The P-40 was used by 28 nations during WWII and was also known as the Tomahawk or Kittyhawk. Probably made most famous by the Flying Tigers.
I took this at, or should I say near, an airshow in Camarillo, CA as it flew right over me, quite a thrill!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_P-40
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The B-25 first gained fame as the bomber used in the 18 April 1942 Doolittle Raid, in which 16 B-25Bs led by the legendary Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle attacked mainland Japan, four months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The mission gave a much-needed lift in spirits to the Americans, and alarmed the Japanese who had believed their home islands were inviolable by enemy troops. While the amount of actual damage done was relatively minor, it forced the Japanese to divert troops for the home defense for the remainder of the war. The raiders took off from the carrier USS Hornet and successfully bombed Tokyo and four other Japanese cities without loss. However, 15 subsequently crash-landed en route to recovery fields in Eastern China. These losses were the result of the task force being spotted by Japanese fishing vessels forcing the bombers to take off 170 mi (270 km) early, fuel exhaustion, stormy nighttime conditions with zero visibility, and lack of electronic homing aids at the recovery bases. Only one landed intact; it came down in the Soviet Union, where its five-man crew was interned and the aircraft confiscated. Of the 80 aircrew, 69 survived their historic mission and eventually made it back to American lines.
I took this in Camarillo, CA.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-25_Mitchell
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Delivered to the USMC at the end of WWII it saw no action in that war but did serve in the Korean War.
I took this in Camarillo, CA.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F7F_Tigercat
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