HMS Formidable crewmen starting to remove the wreckage of Japanese kamikaze aircraft from the flight deck, Pacific Ocean, 4 May 1945

Wreckage of the Japanese kamikaze aircraft that crashed into HMS Formidable in the Pacific Ocean off Sakishima Islands, Japan, 4 May 1945

F4U-1D Corsair on the flight deck of USS Bunker Hill in the Pacific Ocean off Okinawa, Japan, 6 May 1945

SB-17G aircraft of Flight D of the US Air Force 5th Rescue Squadron, circa late 1940s; note rescue boat mounted beneath fuselage, chin-mounted radar dome, and Catalina in background

XP-51 prototype aircraft, circa late 1940 or early 1941

British Mustang X fighter AM203 at rest, 1942

P-51 Mustang fighter under construction, North American Aviation plant, Los Angeles, California, United States, circa 1942

P-51A Mustang fighter in flight, viewed from the top, Oct 1940

A British Bedford QL truck leaving a raft after crossing the Rhine River near Feldwick,North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 24 Mar 1945

A truck-mounted 40-mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun of UK 15th (Scottish) Division crossing the Rhine River near Xanten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 24 Mar 1945

Aerial photograph of a damaged German town during Rhine River area fighting, 24 Mar 1945; taken by crew of B-24 Liberator bomber of 2nd Air Division, US 8th Air Force

British paratroopers operating an M22 Locust tank as they prepared to cross the Rhine as part of Operation Varsity, Germany, late Mar 1945; note Horsa troop glider

Men of the US Army 77th Infantry Division at Okinawa, Japan listening to radio reports for the German surrender, 8 May 1945

Damage aboard HMS Formidable after being struck by Japanese kamikaze aircraft, Pacific Ocean, 4 May 1945

HMS Victorious on fire after being struck by Japanese kamikaze aircraft, off Sakishima Gunto (Islands), Japan, 9 May 1945

US Marine Private First Class Paul E. Ison running through Japanese fire at 'Death Valley', Okinawa, Japan, 10 May 1945

A Mustang Mk I fighter being test flown in Inglewood, California, United States in 1942 before being delivered to the British Royal Air Force

A North American Aviation worker preparing a P-51 Mustang fighter for painting, Inglewood, California, United States, Oct 1942; note B-25 Mitchell bombers in background

An American woman working on the landing gear of a P-51 Mustang aircraft at the North American Aviation plant, Inglewood, California, United States, Oct 1942

Consolidated Aircraft Corporation workers, Fort Worth, Texas, United States, Oct 1942; note P-51B or P-51C Mustang fighter at right