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USS Lexington (CV-2) leaving San Diego, California, 14 October 1941, with F2A-1 fighters parked forward, SBD scout-bombers amidships, and TBD-1 torpedo bombers aft.

Flight Lieutenants Brendan 'Paddy' Finucane (left) and Keith 'Bluey' Truscott of No 452 Squadron congratulate each other at Kenley on 13 October 1941. The two flight commanders had just returned from a very successful Circus operation during which each had shot down two Me109s.

Italian torpedo bomber Savoia-Marchetti SM79 ready to take off, World War II, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LXVIII, No 41, October 12, 1941.

Buffalo Mark I fighters of Nos. 21 and 453 Squadrons RAAF being inspected by RAF personnel, Sembawang airfield, Singapore, 12 October 1941.

A Vought Kingfisher OS2U-3 (shown at another time) runs into trouble on 12 October 1941 during a ferry flight from NAS New York to NAS San Diego. After hitting a tree in the Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, the seaplane crashes, killing Pilot Sgt. McMahon. A passenger is thrown clear and...

Aircraft on the flight line of a training school in Yuma, Arizona, 7 October 1943. At front are AT-15 Bobcats, at the rear are B-17s, and lined up at center are AT-9s.

Vickers Wellington Mark II, W5379, in flight from Aldergrove, County Antrim, prior to delivery to No. 12 Squadron RAF at Binbrook, Lincolnshire. This aircraft was lost over Cologne on 11 October 1941.

A Heinkel He 111H on a torpedo training exercise, 10 October 1941.

Douglas TBD-1A experimental floatplane in low-level flight during torpedo drop tests at the Newport Torpedo Station, Rhode Island. 10 October 1941. This was a variant of the TBD Devastator torpedo bomber.

A TWA Boeing 307 Stratoliner on the pad at the Chicago airport now known as Chicago-Midway, Illinois, 10 October 1941

two Attack Squadron 86 (VA-86) A-7E Corsair II aircraft flying in formation, 10 October 1986.

Two F-106 Delta Dart aircraft take off for an aggressor mission during the air-to-air weapons meet WILLIAM TELL '86, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, 10 October 1986.

Two 33rd Tactical Fighter Wing F-15 Eagle aircraft take off during the scramble competition, part of the air-to-air weapons meet WILLIAM TELL '86, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, 10 October 1986.

F-4D Phantom II aircraft parked on the flight line, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, 9 October 1976. The Phantom is equipped with a camera pod on the left wing and a Pave Spike laser target designator pod on the fuselage.

Soviet pilots Rufina Gasheva and Nataly Meklin of the "Night Witches" Squadron. On 8 October 1941, Joseph Stalin signs orders authorizing the formation of three women's aviation regiments.