 One hundred thousand soldiers on the high seas in a multitude of transports converged on Gibraltar . More than 400 aircraft of all types were crammed into the dispersal areas around the Gibraltar runway . Fighters had been shipped in crates and assembled on the airfield . Every available area of storage was taken up with ammunition , fuel , and other essential supplies . 168 American pilots were housed in the RAF messes at North Front . 
 One hundred thousand soldiers on the high seas in a multitude of transports converged on Gibraltar . More than 400 aircraft of all types <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> crammed into the dispersal areas around the Gibraltar runway . Fighters <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>had</mark></a> been shipped in crates and assembled on the airfield . Every available area of storage was taken up with ammunition , fuel , and other essential supplies . 168 American pilots <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> housed in the RAF messes at North Front . 
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