http://www.history.com/photos/world-war-ii-pilots-and-planes View photos of World War II pilots and planes. en Copyright 2013, History.com Sat, 25 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT History.com 2013-05-25T04:00:00Z en Copyright 2013, History.com http://www.history.com/photos/world-war-ii-pilots-and-planes/photo1 Gunners in Nose Turret of B-17 Bomber during World War II. http://www.history.com/photos/world-war-ii-pilots-and-planes/photo1 http://www.history.com/photos/world-war-ii-pilots-and-planes/photo2 A World War II pilot waves from the cockpit. England, 1944. http://www.history.com/photos/world-war-ii-pilots-and-planes/photo2 http://www.history.com/photos/world-war-ii-pilots-and-planes/photo3 American ace fighter pilot Captain Fred J. Christensen in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt fighter, c.1944. Each of the 22 swasitkas painted on the fuselage of the plane represents a German aircraft destroyed. http://www.history.com/photos/world-war-ii-pilots-and-planes/photo3 http://www.history.com/photos/world-war-ii-pilots-and-planes/photo4 Aviator Wayne Morris is shown seated in his plane with "Meatball" decals, showing the number of Japanese planes he has shot down. http://www.history.com/photos/world-war-ii-pilots-and-planes/photo4 http://www.history.com/photos/world-war-ii-pilots-and-planes/photo5 Two pilots in the cockpit of a Douglas C-47 airplane, a plane used during World War II. http://www.history.com/photos/world-war-ii-pilots-and-planes/photo5 http://www.history.com/photos/world-war-ii-pilots-and-planes/photo6 Seafire Aircraft on British Aircraft carrier. ca.1942. http://www.history.com/photos/world-war-ii-pilots-and-planes/photo6 http://www.history.com/photos/world-war-ii-pilots-and-planes/photo7 Navy Curtiss-Wright SB2C Helldiver with wings folded up, 1944. http://www.history.com/photos/world-war-ii-pilots-and-planes/photo7 http://www.history.com/photos/world-war-ii-pilots-and-planes/photo8 Two Navy Helldiver planes on the deck of an aircraft carrier, one with wings extended, one with wings folded. http://www.history.com/photos/world-war-ii-pilots-and-planes/photo8 http://www.history.com/photos/world-war-ii-pilots-and-planes/photo9 October 05, 1943. Navy dive bombers head back to the carrier after releasing bombs on Wake Island. http://www.history.com/photos/world-war-ii-pilots-and-planes/photo9 http://www.history.com/photos/world-war-ii-pilots-and-planes/photo10 A pilot from Britain's Royal Air Force in 1940. http://www.history.com/photos/world-war-ii-pilots-and-planes/photo10 http://www.history.com/photos/world-war-ii-pilots-and-planes/photo11 Royal Air Force bomber command crew with an Avro Lancaster bomber. http://www.history.com/photos/world-war-ii-pilots-and-planes/photo11 http://www.history.com/photos/world-war-ii-pilots-and-planes/photo12 World War II B-29 plane in flight. 1945. http://www.history.com/photos/world-war-ii-pilots-and-planes/photo12