D-Day: The Airforce Topic (Pic's / Video's)

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I've been browsing throught my old D-Day Encyclopedia Cd-Rom and found some nice photographs and Video's of the Airforces during and around D-day.

Photo's:

Allied Aircraft -



Left: Mustang MkII. The RAF Mustang MkIII was the British equivalent of the North American Aviation P-51C.
Right: P-47 ‘’Razorback.’’ This Republic P-47D-22 ‘’Razorback’’ of the U.S Ninth Air Force made an emergency landing on of the Normandy Invasion beaches in June 1944.



Left: Hawker Tempest. A development of the Typhoon, this aircraft was used by RAF fighter Command to intercept German V-1 bombs, or ‘’Flying Bombs’’. Over England.
Right: Pilots returning from strafing mission. U.S. Navy pilots who flew RAF Spitfire fighter aircraft over Normandy beachheads in June 1944. The aircraft are marked with the bold stripes signifying involvement in Operation OVERLORD.



Left: RAF Super marine Spitfire. One of the best aircraft of World War 2, it provided low cover to flotillas.
Right: P-47D Thunderbolt. 82d fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, Eight Air Force, with invasion markings.



Rearming a Typhoon. Ground crew loading rockets in France, 16 June 1944.




Left: RAF Boston. A pair of Douglas Boston MkII attack bombers prepares to take off in England. The bold black-and-white invasion stripes indicate involvement in OVERLORD.
Right: Mosquito. This RAF de Havilland Mosquito, MkXVIII, is marked with invasion stripes.



Left: RAF Mitchell. A North American Aviation Mitchell in RAF markings releases a string of 500-lb. bombs over a target in northern France about six weeks before OVERLORD. The USAAF Mitchell was designated the B-25.
Right: North American Aviation B-25 Mitchell Bomber.



Left: RAF Avro Lancaster MkIII. Strategic bombers such as the Lancaster were able to reach deep into German-held Europe to strike bridges and rail heads.
Right: RAF de Havilland Mosquito over England. The fast and durable Mosquito was one of the best overall combat aircraft ever built in Britain.



Left: RAF Handley Page Halifax. Strategic bomber en route to its target in occupied Europe on 6 June 1944.
Right: Vickers Wellington XIV of No. 179 Squadron. The retractable cylinder under the fuselage housed the Leigh Light, a searchlight used during the final stages of attack to illuminate a U-boat caught on the surface. This unit took part in elaborate CORK patrol operation to prevent U-boats from entering the English Channel from the west during D-Day and the following weeks.



Left: RAF Beaufighter. Rockets hitting and armed merchant vessel of the northern coast of Holland.
Right: B-24 Liberator. USAAF’s Eight Air Force attack on Luftwaffe base near Saint-Dizier, France three months before D-Day.



Left: RAF Spitfire. With a camera fitted in the fuselage, used for photographic reconnaissance.
Right: C-47 Skytrain. The Douglas C-47, which served the USAAF as the Skytrain and the RAF as the Dakota, was deemed by Eisenhower the most important aircraft of World War II.