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PBM-3S Mariner aircraft of US Navy patrol bombing squadron VPB-211 off Brazil, 1943-1945	PBM-3S Mariner aircraft of US Navy patrol squadron VP-214 at Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 1944

PBY-5A Catalina of the US Navy’s 4th Air Wing in the Aleutians after running off the runway’s steel matting, 1943-44. Note the aerial depth charges mounted under the wings.	Pilots and crew of B-25 bomber 'Barbie III' of US 1st Air Commando Group, Hailakandi Airfield, India, 1945

Prime Minister John Curtin speaking to RAF Binbrook station commander Group Captain Hughie Edwards, 1944	RAF Lightning I aircraft in flight, date unknown; note the absence of superchargers atop the booms as Lend Lease Lightnings were not equipped with them

Razorback P-47 of the 355th Fighter Group at rest at Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, 1943-44. Note Cletrac M-2 High Speed Tractor.	Rear defense turret of Ju 188 bomber, circa 1940s

Rear view of a closed cockpit of a captured German Bf 110 aircraft, France, 1944	Republic P-47N #44-88340 landing at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico while in transit to the European Theater, 1944.

Robert Johnson in the cockpit of a P-47 aircraft, date unknown	Rockets being prepared for Typhoon fighters, RAF Newchurch, southern England, United Kingdom, 1943-1944

SBD Dauntless aircraft flying above USS Wolverine, Lake Michigan, United States, 1940s	SBD-5 Dauntless bombers of USS Yorktown in flight over the Pacific Ocean, 1944

Scene in the control tower of Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, United States, overlooking a seaplane ramp full of OS2U Kingfisher aircraft, circa 1944-1945; note WAVES personnel	Seafire fighter of No. 885 Squadron FAA landing on HMS Formidable, off Gibraltar, mid-1942 to 1945.

Sixteen P-51D Mustangs of the 353rd Fighter Group lined up for a mission, RAF Raydon, Suffolk, England, UK, Dec 1944	SNJ-4 Texan on the ramp at Moffett Field, California, USA, 1944.

SOC-3 Seagull aircraft from cruiser Portland flying in a formation of four, circa 1944, photo 1 of 2	SOC-3 Seagull aircraft from cruiser Portland flying in a formation of four, circa 1944, photo 2 of 2