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Photograph of a Royal Air Force Westland Lysander aircraft parked in a field, circa 1941-1942.

Photograph of the tail section of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft, circa 1941-1942.

Photograph of the tail section of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft (tail number 12485), circa 1941-1942.

Photograph of an unidentified serviceman writing notes on the wing of a crashed Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft (nose number 4), circa 1941-1942.

Photograph of an unidentified serviceman seated in the cockpit of a Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft, circa 1941-1942.

Photograph of the nose section of AVG (American Volunteer Group) serviceman Robert L. Little's Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft, circa 1941-1942. The aircraft is painted with the AVG's "shark face" nose art.

Photograph of a Royal Air Force Lockheed A-29 Hudson aircraft parked at an airfield, circa 1941-1942.

Photograph of the instrument panel in the cockpit of a Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft, circa 1941-1942.

Photograph of a fake Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft made from bamboo, likely in China or Burma, circa 1941-1942. The aircraft is painted with the American Volunteer Group's "shark face" nose art.Inscription on verso: "Bamboo P-40. Kunming? Loiwing?"

Photograph of the right-hand engines and wing of a Douglas DC-4 or Douglas C-54 Skymaster aircraft in flight, circa 1943-1944. Inscription on verso: "A picture of the plane in flight."