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"Hazel Lee (1912-1944) - Aviation Pioneer" Experienced women pilots, like Lee, were eager to join the WASP, and responded to interview requests by Cochran. Members of the WASP reported to Avenger Field, in wind swept Sweetwater, Texas for an arduous 6-month training program. Lee was accepted into the 4th class, 43 W 4. Hazel Ying Lee was the first Chinese American woman to fly for the United States military.

Duxford Spitfire and P-51 Taken at Duxford RAF and USAAC Museum in England. Two of the greatest WWII fighter planes of their era....the American P51 Mustang and the British Supermarine Spitfire. Both planes were powered by the powerful Rolls Royce Merlin engine......which emitted that wonderful sound that became known to many as 'The Sound of Freedom' during the 1940s. Such memories for those of us who were around at the time. P-51 pilot does a great job staying in his position as he has more power and is faster than the spitfire. they must have done a bit of practicing.

"An attempt to recover a Spitfire from a peat bog in Donegal will highlight the peculiar story of the men - both British and German - who spent much of World War II in relative comfort in neighbouring camps in Dublin,"

"preserving a unique part of our aviation history. The Strategic Air and Space Museum houses dozens of cold war aircraft, mostly those operated by the Strategic Air Command between the end of WWII and 1992, when SAC was succeeded by the U.S. Strategic Command, following the fall of the Soviet Union. "

some with sound, some silent 91st Aero Sqn AEF Salmson 2 Reconnaissance 1918 RAF 1940 B-Type Helmet, Mark IIIA Goggle RAF Debrief Spitfire Battle of Britain

"The Mk1 Supermarine Spitfire - one of just three in existence which are still airworthy - has been completely rebuilt using original Spitfire parts salvaged from aircraft which flew in the Battle of Britain. Its reconstruction was made possible only after a team of some 30 dedicated restorers gathered the parts from more than 20 aircraft enthusiasts from all over the UK."

Nazi Jets. Nazi Helicopters. Italian fighters. Flying JU-88's. Fascinating footage of captured weapons and Axis aircraft at a 1945 air show at Freeman Field in Seymour, Indiana. This footage is four months after the German surrender, and just one month after the Japanese surrender! Great Tommy Dorsey music will definitely get you in that WW II (patriotic) "Mood" to remember! Nearly a 70 year look back at a Victory celebration, the end of the war...

"The Spirit of Tuskegee's month-long journey from California to the Smithsonian included stops at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado; Minneapolis; EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh; and the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site at Moton Field in Tuskegee, Alabama"

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"One shining hope has emerged from three catastrophic months of war. That is the American Volunteer Group of fighter pilots, the so-called "Flying Tigers" of Burma and southeast China who paint the jaws of a shark on their Curtiss P-40's (above). Outnumbered often ten to one, they have so far shot down about 300 Jap planes, killed perhaps 800 Jap airmen. They have violently wrenched from the Jap Air Force control of the skies over Burma and southeast China. "