Photos Taken in Dayton, Ohio | World War II Database


Republic P-47N Thunderbolt 44-88335 armed with HVAR air-to-surface rockets at the Wright Field Test Center, Dayton, Ohio, United States, mid-1944.	US test pilot assesses the German ME 262 jet fighter over Ohio, late 1945. This aircraft fell into Allied hands when the German pilot defected and landed the plane at a US held airfield in Germany.

Close-up of the manned wingtip pods on Lockheed-Vega B-17G Fortress bomber 44-85784 being tested at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio in 1949.	N1K2-Ja Shiden Kai fighter being restored at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio, United States, 17 Mar 2005

B-24 Liberator bomber 'Strawberry Bitch' on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio, United States, 27 Jun 2014	B-29 bomber 'Bockscar' on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio, United States, 27 Jun 2014

Close-up of the nose of the B-18 bomber on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio, United States, 27 Jun 2014	Close-up of the tail gun of the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio, United States, 27 Jun 2014

PBY-5A Catalina 'Snafu Snatchers' on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force as an OA-10A Catalina, Dayton, Ohio, United States, 27 Jun 2014