Photos of World War II Aircraft | World War II Database

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Interesting aerial view into the cockpit of an SB2C-4E or SBF-4E Helldiver with a Utility Squadron, probably in the western Pacific, 1945. Note the slotted wing flaps that served as dive-brakes.	Me 262 B-1a/U1 night fighter (converted two-seat trainer), post-war

NE-1 aircraft taking off from a road with a wounded US Marine on board, Okinawa, Japan, 1945	P-47N Thunderbolts of the 19th Fighter Squadron running up their engines at Ie Jima, Japan, circa June 1945.

P-51B and P-51C Mustang fighters of the US Army Air Force 118th Tactical Recon Squadron at Laohwangping Airfield, Guizhou Province, China, Jun 1945	P-51D Mustangs of the 353rd Fighter Group in a line at a B-17 Fortress base of the 493rd Bomb Group, RAF Debach, Suffolk, England, UK, June 1945.

Swimming party alongside escort carrier USS Steamer Bay, late 1944-early 1945, location unknown. Note the Measure 32, Design 12A camouflage and the TBM Avengers on the flight deck.	Three P-47 Thunderbolt fighters in flight, circa 1945

Two P-51D Mustangs of the 45th Fighter Squadron after a ground crash at South Field, Iwo Jima, June 1945. Note Mt Suribachi.	United States Marine Corps Stinson OY-1 Sentinel over Naha, Okinawa, Japan, circa Jun 1945, photo 1 of 2

United States Marine Corps Stinson OY-1 Sentinel over Naha, Okinawa, Japan, circa Jun 1945, photo 2 of 2	US B-29 bomber flying over Osaka, Japan, 1945

US Marine Corps pilot First Lieutenant Williams L. Hood on a US Navy F4U Corsair fighter, Okinawa, Japan, 1945	US Navy nurse Lieutenant (jg) Madge Overstreet at Yontan, 1945

USAAF Photo Reconnaissance F-5E Lightning ‘Information Please’ accompanying Marine F4U Corsairs on a raid to Kushi-Take, Okinawa, Japan, June 1945. Photo 1 of 2. Note the photo nacelle under the F-5.	USAAF Photo Reconnaissance F-5E Lightning ‘Information Please’ accompanying Marine F4U Corsairs on a raid to Kushi-Take, Okinawa, Japan, June 1945. Photo 2 of 2. Note the photo nacelle under the F-5.

View from the island of USS Hornet (Essex-class) looking aft and leading the USS Bonne Homme Richard, USS Belleau Wood, and USS San Jacinto during gunnery exercises, 12 Jun 1945 off the Philippines.	Wounded US Marines being loaded onto an aircraft for evacuation, Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, 1945; note female USN nurse Ensign Jane Kendeigh

Detachment One of US Navy Lighter Than Air Utility Squadron ZJ-1 sit for a group photograph in front of airship K-28 control car, Meacham Field, Key West, Florida, United States, June 1, 1945.	Escort carrier USS Attu the morning after riding out a punishing typhoon that scattered aircraft all over the flight deck and washed 3 aircraft overboard, 5 Jun 1945.