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  • Silk Shirts Worn by Raiders

    On the left is a hand-made shirt given to Lt. Charles L. McClure while hiding in China. The inscription reads, "In honorable memory of the first bombing of Japan, Allied hero, presented by the city of Chi-An, China."The donor was the navigator on the B-25 piloted by Lt. Ted A. Lawson, author of the

  • Solomon Islands

    The Allied defensive line in the Pacific was threatened at another point in the summer of 1942. The Japanese had moved into the lower Solomon Islands and were rushing to complete an airfield on Guadalcanal from which they could threaten the lifeline between Hawaii and Australia. On Aug. 7, 1942,

  • Service and Sacrifice: Master Sergeant Charles B. Causey

    When the Japanese attacked the Philippines, Causey was the flight line maintenance chief of the 20th Air Base Group at Nichols Field. Causey survived the Battle of Bataan, an attack from a guard on the Death March, and three years in a prison camp before being loaded onto a hell ship.For two weeks,

  • Service and Sacrifice: Chaplain Robert Preston Taylor

    Chaplain Taylor was awarded a Silver Star for his bravery in Bataan for assisting with the evacuation of wounded from the front lines while under heavy fire before the surrender. On the Death March, Taylor was beaten and tortured during the March for helping others. While at a prison camp in

  • Service and Sacrifice: Captain William “Ed” Dyess

    As commander of the 21st Pursuit Squadron, Dyess flew aggressively against the Japanese whenever one of the few remaining P-40s on Bataan was serviceable. In defense of Bataan, he served as an Infantry Officer, leading his unit against Japanese amphibious landings. Before the surrender order was

  • Stearman PT-13D Kaydet

    The United States and several Allied nations used the Kaydet as a standard primary trainer from the late 1930s to the end of World War II. Originally designed in 1933 by Lloyd Stearman for the civilian market, it received the designation PT-13 Kaydet when the U.S. Army Air Corps adopted it in 1936.

  • Supermarine Spitfire PR.XI

    The Mark XI was essentially a Mark IX Spitfire interceptor modified for photographic reconnaissance with cameras, a more powerful engine and a larger oil tank in the nose. All guns and armor were removed and the fuel capacity was greatly increased; speed was the unarmed Mark XI's defense. A total of

  • Sikorsky R-6A Hoverfly II

    The Sikorsky-designed R-6A two-seat observation helicopter was a refined version of the R-4, the first Air Force helicopter to serve in a combat zone. First flown in October 1943, the R-6A used the same rotor and transmission system as the R-4, but it had a more powerful 235-hp Franklin O-405-9

  • Sikorsky R-4B Hoverfly

    Developed by Igor Sikorsky from his famous VS-300 experimental helicopter, the R-4 became the world's first production helicopter, and the U.S. Army Air Force's first service helicopter. The prototype XR-4 made its initial flight on Jan. 13, 1942, and as a result of its successful flight tests, the

  • Seversky P-35

    The P-35, a forerunner of the Republic P-47, was the U.S. Army Air Corps' (USAAC) first production single-seat, all-metal pursuit plane with retractable landing gear and an enclosed cockpit. The USAAC accepted 76 P-35s in 1937-1938, and assigned all but one of them to the 1st Pursuit Group at