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<b>Documentary (2007)<br></b> | <b>Documentary (2007)<br></b> | ||
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− | The whole story of american gliders, from the early race to build unpowered | + | The whole story of american gliders, from the early race to build unpowered aircraft to the D-Day invasion at Normandy and Nazi Germany's final surrender. Covers the source of this concept, mainly in Germany. |
== [[:Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]] == | == [[:Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]] == | ||
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[[Image:SW_B-17_leaflets.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:SW_B-17_leaflets.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
− | == [[:Category: Junkers Ju | + | == [[:Category: Junkers Ju 52|Junkers Ju 52/3m]] == |
Numerous airframes seen throughout the first half of the documentary.<br> | Numerous airframes seen throughout the first half of the documentary.<br> | ||
− | The first one is coded D-AXIO Junkers Ju | + | The first one is coded D-AXIO Junkers Ju 52/3m of the Luftwaffe. |
[[Image:SW_Ju-52_D-AXIO.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:SW_Ju-52_D-AXIO.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | Wearing the identification code D1+4?<br> | ||
+ | Same aircraft in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]]. | ||
[[Image:SW_Ju-52G.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:SW_Ju-52G.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
[[Image:SW_Ju-52-3m.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:SW_Ju-52-3m.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
[[Image:SW_Ju-52_low.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:SW_Ju-52_low.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
− | == [[:Category: Junkers Ju | + | == [[:Category: Junkers Ju 87 Stuka | Junkers Ju 87 B Stuka]] == |
Probably from a nazi propaganda movie (which one ?). | Probably from a nazi propaganda movie (which one ?). | ||
[[Image:SW_Ju-87_propaStf.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:SW_Ju-87_propaStf.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Ju-87_Dive.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Junkers Ju 87 Stuka | Junkers Ju 87 A Stuka]] == | ||
Same aircraft in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]]. | Same aircraft in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]]. | ||
[[Image:SW_Ju-87A_DV.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:SW_Ju-87A_DV.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
− | |||
== [[:Category: Waco CG-4A|Waco CG-4A]] == | == [[:Category: Waco CG-4A|Waco CG-4A]] == | ||
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[[Image:SW_Heinkel-111H.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:SW_Heinkel-111H.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
− | == [[:Category: Dornier Do 17 | Dornier Do | + | == [[:Category: Dornier Do 17 | Dornier Do 17 Z]] == |
[[Image:SW_Do17Z-facettes.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:SW_Do17Z-facettes.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
[[Image:SW_Do-17.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:SW_Do-17.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
− | == DFS 230 == | + | == [[:Category: DFS 230|DFS 230]] == |
[[Image:SW_DFS-230.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:SW_DFS-230.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
Taken by the third man aboard a DFS 230 glider. | Taken by the third man aboard a DFS 230 glider. | ||
[[Image:SW_DFS-230_inside.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:SW_DFS-230_inside.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
− | == [[:Category: Messerschmitt Bf 110| Messerschmitt Bf | + | == [[:Category: Messerschmitt Bf 110| Messerschmitt Bf 110 B]] == |
[[Image:SW_Bf-110B.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:SW_Bf-110B.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
− | == [[:Category: Messerschmitt Bf 109|Messerschmitt Bf | + | == [[:Category: Messerschmitt Bf 109|Messerschmitt Bf 109 E]] == |
[[Image:SW_Bf-109.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:SW_Bf-109.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
− | == [[:Category: | + | == [[:Category: Gotha Go 242|Gotha Go 242]] == |
[[Image:SW_Go-242.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:SW_Go-242.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
[[Image:SW_Go-242a.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:SW_Go-242a.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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Same aircraft in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]]. | Same aircraft in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]]. | ||
[[Image:SW_C-47_crash_DV-Glory.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:SW_C-47_crash_DV-Glory.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_C-47_color2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_C-47_color.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | Towing Horsa gliders (look bottom). | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_C-47_Horsa.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando | Curtiss-Wright C-46A Commando]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_C-46.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_C-46bis.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Various Aircraft == | ||
+ | Wright Field during the early thirties. The widest shape is probably a Boeing B-9. | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Wright-30s.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | Different kind of projects and studies. | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_project-A1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_project-A2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Focke-Wulf Fw 190 | Focke-Wulfe Fw 190 A]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_FW-190.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant|Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Me-321.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Me-321_air.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | Towed by a troika of three Messerschmitt Bf 110. | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Me-321_3Bf-110.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Messerschmitt Bf 110| Messerschmitt Bf 110 C]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Bf-110C.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: PZL P.24|PZL P.24]] == | ||
+ | Remains of the PZL P.24 Delta 126 of the Greek Air Force. | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_PZL_P-24_Delta-126.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Avro 626 == | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Avro_626_Tutor.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]] [[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft|Unidentified Aircraft]] == | ||
+ | Greek Campaign of 1941. Could it be a RAF Blenheim ? | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Brit.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Stinson L-1 Vigilant|Stinson L-1 Vigilant]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Stinson_L-1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Stinson_L-1_Vigilant.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]] [[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft|Unidentified Training Glider]] == | ||
