Photos of World War II Aircraft | World War II Database

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FM-2 Wildcat prepared to launch off USS Makin Island, 1945	FM-2 Wildcat rolls down the flight deck on the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945.

FR-1 Fireball fighter in flight, 1945, seen in Dec 1945 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation News; note HVAR rockets under wings	FR-1 Fireball fighter of US Navy squadron VF-66 at rest, Naval Air Station North Island, California, United States, 1945

FR-1 Fireball fighter of US Navy squadron VF-66 in flight, 1945	FR-1 Fireball fighters of US Navy squadron VF-66 at rest, Naval Air Station North Island, California, United States, 1945

Fw 190 fighter in flight, date unknown	G4M2E Model 24 Tei bomber of Japanese 721st Naval Air Group carrying a MXY7 Ohka bomb, 1945

General Hap Arnold speaking with B-29 maintenance personnel during the “Gypsy Task Force” training at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico, 1945.	Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, Greek Air Minister M. Fikioris, British Air Commodore Geoffrey Tuttle inspecting No. 336 (Hellenic) Squadron RAF, Kalamaki Airfield, Athens, Greece, 1945

Ground crews arming a B-29 Superfortress of the 500th Bomb Group at Isley Field, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1944-45.	Ground personnel standing by Dodge WC54 field ambulances as B-17G Flying Fortress with the 381st Bomb Group returned to its base at RAF Ridgewell, Essex, England, UK, 1943-1945

Hangar 3 at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico with a B-29 Superfortress, a C-47 Skytrain, B-25 Mitchell, and L-4 Grasshopper, 1945.	In-flight photo of a North American B-25H Mitchell assigned to Hickam Field, Oahu, Hawaii, 1945.

J8M Shusui aircraft and men of the ground crew at Kashiwa Air Field, Chiba, Japan, 1945	J8M Shusui prototype aircraft at an airfield, 1945

J8M Shusui prototype aircraft at rest, Japan, 1945, photo 1 of 2	J8M Shusui prototype aircraft at rest, Japan, 1945, photo 2 of 2

Japanese A6M fighters at Toyohara Airfield, Taichu (now Taichung), Taiwan, 1945, photographed by attacking US B-25 bombers	Japanese Navy pilot Naoshi Kanno's N1K Shiden 21 Kai 343/A15 fighter, Japan, 1945