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A formation of G4M bombers of Japanese Navy 705th Naval Air Group in flight, circa 1940s	A formation of G4M1 Model 11 bombers of Japanese 701st Naval Air Group in flight with a mountain in the background, circa 1940s

A formation of OS2U Kingfisher aircraft in flight, 1943	A German armored halftrack vehicle being loaded into the nose doors of a six-engine Luftwaffe Me 323 Gigant transport, 1940s

A Heinkel He-111H bomber captured on a landing strip in Libya after the Battle of El Alamein and repainted in RAF markings by No. 260 Squadron RAF. Note the distinctive squadron mark on the side. 1943.	A PBY Catalina flying past the Escort Carrier USS Sangamon at anchor in the Solomons, 1943.

A section of the A-20 Havoc bomber being loaded onto a transport ship, 1943	A WAAF corporal checking a delivery of 20mm Hispano cannon shells before being loaded onto a Beaufighter Mark VI aircraft of No. 96 Squadron RAF at RAF Honiley, Wroxall, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, 1943-1945

A-20 Havoc bombers of US 410th Bomb Group based at RAF Gosfield, England, United Kingdom, date unknown	A-20 Havoc bombers of US 410th Bomb Group flying in formation, date unknown

A-20 Havoc bombers of US 9th Air Force flying over the French coast, circa 1943	A-24B Banshee aircraft of US 635th Bombing Squadron in formation over US Territory of Alaska, 1943; nearest aircraft was A-24B-1-DT aircraft (serial number 42-54298) 'Bar Fly' and 3rd aircraft was 'Marye D'

A-36A Mustang aircraft of a training squadron at Harding Field, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, date unknown	A.W.41 Albemarle aircraft at an airfield, 1940s

A6M Model 22 Zero fighters of Zuikaku's air group at Kahili Airfield on Bougainville, Solomon Islands, early 1943	A6M2-N seaplanes in flight, 1941-1943

A6M3 Model 32 Zero fighter resting at an airfield with the crew meeting nearby, 1940s	Abandoned A6M3 aircraft on a South Pacific island, early 1943; from the 15 Apr 1943 issue of US Navy Naval Aviation News

Abandoned A6M3 Model 32 Zero fighter (Lt. (jg) Kazuo Tsunoda), Buna, New Guinea, circa 1943; the four characters below the serial number noted Bang Uiseok, name of the Korean who funded this aircraft	Aerial view of the tower, hangars, and pad at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico, 1943. Aircraft seen include C-46, C-47, C-54, B-17, B-25, B-18, B-34, A-20, and perhaps others.