Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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The Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Company’s sidewheeled steamship Seeandbee underway on the Great Lakes, United States in 1940. This ship would later be converted into the training aircraft carrier USS Wolverine.	Three N3N aircraft in flight over Naval Air Station Glenview, Illinois, United States, early 1940s; seen in Mar 1980 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation News	Two US Navy J2F Duck aircraft in flight over Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, early 1940s	Typical example of Type Y officer’s quarters at Fort Kamehameha at the entrance to Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, circa 1940.

UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill donning a helmet during an air raid warning, London, England, United Kingdom, 1940	United States Navy recognition photo of the Kawanishi H6K flying boat, code named “Mavis” by the Allies, circa 1940. Photo 1 of 2.	United States Navy recognition photo of the Kawanishi H6K flying boat, code named “Mavis” by the Allies, circa 1940. Photo 2 of 2.	US O-49 Vigilant aircraft, 1940

USS Helena, circa 1940	Wainwright and MacArthur, date unknown	Wheeled version of an OS2U-2 Kingfisher being prepared for test flights at the Vought factory in Stratford, Connecticut, United States, 1940.	YO-51 Dragonfly prototype aircraft at rest, 1940

YO-51 Dragonfly prototype aircraft on the ground, 1940	YO-51 Dragonfly prototype aircraft preparing for takeoff, 1940	YO-51 Dragonfly prototype aircraft taking off, 1940, photo 1 of 2	YO-51 Dragonfly prototype aircraft taking off, 1940, photo 2 of 2

Yukikaze underway off Sasebo, Japan, Jan 1940	Oiler Patoka off the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, 16 Jan 1940; note SOC floatplane amidships, with its wings folded	US Navy NAS Jacksonville (Florida, United States) commanding officer's J2F-3 Duck aircraft, 16 Jan 1940	Finnish troops inspecting destroyed Soviet vehicles, Finland, 17 Jan 1940