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Lieutenant (jg) Lewis entering a F4F Wildcat fighter aboard USS Anzio, Pacific Ocean, 23 Feb 1945	Medical officer of the 535th Bomb Squadron, Capt Graham, congratulating pilot Lt Biene of B-17G Fortress ‘Stage Door Canteen,’ on the bomber’s 100th mission, 25 Feb 1945 at Ridgewell, Essex, England, United Kingdom.

P-38L Lightning aircraft flying in formation during Lockheed test pilot Milo Burcham's funeral, southern California, United States, 25 Feb 1945	P-47D Thunderbolt 'Torrid Tessie' of the 346th Fighter Squadron and flown by USAAF 1Lt Homer St. Onge flying over Italy, Feb 25, 1945

FR-1 Fireball fighter at rest at Moffet Field, California, United States, 26 Feb 1945	The 401st Bomb Group’s control tower at RAF Deenethorpe, Northamptonshire, England, UK, Feb 26 1945. Note a US Navy Captain among the group of observers.

A Curtiss SC Seahawk floatplane on USS Nashville’s catapult, 1945. Note the radar pod under the right wing. Missing from the ship is the starboard aircraft catapult that was removed in the Mar 1945 refit at Puget Sound.	A Douglas R4D (C-47) transport plane (center) loading wounded Marines on Iwo Jima's South Field bound for a Navy hospital on Guam, Mar 1945. Note Mount Suribachi to the left.

A F6F-5 Hellcat fighter on the port catapult of USS Randolph, Mar 1945; note Geometric Symbol (G-symbol) on tail.	A Marine "Oly" (OY-1 Sentinel) landing on Iwo Jima, Mar 1945.

A Mark XIII aerial torpedo with wooden shroud rings fore and aft being loaded from a boat into the starboard bomb bay (in the engine nacelle) of a PBM Mariner patrol aircraft, probably 1945 in the Pacific.	An F6F Hellcat landing aboard Independence-class carrier USS Cabot in the Pacific while a cruiser steams off the beam, 1945.

An ordnanceman aboard USS Wasp (Essex-class) placing tape over the gun ports on F4U Corsairs to keep dust and salt spray out of the guns before they are fired, 1945.	Ar 96 aircraft with Czechoslovakian markings at rest, Czechoslovakia, spring 1945

Armorers load belts of .50 caliber ammunition into a P-51D Mustang of the 45th Fighter Squadron, Saipan, Mariana Islands, before flying to Iwo Jima, Mar 1945.	B-26G Marauder “Sure Go for No Dough” of the 394th Bomb Group (Medium) sitting on the ramp at RAF Mount Farm, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, 1945.

B-29 Superfortress bombers of the 29th Bombardment Group assembled at North Field, Guam, Mariana Islands, 1945. Note the large Square-O on the tails that painted over the tail numbers.	C-47 or R4D aircraft delivering mail to US Marines in southern Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb-Mar 1945

Captured Heinkel He-219 Uhu night fighters in Denmark, 1945	F4U Corsairs of Marine Squadron VMF-222, Guiuan Airfield, Samar, Philippines, 1945. Note the oversized squadron decals on the cowls.