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Army Mechanics and TD-14 Tractor

Date: 1941
Description: Military mechanics and TD-14 crawler tractor with a Hughes-Keenan Crane servicing a B-17 bomber in MacDill Field hanger. MacDill Field, now MacDill Army Ai...
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Factory Workers Assembling Airplane Engine Cowling

Date: 1944
Description: Factory workers assembling an engine cowling for the Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando cargo and transport airplane during World War II at International Harvest...
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Air Race Winner

Date: 1947
Description: William Brennand of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Brennand piloted Steve Wittman's "Buster" to victory in the 1947 National Air Races. This photograph is from the co...
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World War II B-25

Date: 04 18 1992
Description: "Skunkie," a restored B-25 bomber similar those flown in the famous Jimmy Doolittle Raid on Tokyo. At the 50th anniversary celebration of the raid, "Skunki...
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EAA and Concorde

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Description: The supersonic Concorde frames "Fi-Fi," the only B-29 then still flying, at the Annual Convention and Fly-in of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA)...
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Palau Islands Air Strike

Date: 04 20 1944
Description: Aerial view of three TBF's (all above the horizon) and eleven SBD's, which participated in Pacific Fleet's carrier-strike against Japan's bases in the Pala...
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D-500 Truck and Biplane

Date: 1940
Description: International D-500 used as a fuel truck. A man appears to be fueling a U.S. Air Force biplane with a "Long Beach" decal on its side.
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Wisconsin Centennial Parade

Date: 05 29 1948
Description: A group of B-25s fly over the Wisconsin State Capitol dome during the Wisconsin Centennial Parade.
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Ambulance Corps Van

Date: 1941
Description: Men and women standing with an International Metro used by Czechoslovakian Relief. An airplane is in the background. All four people are wearing coats and ...
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P-51 Mustang

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Description: P-51 Mustang U.S. fighter plane over rural area.
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Soldiers with Truck and Airplane

Date: 1943
Description: Uniformed soldiers use a ladder to unload objects from a U.S. Army C-47 airplane labeled "Green Goon." An International truck appears in the foreground wi...
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Loading Navy Transport Plane

Date: 1944
Description: A man supervises the unloading of a US Navy R4D transport plane onto a truck with a star symbol painted on the driver door. Snow-capped mountains are in th...
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Torpedo Illustration

Date: 1943
Description: A military airplane drops torpedoes on a boat floating in a body of water in an illustration titled: "A Kid from Kansas."
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Naval Air Station

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Description: A view of the interior of airship Hangar No. One at the Naval Air Station. The "Los Angeles," completed in 1924, is found on the right, and a J-3 blimp, fi...
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Camp Bowie

Date: 1918
Description: Men observe an early airplane at Camp Bowie, established in 1917.
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Camp Vail

Date: 1918
Description: A view of men posing around a bomber, manufactured by Handley Page Limited, a company founded in 1909. Behind the bomber stand the military buildings of C...
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Camp Vail

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Description: A view of man in an early twentieth century United States Army Airplane at Camp Vail, named in 1909.
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Camp Vail

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Description: A view of early twentieth century United States Army airplanes on an air field at Camp Vail, named in 1909. One plane flies overhead, and a man is seen st...
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Kelly Field at Camp Travis

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Description: A view of a plane marked with the number 2900 taking off from Kelly Field, created in 1916. A water tower and the military buidings of Camp Travis are see...
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Group with Czechloslovak Relief Ambulance

Date: 1941
Description: A group of two men and two women stand near an International D-15-M (Metro) truck sold to Czechoslovakian Relief for service with the Czechoslovakian Army ...

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