+ | The poor quality od this screenshot doesn't allow to distinguish a Frankfort TG-1 from a Schweizer (TG-2 or TG-3) or a Laister-Kauffman TG-4. | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_unk_TG.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_unk_TG_boarding.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Schweizer TG-2 == | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Schweizer_TG-2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Mitsubishi G3M | Mitsubishi G3M ]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Mitsubishi_G3M.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Mitsubishi_G3Ma.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Mitsubishi Ki-30|Mitsubishi Ki-30]] == | ||
+ | Same aircraft in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]]. | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Mitsubishi_Ki-30.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Nakajima B5N|Nakajima B5N]] == | ||
+ | Same aircraft in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]]. | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Nakajima_B5N.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Nakajima_B5N-DV.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk| Curtiss P-40 Warhawk]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Curtiss_P-40.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_P-40.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Aichi D3A|Aichi D3A]] == | ||
+ | Same aircraft in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]] (Military Fixed-Wing). | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Aichi_D3A.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Mitsubishi A5M | Mitsubishi A5M ]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Mitsubishi_A5M.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Nakajima Ki-27|Nakajima Ki-27]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_nippon.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Consolidated PBY Catalina|Consolidated PBY Catalina]] == | ||
+ | Same shot in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]]. | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_PBY_TheWar1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing B-17C Flying Fortress]] == | ||
+ | Boeing B-17C USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) s/n 40-2074 at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Locations|Hickam Field]].<br> | ||
+ | Same aircraft in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]]. | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_B-17C_TheWar1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk| Curtiss P-40B Warhawk]] == | ||
+ | Same aircraft in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]]. | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_P-40B.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Vought OS2U Kingfisher| Vought OS2U Kingfisher]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Vought_OS2U.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Piper J-3 Cub|Piper L-4 Cub]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Liaison.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Curtiss JN|Curtiss JN <i>Jenny</i>]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Barnstorm1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | Same Barnstormer, "Jersey" Ringel, seen in [[Mystères d'archives (TV Series)]] Season One, Episode One. | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Barnstorm2_cf_MystArch-1-1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Airspeed Horsa | Airspeed AS.51 Horsa I]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Horsa2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Horsa3.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Horsa-15.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Horsa-Bulge.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | LC797, an Airspeed AS.51 Horsa used by american troops. | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Horsa_LC797.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: North American B-25 Mitchell|North American B-25 Mitchell]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:SW B-25.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW B-25H P-40F.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Hawker Hurricane|Hawker Hurricane ]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:SW Hurricane.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: North American P-51 Mustang | North American P-51A Mustang ]] == | ||
+ | Probably from the 1st Air Commando Group, CBI theatre. | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_P-51A.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_P-51Ace.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Republic P-47 Thunderbolt|Republic P-47 Thunderbolt]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:SW P-47.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Junkers Ju 87 Stuka | Junkers Ju 87 D Stuka]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Ju-87D.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Junkers Ju 88| Junkers Ju 88]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:SW_Ju-88Dive.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{footnote}} | ||
+ | == See also == | ||
+ | * [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0828451/ Silent Wings: The American Glider Pilots of WWII on IMDb] | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Category: Aichi D3A]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Airspeed Horsa]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Consolidated B-24 Liberator]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Consolidated PBY Catalina]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Curtiss JN]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk]] | ||
+ | [[Category: DFS 230]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Dornier Do 17]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Douglas C-47 Skytrain]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Focke-Wulf Fw 190]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Gotha Go 242]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Hawker Hurricane]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Heinkel He 51]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Heinkel He 111]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Junkers Ju 52]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Junkers Ju 87 Stuka]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Junkers Ju 88]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Messerschmitt Bf 109]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Messerschmitt Bf 110]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Mitsubishi A5M]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Mitsubishi G3M]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Mitsubishi Ki-30]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Nakajima Ki-27]] | ||
+ | [[Category: North American B-25 Mitchell]] | ||
+ | [[Category: North American P-51 Mustang]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Piper J-3 Cub]] | ||
+ | [[Category: PZL P.24]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Republic P-47 Thunderbolt]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Ryan NYP]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Stinson L-1 Vigilant]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Vought OS2U Kingfisher]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Waco CG-4A]] |
Latest revision as of 14:01, 10 August 2024
Documentary (2007)
Starring:
Hal Holbrook (Narrator)
Leo Cordier (Himself)
Andrew Rooney (Himself)
The whole story of american gliders, from the early race to build unpowered aircraft to the D-Day invasion at Normandy and Nazi Germany's final surrender. Covers the source of this concept, mainly in Germany.
