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A period of rapid technological advancement of aircraftCreated by: PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search EngineDated: 1944
World War II was a period of rapid technological advancement in the field of aircraft, and these advancements have continued to shape the development of aircraft in the years since. There were significant advances in aircraft design, such as the use of swept wings and the development of more advanced aircraft materials, such as aluminum alloys and plastic composites. These advances allowed for the construction of stronger, lighter aircraft that was capable of higher speeds and greater maneuverability.

Biplanes, which have two main wings stacked one above the other, were largely obsolete by the time World War II began in 1939. They had been largely replaced by monoplanes, which have a single main wing, by the start of World War II. The main advantage of monoplanes is that they are typically faster and more maneuverable than biplanes due to their streamlined design. In addition, monoplanes are able to carry a greater load for their size, making them more suitable for use as bombers and transport aircraft.

However, biplanes were not completely abandoned during World War II. Some biplane designs, such as the British Hawker Hurricane and the Soviet Polikarpov I-153, saw limited use as fighters. In addition, biplanes were used in a number of other roles, including training, observation, and light transports.
One of the major developments in aircraft technology during World War II was the use of jet engines, which allowed for faster and more powerful aircraft. The first jet aircraft, the German Heinkel He 178, made its first flight in 1939. However, it was not until after the war that jet aircraft became widespread.

During World War II, a number of aircraft were produced in large quantities to meet the demands of the war. Here are some examples of some of the most massively produced aircraft of World War II:

The Soviet Union's Ilyushin Il-2 was a ground attack aircraft that was produced in tremendous numbers, with more than 36,000 being built. It was heavily armed and armored, making it a formidable opponent on the battlefield.

The German Messerschmitt Bf 109 was a mainstay of the German air force and was produced in large numbers, with more than 35,000 being built. It was used as a fighter, interceptor, and ground attack aircraft, and saw action on many fronts during the war.

The American Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was a heavily armed and armored fighter that was produced in large quantities, with more than 15,000 being built. It was used extensively in Europe and the Pacific and was known for its durability and long range.

The British Supermarine Spitfire was a highly regarded fighter that was produced in large numbers, with more than 20,000 being built. It saw action in many theaters of the war and was known for its agility and handling.
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A black and white photo of a propeller plane, Farm security administration, 1935

A black and white photo of a propeller plane, Farm security administra...

To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have titles. There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist. Transfer; Un... More

Working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Vultee [Aircraft Inc.], Nashville, Tennessee

Working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Vultee [Aircraft Inc.], Nashvill...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Aircraft in the Flight Research Building at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory

Aircraft in the Flight Research Building at the Aircraft Engine Resear...

A Consolidated B–24D Liberator (left), Boeing B–29 Superfortress (background), and Lockheed RA–29 Hudson (foreground) parked inside the Flight Research Building at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautic... More

A candid view of one of the women workers touching up the U.S. Army Air Forces insignia on the side of the fuselage of a "Vengeance" dive bomber manufactured at Vultee's Nashville division, Tennessee

A candid view of one of the women workers touching up the U.S. Army Ai...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Three RAF Westland Lysanders over Suez canal

Three RAF Westland Lysanders over Suez canal

From other images this would be estimated to be c. 1940. It seems a fair bet, as per the comments, to assume that this is Suez.

Oorlogsschade, mei 1940 - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication image

Oorlogsschade, mei 1940 - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication image

Albumblad met drie foto's uit mei 1940. Twee foto's van Duitse militairen bij een neergeschoten (Brits?) vliegtuig en een foto van een vernielde brug in de buurt van Rotterdam. Onderdeel van de fotoalbum van de... More

344th Fighter Squadron Officers

344th Fighter Squadron Officers

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War In...

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HKowalski043 - National Parks Gallery

HKowalski043 - National Parks Gallery

Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

P-38 of 344th Fighter Squadron - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

P-38 of 344th Fighter Squadron - Public Domain image, National Parks G...

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P-38 number 68 - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

P-38 number 68 - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Images from Walter Dalegowski Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nose of a B-25 - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Nose of a B-25 - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Images of the 77th Bomber Squadron, serving in the Aleutian Campaign during World War II

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War In...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. Working on the landing gear of a bomber

Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. Working on the landing ...

Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Airborne jeep and howitzer going into action after landing in a military demonstration

Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Airborne jeep and howitzer going into acti...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

[Floatplanes in Hangar at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Bethlehem Steel Corporation]

[Floatplanes in Hangar at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Bethlehem ...

Title: [Floatplanes in Hangar at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Bethlehem Steel Corporation]..Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie ..Date: September 1942..Place: Corpus Christi, Texas..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Rich... More

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Another twin-engined pursuit plane, a Lockheed P-38, is rolled from the floor of a large Western aircraft plant. On the field it will be fitted with two sets of three-bladed propellers that will pull it through brilliant performances as interceptors of enemy planes

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Another twin-engined pursuit...

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This North American B-25 bomber, similar to the type used to bomb Tokyo, has established a unique combat record in several war theaters. Lieutenant General Henry H. Arnold, deputy chief of staff for air, said the B-25 can "go farther, faster, and carry more bombs than the best ships of our enemy"

This North American B-25 bomber, similar to the type used to bomb Toky...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Reciprocal aid. Wearing British flying kits, Lieutenant E.D. Schofield of Belleville, Ohio and Lieutenant R.F. Sargent, of Youngstown, Ohio, prepare to pilot a British Spitfire. Under the Reciprocal Aid Program, Britain is furnishing American air forces important equipment and supplies

Reciprocal aid. Wearing British flying kits, Lieutenant E.D. Schofield...

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FSA/OWI - Farm security administration and Office of War Information photograph.

FSA/OWI - Farm security administration and Office of War Information p...

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Bomdropping boven Japan. Public domain, Post-war Japan.

Bomdropping boven Japan. Public domain, Post-war Japan.

Bomdropping boven Japan Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Artwork: "Boeing B-29/C012" Artist: James Longstreth

Artwork: "Boeing B-29/C012" Artist: James Longstreth

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A left front view of a World War II British Gannet AEW3 aircraft in flight during Air Fete'88, a NATO aircraft display hosted by the 513th Airborne Command and Control Wing

A left front view of a World War II British Gannet AEW3 aircraft in fl...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Royal Air Force Mildenhall Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

Navy LT Greg Sullivan, catapult officer from the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61), practices a "launch" with the pilot of a restored B-25 Mitchell bomber. The bomber and other B-25s are at North Island to practice for a re-enactment of the April 18, 1942, raid of B-25s, the "Doolittle Raiders," launched from the aircraft carrier USS HORNET (CV-8) in the first U.S. attack on Japan's homeland during World War II. The re-enactment will take place April 21, 1992, from the RANGER near San Diego

Navy LT Greg Sullivan, catapult officer from the aircraft carrier USS ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, North Island State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry Mitchell Release... More

Ed Gustafson checks out a restored B-25 Mitchell bomber parked on the air field. The bomber and other B-25s are at North Island to practice for a re-enactment of the April 18, 1942, raid of B-25s, the "Doolittle Raiders," launched from the aircraft carrier USS HORNET (CV-8) in the first U.S. attack on Japan's homeland during World War II. The re-enactment will take place April 21, 1992, from the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61) near San Diego

Ed Gustafson checks out a restored B-25 Mitchell bomber parked on the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, North Island State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry Mitchell Release... More

A right front view of a P-51D Mustang fighter aircraft named Tabasco parked on the tarmac. The aircraft is taking part in Freedom Flight America; a flight of vintage aircraft en route to New York City to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of World War Two

A right front view of a P-51D Mustang fighter aircraft named Tabasco p...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery Release Status: Rel... More

Betty Lausch (left), who bucked rivets during WWII,

Betty Lausch (left), who bucked rivets during WWII,

Betty Lausch (left), who bucked rivets during WWII, talks with Marie Samson, who works with museums to pay homage to “Rosie the Riveter” women of WWII, during an event at the Olympic Flight Museum honoring vete... More

Lockheed P-38L Lightning

Lockheed P-38L Lightning

A view of the Lockheed P-38L Lightning before being towed to the WWII Gallery at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on Aug. 13, 2018. Several WWII era aircraft on display were temporarily placed througho... More

A memorial ceremony is held at the U.S. Air Force monument

A memorial ceremony is held at the U.S. Air Force monument

A memorial ceremony is held at the U.S. Air Force monument in Picauville, France, June 3, 2019. The ceremony honors the contributions of the 90th Infantry Division and the U.S. Air Force contributions to the li... More

