In...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

B-25 of the 77th Bomber Squadron in flight over water

B-25 of the 77th Bomber Squadron in flight over water

Images of the 77th Bomber Squadron, serving in the Aleutian Campaign during World War II

A 25th Fighter Squadron A-10C Thunderbolt II ascends

A 25th Fighter Squadron A-10C Thunderbolt II ascends

A 25th Fighter Squadron A-10C Thunderbolt II ascends the skies April 9, 2020, at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. Amid the COVID-19 global pandemic, the 25th FS follows the United States Forces-Korea’s health ... More

A group of life-size mannequins fitted with World War Two (WWII) area flight gear are displayed near a restored Army Air Corps B-25J Mitchell aircraft bubbed the Executive Sweet, during an Air Show at Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA)

A group of life-size mannequins fitted with World War Two (WWII) area ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Anne Mccormick, USAF Release... More

Historic aircraft sweep over the National Mall in

Historic aircraft sweep over the National Mall in

Historic aircraft sweep over the National Mall in Washington, D.C. during the Arsenal of Democracy Flyover to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the European theater victory in World War II, May 8, 2015. More ... More

Flygplan B 16 märkt nummer 20 från F 7 Såtenäs i luften.

Flygplan B 16 märkt nummer 20 från F 7 Såtenäs i luften.

Flygplan B 16 märkt nummer 20 från F 7 Såtenäs i luften.

Sju stycken flygplan S 16 Caproni på flygfält på F 3 Malmen. Flygplansmekaniker omkring flygplanen. Fyra av flygplanen märkta med nummer 28, 30, 23, 27.

Sju stycken flygplan S 16 Caproni på flygfält på F 3 Malmen. Flygplans...

Sju stycken flygplan S 16 Caproni på flygfält på F 3 Malmen. Flygplansmekaniker omkring flygplanen. Fyra av flygplanen märkta med nummer 28, 30, 23, 27.

aahs_p002063 - A black and white photo of an old airplane

aahs_p002063 - A black and white photo of an old airplane

Bell XFM-1 After Accident Left Front View Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coast Guard Cutter Midgett’s aviation detachment conducts

Coast Guard Cutter Midgett’s aviation detachment conducts

Coast Guard Cutter Midgett’s aviation detachment conducts flyovers alongside historic WWII airplanes, a Grumman JRF-5 Goose and a Canadian Harvard MK IV training plane, in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, June 3, 2017. Th... More

A World War II era B-29 bomber nick named “FIFI” is

A World War II era B-29 bomber nick named “FIFI” is

A World War II era B-29 bomber nick named “FIFI” is on display at the Sioux City, Iowa airport. The Boeing Aircraft designed “Superfortress” was flown by the United States Air Force beginning in the 1940’s thro... More

Lockheed and Co. desktop model of a P-38 given to Eleanor while working for Lockheed

Lockheed and Co. desktop model of a P-38 given to Eleanor while workin...

Lockheed and Co. desktop model of a P-38 given to Eleanor while working for Lockheed

US Air Force (USAF) First Lieutenant (1LT) Brian Hood, 32nd Air Refueling Squadron, explains the process of mid-air refueling for two US Army (USA) World War Two (WWII) Battle of the Bulge, Veterans aboard a USAF KC-10A Extender aircraft at McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), New Jersey (NJ)

US Air Force (USAF) First Lieutenant (1LT) Brian Hood, 32nd Air Refuel...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Scott H. Spitzer, CIV USAF Release... More

French airmen hit a pinpoint target. Flying with the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces under the tri-color of France, the Frenchment split a vital rail bridge, 600 feet long and 15 feet wide, at the Piteccio viaduct in central Italy. On the wing of the American-made B-26 bomber may be seen the roundel of the French Air Force

French airmen hit a pinpoint target. Flying with the Mediterranean All...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. Negro troops on way to Liberia. As a U.S. Army transport plows through the Atlantic on its way to Liberia, Africa, the Negro crew of a 37mm anti-aircraft gun holds a shipboard practice session. The soldiers, members of a U.S. Army Engineer's unit, were especially interested in Liberia, a Negro Republic founded by their ancestors whose governmental system is patterned on that of the U.S.

