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Brigadier General Jesse Auton, General Dwight Eisenhower, Lieutenant General Carl Spaatz, Major General James Doolittle, Major General William E. Kepner, Colonel Donald M. Blakeslee, RAF Debden, Essex, England, United Kingdom, 11 Apr 1944. VIPs were present for the presentation of Blakeslee with the Distinguished Service CrossActress 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.
Brigadier General Jesse Auton, General Dwight Eisenhower, Lieutenant General Carl Spaatz, Major General James Doolittle, Major General William E. Kepner, Colonel Donald M. Blakeslee, RAF Debden, Essex, England, United Kingdom, 11 Apr 1944. VIPs were present for the presentation of Blakeslee with the Distinguished Service CrossActress 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.
Amphibious invasion training in England, United Kingdom in preparation for Operation Overlord, 25 Apr 1944US troops conducting landing exercises at Slapton Sands, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom, 25 Apr 1944Civilian 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.Amphibious invasion training in England, United Kingdom in preparation for Operation Overlord, 1944
Amphibious invasion training in England, United Kingdom in preparation for Operation Overlord, 25 Apr 1944US troops conducting landing exercises at Slapton Sands, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom, 25 Apr 1944Civilian 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.Amphibious invasion training in England, United Kingdom in preparation for Operation Overlord, 1944
B-24D Liberator Lead Assembly Ship B-24D Liberator Lead Assembly Ship C-47 Skytrains and Horsa gliders from the 438th Troop Carrier Group lined up at Greenham Common, Newbury, Berkshire, England, prior to the D-Day invasion of France.Lancaster BII “Fanny Ferkin II” s/n DS842 of No. 514 Squadron landing at RAF Deenethorpe, base of the USAAF 401st Bomb Group, for a lecture tour of American bases, May 1944
B-24D Liberator Lead Assembly Ship 'Green Dragon' of 389th Bomber Group, US 566th Bomber Squadron, near RAF Hethel, Norfolk, England, Feb-Jul 1944B-24D Liberator Lead Assembly Ship 'Green Dragon' of 389th Bomber Group, US 566th Bomber Squadron, RAF Hethel, Norfolk, England, Feb-Jul 1944C-47 Skytrains and Horsa gliders from the 438th Troop Carrier Group lined up at Greenham Common, Newbury, Berkshire, England, prior to the D-Day invasion of France.Lancaster BII “Fanny Ferkin II” s/n DS842 of No. 514 Squadron landing at RAF Deenethorpe, base of the USAAF 401st Bomb Group, for a lecture tour of American bases, May 1944
Live ammunition amphibious training in England, United Kingdom in preparation for Operation Overlord, 1944Prime Minister John Curtin and Captain Hugh Edwards before Lancaster bomber Prime Minister John Curtin exiting from Lancaster bomber US Army troops board an LVCP landing craft from Amphibious Transport Ship USS Joseph T Dickman at Torquay Hards, England, United Kingdom for a landing exercise in preparation for the Normandy invasion.
Live ammunition amphibious training in England, United Kingdom in preparation for Operation Overlord, 1944Prime Minister John Curtin and Captain Hugh Edwards before Lancaster bomber 'G for George' at RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, circa May 1944Prime Minister John Curtin exiting from Lancaster bomber 'G for George', RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, circa May 1944US Army troops board an LVCP landing craft from Amphibious Transport Ship USS Joseph T Dickman at Torquay Hards, England, United Kingdom for a landing exercise in preparation for the Normandy invasion.
US Army troops participating in a landing exercise in southern England, United Kingdom in preparation for the Normandy invasion, circa May 1944. Note LCVP landing craft.US landing ships at Weymouth, Dorset ready to board troops for the Normandy Invasion, May-June 1944. Photo 1 of 3.US soldiers disembarking from an LCI(L) landing craft during amphibious invasion training in England, United Kingdom in preparation for Operation Overlord, mid-1944US Army soldiers boarding landing craft at Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, while preparing for the Normandy operation, 1 May 1944; note barrage balloons aloft and on the ground
US Army troops participating in a landing exercise in southern England, United Kingdom in preparation for the Normandy invasion, circa May 1944. Note LCVP landing craft.US landing ships at Weymouth, Dorset ready to board troops for the Normandy Invasion, May-June 1944. Photo 1 of 3.US soldiers disembarking from an LCI(L) landing craft during amphibious invasion training in England, United Kingdom in preparation for Operation Overlord, mid-1944US Army soldiers boarding landing craft at Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, while preparing for the Normandy operation, 1 May 1944; note barrage balloons aloft and on the ground

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