United States Airborne Engineers in France during World War II. U.S. Airborne Engineers lay a mesh strip over a field. U.S. Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolts parked in the background. A mesh landing strip in the foreground. The Airborne Engineers lay more net on the landing strip. The engineers laying net. Parked aircraft in a revetment. A tractor crane and men attach the hook of the crane to the wreckage of the glider. U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrains parked at a field. An explosion on a tree and the tree falls.
United States Army Air Force aircraft taxi on a runway in France during World War II. A USAAF C-47 Skytrain taxis on a runway. The C-47 while taxiing raises dust. A parked C-47 taxis and insignia of the United States on it. U.S. Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolts parked on an air filed. A P-47 taxis forward for a take off. The aircraft taxis and raises dust. Dust in the background.
Forward air operations in France during World War II. Two Spitfire Mk IX aircraft, of 222 Squadron, RAF, with white stripe invasion markings on them, take off from dirt field, raising dust as they depart. Trucks drive over the field raising dust clouds. U.S. Army Air Force C -47 Skytrain takes off towing a United States Army Air Force Waco CG-4 glider. Wreckage of two Spitfires and a Tempest or Typhoon aircraft, in D-day paint, are seen on the field. An operator is shown, working in the mobile control vehicle.
Wreckage of Allied aircraft destroyed during the invasion of Normandy, in World War 2. Location: a field in Normandy,France. A destroyed Martin B-26 Marauder bomber with a propeller on the ground beside it. A wrecked British Horsa glider, with front part of its fuselage missing.Remnants of other gliders. A propeller sitting alone in the field. Remains of a destroyed C-47 transport plane.
U.S. Army Air Force P-47 thunderbolt taxi on a runway in France during World War II. The P-47 taxis for a take off. The aircraft raises dust while taxiing and retracts its landing gear. P-47s in flight climbing and peeling off. Another P-47 taxis forward, turns and raises much dust.
The procedure for handling German prisoners of war in France during World War II. The prisoners are tagged and walk in a squad. An officer reads out the rules for the prisoners and the prisoners listen to him. Three officers seated in chairs. An officer confiscates weapons, documents, pictures and letters of the prisoners. The confiscated material on the desk of the officer. He reads a letter of a prisoner. The prisoners seated in chairs in a personal court are interrogated.
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