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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, date and location unknown.

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	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