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Ensign Darrell Bennett stood beside his FM-2 Wildcat 'Smokey's Lucky Witch', USS Gambier Bay, 1 Aug 1944	Pilots of the “Tuskegee Airmen,” 332nd Fighter Group in front of P-51C “Skipper’s Darlin’ III” flown by Capt Andrew Turner (2nd from right), at Ramitelli, Italy, 1 Aug 1944. Photo 1 of 2.

Three Swordfish aircraft, equipped with rockets, performing a training flight from St. Merryn Royal Naval Air Station, United Kingdom, 1 Aug 1944	B-24H Liberator “Big Dog’s?” of the 739th Bomb Squadron crash landed while returning from practice mission, Bari Airfield, Italy, Aug 4 1944.

B-26B Marauder of the 441st Bomb Squadron over Île du Levant, France south of St Tropez on raid to bomb gun installations, Aug 4 1944	B-24J Liberator of the 856th Bomb Squadron over the target of the Rhenania-Ossag oil refinery near Hamburg, Germany, Aug 6 1944.

B-24G Liberator “Fertile Myrtle” with the 724th Bomb Squadron flying over the burning oil refinery at Almásfüzitő, Hungary on the banks of the Danube, 9 Aug 1944.	F4U-1 Corsair, FM-2 Wildcat, SNC-1 Falcon, and Culver TD2C aircraft at Naval Air Station Long Beach, California, United States, 10 Aug 1944; note SB2C Helldiver aircraft in background behind pile

British Beaufighters of RAF 236 Squadron and RCAF 404 Squadron making a rocket attack on the heavily armed German mine detector ship Sauerland off La Pallice France, 12 Aug 1944. Photo 1 of 2	British Beaufighters of RAF 236 Squadron and RCAF 404 Squadron making a rocket attack on the heavily armed German mine detector ship Sauerland off La Pallice France, 12 Aug 1944. Photo 2 of 2

B-24J Liberators of the 565th Bomb Squadron bomb targets in St Malo, France, Aug 13 1944. The aircraft seen here was destroyed the next day when it crash landed and burned at RAF Hethel, Norfolk.	B-17G Fortress of the 414th BS, 97th BG based at Amendola, Italy on a mission over southern France, 15 Aug 1944.

C-47 Skytrains of the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron loaded with paratroopers on their way for the invasion of southern France, Aug 15 1944	Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber over the Sródmiescie district of Warsaw, Poland during the Warsaw Uprising, mid-Aug 1944

Omaha during southern France landings, Aug 1944; cruiser Philadelphia and SOC Seagull aircraft in foreground, French destroyer and light cruiser in background, and Augusta in background	B-26 Marauder bomber 'Flossies Fury' hit directly by a ground-based 88mm anti-aircraft shell over Toulon, France, 20 Aug 1944.

Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighters of the 422nd Night Fighter Squadron in formation over Western Europe, late Aug 1944	F6F-3N Hellcat night fighter of Marine Night Fighter Squadron 534 running up its engine at Orote airfield, Guam, Marianas, Aug 21 1944. Note radome on left wing.

Returning from Vienna, Austria, B-24H Liberator “Scrappy” with the 725th Bomb Squadron trails smoke and is losing altitude east of Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 22 Aug 1944. The plane crashed near Zdenci, Yugoslavia. Photo 1 of 2.	Returning from Vienna, Austria, B-24H Liberator “Scrappy” with the 725th Bomb Squadron trails smoke and is losing altitude east of Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 22 Aug 1944. The plane crashed near Zdenci, Yugoslavia. Photo 2 of 2.