Photos of World War II Aircraft | World War II Database

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WASP pilot Catherine Vail Bridge standing in front of a P-38 Lightning, date and location unknown.	WASP pilot Elizabeth L. Gardner at the window of her B-26 Marauder bomber, Harlingen Army Air Field, Texas, United States, circa 1942-1945

WASP pilot Florene Watson seated in a P-51D Mustang, date and location unknown.	WASP pilot Violet Wierzbicki on the wing of a Vultee BT-13 Valiant, 1943. Location unknown.

WAVES aircraft mechanics working on a SNJ aircraft, Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Whiting Field, Pensacola, Florida, United States, circa 1943-1945; note Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp radial engine	WAVES Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class C. F. Funk polishing a SNB or JRB aircraft, date unknown; note Pratt & Whitney R-985 radial engine

Welkin Mk I aircraft in flight, 1940s	Welkin Mk I aircraft in flight, 1940s

Wreck of a Ju 87D Stuka dive bomber of German Sturzkampfgeschwader 3, North Africa, 1943	Wreck of a Me 323 Gigant aircraft, 1940s

Wreck of two G4M bombers at Lae, New Guinea, 1943	Wrecks of Buffalo fighters in Japanese possession, 1940s; note all engines had been removed

XSB2D-1 Destroyer prototype on a test flight, 1943.	XSB2D-1 Destroyer prototype taking off on a test flight, 1943.

Yak-7B fighter with M-105PF engine, no. 22-03, built in factory no. 153 in Novosibirsk, Russia, date unknown	A DB-7 Boston aircraft destined for British service taking off for a test flight in the United States, Jan 1943

A PBY-5 Catalina of US Navy Patrol Squadron VP-11 on the Sepik River in Australian New Guinea bringing supplies to a coast-watcher working in the area, Jan 1943	A training flight of TBM-1C Avengers based in Ft Lauderdale, Florida, Jan 1943

A war weary Sunderland III flying boat of Royal Australian Air Force No. 10 Squadron being hauled out of the water for an overhaul at Mount Batten Seaplane Base, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Jan 1943	B-17E Flying Fortress bomber 'Typhoon McGoon II' of 11th Bomb Group, USAAF 98th Bomb Squadron, New Caledonia, Jan 1943