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Tailhook of an F4U Corsair from Fighting Squadron VBF-6 hooking an arresting cable aboard USS Hancock off Okinawa, Japan, 21 Mar 1945. Note aircraft tractor tug in the foreground.Eastern Aircraft FM2 Wildcats of Composite Squadron VC-93 on the flight deck of escort carrier USS Petrof Bay off Okinawa, 25 Mar 1945.Crewmen hoisting one of USS MiamiUSS Hornet in camouflage Measure 33 Design 3a off Okinawa, Japan, 27 Mar 1945; note various aircraft on the flight deck
Tailhook of an F4U Corsair from Fighting Squadron VBF-6 hooking an arresting cable aboard USS Hancock off Okinawa, Japan, 21 Mar 1945. Note aircraft tractor tug in the foreground.Eastern Aircraft FM2 Wildcats of Composite Squadron VC-93 on the flight deck of escort carrier USS Petrof Bay off Okinawa, 25 Mar 1945.Crewmen hoisting one of USS Miami's paravanes while in the Pacific Ocean, 26 Mar 1945USS Hornet in camouflage Measure 33 Design 3a off Okinawa, Japan, 27 Mar 1945; note various aircraft on the flight deck
A TBM Avenger trailing smoke returning to the carrier USS Essex after being damaged by Japanese anti-aircraft fire during a strike on Minami Daito Jima in the Okinawa Operation, 28 Mar 1945.Destroyer USS Kimberly in Measure 32/6D paint scheme seen from an LST south of Okinawa, Japan, 29-31 Mar 1945.F4U Corsair at the barrier wires after landing aboard USS Bennington around Okinawa in the Western Pacific, Apr 1945.F4U Corsair preparing for a deck launch from USS Bennington around Okinawa in the Western Pacific, Apr 1945. Note the arrowhead geometrics that identify the plane as coming from the Bennington.
A TBM Avenger trailing smoke returning to the carrier USS Essex after being damaged by Japanese anti-aircraft fire during a strike on Minami Daito Jima in the Okinawa Operation, 28 Mar 1945.Destroyer USS Kimberly in Measure 32/6D paint scheme seen from an LST south of Okinawa, Japan, 29-31 Mar 1945.F4U Corsair at the barrier wires after landing aboard USS Bennington around Okinawa in the Western Pacific, Apr 1945.F4U Corsair preparing for a deck launch from USS Bennington around Okinawa in the Western Pacific, Apr 1945. Note the arrowhead geometrics that identify the plane as coming from the Bennington.
Fletcher-class destroyer USS Harrison steaming alongside carrier USS Bennington as Bennington’s TBM Avengers run up their engines, early 1945 in the Western Pacific.Vought F4U-1D Corsair of Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-451 ‘Blue Devils’ with its wings folded aboard USS Bunker Hill, south of Japan, spring 1945. Note the armorers readying the HVAR rockets and the rocket rack at rightF4U Corsairs and TBM Avengers of Air Group 6 aboard USS Hancock off Okinawa, Japan, 2 Apr 1945A Japanese special attack aircraft exploding on the deck of USS Hancock off Okinawa, Japan, 7 Apr 1945
Fletcher-class destroyer USS Harrison steaming alongside carrier USS Bennington as Bennington’s TBM Avengers run up their engines, early 1945 in the Western Pacific.Vought F4U-1D Corsair of Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-451 ‘Blue Devils’ with its wings folded aboard USS Bunker Hill, south of Japan, spring 1945. Note the armorers readying the HVAR rockets and the rocket rack at rightF4U Corsairs and TBM Avengers of Air Group 6 aboard USS Hancock off Okinawa, Japan, 2 Apr 1945A Japanese special attack aircraft exploding on the deck of USS Hancock off Okinawa, Japan, 7 Apr 1945
A mushroom cloud hanging above battleship YamatoBattleship Yamato under aerial attack in the East China Sea, 7 Apr 1945Cruiser Yahagi listing heavily to port, East China Sea, 7 Apr 1945 at 1345 hours; note four American aircraft in flight on the left side of the photographExplosion aboard the Yamato as she was sunk on 7 Apr 1945
A mushroom cloud hanging above battleship Yamato's exploding hull, 7 Apr 1945Battleship Yamato under aerial attack in the East China Sea, 7 Apr 1945Cruiser Yahagi listing heavily to port, East China Sea, 7 Apr 1945 at 1345 hours; note four American aircraft in flight on the left side of the photographExplosion aboard the Yamato as she was sunk on 7 Apr 1945
USS Hancock burning after being struck by a kamikaze special attack aircraft off Okinawa, 7 Apr 1945. Note fires burning fore and aft, and TBM Avenger flying over the carrier. Photographed from USS Pasadena.USS Hancock maneuvering to control fires after being hit by a Japanese special attack aircraft off Okinawa, Japan, 7 Apr 1945Yahagi being straddled by near misses, East China Sea, 7 April 1945Yamato and a destroyer in action, 7 Apr 1945
USS Hancock burning after being struck by a kamikaze special attack aircraft off Okinawa, 7 Apr 1945. Note fires burning fore and aft, and TBM Avenger flying over the carrier. Photographed from USS Pasadena.USS Hancock maneuvering to control fires after being hit by a Japanese special attack aircraft off Okinawa, Japan, 7 Apr 1945Yahagi being straddled by near misses, East China Sea, 7 April 1945Yamato and a destroyer in action, 7 Apr 1945

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Möhne Dam breached after the previous day's RAF attack, Möhnesee, Soest, Germany, 18 May 1943; photo taken by Flying Officer Jerry Fray of No. 542 Squadron from his Spitfire PR IX aircraft; note six Barrage balloons on either side of the dam

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