Gallery 1 - Fighter Planes

Photos from Army Air Forces in World War II, "Men and Planes"

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The Planes

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P-38 being re-fueled
P-38		 P-38G in flight
P-38G
 P-38 With D-Day Invasion Stripes
P-38 With Invasion Stripes
P-38 Dive Bombing
P-38 Dive Bombing
 F-5B Reconnaissance Version of P-38
F-5B Reconnaissance Version of P-38
 F-5B nose view
F-5B Reconnaissance Version of P-38
F-5B, three-quarter view
F-5B Reconnaissance Version of P-38		 P-38s Await Final Tuneup
P-38s Await Final Tuneup 		P-39 Airacobra with fire extinguisher
P-39 Airacobra
P-40 Warhawk flying over river
P-40 Warhawk		 Curtiss P-40 with shark mouth on runway
Curtiss P-40		 P-47D in low flight with drop tanks
P-47D in Flight
P-47 Thunderbolt with four-bladed propeller
P-47
 Republic P-47 all metal finish, at airfield
Republic P-47
 USAAC Curtiss P-36 Hawk
Curtiss Hawk
P-47 Thunderbolt flying low over farmland
P-47 Thunderbolt		 bubble canopy P-51 Mustang flying over farmland
"P-51 Mustang		 P-51 with USAAC red-dot roundel flying over water
P-51 in Flight
P-51A Mustang banking in flight
P-51A In Flight
 P-51A in flight, ventral view
P-51A
 P-51A Miss Pea Ridge in flight
P-51A In Flight
bubble top P-51D, with 4-bladed prop
P-51D		 North American A-36 with 3-bladed propeller
North American A-36		 P-82 Twin Mustang in flight
P-82 Twin Mustang
Bell P-59 on runway
Bell P-59		 Spitfire banking in flight
Spitfire		 Two Spitfire FVB in flight
Spitfire FVB
Flight of eight Spitfires
Flight of Spitfires

All images courtesy of Air Force Historical Research Agency