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B-17F Fortress aircraft of the 91st BG, 8th Air Force executing a low fly-over during a demonstration at Bassingbourn, England, United Kingdom, 1943, photo 2 of 2 | B-24 Liberator 'Rapid Robin' of the 431st Bomb Squadron parked under camouflage netting at Bellows Field, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, Aug or Sep 1943 | B-24D Liberator “Chug-A-Lug” of the 308th Bomb Group ready for take-off from the Kwanghan Airfield, Kwanghan (now Guanghan), China, Jun-Sep 1943 | Captured Fw190G-3 No.160057 in flight, Sep 1943. It was painted in a striking white and red color scheme. |
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CG-4A glider #42-79211 in flight near Wilmington, Ohio, United States, late 1943; note tow line mounted to glider over the canopy | F6F Hellcat aircraft of Fighting Squadron 8 warm up on USS Intrepid's flight deck, 1943, photo 1 of 2; probably during stateside shakedown training | F6F Hellcat aircraft of Fighting Squadron 8 warm up on USS Intrepid's flight deck, 1943, photo 2 of 2; probably during stateside shakedown training | Fw190G-3 No.160057 was captured Gerbini Airfield Sicily in Sep 1943. It was painted in a striking white and red color scheme. Camouflage netting was to keep the Luftwaffe from destroying it. |
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German crew pushing a Bf 109G-6 fighter of JG 2 at an airfield in France, Sep-Oct 1943 | German glider troopers in exercise, charging from a DFS 230 glider upon landing, Italy, Sep 1943 | German glider troops in a DFS 230 glider, Italy, Sep 1943; note array of small arms | German Ju 87 Stuka aircraft flying low to the ground, Italy, Sep 1943; this particular aircraft was modified for glider towing |
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German soldier manning a MG 34 machine gun atop a DFS 230 glider during an exercise, Italy, Sep 1943 | German troops boarding a DFS 230 glider, Italy, Sep 1943 | Marine TBM-1C Avengers lined up along the airstrip at Munda, New Georgia, Solomon Islands in late 1943. Note open bomb bays, improvised wheel chocks, flame dampener on the exhaust port of the nearest plane, and different versions of the National Insignia | Men of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-214 posing with a F4U Corsair fighter, Turtle Bay fighter strip, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, circa Sep 1943 |
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Navy TBF-1 Avengers at the Munda Airstrip, New Georgia, Solomons, Sep 1943. Note the crews are in the process of applying the newly updated National Insignia with white bars and a blue border. | Navy TBF-1 Avengers at the Munda Airstrip, New Georgia, Solomons, Sept 1943. | Navy TBF-1 Avengers at the Munda Airstrip, New Georgia, Solomons, Sept 1943. Note the crews are in the process of applying the newly updated National Insignia with white bars and a blue border. | PB4Y-1 Liberator from US Navy Patrol Squadron VP-114 on the ramp at Norfolk, Virginia, United States, circa Aug 1943. |