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PB2Y Coronado aircraft at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 1941-1945	PBM-3 Mariner aircraft of US Navy Patrol Squadron VP-74 in flight, 1942

PBY Catalina landing in the water near Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 1940s	PBY Catalinas on the ramp of the Luganville Seaplane Base, Segond Channel, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 1942

PBY-5 Catalina of a training squadron based at NAS Jacksonville, Florida, USA, 1942. Note the odd star insignia on the hull without a blue roundel and the star inverted.	PBY-5 Catalina of Patrol Squadron 23 on Sand Island, Midway, 1942. Note the depth bombs loaded under the wings.

PBY-5A Catalina at rest in water, date unknown	PBY-5A Catalina patrol plane flying past Segula Island (just east of Kiska), Aleutians, Summer 1942.

Pilot and gunner of an Il-2 Sturmovik aircraft, circa 1940s	Pilots of the 309th Fighter Squadron, USAAF 31st Fighter Group running to their Spitfire Mk VB fighters, United Kingdom, 1942

Pilots posing before a Ki-45 aircraft, circa 1940s	Potez 63.11 heavy fighter at an airfield, date unknown

Profile of North American A-36A Mustang aircraft #42-83671, 1942, location unknown	Prototype E15K Shiun during testing, late 1941 or early 1942. Note the lack of top air scoop or fin under the tail, features unique to the prototype.

Prototype of Blohm und Voß BV-141 reconnaissance aircraft running up its engine, Hamburg, Germany, 1942.	RAF Liberator II in Western Egypt, 1942. Note the absence of super-chargers on the engines as Lend-Lease versions of the B-24 were not equipped with them.

Re.2001 Falco II fighter in a hangar, 1940s	Re.2001 Falco II fighter modified to be a dive bomber with a 250kg bomb, 1940s

Reconnaissance Squadron members in front of an F-10 reconnaissance aircraft (photo variant of the B-25 Mitchell) at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico, 1942.	Ro.37 Lince aircraft of the Italian 39th Squadron in Bulgaria, 1942, photo 1 of 2