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B-24J Liberator aircraft 'Rage in Heaven', Lead Assembly Ship of 491st Bomber Group, US 852nd Bomber Squadron, RAF Pickenham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Aug 1944-Jan 1945	B-29 Superfortress “Tokyo Local” 882nd Bomb Squadron taking off from Isley Field, Saipan, Sep-Nov1944.

BP20 or Ba 349 Natter rocket interceptor at rest, circa late 1944; seen in bulletin 'Guided Missiles-The Weapon of the Future' published by US War Department in Apr 1946	C-0101 transport aircraft at rest, probably in Chongqing, China, date unknown

Carrier pigeon trainer WAVES Specialist 3rd Class Sidney Cazort, Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, California, United States, circa 1944-1945	Composite reconnaissance photo of the shoreline at the base of Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima taken through the periscope of USS Spearfish, late Nov 1944.

Cruiser Sakawa prior to commissioning, Sasebo, Japan, Nov 1944	Destroyer escort USS Tabberer in her Measure 31, Design 22D paint scheme in late 1944, probably Hawaii.

F4U Corsair ‘Luscious Lil-Nan’ of Marine Squadron VMA-21 at Orote Field, Guam, Marianas with ground crews taking advantage of a slow moment, 1944.	F4U-1 Corsair of Marine Squadron VMF-114 set for take-off from Peleliu, late 1944. Note C-46 Commando.

FM-2 Wildcat in flight, 1943-45. The FM-2 variant is easily recognizable by the slightly taller tail.	Frances Wills and Harriet Ida Pickens being sworn in as WAVES apprentice seamen by Lieutenant Rosamond D. Selle, New York City, New York, United States, Nov 1944

General Paul Mueller welcoming Admiral William Halsey to Angaur, Palau Islands, Nov 1944	German Focke-Wulf Fw-190 after belly-landing at the American Orconte Airfield in France, Nov 1944. This plane was flown by USAAF Lt Bruce Carr who made his escape by stealing it from a German airfield in Czechoslovakia.

German paratroopers with Panzerfaust, Panzerschreck, and MP 40 submachine guns, Bretagne, France, Nov 1944; note destroyed US Sherman M4A3 tank	German Volkssturm troops with Panzerfaust recoilless launchers and Panzerschreck rocket launcher in East Prussia, Germany, Nov 1944

Harriet Ida Pickens being sworn in as WAVES apprentice seamen by Lieutenant Rosamond D. Selle, New York, New York, United States, Nov 1944	Hungarian civilians and a German SS soldier in Budapest, Hungary, Nov 1944; note Panzerfaust

Hungarian troops with a 7.5cm Pak 40 antitank gun, suburb of Budapest, Hungary, Nov 1944	Intrepid in the Philippine Sea, Nov 1944, with F6F Hellcat fighters on her flight deck