WW2 Photographs in Color | World War II Database

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TBM-3 Avenger folding its wings after landing on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific, 1944-45. Poor quality photo but shows well the three-color paint scheme used on United States Navy aircraft in the Pacific.	US $1 bill marked for use in the Territory of Hawaii. These were regular pre-war bills overprinted so that if the islands became overrun, the money could be made instantly worthless in US markets.	WAAF officer giving a lecture on central and local government structures, United Kingdom, 1945	WAVES Aergrapher's Mate 2nd Class Ethel E. Helter took readings from a weather recording instrument, Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, California, United States, circa 1944-1945

WAVES Aerographer's Mate 3rd Class Dorothy J. Baroch launching a weather balloon rom a theodolite platform, Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, California, United States, circa 1944-1945	WAVES Seaman 2nd Class Verona Livingston received desert from Cook 2nd Class William Barry during 'chow' time, Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, United States, during WW2	Control tower operators, including a WAVES member, at work, Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, United States, circa 1944-1945	P-47D Thunderbolt aircraft of the USAAF 358th Fighter Group, Toul Air Base, France, Jan 1945

Captain Kenneth H. Noble aboard Alaska, Feb 1945	Marines Corporal Osborne Cheek and Platoon Sergeant George W. Ewell at their post atop a 5-in gun aboard Alaska, Feb 1945	Movie still of a B-17G Fortress with the 92nd Bomb Group flying from RAF Podington in Bedfordshire, England fitted with two Disney Bombs in underwing bomb racks, Feb 1945. Photo 1 of 2.	Movie still of a B-17G Fortress with the 92nd Bomb Group flying from RAF Podington in Bedfordshire, England fitted with two Disney Bombs in underwing bomb racks, Feb 1945. Photo 2 of 2.

SB2C Helldiver of Bombing Squadron VB-81 coming over the fantail of USS Wasp (Essex-class) for a landing, early 1945. Note leading edge wing spoilers, trailing edge flaps, and tailhook all extended.	Signalman Third Class Teddy Chalupski wrote a message on the signal bridge while SM3/c Floyd H. Scharp read it with the telescope, aboard Alaska, Feb 1945	United States Army Airmen waiting outside the combat room for the 369th Bomb Squadron of the 306th Bomb Group at RAF Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, 1945.	US Navy Lieutenant (jg) Walter Wujcik bringing an aircraft down for landing aboard carrier Belleau Wood, circa 1945

US Navy Seamen 1st Class A. D. Allison and J. W. Roberts reading a letter on Belleau Wood's flight deck next to a F6F Hellcat fighter, circa 1945	Franklin Roosevelt speaking with Harry Hopkins, Saki, Russia, early Feb 1945	Alaska fired her 5-inch gun during gunnery practice, 5 Feb 1945	Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin at the Livadia Palace near Yalta, Russia (now Ukraine), 9 Feb 1945, photo 1 of 3