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Curtiss H75 C1 -flown against the Luftwaffe with some success in 1940, this was one of several US aircraft bought to meet the shortfall in home production - Photo Hugh W Cowin
Curtiss H-12 taking off -used by the US Navy
Curtiss AT-9 fast and unforgiving it was built to train bomber pilots
Curtiss AB-3 of the USMC being hoisted aboard USS North Carolina, July 1916 (photo US Navy)
Curtiss A-25A Helldivers flown by US women-ferry-pilots
Convair XB-36 -initially ordered in November 1941, the first of these giant six engined bombers did not fly until August 1946
Convair PB4Y-2 -the US Navy version of the B-24 had a single fin in place of B-24s two
Douglas B-18A Bolo -these of US Armys 27th Reconnaissance Squadron Used by both the US and Canadians for offshore patrols
Douglas C-47 -known as the Dakota in RAF service and used by all the Allies, Eisenhower cited it as one of the Ten War Winners
Douglas C-47s enroute from Bourgainville to Green Island, March 1943
Douglas B-26C Invader -The US Army Air Forces attempt to produce an equivalent to the DH Mosquito
Consolidated B-24D Liberator -shown amid Pacific palms Here the Liberators long range was a vital asset, the aircraft being used by both the US Army and Navy, as well as the RAF
Consdolidated B-24H Liberator -later, bigger, faster and longer ranged than Boeings B-17, the Liberator served in all theatres of operation
Cessna UC-78B-designated UC for Utility Cargo, these light twins often doubles as instrument trainers
Boeing B-17F Fortress - along with the bigger B-24, both were to become commonplace sights around wartime East Anglia
Bell XP-77-a one off lightweight fighter built of wood to avoid using valuable alloys
Bell P-39N Airacobra-most US operated P-39 were deployed in places where meeting enemy fighters was unlikely
Bell XP-59 Airacomet-Americas first jet fighter was a conservative design that proved to be heavy and unpowered
Bell P-39D Airacobra-the first American fighter equipped with a nose wheel Rejected by the RAF, many were supplied to the Russians, who liked them
De Havilland Leopard Moth G-APKH private White Waltham 1964Bell XP-59 Airacomet-disappointing as the type proved to be, 66 were built and served as jet trainers
Bell P-63 Kingcobra-an improvemed P-39 development overshadowed by the P-51 Mustang
Beech AT-11-this adaptation of the Beech 18 was used to train navigators and bomb aimers
Beech UC-43-the US Army Air Force version of the Beech 17 Staggerwing
Vickers Viscount V745 N7438 Capital Airlines La Guardia 1960Vickers Viscount V745 N7438 of Capital Airlines at La Guardia on 4 May 1960. Capital was the first US airline to buy this aircraft type Date: 1960
United States - US Cavalry CampUnited States/US Cavalry Camp, USA. Date: 1910s
Helianthus pubescens, Illinois sunflower from the southern states of the US.. Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan
Delineator cover May 1927Cover for popular US ladies fashion magazine. Artist: Helen Dryden Date: 1927
Delineator cover May 1929Cover for popular US ladies fashion magazine. Artist: Helen Dryden Date: 1929
Suffragette Votes for Women Monkey DishAn oval rustic dish surmounted by the figure of a monkey wearing a flowing red cape. Made by the Bretby Pottery. Its outstretched arms hold a block, incised with the phrase, Give Us Votes
US Navy Goodyear K-Series airship on patrol
US Navy Goodyear K-2 airship lands at the USN Air Station, Lakehurst, NJ, in 1938. Date: 1938
US Navy Goodyear K-1 airship in flight
US Navy Goodyear K-1 airship being manoeuvred on the ground
US Navy Goodyear K-Series airship landing
US Navy Goodyear K-Series airship at a transportation mast in 1939. Date: 1939
US Navy Goodyear K-Series entering a hangar at the USN Air Station, Lakehurst, NJ, during a snowstorm in 1943. Date: 1943
US Navy Goodyear K-Series airship alongside a hangar used by the Graf Zeppelin and the Hindenburg
US Navy Goodyear K-Series airship taking off from the USN Air Station, Lakehurst, NJ, in 1942. Date: 1942
US Navy Goodyear K-Series airship in flight in 1943. Date: 1943
US soldiers watch as the R34 descends steeply at Mineola
Porzanula palmeri, Laysan CrakeThe Laysan Crake or Laysan Rail was native to Hawaii, and became extinct about 1944. This specimen is from the Rothschild Bequest
Estherville MeteroriteMeteorite section BM 53764, Estherville, 2.727kg from the Natural History Museums Mineralogy Department
Estherville MeteoriteMeteorite section BM 53764, Estherville, 2.727kg from the Natural History Museums Mineralogy Department
Priscacara clivosa, fossil fishA fossilised fish originating from the Eocene epoch 58-37 milion years ago. Found in Wyoming, USA
Canna flaccida, swamp cannaDrawing 48 (Ewan 26) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
The Estherville mesosiderite formed after a catastrophic collision between two asteroids. Mesosiderites are an irregular jumble of metal grains and angular pieces of rock
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States of America from 1861 until his assassination by John Wilkes Booth in 1865
Elrathia kingii, trilobitesElrathia kingii in rock matrix, from Middle Cambrian, Wheeler Shale, House Range, Utah, USA
