Photos of World War II Aircraft | World War II Database

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B-26G Marauder bomber resting at an airfield, Aug 1943-Jan 1947	B-29 bomber of Army Air Field Training Command B-29 Transition School at Maxwell Field flying over the Alabama River in training, Aug 1943-Jan 1947

B-29 lost its prop in flight which carved hole in fuselage. Pilot made emergency landing and collided with parked aircraft causing further damage to nose and top turret. Date and location unknown. Photo 1 of 2.	B-29 lost its prop in flight which carved hole in fuselage. Pilot made emergency landing and collided with parked aircraft causing further damage to nose and top turret. Date and location unknown. Photo 3 of 3.

B-29 lost its prop in flight which carved hole in fuselage. Pilot made emergency landing. Date and location unknown. Photo 2 of 2.	B-29 Superfortress bomber crew, Mariana Islands, circa 1945

B-29 Superfortress bomber having just taken off from an airfield on Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1944-1945	B-29 Superfortress bomber in flight, 1945

B-29 Superfortress bombers at an airfield on Guam, 1944-1945	B-29 Superfortress bombers of the 462nd Bomb Group taxiing through West Field, Tinian, Mariana Islands, 1945.

B-29 Superfortress bombers of US 73rd Bomb Wing flying near Mount Fuji, Japan, 1945	B-29 Superfortress landing at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico as part of the “Gypsy Task Force” training, 1945.

B-29 Superfortress of the 462nd Bomb Group, the “Hellbirds,” after an emergency landing on Akyab Island airstrip, Burma, 1945 (now Sittwe, Myanmar).	B-29 Superfortress “Limber Richard” of the 99th Bombardment Squadron flying toward Japan with other squadron bombers, 1945

B-32 Dominator bomber in flight, 1945	Ba 349 Natter rocket interceptor being launched, circa early 1945; seen in bulletin 'Guided Missiles-The Weapon of the Future' published by US War Department in Apr 1946

Ba 349 Natter rocket interceptor being prepared for launch, circa early 1945; seen in bulletin 'Guided Missiles-The Weapon of the Future' published by US War Department in Apr 1946	Bf 109 fighter, Italy, 1945

Boomerang fighters under construction at Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation factory, Fishermen's Bend, Victoria, Australia, circa 1945	Brightly painted Willys MB Jeep leading B-24J aircraft at an unknown USAAF Air Field; note the special orange paint within National Insignia on hood, which changed colors when exposed to nerve agents