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Buffalo Mark I fighter at Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 24 Feb 1941	Boeing B-17C Fortress at Hamilton Field, Novato (listed at the time as San Rafael), California, United States, circa 1941.

Dutch CW-21 B fighter having its guns sighted in, Dutch East Indies 1941	Dutch CW-21 B fighter in the Dutch East Indies, 1941

Dutch CW-21 B fighter in the Dutch East Indies, 1941	Dutch CW-21 B fighter in the Dutch East Indies, 1941

Dutch CW-21 B fighters in the Dutch East Indies, 1941	Dutch CW-21 fighters in flight, 1941

HMS Prince of Wales in 1941, some time before her 24 May engagement with Bismarck; note Supermarine Walrus aircraft being lowered on her side	Japanese E8N aircraft aboard German raider Orion, 1941; note Royal Navy roundel painted for deceit

PBY-5 Catalina patrol plane of Patrol Squadron VP-5 at Norfolk, Virginia, United States, Mar 1941. Note the National Insignia on the nose which at this time were only put on the sides of planes in the Neutrality Patrols	Wellesley Mark I (L2673 KU-C) of No. 47 Squadron RAF based at Agordat, Eritrea in flight, Feb-Mar 1941

Wellesley Mark I K7775 KU-N of No. 47 Squadron RAF based at Agordat, Italian Eritrea, in flight, circa Feb-Mar 1941	British Hurricane fighter of No. 85 Squadron RAF taxiing at Debden, Essex, England, United Kingdom at night, 14 Mar 1941; note navigation lights on wingtips

Second prototype of the Reggiane Re.2001 Falco II fighter aircraft, Italy, 14 Mar 1941	Pilot Officer Kennedy of No. 47 Squadron RAF Detachment inspecting his Wellesley bomber after engagement with two CR.42 fighters, Agordat, Eritrea, 25 Mar 1941; his gunner Sergeant German was killed

Bf 110 aircraft of German Night Fighter Wing 3 in flight over North Africa, Apr 1941, photo 1 of 2	Bf 110 aircraft of German Night Fighter Wing 3 in flight over North Africa, Apr 1941, photo 2 of 2

PBY Catalina patrol aircraft lined up on the seaplane ramp at the Naval Air Station at Corpus Christi, Texas, United States, circa 1941.	Pilots of 51st Independent Fighter Group with an IK-3 No 3 fighter, Apr 1941, photo 1 of 2