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B-25 Mitchell crew of 310th Bomb Group, US 12th Air Force using doughnuts to celebrate its 15,000th sortie, Corsica, France, Aug 1944	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	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.	British Horsa Mk II glider after landing, date unknown; note troops in foreground appeared to be German prisoners

Catapult crew of battleship Missouri launching an OS2U Kingfisher aircraft, circa Aug 1944	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	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	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	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	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	P-51D Mustang aircraft in flight, possibly over Europe, 7 Jul-9 Aug 1944

Pokryshkin with pilots of the 16th Guards Fighter Regiment, circa Aug 1944; left to right: Goregljad, Klubov, Bierezkin, Pokryshkin, Trofimov, Pyzikov; note P-39 Airacobra in background	Sgt Otto A Sobanjo 755th Bomb Squadron sits in the tail turret of B-24J Liberator “Lily Marlene” at RAF Horsham St Faith, Norfolk, England, UK, Aug 1944.