Photos of World War II Aircraft | World War II Database

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After missing the arresting wires, an FM-2 Wildcat made it almost the length of the flight deck before nosing over aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1943-45.	American A-20 Havoc aircraft aflame after being hit by German anti-aircraft fire, date unknown	American airmen with a P-40E Kittyhawk fighter, China, 1940s; photo taken by personnel of 7th Photographic Technical Squadron, 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, USAAF	American Beaufighter aircraft, 1943-1945

American ground crew preparing to arm P-51 Mustang fighter at an airfield with six M2 machine guns and 0.50 caliber ammunition, date unknown	American parachute fragmentation bomb descending onto a Japanese airfield, circa 1943-1945; note G4M aircraft on the ground	An F4U Corsair running up its engine before taking off from the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1944-45.	An FM-2 Wildcat after a very hard landing aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1943-45. Note the broken tailhook, the missing tail wheel, and the mangled wingtip.

An FM-2 Wildcat appears to have damaged its landing gear in a hard landing aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1944-45.	An FM-2 Wildcat on final approach to land aboard the training carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1943-44.	An FM-2 Wildcat suffers a hard landing on the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1943-45.	An Il-2 Sturmovik ground attack aircraft in flight, 1940s

An SBD Dauntless in the catwalks of the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1944.	Ar 234 Blitz bomber in flight, circa 1944	Ar 234 Blitz bomber resting at an airfield, circa 1944	Armorers and mechanics of US 9th Air Force servicing a P-38 Lightning aircraft in the field, 1944; note external engine warmer

Arresting wires are disengaged from an SB2U Vindicator following a landing aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1943-44.	Avro York prototype aircraft 'Ascalon', 1943-1944; this aircraft was later used as Winston Churchill's personal aircraft	Avro York transport aircraft in flight, date unknown	B-17 Flying Fortress bomber in New Caledonia, 1944; note markings that showed 118 bombing missions, 20 aircraft destroyed, 7 merchant ships sunk, and 6 combat vessels destroyed