Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Type IXC/40 U-Boat U-185 foundering in the mid-Atlantic after an aerial depth charge attack by a TBF-1 Avenger from Escort Carrier USS Core, 24 Aug 1943. 36 were rescued while 43 perished.	Grave marker of an American airman killed in combat and interned by the Japanese Army, Kiska, Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, Aug 1943	Bow view of USS Grayback off Hunter's Point, San Francisco, California, United States, 26 Aug 1943	Starboard side view of USS Grayback off Hunter's Point, San Francisco, California, United States, 26 Aug 1943, photo 1 of 2

Starboard side view of USS Grayback off Hunter's Point, San Francisco, California, United States, 26 Aug 1943, photo 2 of 2	Stern view of USS Grayback off Hunter's Point, San Francisco, California, United States, 26 Aug 1943	USS Grayback at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 26 Aug 1943	USS Grayback at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 26 Aug 1943

Minneapolis at Mare Island Navy Yard, California, US upon completion of overhaul and repairs, 30 Aug 1943; note SK-1 radar and gun directors on foremast and bridge, and fake windows pilothouse	Montgomery and Eisenhower inspecting enemy installations across the Strait of Messina from Sicily, 30 Aug 1943	US Secretary of Navy Frank Knox and wife Annie Reid Knox at the christening ceremony of USS Hornet, Newport News shipyard, Newport News, Virginia, United States, 30 Aug 1943	SBD Dauntless scout bomber in the landing pattern preparing to come aboard USS Essex following the raid on Marcus Island, Pacific Ocean, 31 Aug 1943.

1st Lieutenant Rolland Rinabarger of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-214 in a F4U-1 Corsair fighter, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, Sep 1943	African-American US Army pilots flying P-40 Warhawk fighters over Selfridge Field, Michigan, United States, circa 28 Jun-14 Sep 1943	Attack Cargo Ship USS Algorab at anchor circa 1943, location unknown. Note LCVP coming alongside.	B-24D Liberator “Chug-A-Lug” of the 308th Bomb Group ready for take-off from the Kwanghan Airfield, Kwanghan (now Guanghan), China, Jun-Sep 1943

Bow view of USS Coral Sea, Sep 1943	Captured Fw190G-3 No.160057 in flight, Sep 1943. It was painted in a striking white and red color scheme.	F6F Hellcat aircraft of Fighting Squadron 8 warm up on USS Intrepid's flight deck, 1943, photo 1 of 2; probably during stateside shakedown training	F6F Hellcat aircraft of Fighting Squadron 8 warm up on USS Intrepid's flight deck, 1943, photo 2 of 2; probably during stateside shakedown training