Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Nimitz, Fletcher, Spruance, and others, CinCPacHQ, Pearl Harbor, 1944	Officers aboard USS New Jersey, date unknown

On approach to the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, an SB2U Vindicator shows the LSO “Gear Down, Flaps Down, Hook Down,” 1943-44.	One SNJ Texan and 13 FM-2 Wildcats tied down on the flight deck of training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1944.

Ooperation Jedburgh personnel in a demolition class, Milton Hall, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, circa 1944	Operation Jedburgh personnel preparing for their delivery into France via a B-24 aircraft, Area T, RAF Harrington, Kettering, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, circa 1944

Ordinancemen loading a 1,000-pound bomb into the bombay of a TBM-1C aboard USS Intrepid, 1943-1945; note flame arrester on the plane's exhaust port	Ordinancemen loading a 1,000-pound bomb into the bombay of a TBM-1C aboard USS Intrepid, 1943-1945; note flame arrester on the plane’s exhaust port

OS2U Kingfisher aircraft aboard USS New Jersey, date unknown	OS2U Kingfisher being launched by catapult from the cruiser Detroit in the Aleutians, 1944. Note the oversized National Insignia.

OS2U Kingfisher being launched by catapult from the cruiser Detroit in the Aleutians, 1944. Note the oversized National Insignia.	OS2U Kingfisher of Scouting Utility Squadron 2 about to make a water landing, 1944. Location unknown.

Overhead view of Barbers Point Naval Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii, 1944	P-38D Lightning aircraft at rest at an airfield, date unknown

P-38J-15-LO Lightning aircraft 'Colorado Belle', 1943-1945, photo 1 of 2; note 'droop snoot' glass nose for bombardier	P-38J-15-LO Lightning aircraft 'Colorado Belle', 1943-1945, photo 2 of 2; note 'droop snoot' glass nose for bombardier

P-39L-1-BE Airacobra aircraft being prepared to be flown to the Soviet Union under the Lend-Lease Program, possibly Nome, Alaska, 1943-1944	P-39Q-30-BE Airacobra and P-63A-8-BE Kingcobra aircraft being built at the Bell Aircraft Corporation factory at Wheatfield, New York, United States, circa 1944

P-40N Warhawk converted to TP-40N two-seat trainer, 1944-1945. Location unknown	P-47D Thunderbolt “Tony” of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron. Note under the left wing is an air-droppable life raft that is designed to open when it hits water.