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Underside view of B-24L Liberator “Flying Ass” of the 451st Bomb Group just prior to bomb release over railroad yards in Vienna, Austria, 15 Jan 1945.	F4U-1 Corsair fighters of Royal New Zealand Air Force in flight near Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 17 Jan 1945	P-38L Lightning “THOITY-THOID-N’THOID” with both propellers stopped shortly before the pilot, Lt. Joseph DeVona, bailed out over the Pacific, 17 Jan 1945.	OS2U Kingfisher aircraft on the fantail of USS New Jersey or USS Wisconsin, off Taiwan, 18 Jan 1945; note 16-inch guns in foreground and USS Hornet in background

B-17 Flying Fortress bomber having crash landed on a snowy field, Europe, 20 Jan 1945	Four Beaufort bombers of No. 100 Squadron RAAF in flight near Wewak, New Guinea, 20 Jan 1945	Carrier Ticonderoga burning after being struck by special attack aircraft off Taiwan, 21 Jan 1945; note light cruiser Miami's starboard catapult and OS2U Kingfisher aircraft in foreground	F4U Corsair of Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-124 on the flight deck of USS Essex, 25 Jan 1945.

USS Hornet (Essex-class), distance, steaming with USS Independence and USS Enterprise on their way back to Ulithi Atoll in the Caroline Islands, 25 Jan 1945.	Vought F4U-1C Corsair armed with wing mounted HVAR air-to-surface rockets and belly mounted ‘Tiny Tim’ anti-shipping rockets at the Patuxent River Naval Air Test Center in Maryland, 31 Jan 1945.	A formation of B-29 bombers flying from Mariana Islands toward Japan, early 1945	After the recapture of Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, American intelligence officers examining a Japanese Mitsubishi G4M-2 bomber, Feb 1945

B-24D Liberator aircraft 'Wham Bam' lead assembly ship of the 453rd Bomber Group, US 735th Bomber Squadron based at Old Buckenham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Jan-Apr 1945, photo 2 of 3	B-24D Liberator aircraft 'Wham Bam' lead assembly ship of the 453rd Bomber Group, US 735th Bomber Squadron based at Old Buckenham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Jan-Apr 1945, photo 3 of 3	B-24D Liberator aircraft 'Wham Bam' lead assembly ship of the 453rd Bomber Group, US 735th Bomber Squadron based at RAF Old Buckenham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Jan-Apr 1945, photo 1 of 3	B-24L Liberator “Short Stuff” with the 727th Bomb Squadron flying through flak on its bomb run over their target between Dec 1944 and Feb 1945. Note the open bomb bay doors.

Capt Louis Curdes of the 4th Fighter Squadron and his P-51D Mustang “Bad Angel”. Note the interesting scoreboard. See Comment.	Ensign Ardon R. Ives of Fighting-Bombing Squadron VBF-9 crashed his F6F-5 Hellcat through the barrier on USS Lexington (Essex-class) and ruptured the center-line fuel tank, Feb 1945, western Pacific. Photo 1 of 7	Ensign Ardon R. Ives of Fighting-Bombing Squadron VBF-9 crashed his F6F-5 Hellcat through the barrier on USS Lexington (Essex-class) and ruptured the center-line fuel tank, Feb 1945, western Pacific. Photo 2 of 7	Ensign Ardon R. Ives of Fighting-Bombing Squadron VBF-9 crashed his F6F-5 Hellcat through the barrier on USS Lexington (Essex-class) and ruptured the center-line fuel tank, Feb 1945, western Pacific. Photo 3 of 7