Written off in a forced landing near Metz, Missouri, April 17, 1942. The hangar remains an art deco feature of Hastings airport to this day. Photo from: History Nebraska

Smoking is bad for your health! Registered to Tiedemanns Tobaksfabrik, painted in their blue colour with red logos and advertising their Medina cigarette brand. To Norwegian army as 99 and SE-AFI. Preserved in the Aviodrome in the Netherlands as "PH-HHH". Photo from: Norsk Folkemuseum

The Gee Bee R-6 is being prepared for sea transport to Britain for the MacRobertson Air Race, following its unsuccessful participation in the Bendix Trophy in which it wore race number 77. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

According to some sources, the IAR-23 touring aircraft was originally conceived as a fighter. The sole example was used by Gheorghe Bănciulescu, a pilot who had both his legs amputated following a crash in 1926. He made a Bucharest - Vienna - Paris flight in 8 hours and 40 minutes. It looks like the photo was taken at LBG.

Famous racing pilot 'Colonel' Roscoe Turner borrowed the first Boeing 247D from United Airlines for his participation in the MacRobertson Air Race. It is seen here over the USA already wearing race number 5. The number 57, referring to Heinz's 57 ketchup varieties, and the name Warner Bros. Comet were added to please Turner's sponsors. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum