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F-5B reconnaissance aircraft at rest, date unknown | F-5E Lighting “Kay” of the 40th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron at Akyab Island airstrip, Burma, 1945 (now Sittwe, Myanmar). Note P-51B Mustangs. |
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F2G-1 Corsair aircraft at rest, 1945; seen in Nov 1945 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation News | F4U-1D Corsair fighter with HVAR rockets being tested by Naval Ordnance Test Station at China Lake, California, United States, 1945; seen in 15 Apr 1945 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation News |
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F6F Hellcat and F4U Corsair aircraft awaiting service, Air Station Point Mugu, California, United States, circa 1945 | F6F Hellcat coming in for a landing on the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945. Note the LSO’s “paddles” and the lack of extended tailhook on the Hellcat. |
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F6F Hellcat hung up in the catwalks of the training aircraft carrier USS Sable after a landing mishap on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945. | F6F Hellcat lined up for a trap on the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945. Note the LSO’s “paddles” and the extended tailhook on the Hellcat. |
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F6F-5N Hellcat night fighter of Night Fighter Squadron 90 based on the carrier USS Enterprise, 1945. Note radome on left wing and flame dampeners on exhaust port. | Fantail of USS South Dakota, probably at Ulithi fleet anchorage, Caroline Islands, 1945; note the No 3 16-in turret swung to port to clear way for the band |
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Female US Marine Private First Class Vera M. Cooper working on a carburetor, circa 1945 | Female US Marine Sergeant Doris Hayes and nurse Alice Horton at a blood donation drive, United States, circa 1945 |
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Female US Marine, Quantico, Virginia, United States, circa 1945 | Female US Marines in self-defense training, Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California, United States, circa 1945 |
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Female Yugoslavian communist fighters, date unknown | Film director Flight Lieutenant J. E. Boulting and WAAF Leading Aircraftwoman Doreen North discussing the set-up of a shot in a scene at a railway station from 'Journey Together' at No. 1 RAFFPU at RAF Stanmore Park, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, 1945 |
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Finnish Army Commander-in-Chief General Erik Heindrichs at his desk, Finland, 1945 | Five African-American US Coast Guardsmen manning a 20-mm Oerlikon AA autocannon aboard a frigate in the southwest Pacific, date unknown. L to R: J Wesley, L Haywood, W Watson, W Morton, O Lane |
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Five PBJ-1J Mitchells of Marine Squadron VMB-614 in a training flight over an undisclosed location in the US, 1944-1945. Note radomes on starboard wingtips. | Fleet carrier USS Intrepid listing due to heavy seas, date and location unknown |