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FM-2 Wildcats and TBF Avengers on the USS Rudyerd Bay (CVE-81) are tied down securely as the escort carrier rolls heavily during a storm. 1945.

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Look at all of those spare parts.
 
A 54th Troop Carrier Wing C-47 that overshot the runway on Anguar Island in the Carolines, 23 October 1944

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That's an aircraft from the 54th's 58 TCS, 375 TCG. The "X" prefix to the aircraft number had just recently been introduced that month to distinguish 54th TCW planes from those assigned to the provisional 5298th TCW - with no room between the 194 and the cockpit windows, on the left side the "X" had to squeeze in beneath the windows.

Great shot!



Dana
 
That's an aircraft from the 54th's 58 TCS, 375 TCG. The "X" prefix to the aircraft number had just recently been introduced that month to distinguish 54th TCW planes from those assigned to the provisional 5298th TCW - with no room between the 194 and the cockpit windows, on the left side the "X" had to squeeze in beneath the windows.

Great shot!



Dana
Thanks!
 
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B-17 on production line at Vega Factory in Burbank, California.
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A PBY-5A Catalina on the beach airstrip at Ulithi, Caroline Islands. Note the fleet anchorage in the back.

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