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Ro.37 Lince aircraft of the Italian 39th Squadron in Bulgaria, 1942, photo 2 of 2	Saburo Sakai, 1940s; note G3M bomber in background	SAI.207 light fighter resting at an airfield, circa 1940s	SAI.207 light fighter resting at an airfield, circa 1940s

Saratoga underway at sea, circa 1942, with 5 Grumman F4F fighters, 6 Douglas SBD scout bombers, and 1 Grumman TBF torpedo bomber on the flight deck	SM.79 bombers of 193rd Squadron, 30th Wing, 87th Group, Regia Aeronautica (Italian Air Force) over North Africa, 1940 to 1942, photo 2 of 2	Specifications for the Vought OS2U-3 Kingfisher, 1942.	Starboard side view of the cruiser HMAS Perth, circa 1942; note camouflage using colors 507A and 507C and Seagull V aircraft

T/Sgt. Raymond A. Heilman, Jr. and fellow crew of the 11th Bomber Group Heavy of the USAAF 42nd Squadron posing by a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, US Territory of Hawaii, circa late 1941 or early 1942	TBD Devastator in a revetment at Kaneohe Naval Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii, 1942. Note that the plane is already armed with a torpedo.	TBF Avenger aircraft at rest, circa early 1942	TDR-1 assault drone in flight, 1942

Three B-17E Flying Fortress bombers in flight, probably flying from Hendricks Filed, Florida, United States, 1941-1942	Three Douglas A-24 Banshee aircraft flying in formation, 1941-42	Three Ki-30 aircraft in flight, circa 1940s	Two PBM-1 (front) and two PBM-3 (back) in flight, 1942. The PBM-1s are from an early production series with retractable floats that were discontinued for principal production. Location unknown. Photo 1 of 2

Two PBM-1 (front) and two PBM-3 (back) in flight, 1942. The PBM-1s are from an early production series with retractable floats that were discontinued for principal production. Location unknown. Photo 2 of 2	US Navy Lieutenant William Thies (pilot, VP-41) and Captain Leslie Gehres (Commander, Fleet Air Wing 4) standing in front of Thies' PBY Catalina aircraft, Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, 1942	US Navy PV-1 Ventura aircraft in flight, 1942	USAAF Colonel Harold B. Willis, Major Marvin L. McNickle, and Captain A. E. Vinson observing an aircraft in flight from a Spitfire aircraft, Gibraltar, 1942