The Hawker Typhoon was an amazing aircraft, with excellent performance and a dazzling record of achievement. 3,317 were built, with three variations, eventually taking the Typhoon design to the limit of what a piston-engined fighter could achieve
Lt. T.B. O'Bannon Of Germantown, Penn., A Lockheed P-38 Reconnaissance Pilot Of The 7Th Photo Group, Stretches Out On The Wing Of His F-5 Between Missions
The Bachem Ba 349 Natter (English: Colubrid, grass-snake) was a World War II German point-defence rocket-powered interceptor, which was to be used in a very similar way to a manned surface-to-air missile.
APR 20 1942 Spitfires for Malta are flown off USS Wasp USS Wasp (CV-7). British Royal Air Force Spitfire V fighter takes off from the carrier, after a 200-foot run, May 1942. Probably taken during Wasp's second Malta aircraft ferry mission.USS Wasp (CV-7)
Two of twelve U.S. A-20 Havoc light bombers on a mission against Kokas, Indonesia in July of 1943. The lower bomber was hit by anti-aircraft fire after dropping its bombs, and plunged into the sea, killing both crew members.