WW2 Photographs in Color | World War II Database

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B-24H Liberator aircraft 'Spotted Ass Ape', lead assembly ship for 458th Bomber Group, US 754th Bomber Squadron based at RAF Horsham St. Faiths, Norfolk, England, UK, May 1944-Mar 1945, photo 3 of 5	B-24H Liberator aircraft 'Spotted Ass Ape', lead assembly ship for 458th Bomber Group, US 754th Bomber Squadron based at RAF Horsham St. Faiths, Norfolk, England, UK, May 1944-Mar 1945, photo 5 of 5

B-24J Liberator bomber 'Tubarao', lead assembly ship of the 491st Bomber Group, US 855th Bomber Squadron based at RAF North Pickenham, Norfolk, England, UK, 1945	B-29 Superfortress bomber in flight, 1945

B-29 Superfortress “Limber Richard” of the 99th Bombardment Squadron flying toward Japan with other squadron bombers, 1945	Brightly painted Willys MB Jeep leading B-24J aircraft at an unknown USAAF Air Field; note the special orange paint within National Insignia on hood, which changed colors when exposed to nerve agents

Canadian-built PBV-1A Catalina in service as a USAAF OA-10 of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron at Halesworth, England, United Kingdom, 1945	Captain Paul Hall's P-47D Thunderbolt fighter 'Dixie Gal' of 57th Fighter Group, US 64th Fighter Squadron at rest at Grosseto, Italy, Oct 1944-May 1945; note damaged propellers and A-26 in background

Civilians of Kunming, Yunnan Province, China celebrating the arrival of the first convoy across the Ledo Road, early 1945	Color portrait of Leahy, 1945

Crews perform maintenance on OS2U Kingfisher catapult planes aboard US battleship South Dakota, probably at Ulithi, Caroline Islands, 1945	Destroyer Cotten steaming at sea, circa 1945, photo 1 of 7

Destroyer Cotten steaming at sea, circa 1945, photo 2 of 7	Destroyer Cotten steaming at sea, circa 1945, photo 3 of 7

Destroyer Cotten steaming at sea, circa 1945, photo 4 of 7; men of APA Sanborn in foreground	Destroyer Cotten steaming at sea, circa 1945, photo 5 of 7; men of APA Sanborn in foreground

Destroyer Cotten steaming at sea, circa 1945, photo 6 of 7; men of APA Sanborn in foreground	Destroyer Cotten steaming at sea, circa 1945, photo 7 of 7; men of APA Sanborn in foreground

Fantail of USS South Dakota, probably at Ulithi fleet anchorage, Caroline Islands, 1945; note the No 3 16-in turret swung to port to clear way for the band	FR-1 Fireball fighter of US Navy squadron VF-66 in flight, 1945