Photos of World War II Aircraft | World War II Database

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Claire Chennault with Chinese officers at an airfield, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, 1942-1943; note B-25 bomber	Claire Chennault with Chinese officers at an airfield, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, 1942-1943; note P-38 fighter	Claire Chennault with Chinese officers at an airfield, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, 1942-1943; note P-40 fighters	Close up of the nose of P.108 bomber, Italy, circa 1943

Close-up of the front end of a G.55 Centauro aircraft, circa 1940s	Close-up of the front quarter of a BV 222 Wiking aircraft, circa 1940s	Close-up view of the stowage compartment of a German DFS 230 glider, Sicily, Italy, 1943	Close-up view of the tail section of a German DFS 230 glider, Italy, 1943

Cockpit and instrument panel of an A-26 Invader aircraft, date unknown	Colonel David 'Tex' Hill of 26th Fighter Squadron of USAAF 51st Fighter Group getting into his P-51 Mustang, China, 1940s, photo 1 of 2	Colonel David 'Tex' Hill of 26th Fighter Squadron of USAAF 51st Fighter Group getting into his P-51 Mustang, China, 1940s, photo 2 of 2	Consolidated C-87 Liberator aircraft (cargo variant of the B-24) taking off on a training flight in Ft. Worth, Texas, United States, 1942

Corsair Mk II fighter of British No. 1833 Naval Air Squadron in flight near Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island, United States, 1943	Crew standing in front of a Heinkel He-219 Uhu night fighter, date and location unknown.	Crewman pulls the propeller through on an F4U-1 Corsair of Marine Fighting Squadron 218 at Barakoma Airfield, Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, 1943. Note the general sandblasted look of the aircraft after long exposure to tropical winds and coral dust.	Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft flying over 'the hump' from Burma to China over the eastern Himalayas, 1942-1943

D3A2 dive bomber in flight, circa 1940s	D3A2 dive bombers at rest at an airfield, circa 1940s	D3A2 dive bombers in flight, 1942-1943	DC-5 transport originally with Dutch airlines KLM but captured by the Japanese is shown in Japan for testing, Tachikawa Air Field, circa 1943