A B-17 Flying Fortress assigned to the 97th Bombardment

A B-17 Flying Fortress assigned to the 97th Bombardment

A B-17 Flying Fortress assigned to the 97th Bombardment Group flew the first aircraft to land in Russia during a shuttle mission, June 2, 1944. The exploits of the 97th BG led their team to be the first America... More

A vintage P-47 Thunderbolt arrives at Royal Air Force

A vintage P-47 Thunderbolt arrives at Royal Air Force

A vintage P-47 Thunderbolt arrives at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England May 7. The aircraft was a guest of the 492nd Fighter Squadron for a heritage day fund raising event. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Ma... More

Displayed aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni,

Displayed aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni,

Displayed aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, is the last standing Mitsubishi A6M Zero hangar. It was one of many that were housed aboard station during the World War II era. The hangar’s existence ... More

An F-22 Raptor performs a Heritage Flight during the

An F-22 Raptor performs a Heritage Flight during the

An F-22 Raptor performs a Heritage Flight during the 2017 Heritage Flight Training and Certification Course at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Feb. 9, 2017. The program was established in 1997, allowing ce... More

A North American P-51 Mustang (6N-K, serial number

A North American P-51 Mustang (6N-K, serial number

A North American P-51 Mustang (6N-K, serial number 44-14734) nicknamed "Baby Mine" of the 339th Fighter Group, flown by 1st Lt. Stephen C Ananian, a fighter pilot assigned to the 505th Fighter Squadron, 339th F... More

Eighteen World War II era aircraft, including at least

Eighteen World War II era aircraft, including at least

Eighteen World War II era aircraft, including at least 16 T-6 'Texans' and a B-25 Mitchell Bomber, fly over Arlington National Cemetery Hall Oct. 9 as viewed from the Fort Myer portion of Joint Base Myer-Hender... More

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (Sep. 2, 2020)

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (Sep. 2, 2020)

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (Sep. 2, 2020) A World War II-era vintage aircraft flies above the Battleship Missouri Memorial for the 75th Anniversary of the End of WWII commemoration ceremony, Sept. 2... More

Two veterans exchange details from years-gone-by during

Two veterans exchange details from years-gone-by during

Two veterans exchange details from years-gone-by during a Veterans Tour at the 138th Fighter Wing, on Nov. 19, 2015. World War II, Korean and Vietnam veterans toured a static F4U Corsair, HH-60 Black Hawk, F-16... More

A Grumman TBM Avenger taxis on the runway at Wheeler

A Grumman TBM Avenger taxis on the runway at Wheeler

A Grumman TBM Avenger taxis on the runway at Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii, August 27, 2020. The Avenger is one of the 14 classic combat aircraft slated to participate in the Oahu flyovers as part of the Offici... More

The Arsenal of Democracy World War II Victory Capitol

The Arsenal of Democracy World War II Victory Capitol

The Arsenal of Democracy World War II Victory Capitol Flyover, commemorating the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, seen from the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 8, 2015. (U.S. Army National Guard photo... More

Aluminum Overcast, a 77-year-old B-17 carrying passengers

Aluminum Overcast, a 77-year-old B-17 carrying passengers

Aluminum Overcast, a 77-year-old B-17 carrying passengers from the local community and WWII veterans, flies over the Puget Sound, May 10, 2017 in Olympia, Wash. Of the 12,732 B-17s produced between 1935 and 194... More

A World War II era B-29 bomber nick named “FIFI” is

A World War II era B-29 bomber nick named “FIFI” is

A World War II era B-29 bomber nick named “FIFI” is on display at the Sioux City, Iowa airport. The Boeing Aircraft designed “Superfortress” was flown by the United States Air Force beginning in the 1940’s thro... More

Ray Weaver, an Air Force veteran, solutes as historic

Ray Weaver, an Air Force veteran, solutes as historic

Ray Weaver, an Air Force veteran, solutes as historic aircraft sweep over the National Mall in Washington, D.C. during the Arsenal of Democracy Flyover to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the European theate... More

The Arsenal of Democracy World War II Victory Capitol

The Arsenal of Democracy World War II Victory Capitol

The Arsenal of Democracy World War II Victory Capitol Flyover, commemorating the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, seen from the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 8, 2015. (U.S. Army National Guard photo... More

