D-Day landings,aerial operations. Glider reinforcements arriving in Normandy,France,during D-Day operations on 6 June 1944. At top,US Army Air Forces Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft are banking after their CG-4A gliders have been cut loose from their tow lines. The aircraft reinforcing US Airborne Division troops as part of the airborne assault that preceded the amphibious invasion on D-Day. On the ground are Airspeed Horsa gliders. The D-Day landings of 6 June 1944 successfully liberated the Normandy coast of Nazi-occupied France,contributing to the Allied victory in World War II | |
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