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.
Mechanic turns the propeller blade of an aircraft. A Douglas C-47 Skytrain “DONNA”. Paratroopers walk two abreast in formation to gliders and board transport planes at British base RAF Ramsbury airfield in Wiltshire, England during World War II, bound for the Netherlands during Operation Market Garden.
US Army officer reads message to a group of American soldiers at RAF Ramsbury airfield in Wiltshire, England during World War II. Closeup views of individual faces of some of the soldiers listening as the officer reads to them. A 1st sergeant of the 101st Airborne Division reads a message from a letter to paratroopers. The troops turn and begin to march towards the parked transport aircraft in the background, heading for the Netherlands during Operation Market Garden.
U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division paratroopers at Ramsbury airfield board transport planes bound for Holland, Netherlands during Operation Market Garden of World War II. They carry supplies as they step on landing strip covered in Marston Mats. Wings of the transport planes. C-47 Skytrain transport plane starts and warms up engine. A British paratrooper wearing a beret puts on his life vest and inspects his Sten MK II submachine gun. A young soldier writes a letter or takes notes.
Allied transport aircraft fly overhead at RAF Newbury in Berkshire, England during World War II. The transport planes release gliders. A Waco CG-4 Hadrian military glider bank as it lands on the airfield. Various military planes parked in the background. A formation of transport planes fly overhead. A British Airspeed AS.51 Horsa military transport glider. C-47 Skytrain transport plane tows a glider during takeoff.
Aerial footage of 8 planes off in the distance. Closeup shot of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft, with WW2 Lockheed P-38 Lightning airplanes flying far in the background. Closeup aerial shots of a Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft with the pilot visible in front of a thunderhead cloud. Various shots of Balalae Island, in the Solomon Islands. Bombs falling towards the island before explosions are seen along the airfield. Smoke rising from the impacts.
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