Photos of World War II Aircraft | World War II Database

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Ki-54 aircraft at rest, circa 1940s	Ki-54 aircraft at the Sendai Army Flight School, Natori, Miyagi, Japan, 1940s

Ki-54 aircraft in flight, circa 1940s	Ki-56 aircraft at rest, circa 1940s

Ki-67 aircraft at rest, circa 1940s	Ku-8-11 glider at rest, circa 1940s

L-2 Grasshopper aircraft in flight, May 1942-Jun 1943	L-5 Sentinel “Bouncing Betsy II” of the 25th Liaison Squadron in New Guinea. Sgt pilots of the “Guinea Short Line” rescued downed fliers and guided fighters to concealed jungle targets. SSGT Jim Nichols standing by the pilot’s door

La-5 aircraft resting on a snowy airfield, 1940s	LaGG-3 fighters parked at an airfield, circa 1940s

Launching a Re.2000 Falco I fighter from the catapult of an Italian Navy ship, circa 1942-1943	Leading Aircraftwoman Lilian Yule tractoring a Avro Lancaster B Mark III bomber of No. 49 Squadron RAF to its dispersal slot at RAF Fiskerton, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, 1942-1944; this bomber, DV238, was later lost during a raid on Berlin, Germany during the night of 16-17 Dec 1944 with No. 44 Squadron RAF

Lend Lease PBY Catalina in Soviet service, date and location unknown.	Lieutenant E. T. McBoon, Sergeant C. W. Moore, and Corporal William G. Warrington at a US field kitchen constructed under the wing of a damaged MB.200 bomber, North Africa, 1943

Line drawing of the Grumman TBF-1 Avenger torpedo bomber.	Line of P-38 Lightning escort fighters at Jackson Field, Port Moresby, New Guinea, 1942-1943

Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon at Naval Air Station Vernalis, California, 1943	LtCol Bill Dunn in front of a P-51 Mustang. Dunn was the USA’s first fighter ace flying with the RAF Eagle Squadron before USA entered the war. Note his USAAF wings, RAF brevet, & what may be a Luftwaffe Pilot badge.

Luftwaffe Kampfgeschwader 200's captured B-17 aircraft in flight, 1943	M.14 Magister aircraft N3780 piloted by test pilot Bill Skinner over Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, 1940s