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PBM Mariner aircraft of Flight Lieutenant Fox, No. 41 Squadron RAAF, in flight from Townsville, Australia to Port Moresby, New Guinea, 21 Sep 1944	C-47 Skytrain aircraft of US 315th Troop Carrier Group dropping 41 sticks of 1st Polish Airborne Brigade into Grave, the Netherlands, 23 Sep 1944; note CG-4A gliders already on the ground. Photo 1 of 2.

C-47 Skytrain aircraft of US 315th Troop Carrier Group dropping 41 sticks of 1st Polish Airborne Brigade into Grave, the Netherlands, 23 Sep 1944; note CG-4A gliders already on the ground. Photo 2 of 2.	Rear quarter view of a captured A6M5 Zero fighter in flight, 25 Sep 1944

Side view of a captured A6M5 Zero fighter in flight, 25 Sep 1944	German Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber flying near the field headquarters of Polish Kampinos Regiment at Wiersze village 27 kilometers northwest of Warsaw, Poland, 27 Sep 1944

B-17G Fortress “Lost Angel” Belly landed at RAF Kimbolton after being damaged over Magdeburg, Germany, 28 Sep 1944. Note that the crew had unbolted and dropped the ball turret to keep it from breaking the airframe’s back	A Mosquito bomber in flight over Britain, 30 Sep 1944

19-year-old pilot Lt Edwin Wright, already with over 80 missions flown, examining flak damage to his P-47 Thunderbolt on a raid to Münster, Austria, Oct 1944. Wright returned safely to his base in Italy.	African-American ground crew of US 99th Fighter Squadron 'Tuskeegee Airmen' loading a wing tank onto an US 15th Air Force P-51 Mustang fighter, Italy, late 1944

An aircraft maintenance crewman with the 497th Bomb Group at Isley Field on Saipan, Mariana Islands securing a propeller for a B-29 Superfortress to a service trailer, late 1944. Note B-29 “Lucky Lynn” beyond.	An SB2C Helldiver making its final landing approach on the carrier Hornet (Essex-class) operating in the Pacific, 1944

B-17 Flying Fortress bomber and B-29 Superfortress bomber in flight together during a test conducted by Boeing, circa late 1944, photo 1 of 3	B-17 Flying Fortress bomber and B-29 Superfortress bomber in flight together during a test conducted by Boeing, circa late 1944, photo 2 of 3

B-17 Flying Fortress bomber and B-29 Superfortress bomber in flight together during a test conducted by Boeing, circa late 1944, photo 3 of 3	B-17G Fortress “The Thomper” is under fighter attack and the tail gunner is returning fire, Oct 1944. Location unknown. Note right wing damage and trailing smoke.

B-24 Liberators of the 451st Bomb Group flying from Castelluccio, Italy (Foggia complex) leaving condensation trails during a mission, 1944-45.	B-24 Liberators of the 451st Bomb Group flying from Castelluccio, Italy (Foggia complex) leaving condensation trails during a mission, 1944-45.

B-24H Liberator bomber 'Lil' Cookie', Lead Assembly Ship of 489th Bomber Group, US 845th Bomber Squadron, RAF Halesworth, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Apr-Nov 1944	B-24J bomber, the brightly painted lead assembly ship of the 389th Bomber Group, US 567th Bomber Squadron, RAF Hethel, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Feb-Nov 1944