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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

Major Gregory Weissenberger, Commanding Officer of Marine Fighting Squadron 213, the “Hellhawks,” getting into his F4U-1 Corsair with the engine running, Guadalcanal, Solomons, 1943.	Marine Corps SB2C Helldiver in flight, 1943-45. Note the unusual display of the Navy Bureau Number in the USAAF manner. This aircraft was USAAF A-25A Shrike #42-80453 that was transferred to the Marines.

Marine F4U-1 Corsair on the Torokina Airstrip, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, early 1943.	Mariner aircraft of US Navy Patrol Squadron VP-201, Naval Air Station Banana River, Florida, United States, circa Dec 1942-Feb 1943

Martlet fighter of No. 888 Squadron FAA taking off from HMS Formidable, Mediterranean Sea, circa 1942-1943	Martlet fighter of No. 888 Squadron FAA taking off from HMS Formidable, Mediterranean Sea, circa 1942-1943

Me 323 Gigant aircraft (foreground) and Bf 109 F aircraft (background) in winter camouflage, circa 1943	Me 323 Gigant aircraft at rest, 1940s

Me 323 Gigant aircraft at rest, 1940s	Me 323 Gigant aircraft at rest, 1940s

Me 323 Gigant aircraft loading or unloading a field gun, Italy, 1943	Me 323 Gigant aircraft loading or unloading an Opel Maultier halftrack vehicle, Italy, 1943

Me 323 Gigant at rest, Szentes, Hungary, 1940s	Me 323 Gigant heavy transport in flight, 1940s

Me 323 Gigant in flight, 1940s	Me 410 Hornisse aircraft in flight, circa 1942-1944