This weeks bonus.
Captured in North Africa.

And taken before December 41(probably in Germany).

Just the one this week.
An F6F-5N "Hellcat" fighter aircraft, guardian of the night skies, bores out over the East China Sea at dusk to intercept Japanese night raiders headed for the Okinawa area. The plane belongs to Marine Night Fighter Squadron 533 who set a record for the Pacific war by downing 29 enemy planes at night..

This weeks bonus.

F4U-1D Corsair aircraft of VMF-312 is the second Corsair to land at Kadena airfield, Okinawa. The squadron is part of 2MAW.

FG-1D Corsair aircraft of MAW-4 on the gound at Iwo Jima. Fuel Stop -- Marine Corsair fighters, flown from a Marianas base line up briefly on one of Iwo Jima's busy airfields for refueling before taking off for the long over-water flight to Okinawa. Planes like these were being ferried by 4th MAW pilots to the Ryukyus front via the newly won Volcanic Island. Mt. Surbachi, extinct volcano, raises its head in the background.

F4U Corsair aircraft of VMF-312, checkered nose and tail Marine Corsair fighters, line the runway of the Kadena airfield on Okinawa Island. They have just recently landed on the captured strip and soon will be in action against the Japanese.

A work-horse on the road to Tokyo is this Corsair which has over 400 combat hours to its credit since the opening of Okinawan airfields to Second Marine Air Wing squadrons. Pride of the Hell's Belles fighter squadron, VMF-311, Marine Air Group 31, its guns have knocked eight enemy bombers and fighters into the sea and strafed targets from Okinawa to the mainland of Japan

This is a photo of ground crewmen making repairs on one of the Convair OY-1 in the shade of a wing of a bomber. This plane was the first to land on Okinawa.
The origins of the L-5, affectionately known as the "Flying Jeep", can be traced to the pre-war civilian Stinson HW-75. Capable of operating from short unimproved airstrips, the L-5 "Sentinel" delivered personnel, critical intelligence and needed supplies to the front line troops. On return flights, wounded soldiers were often evacuated to rear area field hospitals for medical treatment, providing a huge boost to the morale of combat troops fighting in remote areas. L-5's were used for many other important activities, such as aerial photography, controlling vehicle convoys, para-dropping food, medical supplies and ammunition, laying communication wire, distributing propaganda leaflets, spraying pesticide, transporting prisoners, and directing fighter-bombers to ground targets. The L-5 was also popular with Generals and other high-ranking officers for fast, efficient short-range transportation. The Navy and Marine version of the L-5 through L-5E were designated 0Y-1, and all these aircraft has 12-volt electrical systems. The 24-volt L-5G became the 0Y-2.

Four this week, of B-17G 42-39975 "Just Plain Lonesome" (coded DF-Z) of the 324th Bomb Sq, 91st BG.
Taken on the mission to Oberpfaffen-hofen 18March1944.
She was lost 30 May 1944 over Dessau with LT Zack Collier, Jr's crew. All aboard perished.

These are a treat as always, like most the two middle photos with the landscape visible

Over the Philippines, a formation of aircraft led by a captured Japanese Navy interceptor fighter aircraft Mitsubishi J2M Raiden (Thunderbolt, allied code name "Jack"), of the Technical Air Intelligence Unit, South West Pacific Area (SWPA) located at Clark Field, Luzon (Philippines) from the end of January 1945. The aircraft was recovered from a makeshift airstrip in Manila when American forces recaptured the city. Other aircraft in the formation are a Royal Navy Seafire (lower left) and a U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat. The Mitsubishi J2M's development to full combat status was delayed by technical problems and production indecision, resulting in employment being mainly in the defence of Japan from USAAF bombing.

This weeks bonus, from our old site.

Those pics of the Raiden, Hellcat and Seafire in formation are really quite neat, such an interesting mix.

Two this week taken roughly a decade apart.
In North Africa.

And in Korea.

The reflection on the F-51 photo is stunning.

Three this week.
Boeing Yb-40S, Some Of The Boeing B-17's Converted Under Direction Of The Air Technical Service Command Into Bomber-Fighters, Parked At The 91St Bomb Group Base In Bassingbourne, England.
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42-5736 "Tampa Tornado" (YB-40, 92nd BG 327th BS UX-C 14 may 43, transf 303rd BG 359th BS BN-Q 3 aug 43, transf 379th BG 524th BS WA-P 28 Aug 43)

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42-5741 "Guardian Angel" (YB-40, 92nd BG 327th BS UX-H 7 may 43 as "Chicago" , transf 91st BG 401st BS LL-Y 22 July 43)

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42-5736 "Tampa Tornado" (YB-40, 92nd BG 327th BS UX-C 14 may 43, transf to 303rd BG 359th BS BN-Q 3 aug 43, then 379th BG 524th BS WA-P 28 Aug 43)