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C6N-1S Saiun nightfighter aircraft of Japanese Navy 302nd Naval Air Group at rest, Atsugi Airfield, Kanagawa, Japan, Jun 1945	Corsair fighter taking off from HMS Illustrious, off Japan, 1945

Crewmen in front of Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat “10,000th Hellcat” BuNo 78854 of Fighting-Bombing Squadron VBF-87 aboard USS Ticonderoga, May-Jun 1945 in the western Pacific.	Crewmen pull through the prop of Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat “10,000th Hellcat” BuNo 78854 of Fighting-Bombing Squadron VBF-87 aboard USS Ticonderoga, May-Jun 1945 in the western Pacific.

Damaged F4U-1D Corsair fighter of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-314, Ie Shima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, 1945	Experimental DeHavilland Mosquito “Sea-Mossie” with folding wings and torpedo mount for possible carrier use, Jun 1945 at Hatfield Aerodrome, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom. These did not go into production.

F6F Hellcat fighters of Fighting Squadron 87 aboard carrier Ticonderoga off Okinawa, Jun 1945. Note aircraft tugs.	Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat “10,000th Hellcat” BuNo 78854 of Fighting-Bombing Squadron VBF-87 catching an arresting wire while landing aboard USS Ticonderoga, May-Jun 1945 in the western Pacific.

Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat “10,000th Hellcat” BuNo 78854 of Fighting-Bombing Squadron VBF-87 preparing for launch from USS Ticonderoga, May-Jun 1945 in the western Pacific.	Interesting aerial view into the cockpit of an SB2C-4E or SBF-4E Helldiver with a Utility Squadron, probably in the western Pacific, 1945. Note the slotted wing flaps that served as dive-brakes.

Me 262 B-1a/U1 night fighter (converted two-seat trainer), post-war	NE-1 aircraft taking off from a road with a wounded US Marine on board, Okinawa, Japan, 1945

P-47N Thunderbolts of the 19th Fighter Squadron running up their engines at Ie Jima, Japan, circa June 1945.	P-51B and P-51C Mustang fighters of the US Army Air Force 118th Tactical Recon Squadron at Laohwangping Airfield, Guizhou Province, China, Jun 1945

P-51D Mustangs of the 353rd Fighter Group in a line at a B-17 Fortress base of the 493rd Bomb Group, RAF Debach, Suffolk, England, UK, June 1945.	Swimming party alongside escort carrier USS Steamer Bay, late 1944-early 1945, location unknown. Note the Measure 32, Design 12A camouflage and the TBM Avengers on the flight deck.

Three P-47 Thunderbolt fighters in flight, circa 1945	Two P-51D Mustangs of the 45th Fighter Squadron after a ground crash at South Field, Iwo Jima, June 1945. Note Mt Suribachi.

United States Marine Corps Stinson OY-1 Sentinel over Naha, Okinawa, Japan, circa Jun 1945, photo 1 of 2	United States Marine Corps Stinson OY-1 Sentinel over Naha, Okinawa, Japan, circa Jun 1945, photo 2 of 2