Recovery of Keystone LB-7 bomber aircraft in Bluefields, Nicaragua. A U.S. C-47 aircraft parked next to a muddy runway. United States Air Force (USAF) CH-3C Sikorsky helicopter in flight with United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) Keystone LB-7 bomber aircraft framework in sling. The helicopter lowers the framework to the ground. The helicopter in flight. A crew member directs the landing of the helicopter. An aircraft parked in the background.
Recovery of USAAC Keystone LB-7 bomber aircraft in Bluefields, Nicaragua. Aerial view of the crash site of United States Army Air Corps Keystone LB-7 bomber aircraft in a jungle in Bluefields. U.S. Army Major William A Blackburn and recovery team members search for the debris of the aircraft in the jungle. The men carry the debris and move towards the parked United States Air Force CH-3C Sikorsky helicopter.
Recovery of USAAC Keystone LB-7 bomber aircraft in Bluefields, Nicaragua. U.S. Army Major William A Blackburn and recovery team members load the debris of United States Army Air Corps (UASSC) Keystone LB-7 bomber aircraft onto United States Air Force CH-3C Sikorsky helicopter. The helicopter in flight. The framework of the LB-7 aircraft on the ground.
A U.S. delegation of former war correspondents visits Normandy, France, 25 years after the Allied invasion of France during World War II. Uniformed United States Honor Guard lined up as officials arrive. Military officers and elected officials along with their wives arrive for a commemoration ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial. They include General Omar Bradley and his wife, Esther Buhler Bradley, General J. Lawton Collins, Robert Sargent Shriver (then U.S. Ambassador to France) and his wife Eunice Kennedy Shriver. French and British military generals are also present. Officials and their wives stand at attention. Military officers salute. Officials place wreaths at a memorial, including Shriver, Bradley, and Collins. A U.S. General speaks at a podium addressing the audience. U.S. Army soldiers and U.S. Air Force airmen lined up. Officers salute as officials stand before them. Honor Guards carry an American flag at the ceremony. A sign on a wreath of flowers reads 'From U.S. D Day correspondents' . A correspondent places flowers at the memorial. View of American cemetery filled with white headstones behind crowd at the ceremony.
A Pan American Airways 4-engine Boeing 707 (N893PA) passenger aircraft at Orly Airport outside Paris, France. Air France and Finnair passenger planes taxi along a runway. A sign on an aircraft reads 'Pan American'. A woman boards the flight. Several of the terminal buildings are seen. Large cranes and construction are underway in parts of the airport. A Boeing 707 aircraft taxis down a runway and past other aircraft on the airfield. Aerial views of Paris near Orly Airport. The aircraft in flight. The aircraft flies over a beach and comes in for landing. The aircraft lands and taxis. A sign reads 'Jet Clipper Whirlwind' on the side of the Pan American Boeing 707. Aircraft at an airfield.
American correspondents in Netherlands to mark 25th anniversary of Allied invasion of Europe in World War II. A steamer underway in a canal. Views in the village of Opijnen, in Gelderland, the Netherlands. A correspondent and his wife come out of a house. American correspondents near a bus. Houses along a road. An American flag at the walled cemetery in Opijnen, beside its 17th century Dutch Reformed Church, where the crew members of an American B-17 bomber from the 323 Squadron of the 91st Bomb Group (H) of the U.S. 8th Army Air Force are buried; shot down July 30, 1943 by the German Luftwaffe. Gravestones bearing the names of American soldiers who lost their lives when their crippled B-17 was shot down, including: Mike Anthony Perrotta, Hermon Daines Poling, Harold Royce Sparks, Robert Urquhart Duggan, Douglas Victor Blackwood, Americo Cianfichi. U.S. Color Guard marches from a town building toward the cemetery. A woman correspondent takes pictures. An American flag flies at half mast. Men, women and children at the cemetery. Dutch children carry flowers in their hands. The mayor of Opijnen speaks into a microphone. He and a woman place flowered wreaths at the graves of dead American soldiers. Two groups of four U.S. Convair F-102 Delta Dagger aircraft fly overhead followed by four F-104 Starfighters of the Royal Netherlands Airforce. Children walk past the graves. Additional propeller aircraft pass overhead honoring the airmen.
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