Photos of World War II Aircraft | World War II Database

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P-61 Black Widow night fighters and a P-47 Thunderbolt fighter at Kipapa Army Air Field, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 1945	P-61 Black Widow night fighters at Kipapa Army Air Field, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 1945

P-61 Black Widow of USAAF 419th Night Fighter Squadron in flight, circa 1944-1945	PBJ-1 Mitchell bomber “8-Ball” of Marine Squadron VMB-613 conducts a sector search over the Pacific, 1945. Note 75mm cannon mounted in the nose and radome on the starboard wingtip.

PBY-5A Catalina aircraft of US Navy Patrol Bomber Squadron VPB-6 in flight over Narssarsuak Fjord, Greenland, 1945	Pilot and crew of a US Navy F4U Corsair fighter, date unknown

Prototype P-38M Lightning nightfighter aircraft, date unkonwn	PV-1 Ventura aircraft of US Navy patrol bomber squadron VPB-131 at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, United States, 1944-1945

PV-2 Harpoon aircraft in flight, 1945; as seen in US Navy publication Naval Aviation News dated 15 Sep 1945	RA-24B-15-DT Banshee aircraft (serial number 42-54897) in a non-combat role attached to the US Air Transport Command in flight, United States, 1944-1945

Ramp at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico with a B-29 Superfortress, C-47 Skytrains, B-25 Mitchell, and P-38 Lightning, 1945.	Rear Admiral Calvin T. Durgin on the bridge of his flagship, USS Makin Island, late-1944 to mid-1945; note FM-2 Wildcat and TBM Avenger aircraft on the flight deck

Republic P-47D Thunderbolt 44-90386 firing HVAR air-to-surface rockets at a test range in Independence, Missouri, United States, circa 1945.	Right-side profile of an A-25A Shrike dive bomber, 1944-1945

SB2C-5 Helldiver and F4U Corsair aircraft of US Navy squadrons VB-89 and VF-89 aboard USS Antietam, 1945; note USS Higbee in background	Shipboard aircraft tugs moving a TBM-1C Avenger torpedo bomber and F6F Hellcat fighters aboard the Fleet Carrier USS Lexington (Essex-class), 1945.

SNJ-5C Texan aircraft aboard USS Sable, Lake Michigan, United States, 1945	Spitfire F.22 of No. 607 Squadron RAF in flight, 1945

Stinson L-5B Sentinel air ambulance carrying a litter patient to a hospital from a forward area, Philippine Islands, 1945	TBM Avenger of Composite Squadron VC-76 after a crash landing aboard the Escort Carrier USS Petrof Bay, 1945