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| Eastern Aircraft FM2 Wildcats of Composite Squadron VC-93 on the flight deck of escort carrier USS Petrof Bay off Okinawa, 25 Mar 1945. | Freshly repaired and repainted USS Nashville on a full-power test run in Puget Sound, Washington, United States, 25 Mar 1945. Note the signal flag indicating there is a harbor pilot on board. |
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| P-51D Mustangs of the 531st Fighter Squadron lined up at South Field, Iwo Jima, Mar 25, 1945 | USS Hornet in camouflage Measure 33 Design 3a off Okinawa, Japan, 27 Mar 1945; note various aircraft on the flight deck |
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| A TBM Avenger trailing smoke returning to the carrier USS Essex after being damaged by Japanese anti-aircraft fire during a strike on Minami Daito Jima in the Okinawa Operation, 28 Mar 1945. | 3 TBM-1C Avengers and 2 FM-2 Wildcats of Composite Squadron 69 readying for take-off from escort carrier USS Mission Bay on an anti-submarine patrol in the Atlantic, spring 1945. |
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| 45th Fighter Squadron P-51D Mustangs flying from Iwo Jima flying with a B-29 Superfortress from the 498th Bomb Group, Mar-Apr 1945 | 45th Fighter Squadron P-51D Mustangs flying from Iwo Jima flying with a B-29 Superfortress from the 498th Bomb Group, Mar-Apr 1945 |
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| A group of US Navy flight nurses walking away from a Douglas R5D Skymaster aircraft, Guam, Marianas, Apr 1945 | A Marine Corps F4U Corsair flying over Marine ground troops during a close air ground support training exercise, 1945. Note M1 Rocket Launcher (or ‘Bazooka’) and M2 Flame Thrower. |
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| Aerial view of USS Makin Island off Okinawa, Japan, 1945; note FM-2 Wildcat and TBM Avenger aircraft on the flight deck | American Marines examined the wreck of a G4M bomber at one of Iwo Jima's two operational airfields, Mar-Apr 1945 |
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| Australian Destroyer HMAS Nizam alongside carrier USS Shangri-La for refueling, April 1945. Note Corsairs of Air Group 85 spotted on the flight deck. | B-17G 'Big Yank' of the 483rd Bomber Group, circa 1945 |
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| C-47 aircraft at Lashio Airfield, Shan, Burma, Apr 1945; photo taken by personnel of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) | C-47 aircraft taking off at Lashio Airfield, Shan, Burma, Apr 1945; photo taken by personnel of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) |
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| Commander of USAAF 78th Fighter Squadron Major James B. Tapp checking the fuses on his HVAR air-to-surface rockets mounted to his P-51D VLR Mustang ‘Margaret-V’ 44-73407 at South Field, Iwo Jima, spring 1945. | F4U Corsair at the barrier wires after landing aboard USS Bennington around Okinawa in the Western Pacific, Apr 1945. |
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| F4U Corsair preparing for a deck launch from USS Bennington around Okinawa in the Western Pacific, Apr 1945. Note the arrowhead geometrics that identify the plane as coming from the Bennington. | F4U-1D Corsairs of Marine Squadron VMA-321 on Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945. |
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