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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

Ro.37 Lince aircraft of the Italian 39th Squadron in Bulgaria, 1942, photo 2 of 2	Saburo Sakai, 1940s; note G3M bomber in background

SAI.207 light fighter resting at an airfield, circa 1940s	SAI.207 light fighter resting at an airfield, circa 1940s

Saratoga underway at sea, circa 1942, with 5 Grumman F4F fighters, 6 Douglas SBD scout bombers, and 1 Grumman TBF torpedo bomber on the flight deck	SM.79 bombers of 193rd Squadron, 30th Wing, 87th Group, Regia Aeronautica (Italian Air Force) over North Africa, 1940 to 1942, photo 2 of 2

Specifications for the Vought OS2U-3 Kingfisher, 1942.	Starboard side view of the cruiser HMAS Perth, circa 1942; note camouflage using colors 507A and 507C and Seagull V aircraft

T/Sgt. Raymond A. Heilman, Jr. and fellow crew of the 11th Bomber Group Heavy of the USAAF 42nd Squadron posing by a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, US Territory of Hawaii, circa late 1941 or early 1942	TBD Devastator in a revetment at Kaneohe Naval Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii, 1942. Note that the plane is already armed with a torpedo.

TBF Avenger aircraft at rest, circa early 1942	TDR-1 assault drone in flight, 1942