Restored Curtiss AT-9A Fledgling — widely known as the “Jeep” — twin-engine, advanced trainer photographed at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton. The AT-9 first flew in 1941 and...
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Pilots from the 85th “Flying Skull” Fighter Squadron, 79th Fighter Group discuss air tactics in front of a Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
The heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) fires her 8 inch/55 caliber guns while bombarding a Pacific island in February 1942. The cruiser’s Curtiss SOC Seagull floatplane is shown in the foreground. (U.S. Navy...
A Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter shows the American flag markings used for Operation Torch at airfield in North Africa. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldivers strapped to the deck of the U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Kwajalein (CVE-98) during a typhoon in December 1944. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Two Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighters — named Dell and Flamin’ Mame — undergo repairs on Amchitka Island in the Aleutian Islands in October 1943. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
A Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk of No. 450 Squadron RAAF awais a mission loaded with six 250 lb bombs mounted under the wings and fuselage in North Africa. (Australian War Memorial Photograph.)
A Curtiss SBC-3 (Curtiss Model 77A) biplane from VS-6 of the USS Enterprise flies past USS Mustin (DD-413), a Sims-class destroyer of the United States Navy, during naval maneuvers in the Pacific in May 1940. (U.S. Navy...
A formation of Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver dive bombers from the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) fly over the U.S. Navy fleet on the way to attack targets on Iwo Jima in February 1945. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
A U.S. Navy Curtiss SBC-3 Helldiver biplane from Scouting Squadron Three (VS-3), assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3), flies over San Diego, California. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)