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Two Mitsubishi G4M ‘Betty’ bombers that brought the Japanese surrender delegation to Ie Jima on 19 Aug 1945. The planes remained at Ie Jima as the delegation went on to Manila in a US transport (20 Aug 1945 photo).	Australian troops of 37/52nd infantry battalion loading gear onto a New Zealand PB2B-1 Catalina aircraft at Nantambu, New Britain, Solomon Islands, 22 Aug 1945

A6M Zero fighters on an airfield near Tokyo, Japan, late Aug 1945	Heavy seas getting heavier as USS Wasp (Essex-class) steams into a typhoon south of Japan, 25 Aug 1945.

Japanese surrender envoys led by General Numata Takazo escorted by British officers at Mingaladon airfield, Rangoon for the surrender of the Southern Army in Burma, 28 Aug 1945. They arrived in a Mitsubishi Ki-57 ‘Topsy’	SB2C Helldiver from USS Essex flying over Yap, Caroline Islands, after the Japanese surrender, 28 Aug 1945

TBM Avengers from the USS Wasp (Essex-class) dropping more supplies for POWs in the Narumi sub-camp No 11 in Nagoya, Japan, 28 Aug 1945	The bomb bay of a TBM Avenger aboard USS Wasp (Essex-class) packed with clusters of sea bags filled with supplies to be dropped by parachute on prisoner of war camps holding US servicemen in Japan, 28 Aug 1945

Ki-100-I-Ko fighters of 59th Sentai of 2nd Chutai of the Japanese Army at rest, Japan, 29 Aug 1945	PB2Y Coronado seaplane carrying US Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz arriving at Tokyo Bay 29 Aug 1945 for the surrender ceremonies five days later. USS Missouri is in the center background.

Douglas MacArthur arriving at Atsugi Airfield near Tokyo, Japan, 30 Aug 1945; note Major General Joseph Swing, Lieutenat General Richard Sutherland, and General Robert Eichelberger	US Navy PV-1 Ventura patrol aircraft over Mokapu Point, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 31 Aug 1945

119 B-29 Superfortress bombers of the 73rd Bomb Wing lined up on Baker runway, Isley Field, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Sep 1945 with 35 more B-29s seen in the periphery.	A7M2 Reppu fighter at rest in a hangar, Yokosuka, Japan, Sep 1945, photo 1 of 2

A7M2 Reppu fighter at rest in a hangar, Yokosuka, Japan, Sep 1945, photo 2 of 2	Captured A6M3 Model 22 Zero fighter, near Buin, Bougainvile, Sep 1945

Captured Japanese A6M Zero fighter at Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Sep 1945; note missing stabilizer on aircraft and jeep in background	Captured Junkers Ju-290 heavy transport aircraft with German markings but with US tail number FE3400 flying over the United States in late 1945. This plane became a common sight at postwar air shows.

Close-up of a TBM-3 Avenger aircraft of Composite Squadron 41 from USS Makin Island enroute to Wakayama, Japan, Sep 1945	Cockpit of a wrecked G4M bomber, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Sep 1945