U.S. Negro troops on way to Liberia. As a U.S. Army transport plows th...

Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

aahs_p002062 - A black and white photo of an old airplane

aahs_p002062 - A black and white photo of an old airplane

Bell XFM-1 After Accident Close Up Cockpit left side Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

F6 Karlsborg 1940. 30 st franska Morane-Sauliner M.S 406 som gåva till Finland, anländer till Malmö packade i lådor och uppmonterades på Bulltofta av 5 franska mekaniker. Finska piloter flög planen via Västerås till Finland. Man hade tillstånd att mellanlanda på F6, men bara 2 flygplan använde sig av tillståndet. Flygplanstypen hade en kanon, troligen 20 mm, som sköt genom Propell-navet, samt en finkalibrig kulspruta i vardera vingen, kaliber troligen mindre än 8 mm. Bilden visar MS311. Albumet är en del av en donation från Karl-Axel Hansson, Karlsborg. Förteckning över hela donationen finns i albumet samt som Word-dokument.

F6 Karlsborg 1940. 30 st franska Morane-Sauliner M.S 406 som gåva till...

F6 Karlsborg 1940. 30 st franska Morane-Sauliner M.S 406 som gåva till Finland, anländer till Malmö packade i lådor och uppmonterades på Bulltofta av 5 franska mekaniker. Finska piloter flög planen via Västerås... More

Aircraft, naval. The Brewster "Buffalo" (F2A-1) Navy fighter is a favorite with many American Air Force and Royal Air Force pilots. This plane, which is usually based on a carrier, is exceedingly maneuverable and capable of excellent performance at high altitudes. Powered by a 1,000 horsepower Wright cyclone engine it has a top speed of about 330 miles per hour, a range of 1,000 miles and a ceiling of approximately 35,000 feet

Aircraft, naval. The Brewster "Buffalo" (F2A-1) Navy fighter is a favo...

Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

On the assembly line in the Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, Connecticut

On the assembly line in the Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stra...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A U.S. Coast Guard HH-60J Jayhawk search and rescue helicopter, attempts to remove birds by flying low prior to an unexploded World War II-era M46 photoflash bomb being detonated at Passage Key Island, Fla., on Oct. 13, 2004. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Chad Chisholm) (Released)

A U.S. Coast Guard HH-60J Jayhawk search and rescue helicopter, attemp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Passage Key Island State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Chad Chisholm Release Status: Release... More

Bell XP-77 (Mockup), NASA history collection

Bell XP-77 (Mockup), NASA history collection

Bell XP-77 (Mockup): A proposed lightweight fighter built of non-strategic material (wood) for the Army Air Force, the XP-77 was tested in the 30 x 60 Full Scale Wind Tunnel. This diminutive aircraft never saw ... More

Mounting Douglas SB-2D Airplane in 40x80 foot Wind Tunnel at NACA Ames Research Center.

Mounting Douglas SB-2D Airplane in 40x80 foot Wind Tunnel at NACA Ames...

XSB2D-1 First test (no number) Aerodynamic test to forecast the take off distance. George Cooper was the A1:H73 pilot. Orchard ladders were used to access the ball socket attachments on the struts. Don Richey

Republic P-47G Thunderbolt and the NACA Flight Operations Crew

Republic P-47G Thunderbolt and the NACA Flight Operations Crew

The Flight Operations crew stands before a Republic P-47G Thunderbolt at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory in Cleveland, Ohio. The laboratory’s Flight Re... More

Altitude Wind Tunnel Drive Motor Installation

Altitude Wind Tunnel Drive Motor Installation

Construction workers install the drive motor for the Altitude Wind Tunnel (AWT) in the Exhauster Building at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory. The AWT w... More

