One of the USS Alaska's Curtiss SC-1 floatplanes taxiing up to the landing mat, off Iwo Jima-1945.

Curtiss SC-1 floatplane

A US Navy unit tests out the MLW-2 on sand dunes. Note large r sand tyres and a crew of eight men. Exterior-access tool compartments had been built in to the rear corners, and a large rectangular fuel tank had been installed between the front seats as you can just see in this shot. 

Willy's MLW-2

Dressed in Ranger CV-4 willow green tail markings,this factory fresh Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat has yet to receive its full markings of VF-42 while on a February 1941 test flight.