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No. 4 Squadron RAAF pilots posing in front of Boomerang aircraft Personnel of the Soviet 88th International Brigade after field training, probably at Kerki, Turkmen SSR, Russia, 5 Oct 1943; note commanding officer Major General Zhou Baozhong and Kim Song-ju (later known as Kim Il-sung) in front row
No. 4 Squadron RAAF pilots posing in front of Boomerang aircraft 'On the Job', Nadzab, New Guinea, 5 Oct 1943; L to R: Black, Brough, David Murrie, Philip Simpson, Chambers, and RaysonPersonnel of the Soviet 88th International Brigade after field training, probably at Kerki, Turkmen SSR, Russia, 5 Oct 1943; note commanding officer Major General Zhou Baozhong and Kim Song-ju (later known as Kim Il-sung) in front row
SOC Seagull aircraft being lowered onto catapult of cruiser Minneapolis, after spotting for the Wake Island raid of 5 Oct 1943USS Minneapolis (foreground), USS San Francisco (center, with 8-inch gun smoke), and USS New Orleans (background) bombard Wake, 5 Oct 1943
SOC Seagull aircraft being lowered onto catapult of cruiser Minneapolis, after spotting for the Wake Island raid of 5 Oct 1943USS Minneapolis (foreground), USS San Francisco (center, with 8-inch gun smoke), and USS New Orleans (background) bombard Wake, 5 Oct 1943
WC-27 ambulances of the 70th Service Group await the return of the 386th Bomb Group’s B-26 Marauders, RAF Great Dunmow, Essex, England, United Kingdom, Oct 5, 1943
WC-27 ambulances of the 70th Service Group await the return of the 386th Bomb Group’s B-26 Marauders, RAF Great Dunmow, Essex, England, United Kingdom, Oct 5, 1943


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B-17F Fortress “Talisman” warming up before take-off from Jackson’s Drome, Port Moresby, New Guinea, 5 Sep 1943. This plane carried Douglas MacArthur to and from the battle zones in New Guinea.

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