Photos of World War II Aircraft | World War II Database

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British and American servicemen loading wounded soldiers onto a C-47 Skytrain transport at Agrigento, Sicily for transportation to hospitals in Africa, 25 Jul 1943. Note litter Jeep and WC54 ambulances.	24-foot self-righting rescue motor launch dropped from an RAF Hudson rescue aircraft to the crew of a US B-17 Fortress that ditched in the North Sea, 26 Jul 1943.	B-17 Flying Fortress bomber in flight over Mount Rainier, Washington, United States, 28 Jul 1943; note the special external hardpoints modification	Me 323 Gigant heavy transport being shot down by a B-26 Marauder aircraft of No. 14 Squadron RAF in the Mediterranean Sea near Cap Corse, Corsica, France, 30 Jul 1943; the B-26 was piloted by Wing Commander W. S. D. Maydwell; the Me 323 would crash-land on the beach with all crew members surviving

F4U-1 Corsair fighter at Langley Research Center at Hampton, Virginia, United States, 31 Jul 1943. Note the P-47 Thunderbolt on the taxi way behind the Corsair's tail.	A Marine Corps TBM-1C Avenger of the 7th Fleet Command undergoing some maintenance at the Cyclops aerodrome, Hollandia, New Guinea, Jul-Aug 1943. Note the Jeep and the tail of an Army A-24 Banshee painted as a target tug.	A TBM Avenger on an aircraft carrier elevator as seen from the hangar deck, 1943	A-36A Mustang aircraft 'Doodle', Sicily, Italy, 1943. This plane’s assigned pilot, R. Bryant, is at left.

B-24D Liberator lead assembly ship 'Barber Bob' of 93rd Bomber Group, US 328th Bomber Squadron based at Terria, Libya, Jul-Aug 1943	Escort carrier USS Card with TBF-1 Avengers and F4F-4 Wildcats of Composite Squadron VC-1 steaming into the Atlantic, about Aug 1943. Note the airplanes painted white.	F4U-1A fighters of Navy Squadron VF-17 transiting the Panama Canal on the flight deck of an Escort Carrier, circa Aug 1943. Note the unusual National Insignia on the lower surfaces of the folded wings.	General Dwight Eisenhower pausing for the camera before taking off in a Piper L-4 Grasshopper scout plane in Italy, circa Aug 1943

Glider pilots of the US 52nd Troop Carrier Wing flying a Waco CG-4A glider above Comiso Airfield in Sicily, Italy, 1943; tow rope attached above the glider cockpit seen through the wind screen	HMS Victorious refueling from a US Navy Fleet Oiler about Aug 1943. This was during the period Victorious was on loan to the US Fleet. Note US F4F Wildcats and TBM Avengers on the flight deck.	Me 323 Gigant heavy transport at rest, Aug 1943	Me 323 Gigant heavy transport at rest, circa 1940s; aircraft in background appeared to be He 111 medium bombers

PB4Y-1 Liberator from a US Navy patrol squadron based in the United Kingdom in flight, Aug 1943. Photo 1 of 2.	PB4Y-1 Liberator from a US Navy patrol squadron based in the United Kingdom in flight, Aug 1943. Photo 2 of 2.	Royal Air Force Liberator Mark IIIs of No. 120 & No. 86 Squadrons lined up at Aldergrove, Northern Ireland, circa 1943. Note the ASV Mark II anti-submarine radar antennae.	Staff Sergeant Maynard Smith at a machine gun in a B-17 bomber, mid-1943