Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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An FM-2 Wildcat on final approach to land aboard the training carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1943-44.	An FM-2 Wildcat suffers a hard landing on the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1943-45.

An SBD Dauntless in the catwalks of the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1944.	Armorers and mechanics of US 9th Air Force servicing a P-38 Lightning aircraft in the field, 1944; note external engine warmer

Arresting wires are disengaged from an SB2U Vindicator following a landing aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1943-44.	B-17 Flying Fortress bomber in New Caledonia, 1944; note markings that showed 118 bombing missions, 20 aircraft destroyed, 7 merchant ships sunk, and 6 combat vessels destroyed

B-17 Fortresses of the 324th Bomb Squadron assembled at RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, 1944. Note P-51D Mustang in the center of the field.	B-24 bombers in flight over the US Army airfield on Baltra, Galápagos Islands, 1940s; note XB-15 bomber on the ground

B-24 Liberator of the 98th Bomb Squadron flying past the island of Chi Chi Jima, Japan, 1944-45.	B-24H Liberator “Tepee Time Gal” of the 455th Bomb Group in flight, circa 1944.

B-24J Liberator of the 431st Bomb Squadron flying over the island of Haha Jima, Japan, 1944.	B-24J Liberator “Deadeye II” of the 392nd Bomb Squadron flown by Lt. Warren Myllenbeck flying from Saipan, Mariana Islands, overflying Iwo Jima and Mt Suribachi, 1944-45.

B-24J Liberator “Kansas Cyclone” of the 26th Bomb Squadron approaching targets in and around the Truk Lagoon, Caroline Islands, 1944. Note Udot Island below.	B-24J Liberator “The Shack” of the 754th Bomb Squadron at RAF Horsham St Faith, Norfolk, England, UK, 1944-45.

B-25 Mitchell bomber of the 405th Bomb Squadron “Green Dragons” employing the skip-bombing technique against enemy shipping, southwest Pacific, 1944-45.	B-26B Marauder “Shootin’ In” of the 556th Bomb Squadron releasing its bomb load, 1944-45

Battleship Iowa firing her 16-inch primary guns during a drill in the Pacific Ocean, circa 1944	Bell P-39 Airacobra on the Haleiwa Fighter Strip, Oahu, Hawaii, 1943-45. Note temporary nature of the tower construction.

Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe, 1942-1944	Brigadier General Donald Brann and Lieutenant General Mark Clark, Italy, 1943-1944