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Instrument Panel of a Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat fighter, Nov 15, 1943	B-24D Liberator of the 42nd Bomb Squadron being loaded with fragmentation bombs at Funafuti, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Nov 18 1943.

F6F Hellcat fighter of US Navy VF-5 preparing to launch off Yorktown (Essex-class) to attack a target in the Marshall Islands, 20 Nov 1943	The tail of an F6F Hellcat of Fighting Squadron VF-25 being yanked to the deck as the tailhook catches a wire aboard the USS Cowpens off Makin Atoll (now Butaritari), 20 Nov 1943

TBF Avenger aircraft flew above Enterprise during Gilbert Islands campaign, 22 Nov 1943	Firefighters extinguishing a burning F6F-3 Hellcat fighter (Lieutenant (jg) Alfred W. Magee, Jr.) after an emergency landing on USS Cowpens during the Gilbert Islands Campaign, Pacific Ocean, 24 Nov 1943

RAF Regiment troops inspecting a downed Me 410A-3 aircraft near the Sangro River, Italy, shortly after it was shot down on 26 Nov 1943	WAVES Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Violet Falkum turning the Pratt & Whitney R-1340 radial engine of a SNJ-4 training plane, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 30 Nov 1943

WAVES Aviation Machinist's Mates Bernice Snasburg and Violet Falkum working on the Pratt & Whitney radial engine of SNJ-4 aircraft, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 30 Nov 1943	AMM1c Brannam of VF-16 working on the Pratt and Whitney R-2800 engine of a Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighter aboard USS Lexington (Essex-class) during a lull between strikes on Milli and Kwajalein, early Dec 1943.

Australian Flying Officer John Smithson recounting a recent dogfight over Darwin harbor in which he shot down two Japanese aircraft, Nov-Dec 1943; note Spitfire fighter in background	B-24J Liberator “Our Baby” of the 27th Bomb Squadron at Funafuti Airfield, Gilbert Islands, Dec 1943.

B-25 Mitchell bombers of US Army ComAirSols Bomber Command attacking Rabaul, New Britain, circa late 1943; note Lakunai airfield in top center of photo	Corsair Mk II fighter of British No. 1830 Naval Air Squadron landing aboard HMS Illustrious, Dec 1943

Corsair Mk II fighter of British No. 1833 Naval Air Squadron landing aboard HMS Illustrious, Dec 1943	F4U-1 Corsair in Marine Fighting Squadron 214 (the “Black Sheep”) on the Marsden matting at Torokina airstrip, Bougainville, Solomons, Dec 1943.

F4U-1A Corsair of Marine Squadron VMF-216 taxis down the strip at Torokina, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Dec 1943. Note TBM Avengers and NE-1 Grasshoppers parked along the strip.	German aircraft being sprayed with white paint for winter camouflage, Eastern Europe, Dec 1943; note Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber in background

Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon in flight, Dec 1943. The Harpoon was an upgraded variant of the PV-1 Ventura with 25% more wing area.	Marine Major Gregory “Pappy” Boyington, Commanding Officer of VMF-214 the “Black Sheep” and later Medal of Honor recipient, boards his F4U-1 Corsair at the Barakoma airstrip on Vella LaVella Island, Solomons, Dec 1943.