Photos of World War II Aircraft | World War II Database

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German Bf 109 fighters in flight, circa late 1944, photo 2 of 2	Groundcrew members tending to B-17F Fortress "Berlin Sleeper II" of the 342nd Bomb Squadron at Polebrook Air Base, late 1944. Note small gas powered generator charging up the batteries.

Gunners of the 385th Bomb Group pose in front of B-17F Fortress "Mission Belle" and listen to a word from the Chaplain, James O. Kincannon (“Chaplain Jim”), at Great Ashfield Air Field, England, UK, late 1944.	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, St. Dizler 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	B-17G bomber returned to Nuthampstead, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom after being damaged on bombing mission over Cologne, Germany, 5 Oct 1944

Damaged aircraft on the hangar deck of the USS Independence, 6 Oct 1944 following heavy seas 3 days earlier. Note the hand-tied rope lashings to secure the aircraft. Note also the AIA radar antenna in the damaged radome	San Jacinto rolling heavily and pitching in rough seas while en route to attack Okinawa, 6 Oct 1944; note parked TBM Avenger aircraft of VT-51 on the flight deck

F6F Hellcat fighter landing on USS Langley, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, 10 Oct 1944	Ordinancemen load .50 caliber ammunition into the wing mounts of an F6F Hellcat while the wings are folded aboard the USS Enterprise southeast of Okinawa, 10 Oct 1944.