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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	F6F Hellcat launching from USS Intrepid’s starboard catapult, 1945. Note SB2C Helldiver and TBM Avenger spotted on the deck. Note also Independence-class light carrier cutting across Intrepid’s bow.

HMS Colossus off Wusong, Shanghai, China, circa Sep 1945	Post-war photo of a TBM-3 Avenger from Torpedo Squadron VT-27 from the aircraft carrier USS Independence flying over the Japanese battleship Nagato at Yokosuka, Japan, Aug-Sep 1945

US and Chinese airmen with a captured Japanese L2D aircraft, China, circa mid- to late-1945	XB-32 Dominator bomber of USAAF 386th Bombardment Squadron at Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, Aug-Sep 1945

XB-32 Dominator bomber of USAAF 386th Bombardment Squadron refueling at Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, Aug-Sep 1945	American aircraft fly over USS Missouri after the surrender, photo 1 of 3