Here's a series of aircraft that were photographed at Wright Field during the Victory Display in 1945. Some of these aircraft went on to become points of historical note, others were unceremoniously scrapped later on.
These color photos were taken by Jack Canary, who was a rep. for North American Aviation during and after the war. He remained active in the aviation world, restoring and flying aircraft and was unfortunately killed while flying a PT-22 during the filming of Tora! Tora! Tora! in 1968.
Well, Graeme has my curiosity primed and I am on the hunt to see it that is, in fact, a P-59 on the ramp near the P-80 (I have seen a similar photo of a P-59B with a tube extending from the nose).
In the meantime, here's two more photos I ran across on my drive from that Victory Display...
Ar234B-2 FE-1011 T2-1011 also USA 40, WNr.140311 Surrendered to the RAF at Stavanger, Norway and at Freeman Field in May, 1946
Ar234B-2 140311 unbekannt 08.11.1944 Übergabe an 8./KG76, 28.11.1944 Übergabe der Maschine an Kommando Lukesch (Einsatzstaffel III/KG76), jan-45 Übergabe an III/KG76. Source: Source: Motorbuch Verlag, Strahflugzeug Arado Ar234 Blitz, Griehl, 2003