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Hokuto Airfield under USS Langley carrier aircraft attack, Taiwan, 3 Jan 1945, photo 6 of 6	DeHavilland Mosquito F8 in United States service with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) at the Langley Research Center, Virginia, United States, 4 Jan 1945.

Melvin Hoffman of the 82nd Fighter Squadron made the best landing he could under the circumstances in his P-51D Mustang at RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England, UK; Jan 4 1945. Note oil covering the windscreen and engine cowling.	Destroyer USS Helm repelling a special attack from a Nakajima Ki-43 'Oscar' fighter off Luzon, Philippines, 5 Jan 1945. The photo was taken from the carrier USS Steamer Bay.

PBM-3 Mariner aircraft of US Navy patrol bomber squadron VPB-210 being prepared for hoisting aboard seaplane tender Albemarle, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 5 Jan 1945	PBM-3 Mariner aircraft of US Navy patrol bomber squadron VPB-210 hoisted aboard seaplane tender Albemarle, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 5 Jan 1945

Explosion aboard USS Colombia after being struck by a Japanese Army Ki-51 special attack aircraft, Lingayen Gulf, Philippine Islands, 6 Jan 1945	Japanese Zero special attack aircraft, already burning from anti-aircraft fire, diving on USS Columbia during the Lingayen Gulf operation in the Philippine Islands, 6 Jan 1945

Ki-51 special attack aircraft of Japanese Army Sekicho Squadron diving at USS Columbia in Lingayen Gulf, Philippine Islands, at 1729 hours on 6 Jan 1945; photograph taken from USS California	B-17G Fortress with the 327th Bomb Squadron taxis for take-off at snow covered RAF Podington, Bedfordshire, England, UK for a morning mission to Gymnich Airfield; Jan 10 1945

Four TBM Avengers of Torpedo Squadron 4 flying from the USS Essex on their way to strike targets along the coast of French Indochina (now Vietnam), 12 Jan 1945.	Gun camera photo from an F4U Corsair from Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-213 showing a USAAF B-24 Liberator bomber shot down by friendly fire over Cam Ranh Bay, French Indochina (Vietnam), 12 Jan 1945.

SB2C-3 Helldiver from USS Hornet (Essex-class) overflying burning tanker Kyokuun Maru heading for the beach in French Indochina (Vietnam) north of Qui Nhon after being attacked by 175 USN carrier planes, Jan 12, 1945	Strike photo of a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver from USS Hancock over burning Japanese merchant ships off French Indochina (Vietnam), 12 Jan 1945.

TBM-1C Avengers of Torpedo Squadron 4 from USS Essex crossing the Indochinese coast (Vietnam) on their wat to bomb shipping in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), 12 Jan 1945.	Australian Boomerang fighter of No. 5 Squadron RAAF taxiing past RNZAF F4U-1 Corsair fighters, Cape Torokina, Bouganville, Solomon Islands, 15 Jan 1945

Helldiver aircraft over Hornet, South China Sea, mid-Jan 1945, photo 1 of 2	Helldiver aircraft over Hornet, South China Sea, mid-Jan 1945, photo 2 of 2

Lt Fred Eberle of the USAAF 333rd Fighter Squadron nursing his damaged P-38 Lighting back to Saipan after receiving battle damage over Iwo Jima, 15 Jan 1945. Photo taken from an accompanying B-24 Liberator.	SB2C-3 Helldiver aircraft of VB-7 from USS Hancock in flight, South China Sea, mid-Jan 1945