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OS2U Kingfisher being launched by catapult from the cruiser Detroit in the Aleutians, 1944. Note the oversized National Insignia.	OS2U Kingfisher being launched by catapult from the cruiser Detroit in the Aleutians, 1944. Note the oversized National Insignia.

OS2U Kingfisher of Scouting Utility Squadron 2 about to make a water landing, 1944. Location unknown.	Overhead view of B-17H bomber in flight, Aug 1943-Jan 1947

P-38 Lightning aircraft being fueled, circa 1940s	P-38 Lightning aircraft in flight during a demonstration, AAF Tactical Center, Orlando, Florida, United States, 1944-1945, photo 1 of 3; many said this plane would be un-flyable with one engine lost

P-38 Lightning aircraft in flight during a demonstration, AAF Tactical Center, Orlando, Florida, United States, 1944-1945, photo 2 of 3; many said this plane would be un-flyable with one engine lost	P-38 Lightning aircraft in flight during a demonstration, AAF Tactical Center, Orlando, Florida, United States, 1944-1945, photo 3 of 3; many said this plane would be un-flyable with one engine lost

P-38 Lightning aircraft in flight, Aug 1943-Jan 1947	P-38 Lightning aircraft of 36th Fighter Squadron of US 8th Fighter Group, Mindoro, Philippine Islands, 1944

P-38 Lightning aircraft of the US 475th Fighter Group, South Pacific, 1944; note name 'Putt Putt Maru' on foreground fighter	P-38 Lightning aircraft of US 10th Tactical Recon Group flying over France, 1944

P-38D Lightning aircraft at rest at an airfield, date unknown	P-38J Lightning aircraft with the 'droop snoop' conversion in practice bombing, probably in the United States, 1943-1945

P-38J-15-LO Lightning aircraft 'Colorado Belle', 1943-1945, photo 1 of 2; note 'droop snoot' glass nose for bombardier	P-38J-15-LO Lightning aircraft 'Colorado Belle', 1943-1945, photo 2 of 2; note 'droop snoot' glass nose for bombardier

P-39L-1-BE Airacobra aircraft being prepared to be flown to the Soviet Union under the Lend-Lease Program, possibly Nome, Alaska, 1943-1944	P-39Q-30-BE Airacobra and P-63A-8-BE Kingcobra aircraft being built at the Bell Aircraft Corporation factory at Wheatfield, New York, United States, circa 1944

P-40 Warhawk aircraft of US 31st Pursuit Group with K3B camera, 1939-1940	P-40 Warhawk fighters at rest, China, 1943-1945