Operation Tidal Wave, August 1943 - 9th Air Force B24s mounted a famous low level raid on Rumanian oil refineries at Ploesti from airfields in Libya and Egypt.Over 50 were shot down.
The Hawker Typhoon was an amazing aircraft, with excellent performance and a dazzling record of achievement. 3,317 were built, with three variations, eventually taking the Typhoon design to the limit of what a piston-engined fighter could achieve
Lt. T.B. O'Bannon Of Germantown, Penn., A Lockheed P-38 Reconnaissance Pilot Of The 7Th Photo Group, Stretches Out On The Wing Of His F-5 Between Missions
The Bachem Ba 349 Natter (English: Colubrid, grass-snake) was a World War II German point-defence rocket-powered interceptor, which was to be used in a very similar way to a manned surface-to-air missile.
APR 20 1942 Spitfires for Malta are flown off USS Wasp USS Wasp (CV-7). British Royal Air Force Spitfire V fighter takes off from the carrier, after a 200-foot run, May 1942. Probably taken during Wasp's second Malta aircraft ferry mission.USS Wasp (CV-7)
Two of twelve U.S. A-20 Havoc light bombers on a mission against Kokas, Indonesia in July of 1943. The lower bomber was hit by anti-aircraft fire after dropping its bombs, and plunged into the sea, killing both crew members.