View toward stern of Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L) 88 as she pulls away from the wharf at Weymouth, England, to join an amphibious assault Group destined for Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, in World War 2. Other LCI(L)s seen preparing, or underway, include numbers 488, 493, 497, and 498. Number 88, from which these scenes were recorded, belongs to Flotilla 10, part of an Assault Group operated by the U.S. Coast Guard, and is commanded by Lt. Henry K. Rigg, USCGR
Landing Craft Infantry leaves England for D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Column of United States Landing Craft Infantry underway. Stern and U.S. flag in foreground. Barrage balloons over ships. Landing Ship Tanks and rhino barge underway.
Landing Crafts Infantry leave England for World War II D-Day invasion of Normandy, France. Stern and U.S. flag in foreground. Gun at the stern of ship. USS Samuel Chase APA-26 underway. U.S. destroyers underway in the background.
Landing Crafts Infantry leave England for World War II D-Day invasion of Normandy, France. USS Samuel Chase APA-26 underway. Columns of U.S. Landing Craft Infantry underway.
P-47 Thunderbolt fighter planes (with bubble canopies) of U.S. Army Air Corps 365th Fighter Group, on parking ramp at airfield (Y-34) in Metz, France. Extensive damage seen to hangars and structures around the parking area. Pilot climbs out of P-47 cockpit, smokes cigarette and talks.
German aircraft attacked by a U.S. aircraft on 21st March 1944 in the European Theater during World War II. A U.S. aircraft of 8th Fighter Command is piloted by 1st Lieutenant V.J. France of 334th Squadron. The aircraft strafes a stationary Focke-Wulf Fw-190 fighter aircraft on a ramp. The aircraft makes a return pass over a field and strafes another Fw-190 which is taxiing.
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