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USS Essex departing San Francisco Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 15 Apr 1944, photo 4 of 4; note camouflage measure 32 design 6/10D	B-25G Mitchell bomber of the AAF TAC Center, Orlando, Florida, United States, 17 Apr 1944	Actress Vivian Leigh speaks to the 381st Bomb Group at Ridgewell, Hallstead, UK during the christening ceremonies for B-17G “Stage Door Canteen,” 21 Apr 1944. Also present were actors Alfred Lunt and Laurence Olivier.	Mary Churchill, daughter of the Prime Minister, holding up a bottle of Coca-Cola just before she cracked it over the machine gun barrels of the B-17G “Stage Door Canteen” as a christening, 21 Apr 1944 at Ridgewell.

Mary Churchill, daughter of the Prime Minister, speaks to the 381st Bomb Group at Ridgewell, Hallstead, UK during the christening ceremonies for B-17G “Stage Door Canteen,” 21 Apr 1944.	PB2Y aircraft at San Juan Naval Air Station, Puerto Rico, 21 Apr 1944	RAF Mustang Mk IIIs of No 19 Squadron based at Ford, Sussex painted with white nose and wing stripes to prevent mis-identification as Me 109s, Apr 21, 1944	Civilian workers pose with sections of an Airspeed Horsa glider, as received from the manufacturers, before assembly at No. 6 Maintenance Unit, Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, 26 Apr 1944.

Mechanics working on a PBY Catalina engine at Naval Air Station, Seattle, Washington, 26-27 Apr 1944	US Navy African-American mechanic Alvin V. Morrison working on PBY Catalina aircraft at Naval Air Station Seattle, Washington, United States, 27 Apr 1944	F6F-3 Hellcats of Fighting Squadron 16 (VF-16) landing aboard the USS Lexington (Essex-class), north of Manus, 28 Apr 1944. Note battleship USS South Dakota crossing Lexington’s wake.	A-20 aircraft of 13th Bomb Squadron of USAAF 3rd Bomb Squadron, Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea, 1944

A6M Zero fighters of Japanese Navy 252nd Air Group, Misawa Airfield, Misawa, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, May 1944	Aerial view of Yorktown (Essex-class) with F6F Hellcat fighters, Apr-May 1944. Note opposite facing fore and aft deck numbers that were quickly corrected. The dark stripe down the flight deck was unique to Yorktown	An Aichi E13A “Jake” captured on Kwajalein, Mar 1944. Photo 2 of 2.	Avenger aircraft aboard HMS Illustrious just prior to Operation Transom, May 1944

Avengers warming on on Enterprise's flight deck, May 1944	B-24D Liberator aircraft 'You Cawn't Miss It', lead assembly ship of 448th Bomber Group, US 712th Bomber Squadron based at RAF Seething, Norfolk, England, UK, Feb-Jun 1944	B-24D Liberator Lead Assembly Ship 'Green Dragon' of 389th Bomber Group, US 566th Bomber Squadron, RAF Hethel, Norfolk, England, Feb-Jul 1944, photo 1 of 2	B-24D Liberator Lead Assembly Ship 'Green Dragon' of 389th Bomber Group, US 566th Bomber Squadron, RAF Hethel, Norfolk, England, Feb-Jul 1944, photo 2 of 2