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B-17G Fortress of the 728th Bombardment Squadron after making a forced landing 8km west of Schillig, Germany due to flak damage over Rostock, Apr 11, 1944. All 10 crew members survived and were taken prisoner	Battle damaged B-17G Fortress “Bertie Lee” after belly landing at RAF Waltham (Grimsby), Lincolnshire, England following a mission to Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland), 11 Apr 1944. See comment below for details.

FM-2 Wildcat catapulted off of USS Core, North Atlantic, 12 Apr 1944	FM-2 Wildcat prepared to land on USS Core in the North Atlantic, 12 Apr 1944

Captured Me 323 aircraft, Gardelegen Airfield, Germany, 14 Apr 1945	USS Essex departing San Francisco Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 15 Apr 1944, photo 1 of 4; note camouflage measure 32 design 6/10D

USS Essex departing San Francisco Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 15 Apr 1944, photo 2 of 4; note camouflage measure 32 design 6/10D	USS Essex departing San Francisco Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 15 Apr 1944, photo 3 of 4; note camouflage measure 32 design 6/10D

USS Essex departing San Francisco Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 15 Apr 1944, photo 4 of 4; note camouflage measure 32 design 6/10D	B-25G Mitchell bomber of the AAF TAC Center, Orlando, Florida, United States, 17 Apr 1944

Mary Churchill, daughter of the Prime Minister, holding up a bottle of Coca-Cola just before she cracked it over the machine gun barrels of the B-17G “Stage Door Canteen” as a christening, 21 Apr 1944 at Ridgewell.	PB2Y aircraft at San Juan Naval Air Station, Puerto Rico, 21 Apr 1944

RAF Mustang Mk IIIs of No 19 Squadron based at Ford, Sussex painted with white nose and wing stripes to prevent mis-identification as Me 109s, Apr 21, 1944	US Army troops trying load a Jeep into the side door of a Horsa I glider during an exercise, United Kingdom, 22 Apr 1944. Note a combat load would have backed the Jeep in; the Horsa II nose section was hinged and swung out of the way for straight-in loading.

Civilian workers pose with sections of an Airspeed Horsa glider, as received from the manufacturers, before assembly at No. 6 Maintenance Unit, Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, 26 Apr 1944.	Mechanics working on a PBY Catalina engine at Naval Air Station, Seattle, Washington, 26-27 Apr 1944

US Navy African-American mechanic Alvin V. Morrison working on PBY Catalina aircraft at Naval Air Station Seattle, Washington, United States, 27 Apr 1944	F6F-3 Hellcats of Fighting Squadron 16 (VF-16) landing aboard the USS Lexington (Essex-class), north of Manus, 28 Apr 1944. Note battleship USS South Dakota crossing Lexington’s wake.

A-20 aircraft of 13th Bomb Squadron of USAAF 3rd Bomb Squadron, Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea, 1944	A6M Zero fighters of Japanese Navy 252nd Air Group, Misawa Airfield, Misawa, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, May 1944