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TBM-1 Avenger on a carrier deck, 1942-44. Note Mark XIII torpedo and crewman on top of the airplane handling an antenna from the ASB radar system.	TBM-1C Avenger aircraft flying from the USS Intrepid, 1943-1944

TBM-1C Avenger aircraft flying from the USS Intrepid, 1944; note five low flying aircraft below lower element	TBM-1C Avengers forming up over the Green Island airstrip, Northern Solomons, on their way to strike the Japanese. Some Avengers flying from Green Island acted as control ships for some of the first radio-controlled drone bomb strikes, 1944-45.

Technical Sergeant Jacob Eierman, who had participated in the Doolittle Raid in Apr 1942, at Mitchel Field, New York, United States, date unknown	The 24-Turns section of the Kunming-Chungking (Chongqing) Road in China climbs 650 vertical feet using 1.8 miles of road to cover one-quarter of that distance laterally, Guizhou Province, China, 1944, photo 1 of 2

The 24-Turns section of the Kunming-Chungking (Chongqing) Road in China climbs 650 vertical feet using 1.8 miles of road to cover one-quarter of that distance laterally, Guizhou Province, China, 1944, photo 2 of 2	The damaged landing gear of an FM-2 Wildcat after a hard landing aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1943-45.

The training aircraft carrier USS Sable at the Navy Pier on Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois, United States, 1944.	The training aircraft carrier USS Sable in the icy winter-time waters of Lake Michigan, United States, 1944.

This P-40K Warhawk was one of three P-40s that were heavily modified with supercharged Allison engines & bubble canopies into the experimental XP-40Q. Performance improved but still did not match the P-51, P47, or P-38 so they never went into production	Three FM-2 Wildcats flying over Lake Michigan, United States during carrier qualifications aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Sable, 1943-44.

Three Horsa gliders landing, pre-May 1944	Three WAAF members checking rations while two RAF members unloaded sacks of flour in the store room at the RAF depot at Uxbridge, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, 1944

Tiger I heavy tanks being built in a factory in Germany, 1944, photo 01 of 16	Tiger I heavy tanks being built in a factory in Germany, 1944, photo 02 of 16

Tiger I heavy tanks being built in a factory in Germany, 1944, photo 03 of 16	Tiger I heavy tanks being built in a factory in Germany, 1944, photo 04 of 16

Tiger I heavy tanks being built in a factory in Germany, 1944, photo 05 of 16	Tiger I heavy tanks being built in a factory in Germany, 1944, photo 06 of 16