World War II

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The stern catapult of the Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto with a Reggiane Re2000 fighter prepared for launch with the battleship Roma in the background. September 30, 1942.

The catapulted Re2000s were used similarly to the Hurricanes embarked on British CAM ships, requiring either to moor or land on land.

The characteristic profile of a Savoia Marchetti S.M. 79 "Sparviero", nicknamed by the British as the "Damned Hunchback". It was the true workhorse of the Regia Aeronautica, deployed on all fronts and covering all kind of roles.

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14 August 1942. Spitfires Mk Vb of 453 Squadron RAAF at Drem in East Lothian, Scotland.

Inside a Handley Page works at Radlett, Hertfordshire where Handley Page Hampdens are being assembled, 28th April 1939.

Hurricane Mk.IId (Z2326), originally built as a Mk.IIa, during trials with the A&AEE from Boscombe Down in early 1942. Vickers 40mm cannons without cowlings.

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Lockheed P-38 Lightning formation in 1943

The US Navy Iowa Class battleship USS Wisconsin (commissioned in 1944) is tied up outboard of the hulk of USS Oklahoma (commissioned in 1916), at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Hawaii, on 11 November 1944.