Photos of World War II Aircraft | World War II Database

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Corporal Ralph Hayden and Leading Aircraftman Harry Pearce of No. 80 Squadron RAF working on F1M (foreground) and N1K (background) aircraft, Surabaya, Java, Dutch East Indies, Jan 1946	FR-1 Fireball fighter of US Navy squadron VF-41 landing aboard escort carrier USS Bairoko, 13 Mar 1946; this aircraft's nose gear would collapse moments after this photo was taken

Close-up view of an AN/APS-3 radar mounted on a US Navy PV-2 Harpoon aircraft, 1946; as seen in US Navy publication Naval Aviation News dated Apr 1946	F4U-4 Corsair aircraft of US Navy squadron VF-75 and SB2C-4E Helldiver aircraft of US Navy squadron VT-75 in flight over USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, western Atlantic Ocean, 5 May 1946

A F4U Corsair aircraft leading two F6F Hellcat aircraft attacking target ship DD-224 off San Francisco, California, United States, 24 May 1946; note this might be a composite photograph	Group portrait of Australian Governor-General's flight with York aircraft 'Endeavour', RAAF Base Fairbairn, Canberra, Australia, Jun 1946

RAdm Gerald Bogan and Commodore A. Burke, Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, United States, summer 1946; note wing of R5D Skymaster aircraft and TBF Avenger, SNJ, and SB2C Helldiver in background	P-80A Shooting Star aircraft, Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, Moffet Field, California, United States, 22 July 1946

Three radio-controlled B-17G-90-DL Flying Fortress drone aircraft in flight, probably out of Eglin Field, Florida, United States, 6 Aug 1946	Ar 196A-5 aircraft in flight, circa late 1940s

Drawing of the PBM-5S Mariner aircraft, date unknown	F4U Corsair fighter of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-213 being service, Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California, United States, 1947; seen in Nov 1947 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation News

F4U-4 Corsair fighter of US Navy group CVAG-1 aboard USS Tarawa, 1947; seen in Sep 1947 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation News	F4U-4 Corsair fighter of US Navy squadron VF-4 aboard USS Tarawa, 1946-1947

F4U-4 Corsair fighters of US Navy squadron VBF-4 in flight near Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1946-1947	F4U-5P and F4U-5N Corsair aircraft of US Navy squadrons VC-62 and VC-4 in flight, circa 1947

FR-1 Fireball fighters of US Navy squadron VF-1E in fight, 1947	Head on view of Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero, date and location unknown.

P-51D Mustang fighters of the No.82 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force, part of the occpuation force in Japan, 1947	P-61 Black Widow aircraft used in support of Thunderstorm Project, 1947