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Maintenance work at the Kunming airfield in Yunnan Province, China, circa 1944	Manchukuo National Airways Ki-57 aircraft at Changchun, Jilin Province, China, circa 1940s

Martin B-26B Marauder bombers of the 597th and 598th Bomb Squadrons fly in formation over Goggeshall, Essex, England, UK, 1943-44.	Martlet fighter warming up on the flight deck of HMS Formidable in the North Atlantic, 1944

Me 210A fighter at rest, 1940s	Me 210A fighter at rest, 1940s

Modified from the Stinson L-5 Sentinel, the prototype L-5B air ambulance is shown during a manufacturer’s demonstration, 1944. Photo 1 of 3.	Modified from the Stinson L-5 Sentinel, the prototype L-5B air ambulance is shown during a manufacturer’s demonstration, 1944. Photo 2 of 3.

Modified from the Stinson L-5 Sentinel, the prototype L-5B air ambulance is shown during a manufacturer’s demonstration, 1944. Photo 3 of 3.	Mosquito aircraft in flight, circa 1944

N1K2-J Shiden-kai fighters in flight, 1940s	Navy Lt CV Timberlake, an LSO on the training aircraft carrier USS Sable sits in his SNJ Texan, Lake Michigan, United States, 1943-44.

North American B-25D-2 Mitchell bomber 'Jockjugler' of the US 500th Bomb Squadron at Nadzab near Lae, New Guinea, 1944	Nose guns of a P-38 Lightning aircraft lighting up the night sky as an armorer test-fired weapons after routine maintenance, date unknown

On approach to the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, an SB2U Vindicator shows the LSO “Gear Down, Flaps Down, Hook Down,” 1943-44.	One SNJ Texan and 13 FM-2 Wildcats tied down on the flight deck of training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1944.

Operation Jedburgh personnel preparing for their delivery into France via a B-24 aircraft, Area T, RAF Harrington, Kettering, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, circa 1944	Ordinancemen loading a 1,000-pound bomb into the bombay of a TBM-1C aboard USS Intrepid, 1943-1945; note flame arrester on the plane's exhaust port

Ordinancemen loading a 1,000-pound bomb into the bombay of a TBM-1C aboard USS Intrepid, 1943-1945; note flame arrester on the plane’s exhaust port	OS2U Kingfisher aircraft aboard USS New Jersey, date unknown