Allied Horsa gliders parked on an airfield in England before D-Day during World War II. Soldiers load a six pounder anti-aircraft gun into a glider. A British soldier drives a Jeep on a ramp into a transport plane. Soldiers roll a large cylindrical container containing guns and ammunition. They place it into a pile. The troops load the container into a glider. A British Horsa glider being towed. British path finder paratroopers put on black face paint and helmets.
United States Army 8th Air Force bombers lined at an airstrip in England the night before D-Day in World War II. U.S. General Brereton gives a signal for take-off. The bombers take off one by one in the night. Soldiers wave to bid them good luck. 8th Air Force Martin B-26 Marauder bombers in flight. A formation of bombers flying towards France. Gun turret inside a bomber. Allied invasion fleet sails closer to the coast of France at dawn. 8th Air Force fighters fly over the Channel Islands and the French shoreline. Allied bombers bombing the coast of Normandy prior to the ground forces landing there. Bombers release bombs over enemy shore batteries. Bombs hitting German controlled targets and smoke rising from bomb sites.
United States 3rd battalion troops are forced into an embankment on Omaha Beach by Nazi German snipers and machine guns on D-Day in World War II. More United States Army soldiers land in Omaha Beach. A group of soldiers wearing life vests sit and rest on the beach. Some soldiers are digging trenches on the beachhead. Engineers prepare det cords and other equipment to clean up shore obstacles. Medics carry casualties in litters and treat injuries. A medic treats a wounded soldier’s back. Another medic holds an IV fluid as his colleague treats an unconscious soldier. A Landing Ship, Tank (LST) on the beachhead. A United States Army medic treats an injured German prisoner. Nazi German prisoners of war sit on the beach head after their capture. An unconscious German soldier. Two German prisoners of war, including a young German soldier and a middle-aged German soldier.
Troops of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division huddled in a landing barge approaching Juno Beach during Operation Overload on D-Day in World War II. An automatic camera captures the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division’s landing at Juno beach. The landing craft reaches the beach, and all the Canadian infantry soldiers leave the boat and wade ashore to Juno Beach. Steel obstacles placed by the German forces can be seen on the beach. Several deserted houses, stand along the beach.
Multiple Allied transport planes and bombers take off from an airfield in England after the start of Normandy landings on D-Day in World War II. The planes take off one at a time. Allied aircraft flying in formation crossing the English Channel.
Operations of U.S. Navy A-7A Corsair 2 aircraft aboard USS Ranger underway in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War. An A-7A aircraft parked on the flight deck. Aircraft and personnel on the deck of USS Ranger. A plane captain giving a rev up signal. A CAG (Carrier Air Group) Commander in the cockpit of his A-7A. The plane captain gives a rev up signal to the pilot. Commander Kinnard in the cockpit. He closes the canopy of the aircraft. The plane captain takes a tie-down from a strut, shaking panels alongside the A-7A. The airplane taxis on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier. An officer gives a launch signal. The aircraft being launched and airborne.
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