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Consolidated PB2Y Coronado in flight, 1944 to 1945. Note the twin tails with shapes similar to the Consolidated B-24 Liberator.	Corporal Lawrie Lever of RAF Mobile Repair Unit warming his hands with an air compressor which had just been used to service the engines of the Harrow aircraft in the background, Advanced Landing Ground B-56 Evere, Brussels, Belgium, 1945

Corsair fighter, under tow, with wings being caught by overhead power lines on Kingsford Smith Drive, Brisbane, Australia, 1945	Corsair Mk II fighter aboard an escort carrier in the Indian Ocean, 1945; note outrigger device which allowed the fighter to extend beyond the flight deck thus saving deck space

Coventry armored car, circa 1940s	Crew members of USS Makin Island at their battle stations with inflatable belts and flash proof clothing, late 1944-mid 1945

Crew of B-24J Liberator bomber 'Upstairs Maid' being briefed before a mission, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1945	Crews attach lines to an F6F Hellcat hanging over the edge of the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945.

Crews check on pilot Ens John E Hood in his FM-2 Wildcat after a hard landing aboard training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945. Note bent propeller blades.	Crews move quickly to secure an F6F Hellcat as it hangs over the side of the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945.

Crews move to secure an FM-2 Wildcat after a hard landing on the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945.	Crews perform maintenance on OS2U Kingfisher catapult planes aboard US battleship South Dakota, probably at Ulithi, Caroline Islands, 1945

Cutaway diagram of a Mark 53 VT Radio Proximity anti-aircraft fuze. The on-board wet cell battery was always called the Reserve Battery even though it was the primary power source.	Cutaway of a Mark 53 VT Radio Proximity anti-aircraft fuze showing, top to bottom, the radio transmitter/receiver, miniaturized electronics, power cell, explosive trigger safeties, and triggering charge.

Damaged buildings, Italy, 1945	Damaged buildings, Italy, 1945

Damaged P-47 aircraft after a landing accident, Italy, 1945	Danish collaborators being rounded up, circa 1945

Davao Penal Colony entrance, Philippines, date unknown	De Havilland Mosquito Photo Reconnaissance variant at Akyab Island airstrip, Burma, 1945 (now Sittwe, Myanmar).