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8th Pursuit Group pilots scramble to P-39Ds, Mitchell Field, Long Island, New York, November 1941.

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Note the overpainted war games insignia.

 

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Crews posing with their Lioré and Olivier LéO 451 Istres-Le Tubé AB Groupe de Bombardement I/12 1940 the net

 

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Crew portrait of a USAAF Catalina crew assigned to the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron operating from Halesworth in Suffolk, England the net

 

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Consolidated Model 32 RY-3 Privateer C. Mk. IX (1), (Serial No. JT973) the net

 

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Bomb Detail on Espirito Santo 1942 photo 2 the net

 

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B-29s at North Field Guam of 29th BG and 19 BG of 314 BW photo 12 the net

 

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Consolidated Model 32 RY-3 Privateer C. Mk. IX (1), (Serial No. JT973) the net
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"Rockcliffe Ice Wagon" is an RCAF bird on loan from the RAF, former USN RY-3 BuNo 90021. Used in icing research and de-icing trials, hence the name.
Rockcliffe is the old military and civil airport/base in Ottawa. Nowadays the great Canada Aviation and Space Museum is situated there.