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FM-2 Wildcat of USS White Plains, fly an escort mission, probably during air strikes on Japanese facilities on Rota Island, Marianas, 24 Jun 1944	PBM-3D Mariner aircraft of US Navy patrol squadron VP-216 being hoisted onto seaplane tender USS Chandeleur, anapag harbor, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 24 Jun 1944

British Wildcat fighter of the No 846 Squadron Fleet Air Arm in flight over the coast of Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, 26 Jun 1944	USS Ticonderoga off Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States, 26 Jun 1944. Two months later, the flight deck would be extended 11-feet to nearly cover the forward 40mm anti-aircraft mounts.

A VT-51 TBM-1C Avenger took off from San Jacinto to attack Guam, 28 Jun 1944	Maj General Willis H Hale (front seat) and Vice Admiral John H Hoover tour Aslito Field, Saipan, Marianas (later Isley Field), Jun 28, 1944, ten days after the area was captured from the Japanese. Note P-47 Thunderbolt.

Fuel tanks of the B-24H Liberator “Little Warrior” with the 861st Bomb Squadron explode over Fallersleben, Germany after anti-aircraft hit, Jun 29 1944. Photo taken by Clifford A Stocking, waist gunner on “Green Hornet.”	Carrier USS Ticonderoga conducting flight operations during her shakedown cruise while en route Trinidad, 30 Jun 1944. Note landing F6F Hellcat and two Coast Guard escort boats. Photo 1 of 2.

Carrier USS Ticonderoga conducting flight operations during her shakedown cruise while en route Trinidad, 30 Jun 1944. Note landing F6F Hellcat and two Coast Guard escort boats. Photo 2 of 2.	'The Iowa Beaut,' a P-51B of the 354th Fighter Squadron flown over the English countryside by Lt Robert E Hulderman, mid-1944. A different pilot in this plane was lost near Rechtenbach, Germany, Sep 11, 1944

361st Fighter Group, 376th Fighter Squadron, US 8th Air Force Captain John D. Duncan's P-47D Thunderbolt fighter in flight over RAF Little Walden, England, United Kingdom, mid-1944	A B-17G Fortress with the 96th Bomb Squadron joining up with a formation of B-24 Liberators from the 451st Bomb Group over Italy, 1944. The Liberator is a B-24L with the 724th Bomb Squadron.

A B-24 Liberator bomber of the 451st Bomb Group flying from Castelluccio, Italy (Foggia complex) going down in flames after being shot down by a Fw-190 Würger fighter (right), 1944.	A P-38J with the 27th Fighter Squadron escorting a formation of B-24 Liberators from the 451st Bomb Group over Italy, 1944.

A squadron of PV-1 Ventura patrol planes on the ramp at Ault Field, NAS Whidbey Island, Washington, United States, mid 1944.	A TBF-1C Avenger over Tinian, Mariana Islands, Jul 1944 during an attack on the Japanese Ushi Point Airfield, later to become North Field.

A-20 Havoc bomber of US 410th Bomb Group based at RAF Gosfield, England, United Kingdom, circa late 1944	A-20 Havoc bombers of US 410th Bomb Group based at RAF Gosfield, England, United Kingdom, circa late 1944

B-24 Liberator bombers of the 451st Bomb Group flying from Italy over Ploesti oil fields, Romania, May-Aug 1944. Photo 1 of 2.	B-24 Liberator bombers of the 451st Bomb Group flying from Italy over Ploesti oil fields, Romania, May-Aug 1944. Photo 2 of 2.