My main interest is the 60s Space Race, and that is where I'm concentrating most of my time. However, I have posted a few pictures of World War II relics. I've also listed photo sets of pre-WWII relics here as well.
World War II | Inter-War Years | World War I | Pre-War | Post-War Aviation
World War II
- Eighth Air Force Memorial at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
- Arlington National Cemetery
- B-17 Champaign Lady, showing the progress of the restoration effort as of my visit in May 2014 at the Champaign Aviation Museum.
- B-17 Miss Liberty Belle at Grissom Air Museum
- B-17 interior, exterior, and in-flight pictures from Nine-O-Nine, the Collings Foundation's flying B-17, during the Wings of Freedom tour
- B-17 Sentimental Journey (SN 483514) at one of its tour stops
- B-17 Yankee Doodle II (SN 483884) at the 8th Air Force Museum
- A B-17 control pedestal at the Champaign Aviation Museum.
- A B-17 Type A-1A upper machine gun turret at the Air Force Museum
- A Sperry ball turret at the Champaign Aviation Museum.
- A B-17 ball turret at the Air Force Museum
- A B-17 tail gun enclosure at the Champaign Aviation Museum.
- Miscellaneous B-17 parts at the Champaign Aviation Museum.
- B-18 Bolo at the Air Force Museum
- B-24 interior, exterior, and in-flight pictures from Diamond Lil, the CAF's flying B-24, during the 2006 flying tour
- B-24 Louisiana Belle II (SN 448781) at the 8th Air Force Museum
- B-24D S/N 42-40461, Grumpy at the Virginia Air & Space Center
- B-24 interior, exterior, and in-flight pictures from Witchcraft, the Collings Foundation's flying B-24, during the Wings of Freedom tour
- B-25B, SN 40-2344, "Doolittle Raiders" display at the Air Force Museum
- B-25H, SN 43-4899 at the Air Zoo
- B-25J, SN 44-86872 at the Museum of Aviation
- B-25 Whiskey Pete, SN 44-30635 at the former Chanute Air Museum
- B-25 interior and exterior pictures from Tondelayo, the Collings Foundation's flying B-25, during the Wings of Freedom tour
- B-25 Passionate Paulette at the Grissom Air Museum
- B-25N, SN 44-30363 at Strategic Air & Space
- A cut-away B-25N, SN 44-28738, at Strategic Air & Space
- B-25 Bendix A-9 gun turret, at the Museum of Aviation
- Curtiss C-46D Commando at the Museum of Aviation
- C-47 pictures from the Air Zoo
- C-47 interior pictures from the Air Zoo
- C-47 3-49336 at the former Chanute Air Museum
- C-47 349270 at the Grissom Air Museum
- Photos of C-47 (S/N 349442) at the Museum of Aviation
- C-47 interior pictures at the Museum of Aviation
- R4D (Naval version of the C-47) at the Naval Aviation Museum, back when it was displayed outdoors on the flight line
- C-47 at the Strategic Air & Space Musuem
- The D-Day Wrecks Museum in Normandy, France.
- Our visit to Dunkirk, France, including the British Dunkirk Memorial and Cemetery.
- The Eisenhower Roundabout in Normandy, France.
- A WWII English air field, including a control tower and two Nissen huts, at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
- A Norden bombsight, at Virginia Air & Space
- The Normandy American Cemetery.
- Omaha Beach in Normandy, France.
- The Omaha Beach Memorial Museum (Musee Memorial D'Omaha Beach) in Normandy, France.
- The Omaha Beach D-Day Monument in Normandy, France.
- The bridges over Pont de Normandie.
- The request for proposal letter (at the Prologue Room) which led Douglas Aircraft Corporation to build the DC-1, DC-2, and eventually DC-3 (which was the civilian version of the C-47)
- Waco CG-4A glider external and internal pictures at the Museum of Aviation
- The Me 262 at the National Air & Space Museum.
- P-38 Lightning at the Udvar-Hazy Center
- Suzanne Parish's pink P-40 Warhawk (47619), at the Air Zoo
- The P-47 Thunderbolt SN 45-59181, displayed as 226418, at the Air Zoo
- P-47D Thunderbolt SN 44-46789 (446789) (replica) at the 100th Bomb Group Restaurant
- P-51 Moonbeam McSwine (SN 414237) at the 8th Air Force Museum
- P-51D Mustang SN 44-13884 (413884) (replica) at the 100th Bomb Group Restaurant
- P-51D Derailer at Battleship Memorial Park.
- P-51 Gunfighter (S/N 473264) at Camp Jeep
- P-51 Louisiana Heatwave (S/N 44-64265) at the former Chanute Air Museum
- P-51D Petie 2nd (44-14151) on my miscellaneous warbirds page
- Petie 2nd in flight on my miscellaneous warbirds page
- P-51D Ferocious Frankie (413704) at the Museum of Aviation
- P-51C Excalibur III at the Udvar-Hazy Center
- Bell XP-59A Airacomet in the Milestones of Flight gallery at the National Air & Space Museum
- F4U Corsair at Camp Jeep
- FG-1DCorsair at the Air Zoo.
- FG-1D Corsair at the Naval Aviation Museum
- F4U Corsair at the Udvar-Hazy Center
- Submarine Exide battery cell at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum.
- Submarine periscope at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum.
- TBM Avenger at Camp Jeep
- Overall pictures of the Harvard Mk IV 20217 (Canadian T-6 Texan), as well as two different sets of photos of it in flight.
- A few overall pictures of the T-6 Texan "7549", as well as photos of its arrival at the airport, its interior, and some photos from another flight.
- Cut-away Mark 23 torpedo afterbody at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum.
- Mark 27 Mod 4 torpedo at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum.
- German U-boat U-505, before it was moved indoors, at the Museum of Science & Industry.
- V-1 at the Air Zoo, both when it was undergoing restoration and after it was put on display.
- V-1 at the Kansas Cosmosphere.
- V-1 outside the Putnam County courthouse in Greencastle, Indian.
- V-1 at the National Air & Space Museum.
- V-1 at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.
- JB-2 at the Air Force Museum.
- JB-2 at the Udvar-Hazy Center.
- KD2G-2 (a derivative of the V-1) at Battleship Memorial Park.
- V-2 at the Kansas Cosmosphere.
- V-2 replica at Science Museum Oklahoma
- Cut-away V-2 engine turbopump at the Air Force Museum
- Cut-away V-2 engine turbopump at the Udvar-Hazy Center
- Cut-away V-2 engine at the Air Force Museum
- Cut-away V-2 engine at the Udvar-Hazy Center
- V-2 engine at the Air Force Museum
- V-2 engine at the Air Zoo
- V-2 engine at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center
- Army Jeep on the grounds of the 100th Bomb Group Restaurant
- Army ambulance on the grounds of the 100th Bomb Group Restaurant
Inter-War Years
- B-18 Bolo at the Air Force Museum
- The Spirit of St. Louis at the National Air & Space Museum.
- Spirit of St. Louis replica at the EAA.
World War I
- The Sopwith Camel at the Air Zoo
- Spirit of the American Doughboy World War I memorial outside the Putnam County courthouse in Greencastle, Indiana.
Pre-War
- Wright Flyer at the National Air & Space Museum.
- Wright Flyer replica at the EAA.
- Standard diving dress (old-fashioned diving suit) at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum.
Post-War Aviation
I have literally tens of thousands of additional pictures (at least several thousand of which are good enough for other people to look at :-) which I will be sorting through and posting in the coming days, weeks, months, and years.