Mid-WW2 Photos | World War II Database

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A-24 Banshee aircraft in a dive, 1941	A6M Zero fighters of Japanese Navy Genzan Air Group at Genzan (now Wonsan), Korea, 1940-1941

Abukuma underway, circa 1941; note E7K1 floatplane on catapult	Admirals Isoroku Yamamoto and Matome Ugaki, 1941

Adolf Hitler shaking Hasso von Manteuffel's hand, circa 1940s	Aerial view looking west at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico, 1940-41. Note B-18 Bolo bombers parked on the pad that would become Hangar 5.

Aerial view of Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany, 1941; note heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen moored near the slips and a Königsberg-class cruiser to the aft	Aerial view of RAF Hal Far while under Italian attack, Malta, 1941

Aerial view of RAF Luqa, Malta, 1941	Aerial view of the under-construction Naval Air Station Midway, Eastern Island, Midway Atoll, 1941

Aerial view of the under-construction seaplane base at Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 1941	Aerial view of the village of Giarabub, Libya, 1941

Aft gangway of battleship Bismarck, Hamburg, Germany, 1940-1941	Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Burnett with the Royal Australian Air Force Flying Personnel Medical Research Committee, circa 1941

An aerial photographer with his Fairchild F-56 camera, based on Fairchild’s K-20 design, but with a 20-inch lens.	An Allied merchant ship being shelled by a German submarine, date unknown

Ar 96 B aircraft in flight, date unknown	Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Churchill's office at 10 Downing Street, London, England, United Kingdom, 1941

Australian soldier observing the burning wreck of Ju 87B Stuka dive bomber, near Tobruk, Libya, 1941	Australian soldier posing with an Owen Machine Carbine, date unknown