Photos of World War II Aircraft | World War II Database

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USS Ranger entering the Mississippi River approaching New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 15 Oct 1945. Note four F8F Bearcat fighters and one TBM Avenger torpedo bomber on deck.	Australian pilots of the No. 457 Squadron 'Grey Nurse' RAAF in the Brunei Bay area, Borneo, 19 Oct 1945; note Spitfire fighter in background

Ki-51 aircraft at Gimpo Airfield, Seoul, Korea, 20 Oct 1945	USS Augusta, USS Midway, USS Enterprise, USS Missouri, USS New York, USS Helena, and USS Macon in the Hudson River in New York, New York, United States for Navy Day celebrations, 27 Oct 1945

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. Note the longer cowling and air scoop just behind the cowling.	J1N1-S, G4M, C6N, and D4Y aircraft at Yokosuka Naval Air Depot, Japan, late 1945, photo 1 of 2

J1N1-S, G4M, C6N, and D4Y aircraft at Yokosuka Naval Air Depot, Japan, late 1945, photo 2 of 2	Captured J2M Raiden fighter being prepared for takeoff, Seletar Airfield, Singapore, Dec 1945

Captured J2M Raiden fighters in RAF markings being tested by Japanese pilots near Seletar Airfield, Singapore, Dec 1945, photo 1 of 2	Captured J2M Raiden fighters in RAF markings being tested by Japanese pilots near Seletar Airfield, Singapore, Dec 1945, photo 2 of 2

Crew of B-29 Superfortress 'Bockscar' for the Nagasaki, Japan bombing mission, 1945. Front: Dehart, Kuharek, Buckley, Gallagher, Spizer. Back: Olivi, Beahan, Sweeney, Van Pelt, Albury. Late 1945	F4U-4 Corsair fighters of US Navy squadron VBF-74 aboard USS Midway, late 1945; seen in Feb issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation News

Japanese Navy pilots at Seletar Airfield, Singapore with a captured J2M Raiden fighter in RAF markings, Dec 1945	A captured B6N2 torpedo bomber with US markings, United States, late 1940s

A captured B6N2 torpedo bomber with US markings, United States, late 1940s	A captured Japanese B7A attack aircraft with US air intelligence unit ATAIU-SEA markings, United States, 1946

A6M2 Zero fighter being tested by the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, post-WW2	Abandoned A6M5 Model 52, Japan, circa late 1940s

An SNJ-5C Texan making a carrier qualification landing aboard the Light Carrier USS Saipan, circa 1946.	B-29 Superfortress bomber in flight, 1945-1946