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N1K Shiden aircraft at rest, late 1945	PB4Y-2 Privateer (derived from the PB4Y-1 Liberator) in flight off the eastern shore of Oahu, Hawaii, 1945. Photo 1 of 3.

PB4Y-2 Privateer (derived from the PB4Y-1 Liberator) in flight off the eastern shore of Oahu, Hawaii, 1945. Photo 2 of 3.	PB4Y-2 Privateer (derived from the PB4Y-1 Liberator) in flight off the eastern shore of Oahu, Hawaii, 1945. Photo 3 of 3.

Royal Thai Air Force Ki-30 aircraft resting at an airfield, Thailand, circa Sep-Dec 1945	Royal Thai Air Force Ki-30 aircraft resting at an airfield, Thailand, circa Sep-Dec 1945

Surplus US carrier aircraft stored for demobilization and prepared for scrapping, Iroquois Point, Oahu, Hawaii, Oct 1945	Collapsed Ki-21 bomber, Penfoei, Timor, Dutch East Indies, 2 Oct 1945; the aircraft had an accident while bringing General K. Yamada to Timor for the surrender ceremony without anyone being hurt

Australian Lieutenant Colonel R. A. C. Muir and Dutch Colonel de Rooy inspecting a captured Japanese Ki-46 aircraft at Menado, Celebes, Dutch East Indies, 3 Oct 1945	Kyushu J7W1 Type 18 Shinden discovered in a factory at Fukuoka, Japan Oct 10 1945, second of the two built and is now stored at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC.

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