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A 1917 Albatros D.Va, a German fighter plane of World War I.

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Capt. William A. (“Billy”) Bishop, a Canadian ace who served in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I, posing in front of his Nieuport type 17 fighter plane, France, August 1917.

A restored U.S. FJ-4B Fury naval jet fighter of the 1950s (top) flying in echelon with two restored Soviet fighters of the same era—a MiG-17 (middle) and a MiG-15 (bottom).

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A 1917 Albatros D.Va, a German fighter plane of World War I.

Fokker Eindecker

Capt. William A. (“Billy”) Bishop, a Canadian ace who served in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I, posing in front of his Nieuport type 17 fighter plane, France, August 1917.

A restored U.S. FJ-4B Fury naval jet fighter of the 1950s (top) flying in echelon with two restored Soviet fighters of the same era—a MiG-17 (middle) and a MiG-15 (bottom).

World War I: Sopwith Camel

Watch President Roosevelt outline his Four Freedoms and learn how Britain defeated Germany's Luftwaffe

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Fieseler, Gerhard

Gerhard Fieseler

German aviator

Leroy Randle Grumman

American engineer

Dornier, Claudius

Claudius Dornier

German engineer

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