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Midshipmen and sailors boarding a 50-foot motor launch from New York, during the summer 1940 US Naval Academy Midshipmen's cruise; note SOC-3 Seagull floatplanes of Observation Squadron Five onboard	XFL Airabonita prototype aircraft in flight, 16 Jul 1940, photo 1 of 2

XFL Airabonita prototype aircraft in flight, 16 Jul 1940, photo 2 of 2	Bf 109E fighters of German 51st Fighter Wing (Jagdgeschwaders 51) on the ground in France, Aug-Sep 1940

British pilot Barrie Heath of No. 611 Squadron RAF posing with his Spitfire fighter, 1940	Buffalo Mark I fighter preparing for flight, Aug 1940

German Luftwaffe Ju 88 bomber at rest at an airfield, Belgium or France, 1940	Messerschmitt Bf110 fighter of Zerstörergeschwader 76 heavy fighter squadron over the English Channel, Aug 1940. These were the first fighters with the shark’s mouth that inspired the RAF in Africa and the AVG in China.

Two DH.89A Rapide air ambulance aircraft at RAF Hendon, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom circa Aug 1940	Two DH.89A Rapide air ambulance aircraft over RAF Hendon, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom circa Aug 1940

XFL Airabonita aircraft (US Navy Bureau No. 1588) at rest, mid-1940	Wreckage of a downed Do 17 aircraft (Oberleutnant Rudolf Lamberty) north of RAF Biggin Hill, Leaves Green, Kent, England, United Kingdom, 18 Aug 1940

TBD-1 Devastator aircraft of Torpedo Squadron 3 with McClelland Barclay experimental camouflage design number 7, Naval Air Station, North Island, California, United States, 22 Aug 1940, photo 1 of 3	TBD-1 Devastator aircraft of Torpedo Squadron 3 with McClelland Barclay experimental camouflage design number 7, Naval Air Station, North Island, California, United States, 22 Aug 1940, photo 2 of 3

TBD-1 Devastator aircraft of Torpedo Squadron 3 with McClelland Barclay experimental camouflage design number 7, Naval Air Station, North Island, California, United States, 22 Aug 1940, photo 3 of 3	TBD-1 Devastator aircraft of Torpedo Squadron 3 with McClelland Barclay experimental camouflage design number 8, Naval Air Station, North Island, California, United States, 22 Aug 1940, photo 1 of 3

TBD-1 Devastator aircraft of Torpedo Squadron 3 with McClelland Barclay experimental camouflage design number 8, Naval Air Station, North Island, California, United States, 22 Aug 1940, photo 2 of 3	TBD-1 Devastator aircraft of Torpedo Squadron 3 with McClelland Barclay experimental camouflage design number 8, Naval Air Station, North Island, California, United States, 22 Aug 1940, photo 3 of 3

A formation of German Do 17 aircraft in flight over an airfield in Belgium or France, Sep-Oct 1940	A heavily camouflaged German Ju 88 bomber in Belgium or France, Sep 1940