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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

Wounded aircrewmen are helped off B-24H Liberator “Liberty Lib” of the 752nd Bomb Squadron at RAF Horsham St Faith, Norfolk, England, UK after a raid on the Dornier factory at Lubeck, Germany, Aug 25 1944. Note the WC54 Ambulance.	USS Missouri resting at anchor in the Gulf of Paria off Port of Spain, Trinidad during her shakedown cruise, Aug 26, 1944. Note K-class airship overhead.

A captured He 177 A-5 with British markings in flight near Farnborough Airfield, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, Sep 1944	A-20G Havoc “Eloise” of the 387th Bombardment Squadron at Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea, Jul-Sep 1944.

African-American pilot Captain Andrew D. Turner of the 15th US Army Air Force in a P-51C Mustang fighter, Italy, Sep 1944	An A-20 Havoc of the 410th Bomb Group overflies a B-17 Fortress of the 381st Bomb Group over the Essex countryside, England, United Kingdom, Apr-Sep 1944

An African-American US Army personnel loading ammunition for a .50 caliber machine gun in the wing of a P-51 Mustang fighter, Italy, Sep 1944	B-17 Fortresses of the 92nd Bomb Group release their bomb loads in Sep 1944, probably over Magdeburg, Germany.

B-17G Fortress 'Flak Eater' of the 305th Bomb Group undergoing an engine exchange at a repair base in England, United Kingdom, 1944-45. Note Federal C-2 wrecker being used as a portable crane.	B-17G Fortresses of the 381st Bomb Group are escorted by a P-51B of the 354th Fighter Squadron, Summer-Fall 1944. Photo 1 of 2.