hint.......The pic posted is off the Hunters Point Naval Drydocks, San Francisco, California, 9 May 1944, following overhaul.
is it the Yamoto?? By the way you guys were right on my earlier question, (Captain Hans Langsdorff, captain of the Graff spee) Your quick!
I believe that is the Battleship Mutsu before its upgrade in the late 1930s. Or not. I pretty sure it is Japanese because of the pagoda like super-structure design.
Then the bottom is a Hurricane (couldn't see the under side for air scoops), the non-P-47 is a blank.
Is the bottom one a Yak-9? I'm not well versed in military hardware, but it looks similar to some pictures I've seen.
The wing shape on the bottom one looks like a Tempest, but not the fuselage behind the cockpit. So I'm still sort of flumoxed, as to that light colored one in the lead, I haven't a clue. Need some more clues methinks!