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A group of Ki-48 aircraft in flight, circa 1940s, photo 2 of 2	A Heinkel He-219A Uhu night fighter with FuG-220d radar and a Junkers Ju-87 Stuka in the background, Münster-Handorf Airfield, Germany, late 1944.

A Japanese armorer servicing the Ho-103 machines guns on a Ki-45 aircraft, 1940s	A Ju 88 bomber preparing for flight at a snowy airfield on the Russian front, 1944

A La-7 aircraft resting on a snowing airfield, circa 1940s	A Liberty Ship launching from drydocks of shipbuilder J. A. Jones, Brunswick, Georgia, United States, 1944

A Marine on Saipan was transferred to an R5C-1 Commando aircraft from a Dodge WC54 3/4-ton field ambulance for transfer to Hawaii, 1944; note the Jeep in between	A mechanic manually turning the engine on a B6N2 torpedo bomber to prevent hydraulic lock, 1940s

A P-38 Lightning with the 80th Fighter Squadron, the “Headhunters,” at rest at Dobodura, New Guinea, Dec 1943 – Feb 1944. Note the improvised wheel chocks.	A photo-reconnaissance variant of the P-40N Warhawk assigned to the 110th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron takes off from a steel runway on an island in the southwest Pacific, 1944-45.

A rack of three German G7es Type V Zaunkönig acoustic torpedoes in storage, date and location unknown.	A rest and recuperation area for US airmen in Yunnan Province, China, circa 1944

A sailor in his bunk aboard USS Harder, date unknown	A sailor of USS S-31 holding the submarine's mascot, date unknown

A TBF-1 Avenger hanging precariously over the side of the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1944-45.	A TBM Avenger after a water landing beside the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1944-45. Photo 1 of 2.

A TBM Avenger after a water landing beside the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1944-45. Photo 2 of 2.	A TBM-1C Avenger after landing aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, as another circles around, 1944-45.

A unidentified vice-admiral embarking USS New Jersey, date unknown	A US Navy K-class airship of Airship Patrol Squadron ZP-41 secured to a mooring mast at São Luís, Brazil, 1944.