Late-WW2 Photos | World War II Database

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A column of Tiger II heavy tanks, 1944-1945	A corporal instructor assisting two WAAF members during their joinery class of the RAF Educational and Vocational Training Scheme, United Kingdom, date unknown

A crane hoists an F6F Hellcat after it nosed all the way over aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945.	A crowded tower at RAF Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England, 1944-45 with men awaiting the return of bombers of the 306th Bomb Group.

A damaged F6F Hellcat being hoisted by a crane from the training aircraft carrier USS Sable to a waiting barge on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945.	A formation B-29 Superfortress bombers in flight toward Japan, 1945

A German town in ruins, 1945	A Grumman F6F Hellcat with one wheel in the catwalks aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Wolverine on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945. Note the severely bent propeller blades.

A Jeep being lowered into a DUKW on Tinian, Mariana Islands, 1945	A Naval aviator in the cockpit of an F4U Corsair aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945.

A patient being passed between C-47 Skytrain aircraft and Dodge WC54 ambulance, 1944-1945	A sergeant of the US 28th Infantry Division shaving in the mirror of a M35 'deuce-and-a-half' truck, circa 1940s

A staged photograph of ground crews performing their collective duties to service P-47D Thunderbolt ‘Lady Ruth’ of the 318th Fighter Group at East Field, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun 1944-Apr 1945	A TBF-1 Avenger noses over while landing aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945.

A TBM Avenger catches its propeller in the barrier wires and noses over after landing aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945.	A TBM-3 Avenger with a Marine bombing squadron rests on a Pacific airfield, 1944-1945.

A US Navy sailor and a WAVES member gazing out over the beach at a Gulf of Mexico coast Naval Air Station, United States, circa 1945	A US soldier walking through a destroyed German town, 1944-1945

A Ventura patrol aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force overflies Rabaul, New Britain, 1944-1945.	A wooden bridge being destroyed by US Army engineers, Germany, 1944-1945