The Naval Aircraft Factory was established by the United States Navy in 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was created to help solve aircraft supply issues which the Navy Department faced upon the
Aerial view of the NAF
Woman making parachute at NAF, May 1942
The first F5L built by the Naval Aircraft Factory, July 1918
The twin-engine F5L was one of the Felixstowe F series of flying boats developed by John Cyril Porte at the Seaplane Experimental Station, Felixstowe, England, during the First World War for productio
Curtiss F5L patrol plane at Pensacola Naval Air Station
Aeromarine 75 Columbus flying over Bimini in the Bahamas, 1921.