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82nd Airborne load a 75mm howitzer into a CG-4A Troop Glider during training at Oujda, French Morocco, North Africa a month before the Sicily invasion, Jun 11 1943.Tourville at Casablanca, Morocco, circa Aug-Nov 1943; note Loire 130 flying boat and wo Latécoère 298 floatplanes stowed between the stacks, USS Cossatot and other French ships in background
82nd Airborne load a 75mm howitzer into a CG-4A Troop Glider during training at Oujda, French Morocco, North Africa a month before the Sicily invasion, Jun 11 1943.Tourville at Casablanca, Morocco, circa Aug-Nov 1943; note Loire 130 flying boat and wo Latécoère 298 floatplanes stowed between the stacks, USS Cossatot and other French ships in background
UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill (in his air commodoreUS Navy PBM Mariner using Rocket Assisted Take-Off packs (RATO) at Port Lyautey, French Morocco, 1945. Note OS2U Kingfisher float planes on the fantail of a battleship at left.
UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill (in his air commodore's uniform) and French General Charles de Gaulle reviewing French soldiers, Marrakesh, Morocco, 13 Jan 1944US Navy PBM Mariner using Rocket Assisted Take-Off packs (RATO) at Port Lyautey, French Morocco, 1945. Note OS2U Kingfisher float planes on the fantail of a battleship at left.
Three PV-1 Ventura patrol planes preparing for take-off from Port Lyautey, French Morocco (now Kenitra, Morocco), May 1945. Note plane director with a red flag standing on the hood of the yellow Jeep
Three PV-1 Ventura patrol planes preparing for take-off from Port Lyautey, French Morocco (now Kenitra, Morocco), May 1945. Note plane director with a red flag standing on the hood of the yellow Jeep

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