Photos of World War II Aircraft | World War II Database

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Two female employees of North American Aviation working on a section of a wing of a P-51 Mustang fighter, California, Oct 1942	US Army test pilot F. W. Hunter posing before an A-20 Havoc aircraft at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant at Long Beach, California, United States, Oct 1942

Wildcat receiving maintenance in the United States, circa 1942-1943	Women workers groom lines of transparent noses for A-20 attack bombers, Oct 1942

Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber over Stalingrad, Russia, 2 Oct 1942	US Navy K-class airship of Airship Patrol Squadron ZP-11 landing at NAS South Weymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Oct 2, 1942. Note sailors atop the mooring mast waiting to secure the blimp.

B-17F Fortress “The Aztec’s Curse” of the 26th Bomb Squadron immediately after an attack on Ghizo Island in the Solomon Islands, 5 Oct 1942.	US P-66 Vanguard fighters at an airfield in Karachi, India, 25 Oct 1942

A D3A1 dive bomber about to crash into the sea near USS San Diego, Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 Oct 1942; seen in 15 Apr 1943 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation News	A6M2 Model 21 Zero fighter of Lieutenant Hideki Shingo preparing to take off from carrier Shokaku during Battle of Santa Cruz, 26 Oct 1942

Japanese pilot Shigeyuki Sato in a D3A dive bomber plunging toward USS Hornet during Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 Oct 1942; note B5N torpedo bomber in level flight and splash from anti-aircraft shell burst in front of Hornet	Type 00 Fighters prepare for launch from the Shokaku, Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 Oct 1942

USS South Dakota firing anti-aircraft guns and a Japanese Type 97 B5N2 torpedo bomber with its torpedo already expended, Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 Oct 1942	First aircraft landing aboard USS Bogue, 30 Oct 1942 in Puget Sound, Washington, United States. The plane is a Curtiss SOC-3A Seagull flown by Bogue’s first Air Officer, Commander Jack Monroe.

Grumman TBF-1 Avenger aircraft of US Navy Torpedo Squadron 4 dropping Mark XIII practice torpedo in training flight, location unknown, 30 Oct 1942	Flight deck of the USS Santee filled with SBD-3 Dauntless scout-bombers and F4F-4 Wildcat fighters bound for Operation Torch in North Africa, Nov 1942. Note target and distance information chalked on the flight deck.

Ki-43-IIa Hayabusa fighter at rest, post-Oct 1942	Mechanics check the engine of a SNJ at Kingsville Field, Corpus Christi, Texas, Nov 1942

P-38F Lightning aircraft of 50th Fighter Squadron, USAAF 14th Fighter Group at Camp Tripoli airfield, Iceland, Nov 1942	TBF-1 Avenger of Marine Squadron VMSB-131 at Guadalcanal, 1942