Beech F-2s of the 1st Photographic Squadron surveyed the proposed Alaska Highway and provided photographs from which to create accurate aeronautical maps of northwestern Canada and Alaska. This F-2 flies over the rugged mountains near Mt. McKinley, AK.
A Russian-bound A-20G arrives at Fort Nelson, BC, April,1943.
A clever experiment in northern travel, this blend of airplane and snowmobile was tested at Ladd Field's Cold Weather Test and Proving Ground. November, 1942.
Senior Lieutenant O.V. Zyuzin, 11guards IAP of the Black Sea Fleet recipient of Hero of the Soviet Union on May 16, 1944, is pictured here in his Bell P-39 Airacobra with 15 victory stars on the engine access panel.
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