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US B-25 bombers flying over transports carrying Australian 9th Division troops, off Lae, Australian New Guinea, 4-6 Sep 1943	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.

C-47 Skytrain transports loaded with paratroopers bound for the raid on Nadzab, New Guinea, 5 Sep 1943 at the Port Moresby 7-Mile Aerodrome. Note General MacArthur and General Kenney standing at the lower left.	Gen Douglas MacArthur shaking the hand of his pilot, Col Harry Hawthorne, after observing the airborne paratroop drop at Nazdab, New Guinea from his B-17F “Talisman.” 5 Sep 1943 photo at 7-Mile Aerodrome, Port Moresby, New Guinea.

United States Army paratroopers dropped from C-47 Skytrains parachuting into Nazdab, New Guinea behind a smoke screen, 5 Sep 1943.	A P-47D Thunderbolt that crashed on take-off, Halesworth, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, 7 Sep 1943. Photo 2 of 3.

A P-47D Thunderbolt that crashed on take-off, Halesworth, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, 7 Sep 1943. Photo 3 of 3.	A P-47D Thunderbolt that crashed on take-off, Halesworth, Suffolk, England, United Kingdon, 7 Sep 1943. Photo 1 of 3.

RAAF Flight Sergeant Roberts Dunstan posing outside of a tail gun position of a Lancaster bomber, Britain, 9 Sep 1943	Baltimore off Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, United States, 10 Sep 1943; note two OS2U Kingfisher floatplanes on catapults

A German glider trooper next to a DFS 230 C-1 glider damaged during landing, Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943	Destroyed frame of a DFS 230 C-1 glider after use, Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943

DFS 230 gliders at Hotel Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943	German airborne trooper destroying a crash-landed glider, Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943

German airborne troops near a Fi 156 Storch aircraft, Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943	German DFS 230 C-1 glider at Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943, photo 1 of 7

German DFS 230 C-1 glider at Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943, photo 2 of 7	German DFS 230 C-1 glider at Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943, photo 3 of 7

German DFS 230 C-1 glider at Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943, photo 4 of 7	German DFS 230 C-1 glider at Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943, photo 5 of 7