Sopwith F.1 Camel, F 5967, B Flight, 17th Aero Squadron

Sopwith F.1  Camel (Le Rhone), F 5967, 1st Lt. Glenn D. Wicks, B Flight, 17th Aero Squadron, 1918. Glenn Wicks was credited with destroying two enemy aircraft, the first was a Fokker D.VII southwest of Bruges while cooperating with D.H.9 bombers on August 14, 1918,...

Sopwith F.1 Camel, N6351, C Flight 10 ( N ) Sqn.

Sopwith F.1 Camel (Clerget) N6351 of C Flight 10 (N) Sqn., March, 1918. Pilot FSL A.G. Beattie was shot down in engagement with Albatros scouts, March 1, 2018. Many thanks to historian Gregory VanWyngarden for his help researching this profile! Click the gallery...

North American P-51B, Major James Howard, 356th Fighter Squadron

North American P-51B, Major James Howard, 356th Fighter Squadron, March 1944, RAF Boxted, England. After James Howard served with the American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers) in China, he was commissioned as a Captain in the USAAF in July 1942. In 1943 he was promoted...

Curtiss P-40B, 2nd Lt. Kenneth Taylor, 47th PS, 15th PG

Curtiss P-40B, 2nd Lt. Kenneth Taylor, 47th PS, 15th PG, USAAC, Haleiwa Air Base, Hawaii.  2nd Lt. Kenneth Taylor was one of eleven American pilots who managed to get their planes off the ground and engage the Japanese on the morning of December 7th, 1941 during the...