Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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F6F-3 Hellcat fighters preparing for launch aboard USS Saratoga, 1943-1944	F6F-3 Hellcat from the Light Carrier USS San Jacinto flying over the Pacific, 1944-45.

F6F-3 Hellcat of Fighting Squadron 1 aboard the Fleet Carrier USS Yorktown (Essex-class), 1944.	F6F-5F Hellcat of VF-23 loses its tail section upon landing aboard the carrier Princeton, 1943-44.

F6F-5N Hellcat nightfighter in flight, 1943-45. Based at NAS Jacksonville, Florida, USA. Note radome on starboard wing.	Female riveter at Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California, United States, 1940s

FG-1A Corsair fighter of US Marine Corps group ABG-2, 1940s; seen in Sep 1961 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation News	Fire control crews responded to an FM-2 Wildcat that had nosed all the way over on landing aboard training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1944.

Floating crane YD-82 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 1943-44 (Berth B-25, Merry Loch). Note the harbor ferry Nihoa at right with a load of sailors in liberty whites. Note also fleet headquarters building in camouflage paint.	FM-2 Wildcat nosed all the way over on landing aboard training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1944. Note parked TBF-1 Avengers with bent propeller blades. Photo 1 of 2.

FM-2 Wildcat over the training carrier USS Sable, Lake Michigan, United States, 1944-45	Following a nose over upon landing, the propeller and cowling of an FM-2 Wildcat shows the damage aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1943-45.

French carrier Béarn, circa 1940s, seen in the May 1963 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation News	G4M bomber burning on the ground, circa 1943-1945

General Dwight D. Eisenhower preparing to make an address at an outdoor podium, 1944. Location unknown.	General George Marshall congratulates Lieutenant General Joseph McNarney after presenting him with the Distingushed Service Medal and the Legion of Merit, 1944

General Wei Lihuang on a horse, Burma, 1943-1944	Good view of the camera compartment and the reconnaissance camera in an F-5 Lightning. Date and location unknown.

H6K flying boat burning in the water, 1944	Heavily armed United States Coast Guard port security personnel receiving instructions before their watch at a US port, 1943-44.