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Members of USMC VMF 124 squadron maintenance crew, 1943	Members of USMC VMF 124 squadron, 1943

N1K Kyofu aircraft in flight, 1940s	N3N and N2S aircraft at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, United States, 1943

One F4F Wildcat flies overhead as another makes a low altitude pass over the flight deck of the training aircraft carrier USS Wolverine as she lies at anchor on Lake Michigan, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 1943.	OS2N-1 Kingfisher in flight, 1942-43.

OS2U Kingfisher being tended to at a seaplane base, 1942-43; location unknown.	OS2U Kingfisher on a seaplane ramp, 1942-43; location unknown.

P-38 Lightning aircraft in flight, date unknown	P-38 Lightning aircraft loaded aboard an escort carrier for ferrying to Europe, New York, United States, date unknown

P-38 Lightning fighters escorting US 43rd Bombardment Group aircraft over New Guinea, 1942-1943, photo 1 of 2	P-38 Lightning fighters escorting US 43rd Bombardment Group aircraft over New Guinea, 1942-1943, photo 2 of 2

P-38 Lightning fighters in front of the hangars at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico while in transit to the European Theater, 1943. Note also an OA-10 Catalina (the USAAF designation for the PBY) at extreme left.	P-38E Lightning aircraft at rest, May 1942-Feb 1943; note Lockheed Electra/Ventura-based aircraft at right

P-38E Lightning aircraft with experimental wings, southern California, United States, 1943	P-38F Lightning aircraft of US 27th Fighter Squadron, North Africa, 1943

P-38G Lightning aircraft at rest, 1942-1943	P-38H Lightning aircraft of 55th Fighter Group, US 38th Fighter Squadron over RAF Nuthamstead Airfield, England, United Kingdom, en route to attack Southern France, Feb-Apr 1944

P-38H-5 Lightning night fighter with one engine feathered; many said this plane would be un-flyable with one engine lost; 1943	P-38H-5-LO Lightning aircraft in flight, Jul 1943