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P-47D Thunderbolts of the 318th Fighter Group are loaded onto Escort Carrier USS Natoma Bay, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, June 1, 1944. The Fighter Group was on its way to Saipan, Marianas. Note USS Manila Bay with the rest of the Fighter Group’s Thunderbolts.	B-17 Fortress bombers of the 97th Bomb Group based in Italy flying over the Dinaric Alps in Yugoslavia on their way to bases in Ukraine as part of Operation Frantic, 2 Jun 1944.	US troops preparing to board Horsa gliders for Normandy, France assault, England, United Kingdom, Jun 1944, photo 1 of 2	US troops preparing to board Horsa gliders for Normandy, France assault, England, United Kingdom, Jun 1944, photo 2 of 2; note RAF markings recently painted over with USAAF markings

Ground Crewmen with Bombing Squadron 139 posing with their squadron mascot in front of the tail section of a PV-1 Ventura patrol bomber on Attu Island, Alaska, 4 Jun 1944. Note the Marsden mat surface.	B-24 Liberator “Memories” of the 465th Bomb Group over Ferrara, Italy Jun 5 1944.	A-20 Havoc bombers of US 416th Bomb Group attacking German road networks in Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944	British airborne troops admiring the graffiti chalked on the side of their Horsa Mk I glider, 6 Jun 1944

Crash-landed Allied Horsa Mk I glider near Hiesville, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944	Crews examine flak damage to B-17G Fortress at RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. Damage sustained on mission to Munich, Germany, Jul 6 1944. Note "Mickey" pathfinder radar dome in place of ball turret.	Hamilcar gliders of 6th Airlanding Brigade carrying light armored vehicles coming into landing near Ranville, France, afternoon of 6 Jun 1944; note gliders' steep angle of approach.	Normandy Landing Zone 'N' littered with Horsa gliders and one Hamilcar glider (lower right), Ranville, France, 6 Jun 1944

Pre-invasion bombing by A-20 bombers of Pointe du Hoc at Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944	RAF C-47 Dakota aircraft towing Waco Hadrian gliders, 6 Jun 1944; note invasion stripes on all aircraft	Riflemen of 1st Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles, 6th Airlanding Brigade, UK 6th Airborne Division aboard a jeep and trailer, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944; note Horsa glider in background	Skytrain transports flew over Utah Beach, 6 Jun 1944

TBM Avenger landing on USS Guadalcanal about 6 Jun 1944 while the carrier was towing the captured submarine U-505. Guadalcanal’s hunter group captured U-505 in the western Atlantic on 4 Jun 1944.	A-20G Havoc aircraft over Le Molay-Littry, France, 7 Jun 1944	Horsa glider and the remains of its occupants, Cotentin Peninsula, France, Jun 1944	Lance Corporal A. Burton and Lance Corporal L. Barnett of British 6th Airborne Division at a road junction near Ranville, France, 7 Jun 1944; note Horsa glider in background