Us Army Air Force Collection

Army Aviation, College Park Aviation Field, 2nd Season - Wright Biplane, Type B... 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Army Aviation, College Park Aviation Field, 2nd Season - Wright Biplane, Type B; Lt. Harry Graham, 1912. [Early test flights in Maryland. Lieutenant Graham flying Wright Brothers aircraft]

Flexible performance of C-47 transport planes is due in part to their... Long Beach, Calif. 1942
Flexible performance of C-47 transport planes is due in part to their two 1, 200 horsepower radial engines and to their three-blade variable-pitch propellers, Long Beach, Calif

U.S. Army Air Forces pilot in front of a YB-17 bombing... probably Langley field, Virginia, 1942
[U.S. Army Air Forces pilot in front of a YB-17 bombing airplane, probably Langley field, Virginia]

Sunset silhouette of flying fortress, Langley Field, Va. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Sunset silhouette of flying fortress, Langley Field, Va. Photograph shows a B-17 bomber

A candid view of one of the women workers touching up... Vultees Nashville division, Tennessee
A candid view of one of the women workers touching up the U.S. Army Air Forces insignia on the side of the fuselage of a " Vengeance" dive bomber manufactured at Vultees Nashville division

A giant of the skyways poises for flight, Langley Field, Va. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
A giant of the skyways poises for flight, Langley Field, Va. The four powerful engines of a YB-17 bomber are warmed up before a takeoff

One of Americas new warships of the air, a mighty YB-17 bomber... Langley Field, Va. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
One of Americas new warships of the air, a mighty YB-17 bomber, is pulled up at a bombardment squadron hangar, Langley Field, Va. It is all set to taxi out to a runway and take off

Heres our mission... Langley Field, Va. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Heres our mission. A combat crew receives final instructions just before taking off in a mighty YB-17 bomber from a bombardment squadron base at the field, Langley Field, Va

Servicing [an] A-20 bomber, Langley Field, Va. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Servicing [an] A-20 bomber, Langley Field, Va

Lucile Mazurek, age 29, ex-housewife, husband going into... Heil and Co. Milwaukee, Wisc. 1943. Creator: Howard Hollem
Lucile Mazurek, age 29, ex-housewife, husband going into the service, working on black-out lamps to be used on the gasoline trailers in the Air Force, Heil and Co. Milwaukee, Wisc

Enola O Connell, age 32, widow and mother of one child... Heil and Co. Milwaukee, Wisc. 1943. Creator: Howard Hollem
Enola O Connell, age 32, widow and mother of one child, ex-housewife, now only woman welder at Heil and Co. Milwaukee, Wisc

Servicing an A-20 bomber, Langley Field, Va. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Servicing an A-20 bomber, Langley Field, Va

North American P-51D-30-NA Mustang, 1945. Creator: North American Aviation Inc
Single-engine, low-wing, long-range fighter. 1, 128 cm (444 in.), Length 983 cm (387 in.), Height 371 cm (146 in.), Weight 3, 465 kg (7, 635 lb)

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