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F6G-3 Hellcat from the Escort Carrier USS Sangamon flying over Lake Sentani, New Guinea, in support of the Aitape landings, Apr 1944.	Men of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-222 resting on the wing of a F4U-1 Corsair fighter, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Apr 1944

Navy photographers mates prepare aerial cameras for installation in a PB4Y-1P Liberator reconnaissance variant, circa Apr 1944, probably Momote Field on Los Negros in the Admiralty Islands.	Officers and men of Torpedo Squadron VT-27 upon the completion of their training at Kahului Naval Air Station, Maui, Hawaii, Apr 1944. Note TBM-1C Avenger torpedo bomber.

One flight crew from Torpedo Squadron VT-27 in front of a TBM-1C Avenger torpedo bomber upon the completion of their training at Kahului Naval Air Station, Maui, Hawaii, Apr 1944.	P-51A Mustangs do a low pass over a forward air field of the 1st Air Commandos, Burma, Apr 1944. Note also a B-25H Mitchell and an L-1 Vigilant

SB2C Helldivers of Bombing Squadron VB-2 flying from USS Hornet above Saipan, early 1944.	SSgt Norman A Sampson from the 427th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group in the ball turret of a B-17 Fortress; RAF Molesworth, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, Apr 1944

Two F6F-5N Hellcat of Marine Night Fighting Squadron VMF(N)-541 escorting a TBM-1C Avenger near Palau, 1944.	Two No. 79 Squadron RAAF Spitfire aircraft and ground crew at Momote Airfield, Los Negros Island, Admiralty Islands, circa Apr 1944

Underside view of an Eastern Aviation TBM-3 Avenger armed with FFAR rockets, the predecessor of the HVAR air-to-surface rockets, early 1944.	US Navy F6F-3 Hellcats and USAAF B-25 Mitchell bombers of the 41st Bomb Group share the Mullinix airstrip on Tarawa Island, Gilbert Islands, Jan-Apr 1944.

USAAF Major Richard Bong in his P-38 Lightning aircraft 'Marge', Apr 1944	USAAF pilot James M. Dalby in front of a C-47 Skytrain aircraft belonging to the China National Aviation Corporation, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, Apr 1944

USS Yorktown (Essex-class) Landing Signal Officer Lt Richard C Tripp giving the “cut” signal to the pilot of a landing F6F Hellcat fighter, Pacific Ocean, 1944.	USS Yorktown (Essex-class) Landing Signal Officer Lt Richard C Tripp watching the landing of an F6F Hellcat fighter, Pacific Ocean, 1944.

Submarine USS Harder backing away from the reef off Woleai, Caroline Islands, 1 Apr 1944; note SOC Seagull seaplane off Harder’s starboard quarter and rescued aviator Ensign John Galvin in a raft off the bow.	Submarine USS Harder with her bow against the reef off Woleai, Caroline Islands, 1 Apr 1944 as a rescue party went ashore to rescue aviator Ensign John Galvin on the beach. Note SOC Seagull seaplane.

USS Harder rescuing aviator Ensign John Galvin off Woleai, Caroline Islands, 1 Apr 1944; note SOC Seagull seaplane in background	B-24D Liberator “Angie the Ox” of the 515th Bomb Squadron over the smoking rail yards in Bucharest, Romania, Apr 4 1944