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This night in 1944, Operation Pegasus, Royal Canadian Engineers and men of Easy Company, US 506th PIR, successfully evacuated a large group of men trapped in German occupied territory who had been in hiding since the Battle of Arnhem. #WW2 Art by Gil Cohen.

This day in 1943, the Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter was first used in combat. Outperforming the famous Japanese A6M Zero, the F6F accounted for 5,156 enemy aircraft destroyed, 75% of the Navy's air victories. #WW2

This day in 1944, the greatest carrier battle in history, the Battle of the Philippine Sea, ended in a US victory. The Japanese Navy lost three carriers and more than 550 aircraft. They could never recover again from this blow. #WW2

Art by John Hamilton.

This night in 1943, the Dambusters raid. Lancaster bombers of No. 617 Squadron RAF attacked the German Möhne and Edersee dams, causing flooding of the Ruhr valley. Although the impact on industrial production was limited, the raid boosted British morale. #WW2

P-51 Mustang "TIKA-IV" of the U.S. 361st Fighter Group in flight over England. This Mustang was passed to another pilot who renamed it "Sailor Girl Shirl".

The pilot was killed during a crash landing in November 1944. #WW2

This night in 1944, Operation Pegasus, Royal Canadian Engineers and men of Easy Company, US 506th PIR, successfully evacuated a large group of men trapped in German occupied territory who had been in hiding since the Battle of Arnhem. #WW2

Art by Gil Cohen.

This day in 1943, the Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter was first used in combat.

Outperforming the famous Japanese A6M Zero, the F6F accounted for 5,156 enemy aircraft destroyed, 75% of the Navy's air victories. #WW2

This day in 1944, the greatest carrier battle in history, the Battle of the Philippine Sea, ended in a US victory. The Japanese Navy lost three carriers and more than 550 aircraft. They could never recover again from this blow. #WW2

Art by John Hamilton.

This night in 1943, the Dambusters raid. Lancaster bombers of No. 617 Squadron RAF attacked the German Möhne and Edersee dams, causing flooding of the Ruhr valley.

Although the impact on industrial production was limited, the raid boosted British morale. #WW2

US Lockheed P-38 fighter aircraft of the 383d Fighter Squadron based at RAF Honington, England, 1944. #WW2