Photos of World War II Aircraft | World War II Database

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Dead-on view of a Ki-48 aircraft, circa 1940s	Destroyed Japanese A6M Zero fighters near Lae, New Guinea, 1943

Eight British Spitfire Mk IX of No. 611 Squadron based at RAF Biggin Hill, London, England, United Kingdom, 1943	F-5B-1-LO Lightning aircraft (photo reconnaissance variant of the P-38J) painted PRU blue in flight, 1943; photo 1 of 2.

F-5B-1-LO Lightning aircraft (photo reconnaissance variant of the P-38J) painted PRU blue in flight, 1943; photo 2 of 2; note accompanying P-38J aircraft in usual olive drab	F1M1 seaplane flying over Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Islands, 1942-1944

F2A-3 Buffalo fighters during a training flight near Naval Air Station Miami, Florida, United States, 1942-1943	F4F-4 Wildcat fighters of a Marine Fighting Squadron at rest on Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomons, 1942-43.

F4U-1 Corsair bouncing up on the flight deck of USS Bunker Hill during an landing attempt, 1943; seen in Feb 1969 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation News	F4U-1 Corsair fighter in flight, 1942-1943

F6F Hellcat fighters going through launch procedures aboard the carrier Saratoga, off Gilbert Islands, early 1943.	F6F-3 Hellcat fighter in flight, 1943

F6F-3 Hellcat fighters on the flight deck of Saratoga as a TBM Avenger approached to land, circa 1943-44	F6F-3 Hellcat of Navy Fighting Squadron 33 after dropping into a bomb crater at the Barakoma airstrip, Vella Lavella, Solomons, late 1943. Fighting 33 was one of the few land based fighter squadrons, a role later taken up by Marine squadrons.

Finnish Do 17Z bomber resting at an airfield, 1940s	Finnish SB-2 bomber resting at an airfield, 1940s

Finnish SB-2 bombers lined up at an airfield, 1940s	Five Japanese F1M seaplanes at Rekata Bay, Santa Isabel, Solomon Islands, 1943

Focke-Wulf 200 Condor bomber running up its engines, 1940s	Focke-Wulf 200 Condor in flight, date unknown