WW2 Photographs in Color | World War II Database

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Beaufighter Mk VIF aircraft of No. 272 Squadron RAF Coastal Command at Takali airfield, Malta, 27 Jun 1943	F6F-3 Hellcats being loaded aboard USS Yorktown (Essex-class) at Norfolk, Virginia, 1943.

German 2 cm FlaK 38 gun at Sicily, Italy, circa Jul 1943, photo 1 of 2	German 2 cm FlaK 38 gun at Sicily, Italy, circa Jul 1943, photo 2 of 2

Ground crew starting 357th Fighter Group commander Col. Edward S. Chickering's P-39Q the hard way - with the hand crank to get the inertia starter going. Hamilton Field, California, United States, July 1943	P-40 Warhawk fighters of the 18th Fighter Squadron escorting B-24 Liberator bombers of the 21st Bomb Squadron over the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Jul 1943.

SB2C Helldiver aircraft on the flight deck of carrier Yorktown, circa Jul-Sep 1943	United States Navy ordinancemen servicing a Mark XIII torpedo at a Naval air station in the Aleutian Islands, Jun-Aug 1943

USS Washington underway off Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, mid-1943; photo taken from USS Yorktown	Many of the design features of the Essex-class can be seen here as the USS Yorktown squeezes through the locks of the Panama Canal, 11 Jul 1943. Notably, the deck-edge aircraft elevator is in the raised position.

Cruiser USS St Louis departing Tulagi Harbor, Solomon Islands, 12 Jul 1943 as seen from the USS Nicholas. The bow of fleet oiler USS Lackawanna is visible on the right.	Damaged buildings at Palermo, Sicily, Italy, circa Jul 1943, photo 1 of 2

Damaged buildings at Palermo, Sicily, Italy, circa Jul 1943, photo 2 of 2	Sicilian refugees on an ox cart, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, circa Jul 1943

Submarine USS Dace (left) at her commissioning, New London, Connecticut, United States, 23 Jul 1943.	Cartoon by Sixta depicting events and activities in the first year following the 30 Jul 1942 authorization of the US Navy WAVES program

Commander David White (at periscope) and Lieutenant Commander David McClintock (center) in the conning tower of USS Cero during a simulated torpedo attack, Groton, Connecticut, United States, Aug 1943	Commander of a US submarine sighting through a periscope during exercises at the Submarine Base, New London, Groton, Connecticut, United States, Aug 1943; either aboard Mackerel, Marlin, or Snook

Horst Grund and other photo journalists atop a flak tower at the Strait of Messina, Italy, Aug 1943	Horst Grund filming, circa Aug 1943