The repeal of America's Neutrality Law enabled the Allies to order aircraft from American firms, and on the very day that the Bill was signed orders amounting to approximately $220,000,000 for planes and equipment were confirmed. Above, reconnaissance bombers from the Lockheed Company's California factory receiving final touches. Below, a Navy dive bomber is being towed across the border into Canada, as is required by American neutrality regulations, for shipment to Great Britain.

AIR AID FROM AMERICA 1939

PILOTS FROM THE 366TH FIGHTER GROUP INSPECTING ONE OF THE PANTHER TANKS DESTROYED BY THE GROUP.  PILOTS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT LT. H.W. Collins (My father) Joe Richmond and Paul Barrel, not sure who the man on the right is.  The unit was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for this action.  The operation started as a mission to strike an artillery unit holding up the grunts.  There were 8 planes that spotted the tank column near the original target.  The grunts were 200 yards away and didn't know they were coming.

Destroyed Panther Tank

 This B-29 crash-landed on Motoyama Airfield, Iwo Jima, after returning from a bombing run against Tokyo, 10 Mar 1945.