National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC Plan Your Visit Related Topics: Aviation War and Conflict World War II Aircraft Military aviation People Technology and Engineering Weapons Take a Look Inside the Gallery

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 World War II Military Reconnaissance
In this Exhibition North American P-51D Mustang Object Eastern Division FM-1 (Grumman F4F-4) Wildcat Object Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6/R3 Object Sight, Gun/Bomb, Japanese, Navy, Type-2 Object Medal, Air Medal, Louis Purnell Object V-1 Cruise Missile Object
WASP Ann McClellan adjusts her earphones in the cockpit of a BT-13

Who Were the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)?

Mechanics at Tuskegee Army Air Field maintain an engine of a Vultee BT-13A Valiant

Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?

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Meet Jacqueline Cochran Stefan A. Cavallo: Test Pilot for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service: The WAVES Program in World War II Body Art During World War II: From the Lyle Tuttle Tattoo Art Collection Latin America in the Air War Celebrating the End of the War The Cactus Air Force’s Forgotten Spine: The Royal New Zealand Air Force at Guadalcanal A Special Delivery for the Doolittle Raiders
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