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Skytrain transports flew over Utah Beach, 6 Jun 1944USAAF Transport Command C-47 Skytrain aircraft towing Waco CG-4A gliders, Normandy, France, 7 Jun 1944.RAF air crew and WAAF nursing orderlies loading a wounded serviceman onto a Dakota Mark III aircraft of No. 233 Squadron RAF at B-2 Bazenville Advanced Landing Ground, Basse-Normandie, France, mid-Jun 1944The first WAAF orderlies Leading Aircraftwoman Myra Roberts, Corporal Lydia Alford, and Leading Aircraftwoman Edna Birbeck selected to fly on air ambulance duties to France posing before a Dakota Mk III of No. 233 Squadron RAF at B-2 Bazenville Advanced Landing Ground, Normandie, France, mid-Jun 1944
Skytrain transports flew over Utah Beach, 6 Jun 1944USAAF Transport Command C-47 Skytrain aircraft towing Waco CG-4A gliders, Normandy, France, 7 Jun 1944.RAF air crew and WAAF nursing orderlies loading a wounded serviceman onto a Dakota Mark III aircraft of No. 233 Squadron RAF at B-2 Bazenville Advanced Landing Ground, Basse-Normandie, France, mid-Jun 1944The first WAAF orderlies Leading Aircraftwoman Myra Roberts, Corporal Lydia Alford, and Leading Aircraftwoman Edna Birbeck selected to fly on air ambulance duties to France posing before a Dakota Mk III of No. 233 Squadron RAF at B-2 Bazenville Advanced Landing Ground, Normandie, France, mid-Jun 1944
B-24J Liberator bombers, C-47 Skytrain transports, and B-29 Superfortress bombers at Kagman Field, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1944WAAF Leading Aircraftwoman Pearl Bradburn writing out medical transport tags for a wounded soldier aboard a Dakota aircraft at B-2 Bazenville Advanced Landing Ground, Normandy, Jun-Aug 1944C-47 Skytrains of the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron loaded with paratroopers on their way for the invasion of southern France, Aug 15 1944General Joseph Stilwell boarding a transport aircraft at the airport in New Delhi, India for Chongqing, China, Sep 1944
B-24J Liberator bombers, C-47 Skytrain transports, and B-29 Superfortress bombers at Kagman Field, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1944WAAF Leading Aircraftwoman Pearl Bradburn writing out medical transport tags for a wounded soldier aboard a Dakota aircraft at B-2 Bazenville Advanced Landing Ground, Normandy, Jun-Aug 1944C-47 Skytrains of the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron loaded with paratroopers on their way for the invasion of southern France, Aug 15 1944General Joseph Stilwell boarding a transport aircraft at the airport in New Delhi, India for Chongqing, China, Sep 1944
C-47 Skytrains of the 439th Troop Carrier Group preparing to transport the 82nd Airborne to Nijmegen for Operation Market Garden, Juvincourt, France, Sep 8-17 1944American C-47 aircraft flying over Gheel in Belgium on their way to the Netherlands for Operation Market Garden, 17 Sep 1944An American C-47 aircraft, hit by flak returning from the Market-Garden drop, burning after crash-landing into a knocked-out German Jagdpanther near Gheel, Belgium, 17 Sep 1944British troops of the 1st Airborne Division aboard C-47 transport aircraft for Operation Market Garden, 17 Sep 1944
C-47 Skytrains of the 439th Troop Carrier Group preparing to transport the 82nd Airborne to Nijmegen for Operation Market Garden, Juvincourt, France, Sep 8-17 1944American C-47 aircraft flying over Gheel in Belgium on their way to the Netherlands for Operation Market Garden, 17 Sep 1944An American C-47 aircraft, hit by flak returning from the Market-Garden drop, burning after crash-landing into a knocked-out German Jagdpanther near Gheel, Belgium, 17 Sep 1944British troops of the 1st Airborne Division aboard C-47 transport aircraft for Operation Market Garden, 17 Sep 1944
British troops of the 1st Airborne Division boarding their aircraft for Operation Market Garden, 17 Sep 1944C-47 Dakota aircraft dropping troops of UK 1st Airborne Division over Oosterbeek near Arnhem, the Netherlands, 17 Sep 1944C-47 Dakota aircraft taking off, towing a CG-4A glider, Britain, 17 Sep 1944C-47 Skytrains towing Waco CG-4 gliders over Bergeijk, Holland en route the Operation Market Garden landings near Eindhoven, 17 Sep 1944.
British troops of the 1st Airborne Division boarding their aircraft for Operation Market Garden, 17 Sep 1944C-47 Dakota aircraft dropping troops of UK 1st Airborne Division over Oosterbeek near Arnhem, the Netherlands, 17 Sep 1944C-47 Dakota aircraft taking off, towing a CG-4A glider, Britain, 17 Sep 1944C-47 Skytrains towing Waco CG-4 gliders over Bergeijk, Holland en route the Operation Market Garden landings near Eindhoven, 17 Sep 1944.
Members of the 82nd Airborne Division having their gear checked by the jumpmaster for the last time before entering their C-47 Dakotas for the Market Garden operation at Cottesmore airfield, England, 17 Sep 1944C-47 Skytrains tow CG-4A Gliders to their landing areas on D+1 of Operation Market Garden, Sep 18 1944US Army Brigadier General Anthony C. McAuliffe speaking to his glider pilots, England, United Kingdom, 18 Sep 1944; note C-47 Skytrain and CG-4A glider aircraft in backgroundC-47 Skytrain aircraft of US 315th Troop Carrier Group dropping 41 sticks of 1st Polish Airborne Brigade into Grave, the Netherlands, 23 Sep 1944; note CG-4A gliders already on the ground. Photo 1 of 2.
Members of the 82nd Airborne Division having their gear checked by the jumpmaster for the last time before entering their C-47 Dakotas for the Market Garden operation at Cottesmore airfield, England, 17 Sep 1944C-47 Skytrains tow CG-4A Gliders to their landing areas on D+1 of Operation Market Garden, Sep 18 1944US Army Brigadier General Anthony C. McAuliffe speaking to his glider pilots, England, United Kingdom, 18 Sep 1944; note C-47 Skytrain and CG-4A glider aircraft in backgroundC-47 Skytrain aircraft of US 315th Troop Carrier Group dropping 41 sticks of 1st Polish Airborne Brigade into Grave, the Netherlands, 23 Sep 1944; note CG-4A gliders already on the ground. Photo 1 of 2.

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