Bell P-39 Airacobra photographed at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, in the Solomon Islands.

P-39 at Henderson Field

March 22, 2015

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Bell P-39 Airacobra photographed at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, in the Solomon Islands. (U.S. Marine Corps Photograph.)

Bell P-39 Airacobra photographed at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, in the Solomon Islands. — (U.S. Marine Corps Photograph.)

With the 1,900 horsepower Wright R-2600-20 Cyclone engine coming to life, Mr. Mark Allen, from Houston, Texas, prepares the last flying example of a Navy Curtiss-Wright SB2C Helldiver in the world before taking off Joint Base Andrews after completion of the Joint Service Open House.

The aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) prepares to launch a U.S. Navy Grumman TBF Avenger of Torpedo Squadron VT-8 for an attack on the island of Saipan, June 1944. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)

TBF Avenger Launch

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