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Loire 46 serving as advanced fighter trainer

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Tinian scrapheap, 1946. Those are all B-29's that were battle damaged and made it back, or which were damaged on the island in accidents.

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C-47s en route to their drop point in The Netherlands during Operation Market Garden. 17 September 1944

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Aerial view of an attack by U.S. Army Air Force Martin B-26 Marauders on the barracks at Bitburg, Germany. 1944

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Le capitaine James Poindexter du 352nd Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group, 8th Air Force dans le cockpit de son P-47D 'Honey II' – Angleterre

James Poindexter a servi comme pilote au sein du 352nd Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group en Angleterre. Le 3 janvier 1945, il se crashe au décollage à bord de son P-51D-15-NA Mustang suite à une panne moteur à Capel St. Mary en Angleterre.

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VX195, an Avro Tudor 8 prototype, photographed en route to the 1948 Farnborough Airshow in England

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A U.S. Navy McDonnell F-4J-43-MC Phantom II (BuNo 157292) from Fighter Squadron VF-84 Jolly Rogers on the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42), in 1970.

image/Jim Readon YN2, USN

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B-26 Marauder bomber 'Flossies Fury' hit directly by a ground-based 88mm anti-aircraft shell over Toulon, France, 20 Aug 1944.

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Designed by the legendary Clarence 'Kelly' Johnson, the Lockheed Hudson (a converted 1930s airliner) became a rather surprisingly successful warplane.

It sank several German U-boats, shot down an Fw 200 Condor and even had a dogfight with Japanese Zeros!

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SR-71A Kadena AB🇯🇵

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An O-47A of the 153rd Observation Squadron at Key Field, Mississippi, 1940

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WWI, 1 May 1918; A Machine Gun Corps post in a barn near Haverskerque, The Battle of the Lys (Operation Georgette).

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Crewmen of the 92nd Bomb Group prepare for a mission next to their B-17 Butcher Shop, 1943

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A German Dornier Do17 pilot’s view from the cockpit - date and location unknown. Although the glazed nose gave the pilot excellent visibility it did make them vulnerable to a frontal attack

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84 years of air power