Photos of World War II Aircraft | World War II Database

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F4U-1A Corsair of Marine Squadron VMF-223 at Green Island (now Nissan Island), 1944. Note the R4D Skytrain with nose art, rare on Navy or Marine aircraft.	F4U-1A Corsairs of Marine Squadron VMF-224 in flight, 1944

F6F-5 Hellcat of Fighting Squadron VF-11, the Sundowners, preparing for take off from the USS Hornet (Essex-class), 1944.	F6F-5 Hellcat of Fighting Squadron VF-11, the ‘Sundowners,’ following a very hard landing on the USS Hornet (Essex-class), 1944.

F6F-5 Hellcats being prepared for take-off aboard the carrier Franklin off Luzon, Philippine Islands, Oct 1944. Note SB2C Helldivers spotted aft.	F6F-5 Hellcats of Air Group 11, the “Sundowners,” warm up on the deck of USS Hornet (Essex-class) in the Philippine Sea, late 1944

German Bf 109 fighters in flight, circa late 1944, photo 1 of 2	German Bf 109 fighters in flight, circa late 1944, photo 2 of 2

Ki-102b Army Type 4 attack aircraft, 1944-1945	Navy Bombing Squadron 11 performing a formation fly-by in their SB2C Helldivers over their carrier, the USS Hornet (Essex-class), 1944.

North American P-51C Mustang converted to an F-6C photo reconnaissance plane with the 10th Photo Recon Group and assigned to Captain John H. Hoefker, Saint-Dizier Airfield, France, Autumn 1944.	Official Boeing photograph comparing the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber and its successor B-29 Superfortress bomber, circa late 1944

P-47D Thunderbolt “Big Squaw” and another P-47 of the 19th Fighter Squadron make a low level pass over East Field, Saipan, Oct 1944. Note IH M-5 Truck and T/5 James B Lazar from the 805th Aviation Engineer Battalion.	Spare and surplus USAAF aircraft at Bari Airfield, Italy, Oct 1944.

Starboard bow view of the USS Hornet (Essex-class) under way showing her Dazzle MS33/3a paint scheme, 1944.	TBM-1C Avenger in flight, 1944-45, location unknown.

TBM-1C Avengers with Torpedo Squadron 87 on a training flight from NAS Oceana, Virginia, Sep-Nov, 1944.	US Navy Captain Harold Martin greeting VAdm John McCain, Sr. after a trap landing aboard light carrier San Jacinto, late 1944; seen on page 113 of US Navy War Photographs

US Navy PB4Y-1 Liberator patrol bomber flying over the Pacific, 1944-45.	WAVES and Women Marines mechanics marching, Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, United States, circa 1944-1945; note PBM-3D, OS2U, and TBM aircraft