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XP-80 prototype jet fighter 'Lulu-Belle', 1945	XP-80A prototype jet fighter Gray Ghost in flight, 1944-1945

Yak-3 fighter in flight, 1940s	York C Mark I MW165 'BP' aircraft of No. 246 Squadron RAF being loaded with freight at RAF Luqa, Malta, 1944-1945

A captured Heinkel He-219 A-2 Uhu night fighter at a British controlled airfield in Germany. The number ‘FE612’ was applied by the British with ‘FE’ standing for ‘Foreign Equipment,’ Jan 1945	Corsair fighters taxi down the runway at Orote Field, Guam, Marianas, 1944-45. Note F6F Hellcats lining the runway in the foreground and TBM Avengers on the far side.

Crashed Halifax III bomber at RAF Full Sutton, England, United Kingdom, early Jan 1945	F4U-1D Corsair fighters fly in formation over Hawaii, Jan 1945. Photo 2 of 2.

Ground crew members of the USAAF 459th Fighter Squadron working on a P-38 Lightning aircraft, Chittagong, India, Jan 1945	Halifax B Mk III bomber of No. 462 Squadron RAAF at an airfield in Foulsham, England, early 1945

P-38J Lighting “Val” of the 393rd Fighter Squadron sits on the snow covered Saint-Dizier Airfield in France while pilots are delivered to their planes in an unusual manner, Jan 1945	P-47D Thunderbolt aircraft of the USAAF 358th Fighter Group, Toul Air Base, France, Jan 1945

PBY-5 Catalina of US Navy Patrol Squadron VP-52 sits in Woendi Lagoon, Dutch New Guinea, 1944-45. As this photograph was taken, this airplane was in the process of slowly sinking, which it did a short time later.	Pilot Edwin King looking over his P-47 Thunderbolt after an oil line ruptured in flight and covered the aircraft with all 28 gallons of engine oil, but the aircraft ran long enough to return to base, Jan 1945, Italy.

Pilot Edwin King looking over his P-47 Thunderbolt after landing with a ruptured oil line, Jan 1945, Italy. Note he is holding his oil soaked helmet, goggles, and mask from flying with his head out the open canopy.	Royal New Zealand Air Force PBY-5 Catalina at Halavo Bay, Florida Island (now Nggela Sule), Solomon Islands, 1944-45

Seven TBM-3D Avengers modified for night action of VT(N)-90 flying from the carrier Enterprise, Jan 1945 Western Pacific. Photo 1 of 2	Seven TBM-3D Avengers modified for night action of VT(N)-90 flying from the carrier Enterprise, Jan 1945 Western Pacific. Photo 2 of 2

USS Hancock recovering aircraft in the South China Sea, Jan 1945; note three F6F Hellcat and one TBM Avenger aircraft in flight; seen from USS New Jersey	RA-24B-15-DT Banshee aircraft (serial number 42-54736) preparing for take off on Morotai in the Moluccas, 1 Jan 1945; note C-47 Skytrain and hulk of C-45 Expeditor fuselage