Vultee YA–31C Vengeance at the NACA

Vultee YA–31C Vengeance at the NACA

A Bell P-39 Airacobra in the NACA Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory’s Icing Research Tunnel for a propeller deicing study. The tunnel, which began operation in June 1944, was built to study the formation of i... More

Aircraft. Army. One of the redoubled "Flying Tigers" ready to take off from an Alaskan point in a Curtis P-40 "Warhawk" fighter plane. The group to which he belongs is commanded by Major John Chennault, son of the famous general. Planes of the series to which this belongs have seen action in almost every known theatre in England and

Aircraft. Army. One of the redoubled "Flying Tigers" ready to take off...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Flying Fortress. Symbol of American might. Test flight. Considerably changed from earlier models, latest type Boeing Flying Fortress contains many improvements of internal detail, making bomber tougher, more effective

Flying Fortress. Symbol of American might. Test flight. Considerably c...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War In...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

F6 Karlsborg feb. 1940. Fiat G50. Skottställning och prov med vapeninstr. Flygplanet riktat ut mot Vättern. Hangaren i bakgrunden. Albumet är en del av en donation från Karl-Axel Hansson, Karlsborg. Förteckning över hela donationen finns i albumet samt som Word-dokument.

F6 Karlsborg feb. 1940. Fiat G50. Skottställning och prov med vapenins...

F6 Karlsborg feb. 1940. Fiat G50. Skottställning och prov med vapeninstr. Flygplanet riktat ut mot Vättern. Hangaren i bakgrunden. Albumet är en del av en donation från Karl-Axel Hansson, Karlsborg. Förteckning... More

US Army (USA) Rangers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE) depart Aviano Air Base (AB), Italy (ITA) for Normandy, France (FRA) to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Normandy invasion which began the Allied occupation of Europe in World War II. On the morning of June 6, 1944, 225 Rangers invaded Omaha Beach on the northwest coast of France. After two days of fighting only 90 Rangers could still bear arms

US Army (USA) Rangers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE) depart...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Priscilla Robinson, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

Salvo of 600-pound bombs falling from formation of B-10 bombers in recent bombing practice by the 19th Bombardment Group, General Headquarters, Air Force, U.S. Army Air Corps

Salvo of 600-pound bombs falling from formation of B-10 bombers in rec...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dr. Roy Heidicker, 4th Fighter Wing historian, shows

Dr. Roy Heidicker, 4th Fighter Wing historian, shows

Dr. Roy Heidicker, 4th Fighter Wing historian, shows a display of a P-51 Mustang to Thomas Nash, grandson of retired Col. Van Chandler, during his visit to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., Aug. 5, 2013. Ch... More

The assembly floor of the Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, Connecticut

The assembly floor of the Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratf...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Loftin Collection - Grumman FF-1

Loftin Collection - Grumman FF-1

A civil version of the Grumman FF-1 navy fighter is shown in this photograph. This particular aircraft was used by the Grumman company as an executive transport. The occasion for this photograph was probably an... More

In the Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, Connecticut

In the Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, Connecticut

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Sign of free parking to aircraft employees. San Diego, California. The parking problems near these defense industries has been acute

Sign of free parking to aircraft employees. San Diego, California. The...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

[Three Men with a Lockheed 12A Electra Junior, Delta Air Lines]

[Three Men with a Lockheed 12A Electra Junior, Delta Air Lines]

Title: [Three Men with a Lockheed 12A Electra Junior, Delta Air Lines] ..Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie ..Date: March 1940..Place: Dallas, Texas ..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection..Des... More

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War In...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

F-82 AIRPLANE WITH GUIDED MISSILE ON HANGAR APRON

F-82 AIRPLANE WITH GUIDED MISSILE ON HANGAR APRON

F-82 AIRPLANE WITH GUIDED MISSILE ON HANGAR APRON NASA Identifier: C-1949-23330

VISIT OF MEMPHIS BELLE BOMBER. Public domain image, NASA.