Scat VII, a P-51 Mustang once flown by triple-ace fighter

Scat VII, a P-51 Mustang once flown by triple-ace fighter

Scat VII, a P-51 Mustang once flown by triple-ace fighter pilot Robin Olds, flies along an F-16C Fighting Falcon assigned to the 480th Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, May 28, 2019. The plane is the las... More

Scat VII, a P-51 Mustang once flown by triple-ace fighter

Scat VII, a P-51 Mustang once flown by triple-ace fighter

Scat VII, a P-51 Mustang once flown by triple-ace fighter pilot Robin Olds, flies along an F-16C Fighting Falcon assigned to the 480th Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, May 28, 2019. The plane is the last... More

OAHU, Hawaii – A World War II era warbird flies over

OAHU, Hawaii – A World War II era warbird flies over

OAHU, Hawaii – A World War II era warbird flies over Oahu Sept. 1, 2020, for the 75th Anniversary of the End of WWII Commemoration. The bravery and heroism by all allies during World War II continues to resonat... More

Historic vintage military aircraft, a group known as

Historic vintage military aircraft, a group known as

Historic vintage military aircraft, a group known as the "Warbirds", arrive at Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii, Aug. 27, 2020 for the 75th Commemoration of the End of WWII. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Sarah D. Sangster)

deutsche lufthansa poster - airpost service from europe to south america

deutsche lufthansa poster - airpost service from europe to south ameri...

pictionid61646333 - catalog deutsche lufthansacondor syndicate airpost service from europe to south america promotional material. - titlearray - filenamemeyer0017.tif---Image from the Henry Cord Meyer Collectio... More

aircraft junkers ju 523m wasser.

aircraft junkers ju 523m wasser.

pictionid61649799 - catalog aircraft junkers ju 523m wasser. luftthansa airmail service between germany and south america. 1934. - titlearray - filenamemeyer0232.tif--Image from the Henry Cord Meyer Collection-... More

Sky Harbour EFTS No. 12 Class 5, about 1940-1944

Sky Harbour EFTS No. 12 Class 5, about 1940-1944

Photographer: J. Gordon Henderson ( http://digital.huroncounty.ca/about-the-collection/j-gordon-henderson ) ..Description: .Black and white image of Sky Harbour No. 12 Elementary Flight Training School Class 5.... More

Billington Plane Crash, November 18, 1943

Billington Plane Crash, November 18, 1943

Photographer: J. Gordon Henderson ( http://digital.huroncounty.ca/about-the-collection/j-gordon-henderson ) ..Description: .Black and white image of an airplane with a completely destroyed cockpit hanging upsid... More

13 Squadron RAAF Ventura Labuan 1945 AWM P00590.006

13 Squadron RAAF Ventura Labuan 1945 AWM P00590.006

AWM caption : LABUAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945. COCKPIT AND NOSE OF LOCKHEED VENTURA AIRCRAFT OF NO. 13 SQUADRON RAAF, SHOWING PILOT (UNKNOWN) AND NOSE ART, "RELUCTANT DRAGON".

20 Squadron RAAF Catalina aircraftmen with politicians Darwin Oct 1944 AWM 081564

20 Squadron RAAF Catalina aircraftmen with politicians Darwin Oct 1944...

AWM caption : DARWIN, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1944-10-16. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN K.N. BARTRAM (1), AND SERGEANT S.B. SHERRY, MEMBERS OF NO. 20 SQUADRON, RAAF, (EAST ARM, DARWIN AREA), AT THE WAIST GUN TURRE... More

486 Sqn Volkers 1945 - A group of men standing in front of an airplane

486 Sqn Volkers 1945 - A group of men standing in front of an airplane

486(NZ) Squadron at Volkel, Holland in 1945. Scanned from an orginal photograph owned by Sqn Ldr F P "Joe" Kendall (4th from left sitting on stbd wing), a member of the squadron March - July 1945. The aircraft ... More

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection ME(RAF)2202

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection ME(RAF)2202

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph of jet aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection ME(RAF)5489

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection ME(RAF)5489

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph related to World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Air Officer Commanding Malta, Air Vice Marshal Sir Keith Park, in the cockpit of his personal Supermarine Spitfire V before his ceremonial take-off at Malta's new aerodrome at Safi, May 1943. TR1069

Air Officer Commanding Malta, Air Vice Marshal Sir Keith Park, in the ...

