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| A-20G Havoc of the 312th Bomb Group, the “Roarin’ 20s,” supporting the landings at Cape Sansapor, New Guinea, Jul-Aug 1944. The smoke rising from the water is a downed aircraft with a rescue PBY circling. | Armorers load .50 caliber ammunition into the four Browning M2 machine guns of a P-38 Lightning fighter with the USAAF 1st Fighter Group. 1944 photo probably taken at Salsola Airfield, part of the Foggia group, Italy. |
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| B-24D Liberator bomber 'Little Gramper', Lead Assembly Ship of 491st Bomber Group, US 852nd Bomber Squadron, RAF Metfield, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, summer 1944 | B-25 Mitchell crew of 310th Bomb Group, US 12th Air Force using doughnuts to celebrate its 15,000th sortie, Corsica, France, Aug 1944 |
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| Barracuda aircraft landing on HMS Formidable after attacking Tirpitz, Norwegian Sea, Aug 1944 | Barracuda and Corsair aircraft aboard HMS Formidable in the Norwegian Sea, Aug 1944; note HMS Berwick in background |
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| Bristol Beaufighter Mk X number NE255 / EE-H of Coastal Defence Maritime Patrol No. 404 Squadron at RAF Davidstow Moor, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, mid-Aug 1944. Photo 1 of 2. | Bristol Beaufighter Mk X number NE255 / EE-H of Coastal Defence Maritime Patrol No. 404 Squadron at RAF Davidstow Moor, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, mid-Aug 1944. Photo 2 of 2. |
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| British Horsa Mk II glider after landing, circa 1944; note troops in foreground appeared to be German prisoners | Catapult crew of battleship Missouri launching an OS2U Kingfisher aircraft, circa Aug 1944 |
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| Chuck Yeager's P-51D Mustang fighter 'Glamorous Glen III', Jun-Dec 1944 | Crew of Battleship Missouri recovering an OS2U Kingfisher aircraft, circa Aug 1944 |
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| Crewmen aboard HMS Formidable pushing a damaged Corsair fighter which had just landed, off Norway, Aug 1944. Note the prop with one blade badly bent. | F6F Hellcat fighter landing on USS Hancock, circa 1944; note Hancock's camouflage Measure 32, Design 3a |
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| F6F-5 Hellcat set for a catapult launch from Escort Carrier USS Kasaan Bay in support of Operation Anvil/Dragoon, the invasion of southern France, Aug 1944 | N1K1-J Shiden fighters prepared for flight, circa late 1944, photo 1 of 2 |
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| N1K1-J Shiden fighters prepared for flight, circa late 1944, photo 2 of 2 | P-38 Lightning aircraft of the USAAF 370th Fighter Group, Jul-Dec 1944 |
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| P-51 Mustang fighters of the US Army Air Force 375th Fighter Squadron flying in formation, Europe, 7 Jul-9 Aug 1944 | P-51D Mustang aircraft 'Tika IV' of the US Army 361st Flight Group, Jul-Dec 1944 |
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