lifesaver

Christopher Dowell

Douglas YA4D-1 Skyhawk prototype flies over Southern California.

Silver Dragon at Oshkosh

B-17F 41-24577 “Hells Angels” was assigned to 358BS/303BG [VK-D] Bangor 14-Oct-42; arrived at Molesworth 24-Oct-42; in landing accident with Irl E. Baldwin 26-Apr-43; slated to RAF 100 Squadron, but retained by 803rd BS ATD (American Training Detachment) before completing 48 missions without an abort or any crewman injured. Returned to the USA at Newark, New Jersey on 10 February 1944 for War Bond tour. 41-24577 was the first aircraft to complete 25 missions in the UK, earlier than the much more publicized “Memphis Belle” reached the same status. Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Searcey Field, Stillwater, Oklahoma on 7 August 1945. “HELL’S ANGELS”.

A-7E Corsair II of VA-72 aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower - 26 February 1988

Operated by the RAF from 1930-1938, the Demon was a two-seat fighter derivative of the Hawker Hart day bomber

Svea

1915 c. Mlle. Damedoz, aviatrix, and her plane. French postcard from Ebay.

Junkers JU-52

Makoto Kobayashi