Air Officer Commanding Malta, Air Vice Marshal Sir Keith Park, in the cockpit of his personal Supermarine Spitfire V before his ceremonial take-off at Malta's new aerodrome at Safi, May 1943. Air Officer Comman... More

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Short S.25 Sunderland. CH18020

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Short S.25 Sunderland. CH18...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Short S.25 Sunderland. Sunderland GR Mark V, ML778 "NS-Z", piloted by Wing Commander J Barrett, the Commanding Officer of No. 201 Squadron RAF based at Castle Archdale... More

American Aircraft in RAF Service 1939-1945- Lockheed L-214 and L-414 Hudson. CH996

American Aircraft in RAF Service 1939-1945- Lockheed L-214 and L-414 H...

American Aircraft in RAF Service 1939-1945- Lockheed L-214 and L-414 Hudson. Hudson Mark I, T9277 ‘QX-W’, of No. 224 Squadron RAF based at Leuchars, Fife, in flight off the Scottish coast. This was a late prod... More

Bristol Blenheim - Algeria - Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. CNA105

Bristol Blenheim - Algeria - Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle ...

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. Armourers of No. 614 Squadron RAF preparing to load a 250-lb GP bomb into Bristol Blenheim Mark VD, BA783 'P', at Canrobert, Algeria.

Bristol Blenheim - Asansol - Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. CI26

Bristol Blenheim - Asansol - Royal Air Force Operations in the Far Eas...

Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. A Bristol Blenheim Mark V of No. 113 Squadron RAF, parked at Asansol, India.

Consolidated Liberator - The War in the Far East- the Burma Campaign 1941-1945 C4939

Consolidated Liberator - The War in the Far East- the Burma Campaign 1...

The War in the Far East- the Burma Campaign 1941-1945 Air Force Operations: Consolidated Liberator B Mark VIs of No. 356 Squadron RAF heading for their base at Salbani, India, after bombing Japanese positions o... More

Fairey Battle - The Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany 1939-1945 C454

Fairey Battle - The Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany 1939-1945 ...

The Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany 1939-1945 Fairey Battles of No 218 Squadron, Royal Air Force on patrol in France. These aircraft were regarded as being advanced when they first went into service in ... More

Hawker Hurricanes at Lille-Seclin - Royal Air Force 1939-1945 Fighter Command F2344A

Hawker Hurricanes at Lille-Seclin - Royal Air Force 1939-1945 Fighter ...

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command On 6 December 1939 King George VI, with the Duke of Gloucester and Viscount Lord Gort (Commander-in-Chief of the BEF), inspected RAF Air Component units at Lille-Secli... More

Martin Baltimore - Royal Air Force- Italy, 1942-1945. CNA2480

Martin Baltimore - Royal Air Force- Italy, 1942-1945. CNA2480

Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South East Europe, 1942-1945. A Martin Baltimore Mark IV of No. 223 Squadron RAF flying over the Abruzzan Appenines after bombing a a road junction between Avezzano and P... More

No. 151 Wing Royal Air Force Operations in Russia, September-november 1941 CR183

No. 151 Wing Royal Air Force Operations in Russia, September-november ...

No. 151 Wing Royal Air Force Operations in Russia, September-november 1941 Russian soldiers excavate dispersal areas forthe RAF at Vaenga, while, beyond them, a Hawker Hurricane Mark IIB of No. 134 Squadron RAF... More

Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. CM2309

Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. CM2309

Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. Short Sunderland Mark I, L5798 'KG-B', of No. 204 Squadron RAF, based at Bathurst, The Gambia, moored beneath the North Face of the Rock at Gibraltar. Between 1941an... More

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. CH5002

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. CH5002

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. Three Westland Whirlwinds of No 263 Squadron RAF based at Exeter, Devon, flying in stepped line-astern formation over the West Country.

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943 CM2808

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1...

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943 Lockheed Lodestar, 1371, of a SAAF air ambulance unit, waits to evacuate casualties at a landing ground in the Western Desert.

