Photos of World War II Aircraft | World War II Database

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A B-17G Fortress of the 306th Bomb Group at RAF Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England, late 1944 to 1945. The Triangle-H with yellow band tail markings identify the bomber as part of the 306th Bomb Group.	A captured Hs 129 B1 aircraft with USAAF Foreign Evaluation markings, mid- or late-1940s

A crane hoists an F6F Hellcat after it nosed all the way over aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945.	A damaged F6F Hellcat being hoisted by a crane from the training aircraft carrier USS Sable to a waiting barge on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945.

A formation B-29 Superfortress bombers in flight toward Japan, 1945	A Grumman F6F Hellcat with one wheel in the catwalks aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Wolverine on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945. Note the severely bent propeller blades.

A Naval aviator in the cockpit of an F4U Corsair aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945.	A patient being passed between C-47 Skytrain aircraft and Dodge WC54 ambulance, 1944-1945

A staged photograph of ground crews performing their collective duties to service P-47D Thunderbolt ‘Lady Ruth’ of the 318th Fighter Group at East Field, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun 1944-Apr 1945	A TBF-1 Avenger noses over while landing aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945.

A TBM Avenger catches its propeller in the barrier wires and noses over after landing aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945.	A TBM-3 Avenger with a Marine bombing squadron rests on a Pacific airfield, 1944-1945.

A Ventura patrol aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force overflies Rabaul, New Britain, 1944-1945.	A-25A Shrike aircraft (USAAF version of Navy's SB2C Helldiver) parked beside a B-25 Mitchell bomber at Sanborn Airfield at Legaspi, Luzon, Philippines, 1945

A-25A Shrike aircraft in flight with bomb bay doors open, 1944-1945	A-26 Invader aircraft in flight, Aug 1943-Jan 1947

A-26B Invader aircraft in flight, date unknown	A-26B-35-DL Invader aircraft in flight, Aug 1943-Jan 1947

A6M5 Model 52c Zero fighters on an airfield, Kyushu, Japan, circa early 1945	Abandoned Japanese Ki-67-I Kai To-Go special attack aircraft of Fugaku Squadron at Clark Field, Luzon, Philippine Islands, circa 1945