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[Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress "Spirit of Woodside, Sunnyside"]
Photograph of a Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress aircraft, circa 1943. The text "Spirit of Woodside, Sunnyside" has been added to the aircraft's nose via photo manipulation. Typed caption taped on verso: "This is the Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress, latest…

[Members of 319th Fighter Squadron, 325th Fighter Group, on deck of USS Ranger]
Photographic group portrait of members of the 319th Fighter Squadron, 325th Fighter Group, United States Army Air Forces, on the deck of the USS Ranger (CV-4), circa 1943. Several Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft are visible behind them. Fighter ace…

[Leon Swietlikowski and unidentified serviceman]
Photograph of Leon Swietlikowski (left) and an unidentified Royal Air Force serviceman, circa 1943.Inscription: "[Wielka?] Noe [Holanj?], 1943."Item from a photograph album in the Leon Swietlikowski World War II Collection, circa 1940-1945. Album…

[Leon Swietlikowski]
Photograph of Leon Swietlikowski at RAF Horne, England, circa 1943.Inscription: "303 Sqdn. Horne. 1943."Item from a photograph album in the Leon Swietlikowski World War II Collection, circa 1940-1945. Album contains photographs related to Leon and…

[Royal Air Force servicemen in front of unidentified aircraft]
Photographic group portrait of Royal Air Force servicemen in front of an unidentified aircraft, circa 1943. Leon Swietlikowski is in the middle row, eighth from the left.Inscription: "Redwall, 1943."Item from a photograph album in the Leon…

[Servicemen with De Havilland D.H.82 Tiger Moth]
Photograph of two Royal Air Force servicemen seated in the cockpits of a De Havilland D.H.82 Tiger Moth airplane, circa 1943.Inscription: "[illegible], 1943."Item from a photograph album in the Leon Swietlikowski World War II Collection, circa…

[Document requesting information from Carol Nicholson for her WASP application]
Document requesting information from Carol Nicholson for her WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) application, circa 1943. One typed page.

[Memorandum regarding change of allotment amounts for Lee Embree, circa 1943]
Memorandum from the Office of Dependency Benefits, War Department, circa 1943. Notes change of allotment amounts for Lee Embree. One (1) page.

U.S. Coast Guardsmen practice invasion landings
Photograph of United States Coast Guard servicemen practicing invasion landings on an unidentified South Pacific island, circa 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "U.S. Coast Guardsmen practice invasion landing. Landing barges churn the waters off a…

U.S. Coast Guard aids Allied offensives
Photograph of landing barges, manned by United States Coast Guard personnel, and amphibious trucks on a beachhead in Sicily, Italy, circa 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "U.S. Coast Guard aids Allied offensives. Landing barges manned by U.S. Coast…
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