Corsair, Okinawa 1945
Howard Hughes round-the-world Lockheed Super Electra
Hughes Super Electra
P-51, Nth Dakota ANG, 1953
Avenger, USS Card 1942
Hellcats, CVG-5, 1943
Grumman Goose, NAS Richmond 1945
Curtiss C-46 Commando
Avenger RATO (rocket assisted takeoff) 1943
Seversky P-35.
After ordering an initial batch the Army Air Corps was disappointed with slow production and inability to reach 300mph, and later switched to the Curtiss P-36 Hawk
Seversky P-35
Avenger, USS Siboney, 1949
Republic P-43 Lancers.
Seversky changed its name to Republic and built the P-43 as an advance on the Sev P-35 but it lacked manoeuvrability and armour and was obsolete by 1941, and interest switched to developing the P-47 Thunderbolt
Republic P-43 Lancer
Republic P-43 to China
Republic P-43 Lancers.
Aftermath of kamikazes v USS Saratoga off Iwo Jima Feb 1945, 123 dead, carrier had to return to port for repair
Volleyball on USS Wasp, Jun 45
P-51 flip
P-51
Martin AM Mauler on USS Kearsage 1949.
The Mauler was later replaced by the Douglas Skyraider
unidentified a/c, La Guardia 1939
Navy blimp que-69 over USS Mindoro, 1950.
Note optical illusion, blimp is behind the mast, not near to camera
P-51 and P-47
P-51
Hellcat? pilot Lt Karl Kenyon, VF-37, 1944
Texan, USS Cabot 1950
Texan
Texans, USS Monterey, 1953
P-51 pilot Capt John Thornell Jr, 328th FS
P-47
P-38 pilot 1Lt Stair, 430 FS, 1944
NAS Corpus Christi, Tx, 1945
Hellcat, USS Essex 1944
Harvard joystick
Curtiss SC-1, 1946
USS Yorktown 1945
Catalinas, 1940
P-61, 1944
P-47, Capt. R. Eby
P-47's
P-47, Bob Hope and singer/actress Frances Langford, 1944
Howard Hughes round-the-world Lockheed Super Electra
Hughes Super Electra
P-51, Nth Dakota ANG, 1953
Avenger, USS Card 1942
Hellcats, CVG-5, 1943
Grumman Goose, NAS Richmond 1945
Curtiss C-46 Commando
Avenger RATO (rocket assisted takeoff) 1943
Seversky P-35.
After ordering an initial batch the Army Air Corps was disappointed with slow production and inability to reach 300mph, and later switched to the Curtiss P-36 Hawk
Seversky P-35
Avenger, USS Siboney, 1949
Republic P-43 Lancers.
Seversky changed its name to Republic and built the P-43 as an advance on the Sev P-35 but it lacked manoeuvrability and armour and was obsolete by 1941, and interest switched to developing the P-47 Thunderbolt
Republic P-43 Lancer
Republic P-43 to China
Republic P-43 Lancers.
Aftermath of kamikazes v USS Saratoga off Iwo Jima Feb 1945, 123 dead, carrier had to return to port for repair
Volleyball on USS Wasp, Jun 45
P-51 flip
P-51
Martin AM Mauler on USS Kearsage 1949.
The Mauler was later replaced by the Douglas Skyraider
unidentified a/c, La Guardia 1939
Navy blimp que-69 over USS Mindoro, 1950.
Note optical illusion, blimp is behind the mast, not near to camera
P-51 and P-47
P-51
Hellcat? pilot Lt Karl Kenyon, VF-37, 1944
Texan, USS Cabot 1950
Texan
Texans, USS Monterey, 1953
P-51 pilot Capt John Thornell Jr, 328th FS
P-47
P-38 pilot 1Lt Stair, 430 FS, 1944
NAS Corpus Christi, Tx, 1945
Hellcat, USS Essex 1944
Harvard joystick
Curtiss SC-1, 1946
USS Yorktown 1945
Catalinas, 1940
P-61, 1944
P-47, Capt. R. Eby
P-47's
P-47, Bob Hope and singer/actress Frances Langford, 1944