EVB2944464: Battle of Midway, June 4-6, 1942. U.S. Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless dive bomber from the USS Hornet continues the attack on the burning Japanese cruiser Mikuma, June 6, 1942. The World War 2 battle stopped the Japanese Pacific expansion and sank four Japanese aircraft carriers / Bridgeman Images
EVB2944890: Aviator Jacqueline Cochran with Capt. Norman Edgar, from the British Transport Auxiliary Service. Cochran, an accomplished flier, was organizing licensed American woman pilots into the U.S. Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, 1942. The service was reorganized into Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASP) in 1943. World War 2 / Bridgeman Images