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Mosquito bombers of No. 487 Squadron RNZAF attacking the prison (large building at center left) at Amiens during Operation Jericho, France, 18 Feb 1944	OS2U Kingfisher recovered by Baltimore after the aircraft rescued downed pilot Lt. George Blair, off Truk, 18 Feb 1944

A-36A Mustang aircraft 'Judy' of 522nd Fighter Squadron, US 86th Fighter-Bomber Group after a forced landing at Gaudo Airfield, Southern Italy, 22 Feb 1944	K-class airship K-29 of Airship Patrol Squadron ZP-31 lifts off the flight deck of escort carrier USS Altamaha off the California coast, Feb 24, 1944.

Anti-submarine Leigh Light installed beneath the wing of a Liberator bomber of the RAF Coastal Command, 26 Feb 1944	XB-32 prototype bomber at rest, 28 Feb 1944; note twin tail of the original design, which would be changed for production aircraft

16 US Army African-American paratrooper trainees in a C-47 Skytrain aircraft, preparing to make 1 of the 5 qualifying jumps, Fort Benning, Georgia, United States, Mar 1944	An Aichi E13A “Jake” captured on Kwajalein, Mar 1944. Photo 1 of 2.

Captured Focke-Wulf Fw-190 Würger being flight tested in the United States, probably out of Wright Field near Dayton, Ohio, circa Mar 1944.	Cockpit of Me 323 Gigant heavy transport, spring 1944

Colonel Benjamin Davis, Jr. and Captain Edward Gleed standing in front of fellow African-American pilot Lieutenant White's P-51D Mustang 'Creamer's Dream', Europe, circa 1944	Escort carrier USS Bogue shortly after being repainted in Measure 32/Design 4A Dazzle paint scheme, 1944 in the Atlantic. Note the TBM Avenger in the landing pattern.

F4U-1A Corsair fighter of US Navy squadron VF-17 being serviced on Nissan Island, Green Islands, Mar 1944	Faun ZR 567 vehicle pulling a Me 323 E Gigant aircraft on an airfield, spring 1944

German servicemen resting in the shadow of a Me 323 Gigant aircraft's starboard wing, Russia, Mar-Apr 1944	Ju 52 and Me 323 E Gigant aircraft at an airfield, spring 1944

Me 323 Gigant aircraft at an airfield, Russia, Mar-Apr 1944	Me 323 Gigant aircraft loading or unloading an Open Blitz truck, Russia, Mar-Apr 1944

Members of the USAAF 54th Fighter Squadron with some Army nurses at Attu Island, 1943-44. Note P-38 Lightning aircraft.	North American NAA-57 Harvard sold to France in the 1930s and then captured by the Germans. The Luftwaffe used these planes as trainers and glider tugs. This photo was taken at Guyancourt, France, early 1944.