WW2 Photographs in Color | World War II Database

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Marines exercising on Cowpens' flight deck, circa mid-1943	Mark XIII aerial torpedo after bodies in the torpedo storage spaces of the USS Yorktown (Essex-class) during Yorktown’s shakedown cruise to Trinidad, May 1943	Rear smokestack of USS Iowa at work during shakedown cruise on the east coast of the United States, May 1943; note quad Bofors mount in foreground	Royal Air Force Fortress IIA of Coastal Command 220 Squadron based at Benbecula, Scotland flying over the islands of the Hebrides west of Scotland, May 1943.

Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California, United States, circa 1943.	United States Coast Guard PBY-5A Catalina with Patrol-Bombing Squadron 6 on the ramp at Bluie West One air strip, Narsarssuak, Greenland (now Narsarsuaq), 1943.	Yorktown (Essex-class; CV-10) circa mid-1943 with Hellcat fighters and Helldiver dive bombers on her flight deck	Destroyer USS Nicholas leading five destroyers and four cruisers in the Solomon Islands, 13 May 1943.

King George VI inspecting ground crewmen during his visit to No. 617 Squadron (Dambusters) and No. 57 Squadron at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, 27 May 1943; note Lancaster B Mk I bomber 'Frederick III', the aircraft of Wing Commander Campbell Hopcroft, commanding officer of No. 57 Squadron	King George VI speaking with Flight Lieutenant Les Munro, observed by Wing Commander Guy Gibson and Air Vice Marshal Ralph Cochrane, Scampton, England, United Kingdom, 27 May 1943	Blood Chit issued by the Burmese government, circa 1943.	Cuttlefish making a practice dive, while serving on training duty out of New London, Connecticut, United States, circa mid-1943

Cuttlefish submerging, while serving on training duty out of New London, Connecticut, United States, circa mid-1943	Cuttlefish underway, circa mid-1943, while serving on training duty out of New London, Connecticut, United States	Finnish Bf 109 G-2 on the ground, at Helsinki Malmi airport, Finland, Jun 1943	German and Italian flags flying at the German embassy in Rome, Italy, circa Jun 1943

Keith Park and Arthur Coningham in a MG roadster at Malta, Jun 1943	An Iranian, a Chinese, and two British officers in conversation during the United Nations Day Parade, London, England, United Kingdom, 14 Jun 1943	Tri-color camouflaged Hellcat fighters in flight, 21 Jun 1943	Paratroops leaving an Airspeed Horsa training aircraft of No. 21 Heavy Glider Conversion Unit at Brize Norton, England, United Kingdom, 24 Jun 1943. The paratroops were taking part in a press day exercise.