Silent Wings: The American Glider Pilots of WWII

Silent Wings : The American Glider Pilots of WWII title screen.

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 aircrafts 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.

Junkers Ju-87B Stuka

Probably from a nazi propaganda movie (which one ?).

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 17Z

DFS 230

Taken by the third man aboard a DFS 230 glider.

Messerschmitt Bf 110B

Messerschmitt Bf 109E

Gota 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 190A

Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant

Towed by a troika of three Messerschmitt Bf 110.