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![[Wrecked P-40 airplane, at Bellows Field, machine-gunned on the ground, during the bombing of Hickam Field, Hawaii]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTkvd3JlY2tlZC1wLTQwLWFpcnBsYW5lLWF0LWJlbGxvd3MtZmllbGQtbWFjaGluZS1ndW5uZWQtb24tdGhlLWdyb3VuZC1kdXJpbmctNjAwMmMyLTEwMjQuanBn/320/253/jpg "[Wrecked P-40 airplane, at Bellows Field, machine-gunned on the ground, during the bombing of Hickam Field, Hawaii]")
![[Louis Blériot with his plane after landing at Dover, 1909]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvbG91aXMtYmxlcmlvdC13aXRoLWhpcy1wbGFuZS1hZnRlci1sYW5kaW5nLWF0LWRvdmVyLTE5MDktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[Louis Blériot with his plane after landing at Dover, 1909]")
![[U.S. Army Air Forces pilot in front of a YB-17 bombing airplane, probably Langley field, Virginia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzkvMDEvMDEvdXMtYXJteS1haXItZm9yY2VzLXBpbG90LWluLWZyb250LW9mLWEteWItMTctYm9tYmluZy1haXJwbGFuZS1wcm9iYWJseS1sYW5nbGV5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/56/webp "[U.S. Army Air Forces pilot in front of a YB-17 bombing airplane, probably Langley field, Virginia]")
![[Aerial photograph, taken by a Japanese pilot, of the destruction of Pearl Harbor, Japanese bomber in lower right foreground]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjMvYWVyaWFsLXBob3RvZ3JhcGgtdGFrZW4tYnktYS1qYXBhbmVzZS1waWxvdC1vZi10aGUtZGVzdHJ1Y3Rpb24tb2YtcGVhcmwtaGFyYm9yLWJlNzM1Ni02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Aerial photograph, taken by a Japanese pilot, of the destruction of Pearl Harbor, Japanese bomber in lower right foreground]")
![Assembling B-25 bombers at North American Aviation, Kansas City, Kan[sas]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzkvMDEvMDEvYXNzZW1ibGluZy1iLTI1LWJvbWJlcnMtYXQtbm9ydGgtYW1lcmljYW4tYXZpYXRpb24ta2Fuc2FzLWNpdHkta2Fuc2FzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "Assembling B-25 bombers at North American Aviation, Kansas City, Kan[sas]")
![[Long-range view of machine on launching track, showing hangar nearby and hummocky ground of former swamp at Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTQvbG9uZy1yYW5nZS12aWV3LW9mLW1hY2hpbmUtb24tbGF1bmNoaW5nLXRyYWNrLXNob3dpbmctaGFuZ2FyLW5lYXJieS1hbmQtaHVtbW9ja3ktNDkzOWEzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "[Long-range view of machine on launching track, showing hangar nearby and hummocky ground of former swamp at Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]")
