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Crew of B-17F Flying Fortress bomber 'Memphis Belle' at an airbase in England, United Kingdom, 7 Jun 1943	Crew of B-17F Flying Fortress bomber 'Memphis Belle' returning from their 25th mission, England, United Kingdom, 7 Jun 1943	B-17F bomber 'Memphis Belle' of 324th Bomb Squadron, USAAF 91st Bomb Group in flight in the United States, 9 Jun 1943	One SNJ Texan has just landed on USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States as another goes around for another pass, 1943.

SNJ Texan aircraft having just landed on USS Sable, Lake Michigan, United States, 10 Jun 1943	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.	Air crew posing on Jeep in front of B-17F 'Our Gang' of 324th BS, 91st BG, US 8th Air Force, Bassingbourn, England, United Kingdom, 15 Jun 1943; note cowling art in addition to nose art	Pilot 1st Lt James M. Smith (right) and Co-Pilot 2nd Lt Fred N. Dibble in the cockpit of B-17F 'Our Gang' of 324th BS, 91st BG, US 8th Air Force, Bassingbourn, England, United Kingdom, 15 Jun 1943

F6F-3 Hellcat fighters in flight, 21 Jun 1943; note tricolor camouflage	SNJ-4C Advanced Trainer on final landing approach aboard USS Bunker Hill, 21 Jun 1943 off Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Note extended flaps and tail hook.	Kindley Field, Bermuda with B-17 Fortresses of the 390th Bomb Group in transit from the US to England, 22 Jun 1943	SNJ Texan of the Navy’s Photographic School on a training flight, Pensacola, Florida, United States, 22 Jun 1943

Paratroops leaving an Airspeed Horsa training aircraft of No. 21 Heavy Glider Conversion Unit at Brize Norton, England, United Kingdom, 24 Jun 1943. The paratroops were taking part in a press day exercise.	Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bombers of Bombing Squadron 17 on a training flight in the eastern United States, 26 Jun 1943. Three weeks later, this squadron would deploy aboard USS Bunker Hill.	Beaufighter Mk VIF aircraft of No. 272 Squadron RAF Coastal Command at Takali airfield, Malta, 27 Jun 1943	Two B-17 Fortresses of the 94th Bombardment Group approaching an airfield in England, United Kingdom, 28 Jun 1943 (aircraft serial numbers 42-30382 above and 42-30376 below).

A P-47 Thunderbolt making a low pass over the bombers of the 306th Bomb Group at RAF Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England in Jun or Jul 1943. Note the Cletrac tractor towing the bomber into its stand.	An in-flight view of a TBF-1 Avenger “Daisy Mae” of Marine Squadron VMSB-131 based at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomons, 1943	B-17F Flying Fortress bomber 'Our Gang' of US 8th Air Force, 91st Bomb Group, 324th Bombing Squadron at Bassingbourn, England, United Kingdom, Jun or Jul 1943; note Jeep with fuel tank under driver	Bomber crew training in an AT-11 Kansan aircraft over Texas, United States, circa 28 Jun-14 Sep 1943