VISIT OF MEMPHIS BELLE BOMBER. Public domain image, NASA.

VISIT OF MEMPHIS BELLE BOMBER NASA Identifier: C-1943-1878 Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

RAF MILDENHALL, England -- A U.S. Air Force KC-135

RAF MILDENHALL, England -- A U.S. Air Force KC-135

RAF MILDENHALL, England -- A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing sits on the tarmac at RAF Mildenhall, England, May 26, 2019. In honor of 75 years since D-Day, aircraft from RAF... More

US Air Force (USAF) members of the 352nd Special Operations Group's (SOG), 321st Special Tactics Squadron (STS), RAF (Royal Air Force) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK), parachute, from a USAF C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft, into St Mere Eglise, Normandy, France (FRA), during the 60th Anniversary commemorating the D-Day invasion six decades ago

US Air Force (USAF) members of the 352nd Special Operations Group's (S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: United Kingdom (UK) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Franklin J. Perkins, USAF Release Status: Released to Publ... More

Two World War II (WW II) era P-51 Mustang pursuit (fighter) aircraft fly in formation with an US Air Force (USAF) A-10A Thunderbolt II Warthog attack aircraft (center) during the Heritage Conference being held at Davis-Montham Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ)

Two World War II (WW II) era P-51 Mustang pursuit (fighter) aircraft f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeremiah Erickson, USAF Rel... More

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15D Eagle aircraft (left), from the 1ST Fighter Wing (FW), flies in formation with a restored World War Two (WWII) era P-38 Lightning aircraft over the Arizona desert during a USAF Heritage Conference 2002 training flight. The conference brings together civilian Heritage pilots and USAF Demonstration Team pilots to discuss safety and practice formation flying in a non-air show environment

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15D Eagle aircraft (left), from the 1ST Fighte...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Greg L. Davis, USAF Release... More

Members of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division Fort Bragg, North Carolina, jump from a C-17 Globemaster III, 15th Airlift Squadron Charleston AFB, South Carolina. The jump was part of the 82nd Airborne Division Associations annual convention in downtown Charleston Aug. 8-12. 300 members of the 82nd exited from C-17s in six passes, 50 rs at a time. "The jump is the keystone event," said Captain Terrance McGraw, USA, event coordinator and commander, Headquarters Company, 82nd Airborne Division Support Command, and Fort Bragg, North Carolina, "It is part nostalgia and here is how we do it today. We have the utmost respect for the World War II veterans who did this on D-Day, those who...

Members of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division Fort Bragg, North Carolin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Members of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division Fort Bragg, North Carolina, jump from a C-17 Globemaster III, 15th Airlift Squadron... More

X-1, NASA history collection. NASA public domain image colelction.

X-1, NASA history collection. NASA public domain image colelction.

E49-007A roll-out of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, bomber with the Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 mated and ready for flight. NACA Flight 33 was flown on September 23, 1949, as a pilot familiarization flight ... More

Lockheed 12A sectional view of heated wing ARC-1941-AAL-1355A

Lockheed 12A sectional view of heated wing ARC-1941-AAL-1355A

Lockheed 12A sectional view of heated wing Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A T-34 Turbo World War II piant at Training Squadron (VT) 27.

