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Panorama of the assembly shop of American B-24 Liberator bombers (Consolidated B-24 Liberator). June 1942

27 June 1950. USAF B-29 Superfortresses of the 19th Bombardment Group attacked Seoul railway station and the bridge over the Han River during the first strategic bombing mission of the Korean war.

B-17 bombers of the 26th Squadron, 11th Bomb Group, fly over the Pacific Ocean, in its southwestern part. 1942

B-17F-20-BO (41-24531) in the foreground was shot down by a Japanese Zero fighter over Tonolei Harbor, Buna Island, Solomon Islands, on November 18, 1942.

Pilot Major Allen J. Seward and co-pilot Lieutenant Jack Lee were killed during the attack, and one engine caught fire. Colonel LaVerne Saunders ditched the aircraft 50 km (31 mi) from Tonolei near a small island.

An Australian coastwatcher spotted them three hours later. The crew returned safely to Guadalcanal

I wonder what Admiral Yamamoto’s personal thoughts about the Lockheed P-38 Lightning were?🤔

“The Yamamoto Shootdown: In April 1943, its extreme range allowed Lockheed P-38G Lightnings to ambush and kill Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the mastermind behind the Pearl Harbor attack.”

North American P-51D Mustangs of the 46th Fighter Squadron on Iwo Jima prepare for mission, Mar 1945. Note the twin oversized drop tanks of the Very Long Range (VLR) escorts.

B-32 Dominator at Kadena AB

P-38 fighters from the 49th Fighter Group of the U.S. Air Force drop napalm tanks on Japanese positions near Ipo Dam on Luzon. On the left is the aircraft of group commander Gerald R. "Jerry" Johnson (June 23, 1920 – October 7, 1945. May 17, 1945

June 13, 1942, 11:15 - Naval Air Operations

44 Zero fighters (3rd Air Group) penetrated Darwin, engaged with more than 20 P-40s, and reported shooting down 10 (including 2 uncertain).