"This is an original Grumman Wildcat (1943) built under license by Eastern Aircraft as a FM-2. Fully restored between 2010-12 by ATW Aviation in Tuscon, AZ."

This unique two-seat trainer captured at Lechfeld was operated by Watson's Whizzers as '555/Willie' till flown to Cherbourg, the nose gear collapsing on landing. A replacement nose cone was fitted and it was shipped to the US in July 1945. Sent to Patuxent River for flight tests as BuNo 121448, it was then given to the Naval Aviation Museum, going on show at Willow Grove, PA from 1946 till 1993 when loaned for use as a pattern for the production of flying replicas. Static restoration in its 1944 marks was completed at Everett in 2000 and it returned to Willow Grove till 2007 when moved to NMNA

Operated by the Navigator Radar Conversion Flight, No. 51 Operational Training Unit, at Cranfield, Surrey. Photo from: Imperial War Museums

Built in 1968. Registered in the USA, with amazing ignorance, as a Yak-18A in 1990, N3210N. Also C-GWDC. To F-AYCJ in 2022, registered with false c/n 3323009 and flown by the APSPAM association from Bordeaux - Léognan / Saucats. It is reported to wear its authentic Chinese paint scheme, which I think may be correct although the roundel is not the standard PLAAF roundel.

Photographer Peter R. Foster

[Nikon D500 + Nikkor AF-S 200-500/5,6]

Winjeel A84-435 was delivered to the RAAF in October 1956 and served with 1 BFTS at Point Cook until 1968, later being used by 76 Sqdn as a FAC aircraft. Civilianised as VH-KHZ, it was re-registered VH-EAD in June 2005 and is maintained in fully airworthy condition by HARS

Very small 'Aircraft Maintenance Squadron - Satakunta Air Command' sticker on top of the tail.

Carrying the insignia of the Swiss AF Fliegerstaffel 5 (Meiringen), although the background colour detail has faded away

Parked on the flightline of its homebase NAS Fallon, NSAWC's F/A-18C 163761 is basking in the early Nevada sunshine.

Photo by Alain Grea.