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Lightning strikes the Axis! / The Army Air Forces salute your 3-to-1 victories
Original drawing of a U.S. Army Air Forces Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft firing its guns, 1940s. Text: "Lightning strikes the Axis. The Army Air Forces salute your 3-to-1 victories."

Vultee Vengeance dive bombers with Wright Cyclone 14's
Lithograph of two Vultee Vengeance aircraft in a dive, circa 1940s.

[Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay" parked at air base]
Photograph of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay" parked at an air base, circa 1940s. The image is signed by Theodore Jerome "Dutch" Van Kirk, navigator of the "Enola Gay" during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan on August 6,…

Wings over Manhattan
Color drawing (photomechanical print) of an aerial view of Lower Manhattan as seen from an American Airlines airliner, circa 1940. Art by Ivan Dmitri, produced by American Airlines.

Wings over America
Poster of four U.S. Army Air Forces Seversky P-35 aircraft and an eagle in flight, circa 1939. Art by Tom B. Woodburn.

Wings over America
Poster of four U.S. Army Air Forces Seversky P-35 aircraft and an eagle in flight, circa 1939. Art by Tom B. Woodburn.

New York World's Fair : The World of Tomorrow
Lithographic poster for the 1939 New York World's Fair, circa 1939. Features the Trylon and Perisphere, as well as buildings, aircraft, a train, and a ship. Designed by artist Joseph Binder, produced by the Grinnell Litho. Company. Text: "New York…

Bull's Eye!
Lithograph of a Brewster F2A Buffalo aircraft pulling up after dropping its bomb, circa 1938-1939. Art by Jo Kotula, produced by the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation.

[Dayak people unloading cargo from Consolidated PBY flying boat "Guba"]
Photograph of Dayak people unloading cargo from "Guba," a Consolidated PBY flying boat (tail number NC-777), Lake Habbema, Papua New Guinea, circa 1937-1939.

The Thundering Herd
Lithograph of pilots running to their Brewster F2A Buffalo aircraft as Vickers Wellington bombers fly overhead, circa 1930s-1940s. Art by Jo Kotula, produced by the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation.
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