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Chinese and American pilots of the Chinese-American Composite Wing (Provisional) with a P-40N Warhawk fighter, China, 1943-1945	Chinese pilot Yoh Kung Chen of 27th Fighter Squadron of 5th Fighter Group of the Chinese-American Composite Wing (Provisional) with his P-40 Warhawk fighter, China, 1943-1945

Chinese troops in exercise, 1940s	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 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