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TBF-1 Avenger of Marine Squadron VMSB-131 at Guadalcanal, 1942	TBF-1 Avengers and SBD Dauntless bombers running up their engines aboard USS Ranger off West Africa during Operation Torch, Nov 1942. Note one F4F Wildcat without its engine running.

US Army Air Force B-17s overfly US Marine and US Navy F4F or FM-2 Wildcat aircraft at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942	US Marine ground crew putting out a fire on a Wildcat fighter, Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942

US Navy aviation cadets check flight boards for last minute instructions, Naval Air Training Center, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, United States, Nov 1942; note N3N-3 Canary aircraft	A United States Navy patrol PBY Catalina turned upside down by heavy winds at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, 2 Nov 1942. Note another PBY askew in the left background.

B-24 bombing photo of Holtz Bay, Attu Island, Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, 7 Nov 1942; note A6M2-N floatplanes	Wildcat fighters testing their machine guns aboard Ranger off North Africa, Nov 1942

F4F-4 Wildcat taking off from Ranger for strikes against Fedala, French Morocco (now Mohammedia, Morocco), 9 Nov 1942. Note airborne Army O-59A Grasshopper observation planes launched from Ranger minutes before.	Passenger of SOC Seagull aircraft dropped a message capsule as it flew over cruiser Augusta during Operation Torch, North Africa, Nov 1942

United States Army Piper O-59A Grasshoppers of the 8th Observation Squadron taking off from the US Navy carrier USS Ranger to spot for the artillery during Operation Torch in North Africa, 9 Nov 1942. Photo 1 of 2.	United States Army Piper O-59A Grasshoppers of the 8th Observation Squadron taking off from the US Navy carrier USS Ranger to spot for the artillery during Operation Torch in North Africa, 9 Nov 1942. Photo 2 of 2.

Albacore Mk I aircraft of No. 820 Squadron FAA from HMS Formidable in flight, off North Africa, Nov 1942	Spitfire aircraft of US Army Air Force 4th Fighter Group, circa Nov 1942

B-17F Fortress flying past Mt. Bagana on Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Nov 11, 1942. This aircraft is returning from bombing Buka Island and is on its way to bomb Shortland Harbor at opposite the end of Bougainville	King George VI of Great Britain visits the base of the USAAF 352nd Bomb Squadron at Chelveston, England, UK, 13 Nov 1942. The aircraft is B-17F “Holey Joe” with Cpl David C Casteel of Illinois standing second from the left

Armorers equipping an Albacore aircraft aboard HMS Formidable, off North Africa, Nov 1942	Martlet fighter aboard HMS Formidable off North Africa, Nov 1942

Martlet fighter on the flight deck of HMS Formidable, off North Africa, Nov 1942	Martlet fighters aboard HMS Formidable off North Africa, Nov 1942