WW2 Photographs in Color | World War II Database

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Propaganda poster on the city wall of Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, circa 1944	RAF Lightning I aircraft in flight, date unknown; note the absence of superchargers atop the booms as Lend Lease Lightnings were not equipped with them

Razorback P-47 of the 355th Fighter Group at rest at Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, 1943-44. Note Cletrac M-2 High Speed Tractor.	SBD-5 Dauntless bombers of USS Yorktown in flight over the Pacific Ocean, 1944

Scene in the control tower of Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, United States, overlooking a seaplane ramp full of OS2U Kingfisher aircraft, circa 1944-1945; note WAVES personnel	SNJ-4 Texan on the ramp at Moffett Field, California, USA, 1944.

Street scene near Huguo Gate, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, circa 1944	Ta 154 Moskito night fighter, circa 1944

Trainees of US Naval Training Center, Hunter College, Bronx, New York, United States marching in formation behind their color guard, during WW2	Two TBM-1 Avengers sent to Britain under Lend Lease to become Tarpons of the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm.

Two US B-17G Fortress aircraft of the 91st Bomb Group, 323rd Bomb Squadron in formation, Sep 1943-Oct 1944	US 14th Air Force facilities at the Peishiyi (Baishiyi) Airfield near Chongqing, China, circa 1944

US airmen in China, circa 1944	US Navy K-class airship in flight, 1942-45.

US Navy WAVES color guard at the administration building of Naval Air Station Seattle, Washington, United States, 1944-1945	USAAF Capt Don Gentile sits on the wing of his P-51B Mustang “Shangri-La” of the 336th Fighter Squadron at RAF Debden, Essex, England, UK; 1944-45. Photo 1 of 2.

View from the control tower at Martlesham Heath, Suffolk, England, UK, of P-51D Mustangs of the 360th Fighter Squadron in sandbag revetments, 1944.	WAVES from the yeoman school at Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States taking a meal break, circa 1944; they were helping farmers de-tassel corn stalks during the wartime labor shortage

WAVES Parachute Rigger 3rd Class Lorna Peterson climbing out of a N2S training plane after her orientation flight with Lieutenant (jg) Keith W. Sharer, Ottumwa, Iowa, United States, circa 1944-1945	WAVES personnel washing a SNJ training aircraft, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, circa 1943-1945; note SNB aircraft in background