A T-34 Turbo World War II piant at Training Squadron (VT) 27.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (Dec. 28, 2010) A T-34 Turbo with World War II paint, assigned to Training Air Wing 4, is at Training Squadron (VT) 27. As naval aviation prepares for its 100th year anniversary in 2011, m... More

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War In...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Veterans of the Medium Bomber Squadron 14th Airforce who blasted Tokyo with General Doolittle and are still dealing aerial blows to Japs in occupied China, Burma. Standing, left to right: Lieutenant Youngblood, Houston, Texas; Captain Crouch, Columbia, South Carolina; Lieutenant Mauch Staunton, Virginia; Lieutenant Fitzhugh, Gavelston, Texas; Captain Campbell, Orofino, Idaho; On motor, Sergeant Norton, Cape Cod, Massachusetts; On propeller, Sergeant Radney, Minneola, Texas; In cockpit of "Tokyo Jo," Major Everett Holstrom, Tacoma, Washington

Veterans of the Medium Bomber Squadron 14th Airforce who blasted Tokyo...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

North South Polar’s safety team leader, John Bradley,

North South Polar’s safety team leader, John Bradley,

North South Polar’s safety team leader, John Bradley, boards an Air Greenland A-Star helicopter that is heading to our fuel cache on a remote island near Koge Bay, Greenland, Aug. 7, 2013. Bradley along with NS... More

Martin Engler, a U.S. Army Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

Martin Engler, a U.S. Army Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

Martin Engler, a U.S. Army Republic P-47 Thunderbolt pilot from World War II, receives a tour of Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 352 at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 30. Brian ... More

Drawing of Airplanes - National Parks Gallery

Drawing of Airplanes - National Parks Gallery

A logo for Patwing Four Airdales

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Nick Seibel (left), Combat Controller (CCT), 321st Special Tactics Squadron (STS), RAF (Royal Air Force) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK), Jumpmaster for the day, offloads jumpers from a USAF C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft, to the 'Iron Mike' drop zone (DZ) during a jump into St Mere Eglise, Normandy, France (FRA), during the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day invasion

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Nick Seibel (left), Combat Con...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Franklin J. Perkins, USAF Release Status: Released t... More

German Junkers 88 brought down near Mallwyd on a raid to Liverpool

German Junkers 88 brought down near Mallwyd on a raid to Liverpool

Teitl Cymraeg/Welsh title: Awyren Junkers 88 Almaenig a saethwyd i lawr ger Mallwyd ar ei ffordd i Lerpwl.Ffotograffydd/Photographer: Geoff Charles (1909-2002).Dyddiad/Date: August 31, 1940. .Cyfrwng/Medium: N... More

C-54A Skymaster transport aircraft used by the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II

C-54A Skymaster transport aircraft used by the U.S. Army Air Forces du...

(Source: researcher) Original title from negative or caption card erroneously identified plane as an Gruman Avenger torpedo bomber. Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Annotation on nega... More

Lockheed YP-38 Lightning, NASA history collection

Lockheed YP-38 Lightning, NASA history collection

Lockheed YP-38 Lightning: Drag cleanup tests were conducted on the Lockheed YP-38 Lightning in the 30 x 60 Full Scale Tunnel in December, 1941. Later models of the P-38 performed stellar service in WW II, but a... More

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War In...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Instrumentation in B-29, NASA history collection

Instrumentation in B-29, NASA history collection

Description (May 1, 1944) Recording high altitude flight data in a flying laboratory at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Cleveland, Ohio, now known as ... More

Man boarding United Air Lines Boeing 247 airplane

Man boarding United Air Lines Boeing 247 airplane

Man boarding United Air Lines Boeing 247 airplane, n.d. ..Photographer: .Unknown..Subjects (LCSH):.Boeing 247 (Transport plane).Boeing airplanes.Airplanes.United Air Lines.Passengers..Digital Collection: .Trans... More

Westinghouse 19B Turbojet in the Altitude Wind Tunnel

Westinghouse 19B Turbojet in the Altitude Wind Tunnel

The Westinghouse 19XB turbojet seen from the side in the Altitude Wind Tunnel (AWT) test section at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory. Westinghouse start... More

P-51 airplane model in the NACA Ames Research Center Transonic 16ft wind tunnel ARC-1944-AAL-5862

P-51 airplane model in the NACA Ames Research Center Transonic 16ft wi...

P-51 airplane model in the NACA Ames Research Center Transonic 16ft wind tunnel

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