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Grumman TBF-1C Avenger in flight, Jan-May 1942, location unknown. Photo 1 of 2.	Grumman TBF-1C Avenger in flight, Jan-May 1942, location unknown. Photo 2 of 2.

Halifax B.II Series I bomber of No. 10 Squadron RAF in flight, circa Apr-May 1942	Ki-43-II Hayabusa fighter at rest, circa 1942

Martlet fighter of No. 888 Squadron FAA from HMS Formidable in flight over the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, late Apr to early May 1942; note HMS Warspite in background	Martlet fighters on the catapult of HMS Formidable, in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, late Apr to early May 1942

N-3PB aircraft of No. 330 (Norwegian) Squadron RAF being used to transport a sick civilian woman, Reykjavik, Iceland, May 1942	N-3PB aircraft of No. 330 (Norwegian) Squadron RAF taxiing, Akureyri, Iceland, May 1942

N3N Canary aircraft towing three LNS-1 gliders, Page Field, Parris Island, South Carolina, United States, May 1942	N3N-3 aircraft in flight, towing three LNS-1 gliders, Parris Island, South Carolina, United States, May 1942

PBM Mariner being hauled out of the water, 1942. Paint scheme suggests a North Atlantic location.	SBD Dauntless dive-bomber being spotted on the flight deck of the Enterprise, Jan-May 1942. Note the groove in the outrigged sponson for the tail-wheel, thus spotting the plane while only using deck space for the front portion.

The flight deck crew of USS Wasp holding down British Spitfire fighters as they prepared for launch for Malta, Apr-May 1942	US Army Air Force Tuskegee airmen in front of a P-40 Warhawk fighter, Southern Italy or North Africa, circa May 1942 to Aug 1943

US Marine Corps gliders and N3N aircraft, Page Field, Parris Island, South Carolina, United States, May 1942	US Marine Corps lieutenant posing next to his N3N glider-towing biplane, Page Field, Parris Island, South Carolina, United States, May 1942, photo 1 of 3

US Marine Corps lieutenant posing next to his N3N glider-towing biplane, Page Field, Parris Island, South Carolina, United States, May 1942, photo 2 of 3	US Marine Corps lieutenant posing next to his N3N glider-towing biplane, Page Field, Parris Island, South Carolina, United States, May 1942, photo 3 of 3

US Marine Corps N3N-3 Canary aircraft (Bureau Number 1777) in flight over Parris Island, South Carolina, United States, May 1942	US Marine Corps N3N-3 Canary glider-towing biplane (Bureau Number 1777) at Page Field, Parris Island, South Caroline, United States, May 1942