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Junkers Ju 52/3m
Numerous airframes seen throughout the first half of the documentary.
The first one is coded D-AXIO Junkers Ju 52/3m of the Luftwaffe.
Wearing the identification code D1+4?
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Junkers Ju 87 B Stuka
Probably from a nazi propaganda movie (which one ?).
Junkers Ju 87 A Stuka
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Waco CG-4A
Lt Leo Cordier ready for his fifth combat glider landing.
Waco CG-4A-RO
Crash of Waco CG-4A-RO s/n 42-78839. Robertson Aircraft Company in St. Louis was contracting to build Waco CG-4A-RO gliders under license. Several VIPs were getting a demonstration ride on 1st August 1943. 10 deads.
Towed by a Douglas C-47 Skytrain.
Heinkel He 111
Dornier Do 17 Z
DFS 230
Taken by the third man aboard a DFS 230 glider.
Messerschmitt Bf 110 B
Messerschmitt Bf 109 E
Gotha Go 242
Ryan NYP Spirit of Saint-Louis
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Heinkel He 51
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Towing Horsa gliders (look bottom).
Curtiss-Wright C-46A Commando
Various Aircraft
Wright Field during the early thirties. The widest shape is probably a Boeing B-9.
Different kind of projects and studies.
Focke-Wulfe Fw 190 A
Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant
Towed by a troika of three Messerschmitt Bf 110.
Messerschmitt Bf 110 C
PZL P.24
Remains of the PZL P.24 Delta 126 of the Greek Air Force.
Avro 626
Unidentified Aircraft
Greek Campaign of 1941. Could it be a RAF Blenheim ?
Stinson L-1 Vigilant
Unidentified Training Glider
The poor quality od this screenshot doesn't allow to distinguish a Frankfort TG-1 from a Schweizer (TG-2 or TG-3) or a Laister-Kauffman TG-4.
Schweizer TG-2
Mitsubishi G3M
Mitsubishi Ki-30
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Nakajima B5N
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
Aichi D3A
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).
Mitsubishi A5M
Nakajima Ki-27
Consolidated PBY Catalina
Same shot in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Boeing B-17C Flying Fortress
Boeing B-17C USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) s/n 40-2074 at Hickam Field.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Curtiss P-40B Warhawk
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Vought OS2U Kingfisher
Piper L-4 Cub
Curtiss JN Jenny
Same Barnstormer, "Jersey" Ringel, seen in Mystères d'archives (TV Series) Season One, Episode One.
Airspeed AS.51 Horsa I
LC797, an Airspeed AS.51 Horsa used by american troops.
North American B-25 Mitchell
Hawker Hurricane
North American P-51A Mustang
Probably from the 1st Air Commando Group, CBI theatre.
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
Junkers Ju 87 D Stuka
Junkers Ju 88
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See also
- Unidentified Aircraft
- Aichi D3A
- Airspeed Horsa
- Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
- Consolidated B-24 Liberator
- Consolidated PBY Catalina
- Curtiss JN
- Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando
- Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
- DFS 230
- Dornier Do 17
- Douglas C-47 Skytrain
- Focke-Wulf Fw 190
- Gotha Go 242
- Hawker Hurricane
- Heinkel He 51
- Heinkel He 111
- Junkers Ju 52
- Junkers Ju 87 Stuka
- Junkers Ju 88
- Messerschmitt Bf 109
- Messerschmitt Bf 110
- Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant
- Mitsubishi A5M
- Mitsubishi G3M
- Mitsubishi Ki-30
- Nakajima Ki-27
- North American B-25 Mitchell
- North American P-51 Mustang
- Piper J-3 Cub
- PZL P.24
- Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
- Ryan NYP
- Stinson L-1 Vigilant
- Vought OS2U Kingfisher
- Waco CG-4A