Photos of World War II Aircraft | World War II Database

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1945 Goodyear prototype F2G low altitude interceptor based on the Vought F4U-1D Corsair fitted with a twice as large four-row R7360 Wasp radial engine.	A group of FR-1 Fireball fighters of US Navy squadron VF-66 warming up their engines at Naval Air Station North Island, California, United States, 1945-1946, as seen in Apr 1961 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation News; note FM-2 Wildcat fighters

Abandoned Zero fighter, Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong, 1945	Black PBY-5A Catalina of Patrol Bombing Squadron VPB-54 pulled from the water at a base in the Philippines, late 1945.

Captured Do 335A-0 Pfeil heavy fighter being tested by United States Navy at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Virginia, United States, 1945	Captured Ki-115 Tsurugi aircraft, Japan, circa late 1945; note lack of propellers to prevent unauthorized flights

Captured Ki-36 aircraft with Chinese markings, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, circa Oct 1945; note damage on building wall	Captured US SB2C Helldiver aircraft painted and deployed as a decoy aircraft, Yokosuka naval airfield, Japan, late 1945

Destroyed aircraft hangar at Omura, Sasebo Naval District, Japan, late 1945; note L2D aircraft in center	E16A Zuiun seaplane at rest, circa 1940s

F4U-1 Corsairs of Marine Squadron VMF-311 flying a surveillance patrol over the summit of Mount Fuji, Japan, late 1945.	FM-2 Wildcat catapulted off of USS Makin Island, off Honolulu, Hawaii, Oct 1945; it was the last launch before the escort carrier was converted to a troop transport

G4M, B6N, D4Y, and L2D (license-built DC-3) aircraft at Yokosuka Navy Air Corps Oppama Base, Japan, late 1945	Japanese P1Y Ginga and D4Y Suisei aircraft at Atsugi Airfield, Japan, post-war; note some propellers removed to prevent unauthorized flights

Kawanishi H6K ‘Mavis’ flying boat in surrender paint scheme abandoned at Surabaya, Java, 1945.	Ki-27 fighter and the wreck of an Eurasia Aviation Corporation Ju 52 passenger aircraft at RAF Kai Tak, Kowloon, Hong Kong, late 1945

Me 410 aircraft at rest at an airfield, late 1945, photo 1 of 2	Me 410 aircraft at rest at an airfield, late 1945, photo 2 of 2

Mitsubishi G3M ‘Nell’ bomber in surrender paint scheme abandoned at Seletar Airfield, Singapore, 1945. Note the Nakajima L2D ‘Tabby’ aircraft beyond, license-built copy of the Douglas DC-3, also in surrender paint.	MXY7 Ohka Model 22 aircraft, Yokosuka, Japan, 1945