A group of British Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots wearing flight jackets gather. One of the pilots dances while another smokes a cigarette. RAF personnel look into the sky. A Gloster Meteor jet in flight over field. A Hawker P.1081 flies over air field and then into the sky. Hawker P.1081 banks right while flying over clouds.
British aviation developments after World War II. A twin-jet English Electric Canberra takes off from Warton Aerodrome, Lancashire, England. The English Electric Canberra A.1 prototype (VN799) in flight. The first Canberra B.2 prototype (VX165) flies over the airfield. Crowds of British civilian men and women watch the first Canberra B.2 prototype in flight. The first Canberra B.2 prototype performs maneuvers.
Soldiers playing cards in Greenham Common, England during World War II. A soldier receives a haircut. The barber, wearing a 101st Airborne Division uniform, cuts the soldier’s hair. A group of amused soldiers watch the barber cutting hair. Soldiers sharpen knives with whetstones as seen through a tent opening. An officer brief paratroopers. Their compass heading is explained to them. A hand rubs a compass.
Military vehicles bring large crates containing gliders to Greenham Common, England during World War II. Soldiers open one of the large crates. An M2 Cletrac transports a large crate, passing by a Quonset hut. Soldiers assemble a Waco CG-4 glider. Mechanics work on the fuselage of a Waco CG-4 glider. They carry the cockpit part and attaches it to the fuselage. The men assemble the tail part. Mechanic uses a wrench.
A soldier directs M2 High-Speed Tractors (or M2 Cletracs) on dusty road in Greenham Common, England during World War II. A Cletrac pulls a glider body from a large crate. Soldiers ride a truck. Soldiers assemble a Waco CG-4 glider. A mechanic uses a screwdriver to attach the wing. They attach support under the glider’s wing. A glider is being towed. Numerous gliders lined up on field.
Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division and the 502nd Infantry Regiment (502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment) arrive at an airfield for troop carriers in World War II. The troops happily wave with their helmets at the camera as they carry supplies. Some of the paratroopers’ faces are darkened. The paratroopers crowd to hear orders of the day. Some of the paratroopers’ helmets are seen with the distinctive heart shaped symbol of the 502nd Infantry Regiment. Paratroopers put on their life vests (Mae West) and chutes. The jump master gives out last minute instructions. Three paratroopers with blackened faces discuss plans. Lieutenant General Lewis H. Brereton bids good luck to a paratrooper chaplain and a medical corps officer before the paratroopers board their Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport plane. Paratroopers climb aboard the transport plane. General Brereton presents a paratrooper with a rabbit’s foot as a good luck charm Nose of Douglas C-47 Skytrain “That's All, Brother” (N88874) before taking off for Normandy, France on D-Day.
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