Royal Air Force Radar, 1939-1945 CH15214

Royal Air Force Radar, 1939-1945 CH15214

Royal Air Force Radar, 1939-1945 Air Interception: Wing Commander C P "Paddy" Green (wearing a flying officer's SD jacket), Commanding Officer of No. 600 Squadron RAF at Cassibile, Italy, looks out of the cockp... More

Royal Air Force Radio-counter-measures, 1939-1945. CH16683

Royal Air Force Radio-counter-measures, 1939-1945. CH16683

Royal Air Force Radio-counter-measures, 1939-1945. 'Jostle' transmitter with its pressurised casing removed. This was an airborne jamming device, carried by aircraft of Bomber Command and designed to to disrup... More

Royal Air Force- Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943; Royal Air Force, 335 Squadron CBM1720

Royal Air Force- Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-...

Royal Air Force- Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. Pilots of No 335 (Hellenic) Squadron RAF in front of a Hawker Hurricane Mark I at LG 20/Qotafiyah I, west of Daba, Egypt.

See How Your Salvage Helps a Bomber Art.IWMPST14695

See How Your Salvage Helps a Bomber Art.IWMPST14695

See How Your Salvage Helps a Bomber whole: the image occupies the majority, with the title separate and positioned in the upper quarter, in orange. The text is separate and placed in the upper left and lower le... More

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A9381

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A9381

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Bristol Beaufort torpedo bombers being torpedoed up by naval torpedomen at HMS SPARROWHAWK Royal Naval Air Station Hatston, Orkney Islands. Dummy torpedoes are being used.

Three Stirling bombers taking off. Great Britain mod

Three Stirling bombers taking off. Great Britain mod

Three Stirling bombers taking off. Great Britain. Public domain photograph of propeller aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vickers Wellington - Royal Air Force in the Middle East, 1944-1945. CM5756

Vickers Wellington - Royal Air Force in the Middle East, 1944-1945. CM...

Royal Air Force in the Middle East, 1944-1945. A Vickers Wellington of No. 76 Operational Training Unit taxies out for a training flight at Aqir, Palestine.

Women with a Will to Win! Art.IWMPST14542

Women with a Will to Win! Art.IWMPST14542

Women with a Will to Win! whole: the image occupies the majority, set against a yellow-brown background. The title is separate and positioned in the upper quarter, in black cursive script, held within a white i... More

Doolittle Raid, April 18, 1942, WWII - 80-G-324245 (38554078152)

Doolittle Raid, April 18, 1942, WWII - 80-G-324245 (38554078152)

80-G-324245: Doolittle Raid, April 18, 1942. U.S. Army B-25 launched from USS Hornet (CV-8) heading for Tokyo, Japan. Photographed from USS Salt Lake City (CA-25). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the... More

US Navy in WWII - 80-G-54731 (31182982845)

US Navy in WWII - 80-G-54731 (31182982845)

80-G-54731: An SNJ flight over Turtle Bay, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. Photographed with an SBD with camera pointing back. Note the fighter strip #1 and revetments. Photograph released 5 October 1943.... More

Three Short Stirling bombers taking off over Great Britain, 1942-43 (27846330316)

Three Short Stirling bombers taking off over Great Britain, 1942-43 (2...

Lot 11635-8: Three Stirling bombers taking off over Great Britain, 1942-43. Office of War Information. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/06/24).

“Which One Would You Shoot?” Aircraft Recognition Tests, 1943 (26649804031)

“Which One Would You Shoot?” Aircraft Recognition Tests, 1943 (2664980...

Lot 8081-1: Aircraft Recognition Tests, 1943. “Which One Would You Shoot?” Answer: P-47 “Thunderbolt” Fighter is on-top. Japanese “Zeke” (Zero) Type O Fighter is below. The P-47 has an egg-shaped fusela... More

"Food Comes First" - NARA - 514273

"Food Comes First" - NARA - 514273

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Bomb handling at an advanced Pacific base. - NARA - 520637

Bomb handling at an advanced Pacific base. - NARA - 520637

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 852 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Bonds to Bomb Tokyo. 10 Percent will Help to do it - NARA - 534063

Bonds to Bomb Tokyo. 10 Percent will Help to do it - NARA - 534063

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HDQ., 616th Air Base Wing, Japan-Lt. Col. Marle M. Jones, Riverside, Calif., new commanding officer of the 91st... - NARA - 542355

HDQ., 616th Air Base Wing, Japan-Lt. Col. Marle M. Jones, Riverside, C...

