5,172 items in this album on 259 pages.
 |  |
| B-29 Superfortress bomber 'City of Pittsfield/Two Passes and a Crap' of 39th BG of US 61st BS about to sink after being ditched north of Guam, Mariana Islands, 15 May 1945; she was damaged by flak over Nagoya, Japan | Essex underway at sea during the Okinawa Campaign, 20 May 1945; note the F4U and F6F aircraft on the flight deck |
 |  |
| TBM aircraft of US Navy squadron VC-13 landing aboard USS Anzio, Pacific Ocean, 20 May 1945 | Aboard USS Ticonderoga, Navy Fighting-Bombing Squadron 87 takes possession of the 10,000th F6F Hellcat to be produced, 23 May 1945 at Ulithi. |
 |  |
| Aerial view looking southward over Iwo Jima's South Airfield (formerly Japanese Airfield # 1), with Mount Suribachi in the distance, 26 May 1945; note B-29 bombers on the field | Commandant of the First Naval District Rear Admiral Felix Gygax and Commander, Naval Air Bases, First Naval District Commodore Dixie Kiefer arriving at Otis Field, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States 28 May 1945. |
 |  |
| B-29 bombers of US 500th Bomb Group dropping incendiary bombs over Yokohama, Japan, 29 May 1945 | A Corsair fighter ripple firing its HVAR rockets at Japanese positions at Okinawa, Japan, Jun 1945 |
 |  |
| Abandoned Hs 126B (foreground), Ar 96 (background, with Hungarian markings), and Si 204 aircraft (background), Austria, Jun 1945 | Armorers loading FFAR rockets under the wing of a F4U Corsair fighter, Okinawa, Japan, Jun 1945. Note the sandy mud splatters on the underside of the plane. |
 |  |
| B-24L Liberator ‘Round Trip Ticket’ of the 33rd Bomb Squadron between missions at Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, Mar-Jul 1945. | 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. |
5,172 items in this album on 259 pages.
Change View
Desktop ViewSearch WW2DB
News
- » WW2DB's 20th Anniversary (29 Dec 2024)
- » Wreck of USS Edsall Found (14 Nov 2024)
- » Autumn 2024 Fundraiser (7 Nov 2024)
- » Nobel Peace Prize for the Atomic Bomb Survivors Organization (11 Oct 2024)
- » See all news
Random Photograph
Current Site Statistics
- » 1,150 biographies
- » 337 events
- » 44,024 timeline entries
- » 1,242 ships
- » 350 aircraft models
- » 207 vehicle models
- » 375 weapon models
- » 123 historical documents
- » 260 facilities
- » 470 book reviews
- » 28,631 photos
- » 431 maps
Famous WW2 Quote
"You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory. Victory at all costs. Victory in spite of all terrors. Victory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival."Winston Churchill
