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Ju 388 L-1 aircraft at an airfield after being captured by the Americans, circa mid- or late-1940s	MXY7 Ohka Model 22 prototype, Yokosuka, Japan, date unknown	N1K1 floatplanes in a hangar, Japan, 1946	Nose art of B-29 Superfortress bomber 'Bockscar', circa 1945-1946

P-39 Airacobra aircraft with maintenance panels open, revealing the engine and other internal workings, date unknown	P-63C Kingcobra aircraft modified as US Navy L-39 prototype fighters, post-1945; note swept-back wings	Passengers aboard a Boeing 307 aircraft operated by Pan American World Airways, between 1940 and 1947	Radar installed in the nose of a P-61 Black Widow aircraft, circa 1946-1949

Surplus F6F Hellcats painted in bright colors for use as instrument drones during the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll, 1946.	TBM-3E Avenger resting at NAS El Centro, California, United States, 1946	Three FR-1 Fireball fighters of US Navy squadron VF-41 aboard escort carrier USS Bairoko, 1946	Underside view of C-75, circa 1940s

US Navy personnel inspecting MXY7 K-1 Kai training aircraft, Yokosuka, Japan, date unknown	US serviceman taking a 20mm ammunition drum out of a G4M2a aircraft, Japan, 1945-1946	US-built P-40 fighter of the Chinese Air Force having been re-captured by Chinese forces after it had previously been captured by the Japanese (and painted with Japanese markings), China, circa 1946	Wrecked American A-20 Havoc bomber, date unknown

XF4U-3 Corsair aircraft, 1946; seen in Jun 1946 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation News	British mechanics inspecting a captured Japanese H6K flying boat, Sourabaya, Java, Jan 1946	Corporal Ralph Hayden and Leading Aircraftman Harry Pearce of No. 80 Squadron RAF working on F1M (foreground) and N1K (background) aircraft, Surabaya, Java, Dutch East Indies, Jan 1946	FR-1 Fireball fighter of US Navy squadron VF-41 landing aboard escort carrier USS Bairoko, 13 Mar 1946; this aircraft's nose gear would collapse moments after this photo was taken