Scope and content: HDQ., 616th Air Base Wing, Japan--Lt. Col. Marle M. Jones, Riverside, Calif., new commanding officer of the 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron gets a final O.K. from the crew chief of hi... More

Mary Josephine Farley, who at 20 is considered a top notch mechanic, working on a Wright Whirlwind airplane motor... - NARA - 535576

Mary Josephine Farley, who at 20 is considered a top notch mechanic, w...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 806 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Mechanics check engine of SNJ at Kingsville Field, NATC, Corpus Christi, Texas. - NARA - 520974

Mechanics check engine of SNJ at Kingsville Field, NATC, Corpus Christ...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 836 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Stockroom at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. - NARA - 195485

Stockroom at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company...

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"Farm Scrap Builds Tanks & Guns" - NARA - 514237

"Farm Scrap Builds Tanks & Guns" - NARA - 514237

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Airplane. Cambria BAnQ P48S1P01055

Airplane. Cambria BAnQ P48S1P01055

For documentary purposes the original description provided by BAnQ has been retained. Additional descriptive text may be added by Wikimedians with the wiki description = parameter, but please do not modify the ... More

Burning Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat of VF-2 aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6) on 10 November 1943 (80-G-205473)

Burning Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat of VF-2 aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6) on ...

Crash landing of a U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat (Number 30) of Fighting Squadron 2 (VF-2) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6), into the carrier's port side 20mm gun gallery, 10 November 1943. L... More

F4F-3 Wildcats of VF-6 take off from USS Enterprise (CV-6) on 24 February 1942

F4F-3 Wildcats of VF-6 take off from USS Enterprise (CV-6) on 24 Febru...

U.S. Navy Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat of Fighting Squadron 6 (VF-6) preparing for take off on the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) for the Wake Island Raid, 24 February 1942.

North American SNJ-3 Texans at a Naval Air Station, circa in 1943 (80-G-K-13391)

North American SNJ-3 Texans at a Naval Air Station, circa in 1943 (80-...

U.S. Navy North American SNJ-3 Texan trainer aircraft at a Naval Air Station during World War II. The location may be Naval Air Station Miami, Flordia (USA). Note the colourful markings. The two planes in the c... More

Kamikaze attacks USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) in April 1945

Kamikaze attacks USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) in April 1945

A Japanese kamikaze suicide plane (Yokosuka D4Y "Judy"?) attacks the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) off Okinawa, 1409 hrs, 11 April 1945. It was shot down and crashed aft of the ship.

PBM-5 VPB-26 being hoisted on USS Norton Sound (AV-11) Okinawa 1945

PBM-5 VPB-26 being hoisted on USS Norton Sound (AV-11) Okinawa 1945

A U.S. Navy Martin PBM-5 from Patrol Bombing Squadron VPB-26 being hoisted aboard the seplane tender USS Norton Sound (AV-11) at Kerama Retto Island, Okinawa, between April and July 1945.

PBY-5A Catalina of VP-6 (CG) at Narsarsuaq c1943

PBY-5A Catalina of VP-6 (CG) at Narsarsuaq c1943

A U.S. Navy Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina of the U.S. Coast Guard-manned Patrol Squadron VP-6 (CG) parked on Marston matting at Narsarsuaq, Greenland.

SOC-1 Seagull in flight over Hawaii

SOC-1 Seagull in flight over Hawaii

A U.S. Navy Curtiss SOC-1 Seagull (BuNo 9986) of Cruiser Scouting Squadron 4 in flight over Hawaii (USA) before the Second World War. The crew were Ensign C.A. Shipman and AMM2c R.L. Williams.

Savoia Marchetti SM 79 Sparviero in formazione

Savoia Marchetti SM 79 Sparviero in formazione

Italiano: Aereo Savoia Marchetti SM 79 Sparviero in formazione Public domain photograph of propeller aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Savoia-Marchetti SM.79, Italy, World War II photo

Savoia-Marchetti SM.79, Italy, World War II photo

Italiano: Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 sorvolo di Sciacca, AG Public domain photograph of propeller aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

1st Special Service Force members boarding a C-47 3378674

1st Special Service Force members boarding a C-47 3378674

Forcemen of the First Special Service Force boarding a Douglas C-47 aircraft during parachute training at Fort William Henry Harrison, Helena, Montana.

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