Late-WW2 Photos | World War II Database

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A US Navy PV-1 Ventura patrol bomber of Bombing Squadron VB-136 taking off from Attu, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Nov 1944	A-20 Havoc bombers of US 416th Bomb Group making a bombing run over Europe, circa late 1944	African-American troops of the US 92nd Infantry Division shelling Germans with their mortar rounds near Massa, Italy, circa Nov 1944	African-American United States Marine Corps swimming instructor Private Paul Tolliver teaching recruits the breaststroke, Montford Point Camp, North Carolina, United States, Nov 1944

Airplanes on the ramp at Naval Air Station Livermore, California, United States, 1944-45. Note F4F (or FM2) Wildcats, SB2C Helldivers, and TBM Avengers.	American ships anchored off Leyte, Philippine Islands, late 1944	American soldiers fighting in the jungles of Leyte, Philippine Islands, late 1944	B-17G Fortress of the 96th Bombardment Squadron flying from Italy at the moment of bomb release, 1944-45.

B-24 Liberator of the 464th Bomb Group bracketed by flak bursts from German anti-aircraft guns, Nov 1944.	B-24H Liberator “Appassionata” (s/n 42-50437) of the 489th Bomb Group at Halesworth, England, United Kingdom, late 1944.	B-24H Liberator “Happy Warrior” (s/n 42-94860) of the 489th Bomb Group at Halesworth, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, late summer 1944.	B-24J Liberator aircraft 'Rage in Heaven', Lead Assembly Ship of 491st Bomber Group, US 852nd Bomber Squadron, RAF Pickenham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Aug 1944-Jan 1945

B-29 Superfortress “Tokyo Local” 882nd Bomb Squadron taking off from Isley Field, Saipan, Sep-Nov1944.	BP20 or Ba 349 Natter rocket interceptor at rest, circa late 1944; seen in bulletin 'Guided Missiles-The Weapon of the Future' published by US War Department in Apr 1946	C-0101 transport aircraft at rest, probably in Chongqing, China, date unknown	Captain George DeBaun (center) relieved Captain Herbert Taylor (left) of Cowpens, Nov 1944

Carrier pigeon trainer WAVES Specialist 3rd Class Sidney Cazort, Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, California, United States, circa 1944-1945	Cruiser Sakawa prior to commissioning, Sasebo, Japan, Nov 1944	Destroyer escort USS Tabberer in her Measure 31, Design 22D paint scheme in late 1944, probably Hawaii.	F4U Corsair ‘Luscious Lil-Nan’ of Marine Squadron VMA-21 at Orote Field, Guam, Marianas with ground crews taking advantage of a slow moment, 1944.