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Medical units of the 306th Bomb Group at RAF Thurleigh in Bedfordshire, England stand ready as the bombers return from a mission to enemy territory, 1943-44.	P-40N Warhawk 'Geronimo' of the 45th Fighter Squadron being serviced on Nanumea Airfield, Ellice Islands, Dec 1943	PBM-3S Mariner aircraft of US Navy patrol bombing squadron VPB-211 flying over the Brazilian naval dockyard at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec 1943	Three US Navy PBY-5A Catalina aircraft of VP-52 in flight in the southwest Pacific area, Dec 1943

US Marine Corps F4U-1 Corsair fighters in flight, late 1943; seen in Jul-Aug 1984 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation News	Wreckage of a D3A dive bomber in the Gilbert Islands, late 1943; US souvenir hunters were most likely the reason for the missing fuselage panels	A B6N2 torpedo bomber exploding in mid-air after direct hit by 5-inch shell from carrier Yorktown, off Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, 4 Dec 1943	US Navy K-class airship K-84 is being moved into the hangar at Santa Cruz, Brazil, 7 Dec 1943. K-88 is seen at lower left. This hangar was originally built by Luft Hansa for the Graf Zeppelin and the Hindenburg.

USS North Carolina bombarding Nauru, 8 Dec 1943; note OS2U Kingfisher aircraft in foreground	Marine Pfc C.H. McClure servicing the three Browning M2 .50 caliber machine guns in the right wing of an F4U-1 Corsair fighter on Bougainville, Dec 9, 1943	F4U-1A Corsair of Marine Squadron VMF-216 at Torokina, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 10 Dec 1943.	F4U-1A Corsairs of Marine Squadron VMF-216 at Torokina, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 10 Dec 1943.

P-40N Warhawk fighter with the 45th Fighter Squadron at Nanumea Airstrip, Gilbert Islands, Dec 10 1943	US F4U-1 Corsair, US F6F-3 Hellcat, US SBD Dauntless, and New Zealand Kittyhawk Mk. IV aircraft at the Barakoma airfield at Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, 10 Dec 1943	A-24B-5-DT Banshee aircraft (serial number 42-54459) of US 531st Fighter Squadron following a Jeep down the runway on Makin Island, Gilbert Islands, 13 Dec 1943; this was the first A-24B to arrive on Makin	B-25 Mitchell bomber of 71st Bomb Squadron of US 38th Bomb Group flying low above a Japanese transport during a raid on Rabaul, New Britain, Nov 1943; photograph taken from the B-25 aircraft piloted by Frank Cecil

Beaufighter Mk IF aircraft of No. 29 Squadron RAF in flight, circa 1941-1943; seen in US Navy publication US Navy Naval Aviation News dated 15 Dec 1943	B-24D Liberator 'The Gremlin/Sexy Sue II Mother of Ten' of the 98th Bomb Squadron crash landed on Makin Island (now Butaritari), Gilbert Islands after battle damage over Mille Atoll (now Mili), Dec 18, 1943	A badly damaged F4U-1A Corsair of Marine Squadron 216 flown by a wounded Lt Robert Marshall managed to return safely to Torokina, Bougainville, Solomons after an encounter with a swarm of A6M Zeros over Rabaul, New Britain, Dec 19 1943. Photo 1 of 5.	A badly damaged F4U-1A Corsair of Marine Squadron 216 flown by a wounded Lt Robert Marshall managed to return safely to Torokina, Bougainville, Solomons after an encounter with a swarm of A6M Zeros over Rabaul, New Britain, Dec 19 1943. Photo 2 of 5.