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Claire Chennault inspecting a P-51 Mustang fighter, Kunming, Yunnan, China, circa 1943-1944	Close up view of a B-24 Liberator tail turret.

Close-up of the nose of a Ki-48 light bomber in flight, circa 1940s	Close-up of the nose of a Ki-48 light bomber, circa 1940s

Close-up view of the nose of a B-17G Flying Fortress bomber, circa 1944	CNAC pilot Erik Shilling (left), copilot (front), and radio operator (Chinese man, rear) with their C-53 Skytrooper aircraft belonging to the China National Aviation Corporation, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, 1940s

Col Benjamin O Davis, Commanding Officer of the 322nd Fighter Group, stands next to his P-47 Thunderbolt fighter, date and location unknown	Crew of B-17G Fortress “I’ll Get By” arrive at their airplane by Jeep ay RAF Horham, Suffolk, England, UK; 1944

Crewmen detached the engine from an FM-2 Wildcat that had nosed all the way over on landing aboard training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1944.	Crewmen hunker in the catwalks of training aircraft carrier USS Sable during flight operations on Lake Michigan, United States, 1944.

Crews making ready a D4Y-2 Suisei attack bomber, 1943-45, location unknown. The Allied code name for the D4Y was “Judy.”	Curtiss C-46 Commando flying over “The Hump” between China, Northern Burma (now Myanmar), and eastern India, 1944.

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver in flight, 1943-45.	Deck crews aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Sable man lines to right an FM-2 Wildcat that had nosed completely over. Lake Michigan, United States, 1943-45. Photo 1 of 3.

Deck crews aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Sable man lines to right an FM-2 Wildcat that had nosed completely over. Lake Michigan, United States, 1943-45. Photo 2 of 3.	Deck crews aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Sable man lines to right an FM-2 Wildcat that had nosed completely over. Lake Michigan, United States, 1943-45. Photo 3 of 3.

Deck crews secure a damaged FM-2 Wildcat following a hard landing aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1943-44.	Do 335 Pfeil at rest, circa 1940s

F-5A Lightning photo-reconnaisance aircraft converted into an aerial ambulance, date unknown; note wing tanks converted with window and capable to carry one stretcher each	F-5C “All On View” of the 22nd Photographic Recon Squadron makes a low level pass over RAF Mount Farm, Dorchester, England, UK, 1943-45