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Headquarters clerk at Hickam Field, HAwaii, takes time out from his duties to keep in fighting trim. Here, standing beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress", he relaxes for a few minutes, with his rifle butte resting on the ground, before resuming rifle practice.

Men use steam to clean a Lockheed P-38 "Lightning" at the washing department of the 27th Air Depot Group, Port Moresby Air Depot, Papua, New Guinea, 1943.

A Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver bomber on patrol over Tokyo, 28 August 1945. Photographed from a USS Shangri-La (CV-38) plane by Lieutenant G. D. Rogers. Note light traffic on the city streets, also burned out areas and damaged buildings. Official U.S. Navy Photogr

Pictured taking off from an Army Air Base in the South Pacific is the famous Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress which is used in the Solomon area for reconnaissance as well as a heavy bomber.

Burning harbor installations at Naha, Okinawa, 10 October 1944, during task force 38's pre-Leyte raids. Two SB2C "Helldivers" are at right.

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Squadron commander of VT-6 off USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) in the flight with the squadron overhead circa 1938.

TBY-2 Sea Wolf

TBY-2 Sea Wolf

Of VT-32 from USS LANGLEY (CVL-27) swing over Oahu, 16 January 1944.

Take off in Casco Bay, Maine, on 3 May 1943. Photographed from USS NEW YORK (BB-34).

View showing a Vought OS2U "Kingfisher" half-way out on the seaplane ramp at Nukualofa, Tongatabu, on 8 June 1942. Another Vought OS2U is visible in background.

Martin T4M-1 (including BUNO A-7893) and Great Lakes TG aircraft in flight over the Hawaiian coast, circa the early 1930s.

Chinese aircraft spotters are trained to recognize American aircraft. Here, they study the features of a Lockheed P-38 "Lightning" at a 14th Air Force base in China

Lockheed P-38's of the 459th Fighter Squadron, nicknamed the "Twin Dragon Squadron", are taxiing into position for take-off on a mission over enemy territory. Chittagong, India, January 1945.

Head for Tokyo, 16 February 1945.