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B-17G Zootie Cutie, 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn, England.

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The Last of the Hurricanes
England – Fancifully decorated is this, the last Hurricane to be produced by the Hawker Aircraft Company. Banners and pennants describe the many achievements of the famous fighter.
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Work on Fired B-17
England – An Engineer Aviation Fire Fighting Platoon works hard to put out a fire on a B-17 Flying Fortress at a base in England. Fortresses carry a heavy load of gasoline and often have a full bomb load when fire breaks out.
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A Liberator on its Last Mission
Flames roar from the fuselage of a mortally wounded Liberator from Austria. Seconds later the big ship plummeted to earth. Photographer said the pilot was still in the cockpit, gunner in the tail.
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Allied Planes Stripped by Germans for Parts
Paris, France -- In this bombed hangar near Paris, the Germans kept downed Allied planes so that parts could be salvaged for their own aircraft. Spitfires and a P-47 Thunderbolt can be seen, partially stripped.
Credit: ACME photo by Charles Haacker, War Pool Correspondent
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INVASION LINEUP
ENGLAND – Part of the mighty air armada that carried invading Yanks to Holland, these C-47 transports sit in orderly rows, awaiting their signal to soar. Like tiny black dots on the airfield in England, paratroopers and ground crewmen scurry about the big warbirds as last-minute details are attended to.
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Invaders ‘Chute Down in Holland
HOLLAND – Parachutes fill the air as Allied aircraft drop more troops and supplies over Holland. The ground is still sprinkled with parachutes and gliders from the first day’s operations.
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