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Aerial view of US battleship Massachusetts, 1943; note OS2U Kingfisher float planes on the fantail catapults	After an aborted landing, an F4F-4 Wildcat bolters around the island of the training aircraft carrier USS Wolverine on Lake Michigan, United States, 1943.

Aircraft mechanics strapping in pilots of Martlet fighters aboard HMS Formidable, 1940s	Airmen of the 5th Fighter Group of the Chinese-American Composite Wing (Provisional), China, 1940s

Albacore aircraft of No. 820 Squadron FAA aboard HMS Formidable, 1940-1945	Albacore torpedo bombers of No. 820 Squadron FAA from HMS Formidable in flight, over the Indian Ocean off Mombasa, Kenya, date unknown

Albert Speer in front of Hitler’s personal Focke-Wulf Fw 200-C4 Condor “Immelmann III”, 1943.	American Spitfire V fighter of 309th Fighter Squadron of US 31st Fighter Group based at at Atcham Airfield, England, United Kingdom, May 1942 to Jun 1943

An abandoned Heinkel He-219 Uhu night fighter under tattered camouflage netting, 1940s	An Italian pilot preparing for flight with his G.55 aircraft, Italy, 1940s

An SNJ Texan, an F4F Wildcat, and a TBF-1 Avenger tied down on the flight deck of the training aircraft carrier USS Wolverine on Lake Michigan, United States, 1943.	An SNJ-3C Texan noses over aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Wolverine on Lake Michigan, United States, 1943.

An SNJ-3C Texan noses over just before reaching the edge of the flight deck aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Wolverine on Lake Michigan, United States, 1943.	Ar 232 aircraft resting at an airfield, 1943-1945

Ar 232 aircraft resting at an airfield, 1943-1945	Armourers loading a 1,600-lb bomb onto a Barracuda aircraft aboard HMS Formidable, 1940s

Australian Catalina aircraft being serviced by No. 1 Flying Boat Maintenance Unit RAAF in Bowen, Queensland, Australia, early 1943	B-17 Flying Fortress bomber 'Pluto' at Port Moresby, Australian Papua, 1942-1943; nose art by Ernie Vandal

B-17 Flying Fortress bombers of the 414th Bombardment Squadron roll out on steel Marsden Matting in Tunisia, 1943.	B-17E bomber 'Craps for the Japs' of the 43rd Bombardment Group, US 65th Bombing Squadron based at Jackson Field, Port Moresby, New Guinea in flight, 1942-1943