Photos of World War II Aircraft | World War II Database

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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.	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	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	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)	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.	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.	Fletcher-class destroyer USS Harrison steaming alongside carrier USS Bennington as Bennington’s TBM Avengers run up their engines, early 1945 in the Western Pacific.

FM-2 Wildcat fighter of US Navy Composite Squadron 93 flying over Petrof Bay off Okinawa, Japan, March-May 1945	George Sodemann and Bev Cole of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) with L-4 liaison aircraft at Muse, Shan, Burma, Apr 1945

Gun camera view of a P-51 fighter preparing to strafe a train on the Pinghan Railway (now Beijing-Hankou Railway), Hebei Province, China, Apr 1945	He 162 aircraft at rest, Germany, Apr 1945

He 162 pilots of JG1 at Leck, standing in front of their jet fighters, Germany, Apr 1945	Japanese Navy aviators resting; note G4M2e Model 24 bomber with MXY7 Ohka Model 11 aircraft in background

Ki-100 fighter in flight, Japan, 1945	Loading cargo onto a C-47 aircraft, Lashio Airfield, Shan, Burma, Apr 1945; photo taken by personnel of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional)