Photos of World War II Aircraft | World War II Database

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B-17E bomber 'Lak-A-Nookie' of the US 43rd Bombardment Group, 63rd Bombing Squadron in a revetment at Jackson Field, Port Moresby, New Guinea, 1942-1943	B-17E bomber 'Yankee Diddler' of 43rd Bomber Group, US 65th Bomber Squadron taking off from Jackson Field, Port Moresby, New Guinea, 1942-1943; note P-39 fighters in background

B-17E bomber of 42nd Bomb Squadron of USAAF 11th Bomb Group at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1943	B-17E bomber of the US 43rd Bombardment Group based at Jackson Field, Port Moresby, New Guinea, 1942-1943

B-17F Flying Fortress aircraft 'Spotted Cow', assembly ship of 384th Bomber Group, 547th Bomber Squadron, based in RAF Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, England, UK, 1943, photo 1 of 2	B-17F Flying Fortress aircraft 'Spotted Cow', assembly ship of 384th Bomber Group, 547th Bomber Squadron, based in RAF Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, England, UK, 1943, photo 2 of 2

B-17F Flying Fortress bomber 'Memphis Belle' visiting Patterson Field on a War Bond campaign, Ohio, United States, 1943	B-24 in flight, viewed from above, circa 1942-1945

B-24 Liberator bomber taking off from an advance air field in Kunming, China, circa 1943; note P-40 Warhawk fighters in foreground	B-24D Liberators in formation, early 1943. This was probably a flight to test the visibility of a new National Insignia design.

B-24E Liberator bombers being built at Ford's Willow Run plant, Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States, late 1942 or early 1943	B-25 Mitchell bomber of US Army Air Corps 77th Bomber Squadron, southeast of Attu Island, Alaska, 1943; note radar under nose

B-25C Mitchell bombers in flight at low level over an unknown desert, May 1942-Feb 1943	B-25H Mitchell bomber in flight over central Burma, circa 1940s

Bf 108B Taifun (foreground) and Me 323 Gigant (background) aircraft at rest, 1940s	Bf 109 fighter preparing for flight at an airfield, Germany, circa 1942-1944

BI-1 rocket-powered prototype aircraft, Russia, 1940s	Bomb Damage Assessment photo of destroyed Ki-48 bombers at a Japanese airstrip in northern New Guinea, 1942-1943, photo 1 of 2

Bomb Damage Assessment photo of destroyed Ki-48 bombers at a Japanese airstrip in northern New Guinea, 1942-1943, photo 2 of 2; note open parachutes in upper center (bombs or supplies?)	Boomerang aircraft landing, date unknown