14 October 1944. The seven Australian, Canadian, British and New Zealand aircrew of 514 Squadron Avro Lancaster (A-Able) disembark following a daylight operation to Duisburg.

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A new artist for my 'Saturday Artwork'; Gareth Hector!
Entitled 'Bottleneck' it features Hawker Typhoons during the Battle of the Falaise Pocket in August 1944.
He does a great job of portraying the job the 'Tiffies' were best at...'low down and dirty'!

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New York, 1944.

Edward Hopper

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René Magritte (Belgian, 1898 - 1967)
"L'Écho (The Echo)", 1944.
Oil on Canvas 55 × 45 cm.
Private Collection.

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17 September 1944. The Netherlands, operation Market Garden began. Allied military operation, fought in the Netherlands and Germany in WWII. It was the largest airborne operation up to that time.

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Man in Blue, Paul Froelich, 1944.

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Prudence Heward, "Near Cowansville, Quebec", 1944.
$29,500 at Masters Gallery. For more, see the newly released "Prudence Heward: Canadian Modernist Painter". Available at https://t.co/o9vBOy8Wb0… & https://t.co/PAtB8lDwwN. https://t.co/tohBn3f7rG

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Susan Ryder, peintre anglaise, 1944.
"Sa Majesté la Reine". 1996.
Huile sur toile. Bonne nuit 🦋

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Sir Alexander Fleming, FRS, the Discoverer of Penicillin, by Ethel Léontine Gabain (1883-1950), 1944.

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This show stopper gown can be seen on in To Have and Have Not, 1944. It has a structured shoulder and it’s paired with a pair of black peep toe shoes. Does it remind you of any other dresses? I get jlo vibes.

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The rose had long enjoyed a position as a numismatic marker of Rhodes (see below); while the diadem had long been a symbol of Hellenic kingship, i.e. sole power.

Image: Rhodian didrachm: ANS 1944.100.48620. Link - https://t.co/5Z0E4JRBVq

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26 July 1944. First jet aircraft combat, Alfred Schreiber (11 November 1923 – 26 November 1944) flying a Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a intercepted and attacked a Mosquito PR XVI, a photo-reconnaissance aircraft from 540 Squadron RAF.

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this is from 1944... first of all we need to start saying "fen" again and second of all Literally Nothing Ever Changes

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Summertime. Charles Courtney Curran (American) 1861 - 1942. Blue and Gold, 1929. Charles Courtney Curran (American) 1861 - 1942, "Summer", 1906George Clausen (British) 1852 - 1944. Evening Song, 1893. Alphonse Maria Mucha (Czech painter) 1860 - 1939, "Summer"

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Michael Parkes is a painter, sculptor and lithographer. He was born in the United States in 1944.
“Last Lion”, 2015

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19 May 1944. First V1 flying bomb to be destroyed by being 'toppled' by the wingtip of a defending fighter, causing the missile to dive out of control, was attributed to a Supermarine Spitfire XIV, RB188/DL-K of 91 (Nigeria) Squadron, RAF, flown by Flying Officer Kenneth Collier.

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A German Mark IV Tank: August 1944, by C.A.Russell, August 1944.

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Encounter, M. C. Escher, 1944.

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