Photos of World War II Aircraft | World War II Database

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UC-64A Norseman aicraft (44-70439) of USAAF 3rd Air Commando Group, Philippine Islands, circa 1944-1945	Unloading photographs from a B-29 Superfortress reconnaissance aircraft, Mariana Islands, 1945	US Army assault landing training at Bellows Field (Waimanalo Beach), Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 1945; note P-39 Airacobra aircraft, CCKW trucks, and Wailea Point in background	US Army Lieutenant General James Doolittle and Major General Curtis LeMay at 8th Air Force headquarters, High Wycombe, England, United Kingdom, 1945; note a tail boom of a P-38 Lightning behind them

US Army personnel unloading photographic equipment from a B-29 Superfortress reconnaissance aircraft, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1945	US Army personnel with C-47 aircraft, Italy, 1945	US Army photo technicians servicing a F-5B Lightning reconnaissance aircraft 'Lucky Lu', Kagman Field, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1945, photo 1 of 2	US Army photo technicians servicing a F-5B Lightning reconnaissance aircraft 'Lucky Lu', Kagman Field, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1945, photo 2 of 2

US Army soldier standing next to a C-47 Skytrain wreck, near Bastogne, Belgium, circa early 1945	US B-25 bombers above the Japanese Toyohara Airfield, Taichu (now Taichung), Taiwan, 1945	US Coast Guard PBM Mariner aircraft taking off from the water, circa late 1940s	US Marine Corps SB2C Helldiver aircraft in flight exercises over US Territory of Hawaii, 1944-1945

US Marine F4U Corsair fighter kicking up the dust on its way to the runway at Majuro, Marshall Islands, 1944-45.	US Navy Construction Battalion (Seabee) man waving to a formation of three B-29 Superfortress bombers, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1944-1945	US Navy or Marines PBJ Mitchell bombers fitted with Mark XIII torpedoes with break-away glide wings to extend aerial range, 1945. Photo 1 of 2.	US Navy or Marines PBJ Mitchell bombers fitted with Mark XIII torpedoes with break-away glide wings to extend aerial range, 1945. Photo 2 of 2.

US Navy PB4Y-2 Privateer on patrol. This aircraft design was based on the B-24 Liberator but no super-charged engines and a tail design taken from the B-23 Dragon. The waist blisters seem to be inspired by the PBY Catalina. Date and location unknown.	US Navy PV-2 Harpoon aircraft in flight, circa 1945	US Navy squadron VF-66 commanding officer Lieutenant Commander John Gray posing with a FR-1 Fireball fighter, Naval Air Station North Island, California, United States, 1945	US personnel examine a Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu reconnaissance plane abandoned at Salzburg, Austria, 1945