US O-49 Vigilant aircraft, Patterson Field, Dayton, Ohio, United States, 1940Republic P-47N Thunderbolt 44-88335 armed with HVAR air-to-surface rockets at the Wright Field Test Center, Dayton, Ohio, United States, mid-1944.US test pilot assessing the German ME 262 jet fighter near Dayton, Ohio, United States, late 1945. This aircraft fell into Allied hands when the German pilot defected and landed the plane at a US held airfield in Germany.Close-up of the manned wingtip pods on Lockheed-Vega B-17G Fortress bomber 44-85784 being tested at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio in 1949.
US O-49 Vigilant aircraft, Patterson Field, Dayton, Ohio, United States, 1940Republic P-47N Thunderbolt 44-88335 armed with HVAR air-to-surface rockets at the Wright Field Test Center, Dayton, Ohio, United States, mid-1944.US test pilot assessing the German ME 262 jet fighter near Dayton, Ohio, United States, late 1945. This aircraft fell into Allied hands when the German pilot defected and landed the plane at a US held airfield in Germany.Close-up of the manned wingtip pods on Lockheed-Vega B-17G Fortress bomber 44-85784 being tested at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio in 1949.
N1K2-Ja Shiden Kai fighter being restored at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio, United States, 17 Mar 2005P-61 Black Widow at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Riverside, Ohio, United States, 27 Dec 2006B-24 Liberator bomber B-29 bomber
N1K2-Ja Shiden Kai fighter being restored at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio, United States, 17 Mar 2005P-61 Black Widow at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Riverside, Ohio, United States, 27 Dec 2006B-24 Liberator bomber 'Strawberry Bitch' on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio, United States, 27 Jun 2014B-29 bomber 'Bockscar' on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio, United States, 27 Jun 2014
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Close-up of the nose of the B-18 bomber on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio, United States, 27 Jun 2014Close-up of the tail gun of the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio, United States, 27 Jun 2014PBY-5A Catalina 'Snafu Snatchers' on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force as an OA-10A Catalina, Dayton, Ohio, United States, 27 Jun 2014


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