The Greatest Generation fought WW II.
No heat inside thin aluminum skin - and it was the only thing between you and a 20,000 foot free-fall. Finicky engines that quit at the worst times, primitive de-icing that didn’t always work, jammed machine guns, battle damage - they handled all of it in the aircraft they flew.
B-29 'Doc', one of just three B-29s still flying
B-29 'Doc', one of just three B-29s still flying
You saw this if you were trying to shoot down a B-29
B-29 'Doc', one of just three B-29s still flying
B-29 'Doc', one of just three B-29s still flying
B-17G - bombardier's position
B-17G Flying Fortress in flight. This aircraft Nine-O-Nine crashed in 2019.
B-17G
Consolidated B-24J Liberator 'Witchcraft'
B-25J Mitchell 'Heavenly Body'
B-25 Mitchell 'Tondelayo'
P-51D Mustang cockpit
Messerchmidt Bf-109
Vintage flight - Soviet Yak 11, Supermarine Seafire, Messerschmidt Bf-109, P-51D Mustang
Nakajima-built A6M Zero
Yak-9U
Consolidated Vultee BT-13B Valiant
Consolidated Vultee BT-13B Valiant
P-51D Mustang
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
B-25J Mitchell after bomb drop